Video: Mark Cuban Sings "Purple Rain" Poorly...

Mark Cuban's NBA championship victory tour rolls on due to the lockout, which depending on perspective could be a positive or a negative.  I guess it depends on your ability to handle foolishness.

Check out the Dallas Mavericks' owner performing his own Karaoke version of the classic "Purple Rain" by Prince. I warn you that extended play may cause nausea and irritated bowels.



I'm not sure who's performance was worse, Cuban's above or Dirk's "We Are The Champions" rendition, but know matter how you slice neither guy should quit his day job.

Brand Jordan Video: Love The Game Featuring Melo, CP3, and D-Wade

Even if basketball isn't played in the NBA this year, Brand Jordan isn't going to stop making sneakers and commercials to pump their products and stars.  That's just how it is.

In the latest Jordan ad Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, and D-Wade partner up to get some run in wherever they can find it.

Check out Love The Game and let me know what you think. 



Video is courtesy of Jumpman23.com.

Video: "Iron" Mike Tyson, Floyd "Money" Mayweather, and 50 Cent in Hangover Parody

The Hangover was one of the most popular films of the last few years, and despite it's success I still haven't seen part two. That has absolutely nothing to do with what you're about to witness though.

Boxing legend "Iron" Mike Tyson, current P4P player Floyd "Money" Mayweather, and rapper 50 Cent all teamed up for this spoof of the popular film recently.  Looks like 50 is trying to promote his new Street King Energy Drink to the masses.

Check it out. It's comic relief at it's finest! I heard this is just part 1. When part two drops I'll have it here for you!



Tyson clearly stills the show, but Floyd wasn't as bad as I anticipated. I'm not saying he's Samuel L. Jackson or anything, but at least he wasn't stiff and dry like his WWE character was a few years ago. Hat tip to JocksandStilettojill.com.

Soccer Video: Enraged Columbian Coach Spits on Referee

Soccer may be the world's game, but it sure does seem like they have more issues with sportsmanship than other sports.

In the following video, Colombian soccer coach Alberto Gamero takes aim at an official with a well placed lugie following what he thought was a poor call against Boyaca Chico.

Forgive the music. Not sure what the hell the song has to do with the clip.

Factoid's NFL Picks: Week 7 of 2011-2012 Season

In week six the record was 10-3. The overall record stands at 60-30.

Here is Week 7.

Seattle at Cleveland - Cleveland Brown
Atlanta at Detroit - ATL Falcons
Houston at Tennessee - Tennessee Titans
Denver at Miami - Denver Broncos
San Diego vs. NY Jets - San Diego
Chicago at Tampa - Tampa Bay (pick different than radio pick.)
Washington at Carolina - Carolina Panthers
Kansas City at Oakland - KC Chiefs
Pittsburgh at Arizona - Pittsburgh Steelers
St. Louis at Dallas - Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay at Minnesota - GB Packers


Sunday Night
Indianapolis at New Orleans - NO Saints


Monday Night
Baltimore at Jacksonville - Baltimore Ravens

Podcast: Sports with Mr. Factoid Live on BlogTalk Radio - Episode #32

On the latest episode of Sports with Mr. Factoid I broke down the broken labor talks in the NBA, recapped the  light heavyweight title fight between Chad Dawson & Bernard Hopkins from last Saturday night, and took a spin around the NFL quarterback carousel.

Later in the show I dropped my NFL Week 7 picks, which is something that you will want to take note of, plus debuted a new Dumb Athlete of The Week. So do yourself a favor, click play on the radio player below, and enjoy some sports talk radio from Factoid's perspective.

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Candy of The Day.....Shay Bombshell

You know I'm a fan of beautiful women and boxing, so what better way to celebrate my love for both than with the image you've been blessed to lay your eyes on above! I'm always intrigued by the talent coming out of the UK. This fellas is Shay Bombshell. She's mixed with Kenyan, Italian, Portuguese, and Arabian.  I think it's safe to say she's got the right equipment to go all 12 rounds and then some. 

Video: NBA Lockout Fundraiser

The news is bleak for the NBA and I know you are looking for something to cheer you up, so here is a video courtesy of probasketballtalk.com entitled 'NBA Lockout Fundraiser'.

Video: DJ Steve Porter Creates "Duke Worldwide"

DJ Steve Porter just made my day.  Every one of his remixes over the last two years have been outstanding, and although the masses who hate Duke may disagree, this arguably may be the best one to date.

Check out "Duke Worldwide" courtesy of the Duke Blue Devils and DJ Steve Porter.



The video was part of Duke's 'Countdown to Craziness', which is the schools version of midnight madness. This was the third year the event was held.

