Today is the 25th anniversary of Dave DeBusschere’s awkward fist pump/ table pound that came in reaction to the Knicks winning the NBA’s first draft lottery. That cleared the way for them to draft Patrick Ewing.

Bob Uecker just had heart surgery, but his signature call from Major League seems fitting here.  Liz Claman from Fox Business threw out the first pitch at last night’s Angels game.

By the way, that’s the most Hideki Matsui has run in like three years.

No, not the Garden. At least not openly yet.

According to TMZ, LeBron’s getting an offer he may not be able to refuse from the good folks over at Scores.

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Last week Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gerard Pique were photographed in this close embrace that set the European tabloid world on fire about the possibility of the two being more than friends. So one crack reporter decided to confront Ibra about the situation and he came up with the greatest answer one could. As he told the female reporter…

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The best butt slapper in the NBA Brian Scalabrine was trying to do what he does best at halftime of Boston’s scintillating win over the Cleveland Cavaliers yesterday. And just look at the reaction he got from Celtic teammates Tony Allen and Glen Davis. They just walked by and acted like Scal wasn’t even there.

The clap at the end was a great way to try and save face.

Varejao has no nuts after the jump…

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It’s been a strange week here at SCP Central. On Tuesday evening, I saw Mike Tyson on a New York City street corner. At one point, I was about 6 inches from him. Silly me. I thought that would be my closest brush with celebrity for a while. Little did I know that, just hours later, I would end up locked in a mini-internet feud with “Pushing Tin” star John Cusack.

As one-time contributor Dave from Brighton pointed out in an email, Twitter is like a phone book for the world. It allows us to interact with people we would otherwise never have access to. And while that’s cool in theory, it doesn’t always leave you satisfied.  Now, despite what he and a near record number of commenters may have taken away from my posting, I have no ill will towards John Cusack. In fact, I was hoping he would dig what I was doing and maybe even play along. My mistake was thinking he’s the characters he plays in the movies. The guy from High Fidelity would’ve gotten the joke.  The weirdo from Being John Malkovich would have embraced the chance to rib his own persona. But John Cusack is not those people. He’s just a guy.

Taking to a much further extreme, this is the same experience the people of Pittsburgh are having with Ben Roethlisberger. Sure, he’s great on TV. But that doesn’t mean he’s everything you hope for. It’s the focus of this week’s anchor article in a very hit and miss issue of Sports Illustrated.

On to the review.

Sports Illustrated . May 10, 2010.

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Here is video of Will Ferrell as Rojo Johnson and pitching for the Round Rock Express last night. Needless to say his outing didn’t last very long as he was one pitch and done.

Billy Ray actually opened as many beers as he threw pitches.

The NFL does not mess around as they say see you later to Coors Light for a better deal with Bud Light.

“In one of the largest-ever league sponsorship deals, the U.S. division of brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev NV will make Bud Light the official beer of the nation’s richest sports league starting in 2011. A person familiar with the terms of the deal said it is worth nearly $1.2 billion over six years.”

Show them the money. Actually where does all this cash go?

Dear Famous Hollywood Celebrity John Cusack,

Happy Cinquo de Mayo. I hope you are well. I am a big fan of your work. In fact, High Fidelity is, hands down, my favorite movie of all time. I’m also quite fond of projects like Grosse Pointe Blank and Better of Dead. And while I must admit I’ve always found Say Anything to be a bit overrated, it’s success allowed Cameron Crowe to move on to films like Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous, which I absolutely love. I’m also looking forward to seeing Hot Tub Time Machine.

But, I’m wasting your valuable time. Let me get right to the point. We at SportsCracklePop would like to thank you for linking to us on your Twitter feed yesterday.

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Umbro has designed these shirts to celebrate the 7 countries that have taken home the World Cup. And in an even better idea they have chosen some of the hottest soccer wives and girlfriends to model them.

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