2 seconds left, 1 play, 15 laterals, and a Trinity (TX) win over Milsaps. I think this one might even be better than “The Play“:

For a full breakdown of the play by play, click here.

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…and an asterisk it is!

After over 10,000,000 votes, 47% of the voting public felt that Barry Bonds’ record breaking home run ball should be sent to the Baseball Hall of Fame, but not before it is permanently branded with an asterisk, marking the controversy that has surrounded Bonds’ pursuit of Hank Aaron and baseball’s all-time home run record.

Video of Marc Ecko, the man who bought the ball at auction and let the public decide what would be done with it, revealing the results on the Today Show can be seen here (scroll to the bottom).  Interesting to note from the video, the Hall of Fame is extremely happy to get the ball, regardless of whether or not it has a brand, and Barry Bonds, when told about Ecko’s plan, called Ecko a “stupid idiot.”  Classic!

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Given all of the steroid controversy leading up to Barry Bonds breaking Hank Aaron’s home run record, many people have considered putting an asterisk next to Bonds’ stats in the record books, and some even go as far to say that Bonds should not be recognized as the record-holder, because he cheated.

Fashion designer and entrepreneur Marc Ecko, however, has decided to add a democratic element to the decision as to what should be done with the ball, recently purchasing the record-breaking home run ball at auction for more than $750,000, and then setting up Vote756.com. On Ecko’s site, you have 3 options to choose from: 1) send the ball to Cooperstown as is, 2) brand an asterisk on the ball and send it to the Hall of Fame, or 3) strap the ball to a rocketship and send it ball into deep space– a “moonshot for the ages” as Ecko puts it.

You decide; click on the photo below to vote.

(via Cameron)

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18to88.com, an Indianapolis Colts fan website, gives their take on the upcoming NFL season, using Star Wars characters as representations of each team’s predicted fate in ‘07-’08. The predictions are pretty funny and mostly well-reasoned, though is anyone surprised that a Colts’ website deemed Bill Belichick “The Emperor”?

(via Scott)

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This has been around the Internet a bit already, but in case you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a look (or two):

Oh, and I tagged it “geekery” because they are playing with water, after all– not beer.

(via Deadspin)

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As promised in New Extreme “Sports” Vol. 2, I now am turning the Eye of the ‘Dilla to SportStacking– an odd, but amazingly captivating ’sport’ that originated in the US in the 1980s but has grown internationally and has a burgeoning fan base in Germany.

In SportStacking, individuals (predominantly teenagers and younger) attempt to assemble and disassemble stacks of cups in groups of 3, 6, and 10 as fast as humanly possible. Competitions take place in real life, but one reason as to why this sport has flourished of late on the international scene has been the the ability to videotape record stacking performances and submit these videos to the World Sport Stacking Association over the Internet. As a result, world records are falling at a pace the sport has never before seen as popularity grows.

If this doesn’t sound all that interesting to you, watch this video. Ready… get set… FLASH!

For more SportStacking footage, check the following links out:

• Doubles World Record
• Yannick Zittlau - (Check out the facial expressions this guy makes!)

And as I’ve found is the case with most SportStacking videos, note the often interesting choice of music!

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Yep, you read me right. Salim Sdiri was warming up to compete in the long jump at the Golden Gala in Rome on Friday (the 13th!) when Finnish thrower Tero Pitkamaki slipped while hurling his javelin.

The result: the javelin flew out of the left side of the normal competition area and left Sdiri with a 1 inch punchout in his right side.

Amazingly, Sdiri was not seriously hurt internally, which makes this all the more amazing as well as something I’m able to joke a bit about. I mean, couldn’t Pitkamaki at least have yelled, “Fooooooore” ?

(story via ESPN.com)

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Some people have too much time on their hands…Nevertheless, this is still a cool video and there is absolutely no chance that I could do this.

(via Karen)

[Update: Upon further review, Dice Stacking has taken on a life of its own.  It is featured on German TV here-- and please note that the guy in the initial video, Dennis Schleußner, is also a master SportStacker (a new extreme sport to be profiled here on Blogadilla at a later date), and an accomplished yo-yo artist.  

Jorick Horn, another Dice Stacking afficionado, has a number of cool and odd Dice Stacking videos on YouTube, including one of him at a swimming pool, where he scoops up the dice, slides down a water slide and manages to stack the dice on a boogie-board.]

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Are you just over snowboarding? Are moto-x and vert skateboarding too tame for you?

If the answer to either of these questions is yes, then I’ve found the next sport for you…EXTREME IRONING.

“Extreme Ironing is the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt.”

- ExtremeIroning.com

And according to its wikipedia page, Extreme Ironing has taken place on the mountainside of a difficult climb, in forest, in a canoe, while skiing or snowboarding, on top of large bronze statues, in the middle of a street, while parachuting, and even underwater. Enjoy!

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I’ve been getting really into rock climbing of late, and while I feel like I’m making progress, I watch videos like this and realize that compared to guys like Chris Sharma, I suck majorly… Enjoy!

(from the 1999 film “Rampage“)

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