Video: The Rally Squirrel Has His Own Theme Music...

You know they say every good hero needs a theme song, but I don't think they were referring to pesky rodents like the now beloved St. Louis Cardinals' rally squirrel.

The fuzzy little nut lover is bigger than Fred Bird these days in St. Louis, and his appeal nation wide is spreading like Paris Hilton's legs.

Check out this dedication to the greatest rodent in the history of baseball, the rally squirrel.

Podcast: Sports with Mr. Factoid - Dawson/Hopkins Roundtable

Sports with Mr. Factoid just keeps churning away.  Last night was the 31st episode of the show, and it was arguably the best one to date.

The first hour was dedicated to the NBA lockout, top headlines, the Dumb Athlete of The Week, and my NFL week 6 picks.

It got a bit hotter during the second hour as the boxing round table kicked off. I was joined by several well respected boxing heads who took the debate to the next level. You can follow all of my guests on twitter; @calixsports, @MattyFresh412, @RealSpitts, @airjohnston, and @DstyleBoxing.

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Be sure to call in next week for your chance to speak up & speak out about all things sports. Just dial 424-757-1400 from your mobile or land line phone if you're not able to catch the show online.

Video: Mr. Factoid and Calixsports Present a Six Pack of NFL Picks (Week 6)

I typically try to make sure all of my peeps out in cyberspace have the chance to review my NFL picks before Sunday kick off, and that didn't change this week. Check the post prior to this one for all of my week 6 NFL picks.

This week however, I've teamed up with fellow blogger Calixsports of http://www.calixsports.com/ to bring you a video pick segment. Now we won't cover every game on the schedule, but we will try to deliver a hot six pack of games that we feel are must see tv quality.

Check it out and don't hesitate to weigh in via the comments section with thoughts, opinions, and any other tomfoolery you wish.



**Note: I have flip flopped on my pick with the Eagles and Redskins several times. In the regular post I took Philadelphia, but in the video I went with Washington. Hard call folks.

Factoid's NFL Picks - Week 6 of 2011-2012 Season

Another NFL Sunday is closing in football fans, so before you leave work today with that office pool of picks, take a look at what I've got for the week. You might be pleasantly surprised at what you find.

Here are your week 6 picks.

Carolina at Atlanta - Atlanta Falcons
Indianapolis at Cincinnati - Cincy Bengals
San Fransisco at Detroit - Detroit Lions
St. Louis at Green Bay - Green Bay Packers
Buffalo at NY Giants - New York Giants
Jacksonville at Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Steelers
Philadelphia at Washington - Philadelphia Eagles
Cleveland at Oakland - Oakland Raiders
Houston at Baltimore - Baltimore Ravens
Dallas at New England - New England Patriots
New Orleans at Tampa Bay - New Orleans Saints

Sunday Night
Minnesota at Chicago - Chicago Bears

Monday Night
Miami at NY Jets - New York Jets

Boxing Video: Mr. Factoid and Calixsports Talk Pacquiao v. Marquez III

Two of the webs most popular sports bloggers, radio hosts, and twitter junkies teamed up for a little debate recently on the upcoming Manny Pacquiao versus Juan Manuel Marquez fight scheduled for November 12.

Take a minute and check out Calix, who has an awesome website (calixsports.com), and myself as we break down the fight and what could be next for both guys.

Video: Hulkamania Runs Wild on Tim Tebow.....

When the Hulkster speaks brother, everybody listens. That even goes for the super cool folks on ESPN's Sports Nation.

Hogan stopped by the ESPN studios in Bristol on Tuesday and left his mark all over the place. The former king of the squared circle cut a nice promo on Tim Tebow too. Check it out.



 Somebody better tell Tebow to train, say his prayers, and eat his vitamins.

Candy of The Day....The Return of Lucy Pinder

She's been featured here as eye candy in the past, and as long as the 27 year old British model/actress keeps posing for the camera there is a great chance you'll see her again. I haven't the slightest idea who the blond is getting gropped by Lucy, but it's not like you care either.

Squash Video: World Record Holder Wounds His Brother

I understand that siblings enjoy watching each other suffer horrible and unspeakable pain sometimes. It's just part of being family I guess. I was fortunate enough to grow up an only child, so I never had to experience having a douche bag older brother or a whiny little brother or sister. Thank God for the little things!

In the following video Cameron Pilley, who just happens to hold the world record for hardest squash ball ever hit, dishes out a little brotherly love at more than 150 mph.



Dudes back looks a complete mess. I don't think there is any question that that's going to leave a nasty scar! I'm hoping that Cameron at least dropped his lil brother a lil dough to ease the pain.

