Cape Cod Sports Desk

Ebony and Ivory

Updates: 

Yes, I'm still pissed about the Super Bowl.

Yes, Elle and I are still friends. We fight all the time, usually over sillier reasons than "had to stop Stacey from going out into the street and killing people." This one was small potatoes.

Yes, Elle is recovering. I broke some ribs on her, and somehow injured her pancreas. I personally walked out of the riot without a scratch... although I was knocked out briefly. I blamed the Colonel, who said that "an asteroid hit you."

Yes, we let the column go for a few weeks. There was no plan in place for this particular situation. Normally, I get the hospital time while Elle writes the column. We lacked a plan to cover "Elle goes to the hospital, while Stacey is too grouchy to blog." Abdullah- who is normally option #3- was travelling.

It would probably be easier for all of us if I just attacked Abdullah, but things don't always break down the way they should.... besides, he'd kill me.

So.. that's what's up. As to our job...providing Cape Cod's most intense sports coverage.... let's get down to what your ESPN is doing this weekend:

Today is interesting because two champions will be crowned, by very different parties. We're not talking Obama and McCain. They're closer than the two champs we'll see tonight.

No... by tonight... we'll have a new Daytona 500 winner, and a new NBA Slam Dunk Champion.

Winning a Slam Dunk title sort of automatically gives you the upper hand in a Most Soul contest. If there were a Decathalon for soul (a Deblackalon?), a Slam Dunk championship would be right up there with winning a VMA or knowing how to Crip Walk.

Likewise... a Daytona 500 win makes you the king of Nashville for a while, as it is the main event in stock car racing. A win at Daytona makes you the White Bread Warlord, and your opinion suddenly alters sales forecasts for things like chewing tobacco and cheap beer.

So... in  a nutshell... the whitest man and blackest man in American Sport are crowned today... one in Louisiana, the other in Florida.... while millions sleep in Europe.

I like that they're crowned on the same day. I suppose it's always been like this. NASCAR and the NBA are about 3 and 4 respectively on the sports popularity chart...depending on how you view golf and wrestling as "sports." They both put big events on the weekend after the NFL finishes.

I suppose NASCAR will be the big ratings winner... although the NBA goes through three days of skills challenges, celebrity games, rookie games, dunk contests, and the actual All Star Game itself. Everyone makes money... it's all good.

Enjoy:

YouTube - ESPN 20th Century's Best NBA Dunks

YouTube - NASCAR Nextel Cup - Crazy Daytona 500 2007 Finish