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10 in 10 – Sports Edition

April 19th, 2011 - Uncategorized - 40 Comments »

This post is a tribute to my brother Bryan who A) ran the Boston Marathon yesterday, and B) likes 10 in 10 posts more than anything else around here.

So, here are 10 sports-related things I’m willing to bet you haven’t thought of in 10 years:

Plays…of…the Week – Before Top Plays was an everyday occurrence, we had to wait until Friday to see the Plays of the Week. And since there was only on Sportscenter, if you missed it, you missed it. Better luck next Friday.

Dan or Dave – The only time in American history that people knew the decathlon was a thing.

Grandmama – Real original, Tyler Perry. Real original.

Whatizit – Here are three Olympic mascot ideas better than Whatizit: 1) Bear, 2) #2 Pencil, 3) Handkerchief

Mike Greenwell – Some guy with a mustache. That’s all I remember.

3-Man Weave – No practice drill has ever simulated a game less than the 3-man weave. Thanks (every) coach!

Shaq Fu - Loved its slogan: “Perfect for people of all ages who’ve been longing for some sort of combination of Ninja Gaiden and Orlando Magic center Shaquille O’Neal.”

John Olerud’s helmet – Not sure why, but I always had my suspicions that John Olerud was just Wally Joiner with a helmet on. There is no logical basis for this. Just a hunch.

Bo Knows Bo – I somehow managed to read this 300 page book about 8 times before graduating elementary school.

Fleer Ultra – Fleer Ultra : Fleer :: Alec Baldwin : Stephen Baldwin

Your turn. Name some other sports-related things we haven’t thought of in 10 years.

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  • http://www.chadgibbs.com Chad Gibbs

    Love it. Was actually thinking about Fu Schnickens the other day, and made my wife listen to La Schmoove. Also, we've got Bo Knows Bo on the book shelve in our living room (We live in Auburn, what can I say)

  • http://www.dadlife.net kevin

    Freaking 3 man weave. I actually got into an argument with a coach about how never in the history of basketball has something similar to this happened in an actual game. I didn't start for a week.

    How about Gheorghe Muresan? Whether his career or his role in Forget Paris, he's just forgettable. And ugly.

    • Tyler Stanton

      wow. i just laughed out loud (the real kind) at the thought of forget paris.tyler stanton

  • http://www.joerob.com Joseph

    Nice call on Tyler Perry stealing Larry Johnson's gig…

    And I absolutely love that SportsCenter has brought back the once-a-week plays as the "Not Top-10". Along with PTI and Around the Horn, it's what I miss most about cable.

  • http://mattbunk.com Matt Bunk

    JOCK JAMS – I don't know how people get hyped for a huge high school b-ball game now a days. There's no way basketball teams are running out the locker room to the Black Eyed Peas. They are?!

  • http://bryanallain.com bryan a

    How dare you besmirch the name of Mike Greenwell with just a passing "mustache" reference! I loved The Gator. He patrolled the Green Monster following the tenure of my favorite Red Sox player growing up, Jim Rice.

    Not sure that this fits the list, but remember a time when the only way to know what was going on in a sporting event was to be in front of a TV (or maybe a radio?). I'll never forget in 1990 when my parents took us to their friend's house who didnt own a TV on Super Bowl sunday. I was mortified. I remember finding a radio in one of their kids' bedrooms and frantically trying to find the game is if my life depended on it. Nowadays I can listen to audio of every Red Sox game on my phone. Ridiculous.

  • http://www.knoxmccoy.com Knox McCoy

    Oh man…a rush of nostalgia slowly coming on like Sid Bream stumbling around third…

    -Did You Know? Loved that mess.

    -I always thought if John Olerud's helmet fell off, that we could see his entire brain. That's the only reason I watched Blue Jay games.

    -What about the Knuckle Puck? That guy helped the Mighty Ducks beat Russia with the Knuckle Puck and now he's helping destroy SNL. What a world.

    • Tyler Stanton

      your olerud comment just made me spit out coffee.tyler stanton

    • Nick

      common gotta get the facts right the knuckle puck helped beat Iceland, and Keenen has some really good characters on SNL. I cant think of Whats Up with That? without singing and laughing. Scared Straight is also a great sketch. Never underestimate Loren Michaels ability to find talent.

  • Debbie Lifsey

    Maybe it was only significant to me at the time b/c I lived in Illinois but what about the Super Bowl Shuffle?!? We actually had an assembly that year where we all brought our Teddy bears to school & the coolest 5th grade boys got to sport their shades & perform the Super Bowl Shuffle for the entire school. None of them could come close to THE Jim McMahon though.