Hat tip Larry Brown Sports

Funny Or Die Video: NBA Lock-In Featuring Shawn Marion, Tyson Chandler, and Kevin Love

NBA Lockout: Lock-In from Tyson Chandler

Visit www.funnyorDie.com

NBA Video: The NBA Lockout From a Taiwanese Animation Perspective

I don't have a whole lot to say here, other than check this out for yourself. 



Hat tip to With Leather.

NBA Video: Sir Charles and Reggie Miller Speak on NBA Labor Debacle

Fans are sitting on their hands waiting for good news after NBA commissioner David Stern announced earlier this week that the first two weeks of the 2011-2012 season have been cancelled. Don't hold your breath for good news, or you'll end up in the ER.

This is the time of year I get amped for the chance to watch Charles Barkley make an ass of himself on TNT's Inside The NBA.  When it hit me that I'll be denied the Chuckster's raw and uncut commentary, I almost had a fit. To quote the man himself, "that's just terrible."

In the following video Barkley and Miller weigh in with their thoughts and opinions about the current NBA labor mess.  Miller and Barkley make some legit points about what the league is facing as a result of the lockout.

Candy of The Day....The MMA Mount

A pretty lady who's in touch with her more physical side from the looks of things.  Dayna Tappan is today's Candy of The Day. She's a fitness competitor and model from good ole' Kentucky. 

NBA Cancels First Two Weeks of 2011-2012 Season....It's Just the Beginning

In news that isn't surprising if you've been following the NBA lockout, Monday Commissioner David Stern announced that the first two weeks of the upcoming season have been cancelled.  So what that means ladies and gentleman is that the NBA, unlike the NFL has dropped the ball.

The leagues owners and players were not able to reach a resolution after a reported seven hour mediation session Sunday and another emergency meeting Monday.  David Stern then swiftly played his cancellation card. The league postponed preseason games last week and at that time warned the commish warned the calendar was the enemy of both the owners and players in the work stoppage.

The National Basketball Association is in the midst of its second work stoppage in the last 15 years, a feat that the league hoped to avoid when they reached peace more than a decade ago.  The 1998-1999 season was cut short due to labor strife, and resulted in a 50 campaign won by the San Antonio Spurs.

With games originally scheduled to begin on November 1, the league will now lose 13 nationally televised games which were to have aired on TNT & ESPN.

"With every day that goes by, there will be further reductions in what's left of the season," said commissioner Stern on Monday.

It's been reported that the major rift in negotiations is still the revenue split for the two sides.  The players have been receiving upwards of 57% of the revenue, but owners are now asking them to accept 47%.  Derek Fisher has stated that the players have agreed to a take of 53% of the revenue to this point.  Talks of a softened stance on the hard salary cap by the owners was thought to have been a good sign in negotiations.

No additional meeting have been scheduled.  That's bad news folks.

I've gone on record, and will again right now for those who may have missed it previously.  There will not be an NBA season this year, and it's a horrible blunder by the NBA to allow such an irresponsible business collapse to occur.  Smart businesses are those that are able to properly forecast the future, and then adapt accordingly in a reasonable time frame. The league didn't do that.

Where were the eyes on this thing two or three years ago?  If the NBA had been as concerned with their labor problems as they were with getting in bed with ESPN to pump LeBron's free agency, then maybe we aren't talking about a lockout. While David Stern was wanting to change the basketball some years back and enforce new policies for on court player behavior, maybe he should have been working to fix his league's infrastructure. During the time that the focus was on curtailing the 'Allen Iverson image' and enforcing a dress code, maybe an examination of the bigger picture could have been taken into consideration.

The NBA failed to address what was critical to its success, that being the ability to maintain a good working relationship between owners and players, as well as ensuring that both parties are properly benefiting from the games global growth.

The owners are guilty of poor forecasting in regards to how the current CBA would impact them in the long term, which I find pretty unusual for big wig billionaire business men with high priced lawyers and financial advisers. Maybe they should hirer cheaper consultants next time.

The players aren't guilty of much yet, but if league owners find a way to spin public perception against them, they could face some fan backlash which for all intents and purposes could be pretty nasty. Players should probably limit themselves from engaging too much on Twitter and other social media outlets just to be safe. All it takes is one slip at 140 characters to change the game.

The bottom line is that the NBA is gone for longer than November.

Factoid's NFL Picks: Week 5 of 2011-2012 Season

Ladies and gentleman if you listened to Factoid last week you did pretty decent with your picks, as I was able to go 12-4.  I picked the Rams live on the podcast, and actually had that game listed as a victory for the Rams under the week 4 picks, however I made a change about two or three hours before game time and switched over to the Redskins for the W.  I just had a feeling that it may go opposite of my initial thought. Worked out well in the end.