  • thescreamingkettle

    Ah the three-man-weave, aka "The nightmare of every underclassman on the varsity team". It was at least better than the layup drill we did in JV where our coach would take a Barry Bonds-esque swing at us with a pool noodle when we went up to lay it in. If we flinched he hit us again. It taught us something. I'm still not sure what.

  • http://shawnsmucker.com shawn smucker

    How can a guy in Atlanta (aka you, Tyler Stanton) make a list of sporting nonsense from ten years ago and not bring up John Rocker?

    • Tyler Stanton

      good call smucker. good call.it's hard to know what is/isn't local knowledge. rocker, though…definitely national.tyler stanton

    • http://www.joerob.com Joseph

      Rocker's fall off the deep end completely overshadows that for one season, he was a stud closer. Sad…

  • mrimperial

    I haven't thought about the NBA in almost ten years, thanks to Jordan retiring. I dunno if that counts.

  • http://sassyflipflop.blogspot.com/ Cami

    What about Neon Deion?? I know I had one of those signs from the AJC… held it up with pride!

  • Bryan

    Made my day. Loved your colon use for the Fleer Ultra analogy

    • Tyler Stanton

      i had to google the proper structure.tyler stanton

      • http://www.joerob.com Joseph

        I'm ashamed to say that I knew exactly what was happening immediately. It's your basic word analogy structure, and I am an english nerd.

  • nate

    chris sabo's rec-specs. andre dawson's greasy fro. there once was a team called the washington bullets. dee brown covering his eyes to win the dunk contest. ivan lendal's arab tennis hat. eugene peterson ruining the super bowl by being a whore-monger.

    • http://www.joerob.com Joseph

      Do you mean Eugene Robinson? Eugene Peterson is the guy who published the Message paraphrase of the Bible…

      • nate

        hahahaha. i sure did. now i am very sorry for saying that the author of the message is into prostitutes.

        • Tyler Stanton

          I was wondering…__________tyler stantonSent from my new Palm Pilot.

  • Tim

    This is a little bit older, but what about Johnny Bench and the kids show "The Baseball Bunch". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZS4uaUUIjw

  • http://stevensock.blogspot.com Steven Hartsock

    1. Ray Lewis arrested for murder. 00′
    2. Jose Canseco takes a ball to the head for a homerun. 93′
    3. Kerrigan gets her leg smashed by Hardings goons. 94′

  • http://trippcrosby.com tripp

    ghost runner

  • wbd1023

    I haven't spent just a whole lot of time thinking about Donruss baseball cards or the Pro Set football cards in years. I used to have the entire first year of Pro Set cards.

    Oddly enough, I have thought about the 3 Man Weave in the last few weeks thanks to the fact that my oldest daughter played basketball for the first time this season. Brought back memories of doing such an incredibly pointless fast break drill. What was the purpose to try and confuse the defense by weaving around? Seriously what was that?

  • http://mleetaft.tumblr.com M. Lee Taft

    Little Penny

  • http://www.erikwithak.com Erik w/a "k"

    Mike Greenwell…#GOSOX!!!

  • http://twitter.com/rodneyeason @rodneyeason

    This is a way back for Bryan Allain but Bill Buckner's high tops that prevented him from bending far enough to retrieve a routine ground ball.

    The Boz

    The Boz getting pancaked by Bo Jackson on Monday Night Football.

    The Fabulous Sports Babe on ESPN Radio

  • chrisfryrear

    Stacey Augmon…AKA Plastic Man!

    • Tyler Stanton

      Haha. Plastic man- loved that guy.__________tyler stantonSent from my new Palm Pilot.

  • Rick

    Reach way back to ABC's Wide World of Sports intro with "The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat." That ski jump wipeout is burned into my brain.

  • Kyle

    Open door stalls at Fulton County Stadium. I may be the only person to remember this but I still am not sure why bathroom doors didn't make the budget cut.

  • Mike

    Chris Sabo's glasses or goggles or whatever they were.

  • mike

    Larry Johnson's Converse Grandma commercials is def something I haven't thought of in years.

  • David

    Kerri Strug. Her one-footed vault landing in the 1996 olympics is still the only time I've audibly cheered watching gymnastics. Visit http://www.strug.org/ if you're interested in booking an appearance.

  • David

    TWIB (This Week in Baseball) hosted by Ozzy Smith during rain delays. It was my favorite non-backflip thing he did.

  • http://www.designrelated.com/nateeaton Nate Eaton

    I suggest you find the problem AND FIX IT!

  • Nolan

    What about the 5 man weave?? To this day I have no idea how to run that…

    What about Donruss diamond kings?? You remember the oil paintings of Warren Spahn or Mike Geeenwell infront of the green monster?? I always swore those would be worth thousands of dollars by 2020 if I could just keep up with the shoebox they were in. Turns out they were and still are worthless.