Is it me, or is the season kind of flying by already?  The bye weeks arrived mighty fast.  I'm sure I can't be the only one who feels that way.

Anyway, here are your picks for week 5.

Philadelphia at Buffalo - Philadelphia Eagles
Kansas City at Indianapolis - KC Chiefs
Arizona at Minnesota - Arizona Cardinals
Seattle at NY Giants - New York Giants
Tennessee at Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Steelers
New Orleans at Carolina - New Orleans Saints
Cincinnati at Jacksonville - Cincinnati Bengals
Oakland at Houston - Houston Texans
Tampa Bay at San Francisco - Tampa Bay Bucs
San Diego at Denver - San Diego Chargers
New York Jets at New England - New England Patriots

Sunday Night
Green Bay at Atlanta - Green Bay Packers (Must See Game of The Week)


Monday Night
Chicago at Detroit - Detroit Lions

Podcast: Sports with Mr. Factoid Live on BlogTalk Radio - Episode #30

Here is Thursday night's episode of the Sports with Mr. Factoid podcast for your listening pleasure.  I covered the NBA lockout, Hank Williams Jr., Tiger Woods, Albert Pujols, the Sergio Martinez and Darren Barker fight from Saturday night, and Luol Deng's new role in foreign currency.

I also dropped my NFL Week 5 picks, debuted a new Dumb Athlete of The Week, and much more on the 30th episode of the program.

Factoid was pleased to have a few awesome callers call in to share their perspectives and thoughts too, so stop reading and press play for your chance to listen to one of the fastest growing sports shows in online radio.

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NFL Video: "Teach Me How to Romo"

When things start going bad in Dallas fingers always end up pointed at Tony Romo.  The Cowboys quarterback takes more criticism than any other signal caller in the league, and in some cases it's deservedly so.

The boys are coming off a terrible loss to the Detroit Lions and the haters have been out in force this week as expected.

What you're about to see is a video from comedian Chris Paul, who shouldn't be confused with NBA point guard Chris Paul (CP3). Check it out.

Video: Magic Johnson Talks NBA with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show

When Magic Johnson speaks I tend to listen, even if his speech leaves much to be desired. 

The greatest point guard in the history of basketball stopped by The Tonight Show and shared his guarded thoughts with Leno on the NBA lockout, Kobe Bryant's opportunity to play in Italy, and the whacky Ron Artest, AKA Meta World Peace.





I vote for the return of arguably the most epic late night talk show of all time, The Magic Hour. Now can you dig that?

Hat tip to Sporty Sexy Cool

Candy of The Day....The Uber Hot Justene Jaro

Fellas say hello to Justene Jaro. She's a smoking hot model who's measurements are causing me to drool uncontrollably. Follow her on twitter @JusteneJaro.

Video: Former UK and NBA Player Walter McCarty Sings R&B

I had know idea Walter McCarty was in the music game. The former Kentucky Wildcat star and NBA role player has a new R&B album about to drop entitled "Emotionally". The first single from the album goes by the same name.

Take a listen to the wonderful melodic tones of McCarty and let me know what you think in the comments section.



I must say I expected it to be terrible, and in all honesty I've heard worse from athletes who want to be singers and rappers. McCarty isn't going to win a Grammy for his work, but at least he's doing something constructive with his time.

Hat tip to Lost Letterman.

Video: 'Too Much MoneyBall' - Yankees Spoof

The new film Moneyball is doing quite well at the box office.  Just in case you weren't aware, Brad Pitt stars as Oakland A's GM Billy Beane in one of the most anticipated sports films of the last 20 years. I have yet to see it (shame on me), but I heard it was decent.

A cool spoof or parody always has a place here on the site, so with that said, here is Too Much MoneyBall.  It's a story of big spending in the Big Apple by baseball's powerhouse New York Yankees.

Hat tip to Midwest Sports Fan

Video: Family Burns Tony Romo Jersey "In Good Fun"

One week you're the savior and the next a pariah.  That's the life of your typical NFL quarterback from week to week.

In Dallas though, the obsession with the Cowboys and the starting qb is a unique one.  There may not be a more scrutinized signal caller in the league than Tony Romo.  His critics are many, and they've been armed with some very damaging ammunition over the years.  Romo doesn't have a criminal record, but on Monday's he often finds himself  public enemy #1 in Cowboy Nation.

Take a look at how a fan reacted to Romo's poor performance Sunday. I caution you that watching this will make you dumber.



Go Cowboys!