Also, I have a picture. I have them both.

Whitefire_Zero: He was also in a Bruce Lee movie.

Psht. Who doesn't have one of those balls laying around. I got a few in my basement right now.

Who is Kareem Abdul Jabaar? Is Basketball still recognized as a sport these days? Will they ever call travelling again?

I hate Basketball

I have a sore bum signed by Johnny Wadd.

I have a metal pipe signed by Tanya Harding.

your dog wants basket ball?

Chyort

I hate Basketball
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Me too...worst sport ever!

When I was in high school, my orchestra teacher took the class to the old school building that they were using for storage. I think he was rummaging for old band music or something. Just for kicks, he gave pieces of the old band uniforms to several of the kids. I ended up with an old football helmet. The helmet had a name that I had never heard before written in it.

A few months later, a family friend was visiting. He had graduated from the same high school 40 years before. He's lived in this town his entire life (I think he's second or third generation even) and is a fanatic local sports fan. I showed him the helmet. He recognized the name inside.

Turns out the helmet had belonged to the biggest hometown football hero in recent history for our little town. He had played ball for the high school sometime in the 70s. To hear this guy describe the kid, he was the kind of football player you see in a Disney movie... tall, good looking, friendly, popular, good grades in school, and a phenomenal athlete.

After high school, he went on to be a boxer. He was starting to make it to the big-time when he died in a plane crash. Muhammad Ali attended his funeral right here in town. I guess it was a big loss for the locals. Losing a small-town hero in his prime.

I was able to verify most of this story by talking to other people, so I believe that this guy wasn't just pulling my chain.

I always intended to find the kid's parents and give them the helmet. I didn't, and eventually my brother and his friends destroyed the thing. Pathetic as it sounds, one of my big regrets in life is not giving the helmet to the parents.

I should sell this as a script to Disney.

what's your vector victor.

dad should probably get the ball appraised before he put it's up for auction.

I have some holy shiat signed by Jack Chick.

2004-02-27 12:34:48 PM Chyort
Who is Kareem Abdul Jabaar? Is Basketball still recognized as a sport these days? Will they ever call travelling again?

I hate Basketball

Hating basketball is no excuse for making stupid jokes.

I have a couple of wars signed by Mars.

Inaditch
I should sell this as a script to Disney.

Sniff... you had me at hello...

"Hating basketball is no excuse for making stupid jokes. "

Well then what IS a good excuse for making stupid jokes?

Ashyn

It's true. They simply don't call traveling anymore in the NBA.

Oh, and everything Shaq does with the ball could be called an offensive foul. He's the most overated 'athelete' in all of professional sport.

I have a couple of sentences signed by Marlee Matlin....

Mew, don't joke. I do have some tracts signed by Jack T-to-the-motherfarkin' Chick, and I will never sell.

I have a rotting, exhumed corpse signed by Joan Rivers. Wait- my bad. It is Joan Rivers.

C-Nut
Oh, and everything Shaq does with the ball could be called an offensive foul. He's the most overated 'athelete' in all of professional sport.

Yeah, but man, what an actor.

I checked that Ebay auction and he is really excited about what was to become of the ball. Capital letters and no spacing!!! ....on giving the ball to our dog as a CHEWTOY.

Incidentally, my Ex's daschund loves basketballs. He'll bash them around the yard with his nose. Fun times.

Hakim wasn't a patch on Williams.

Late in the thread, but still...

2004-02-27 11:10:58 AM ruta

I'm so glad to see this. Now I know my moron dog's not the only one who would rather play with an empty soda bottle than all the expensive toys in the world.

He eats basketballs, too. And soccer balls, kickballs, footballs, tennis balls, pumpkins, sofa cushions, shoes, garbage cans, and anything else he can sink his teeth into. Mostly soda bottles, though.

Bad dogfather_jr! Thats a time out for you

Hell, I woulda changed my name too!

So..it wasn't mentioned, could the dog dribble?

Thank you, dogfather jr. I needed that ;)

rednektek69:

Depends on how much lead paint the dog ate, along with the assorted sports equipment...

My old st bernard went thru basketballs like nobodys buisness.

Ceeripes, I get excited when I find a steak mislabeled for ten cents a pound at the grocery store. When am I going to find that ten cents a pound steak with a diamond lodged in it? Always nice to hear about folks finding amazing things like this. I would have been saying "Lew who", then, after dog ate it and found out value, "boo hoo".

ctenidae and ruta: My dog too. Prefers bottles to anything else. Idiot. Cute, but an idiot.

"Joey, do you like movies about Gladiators?"

i think Campbell's makes the Cream of Dooljabar.

With a grilled cheese sandwich? mmmm. comfort food.

Kareems finest work....

Joey: I think you're the greatest, but my dad says you don't work hard enough on defense. And he says that lots of times, you don't even run down court. And that you don't really try... except during the playoffs.

Roger Murdock: The hell I don't. LISTEN KID. I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.

I have some silicone signed by Pamela Anderson-Lee.

I have a hemmeroid signed by George Brett

There probably weren't any bids because if you get an offer on the side and you want to take down the auction, you have to cancel every single bid made on it.

There weren't any bids because the auction was temporarily canceled:

"Please Note: There is a typo in the Letter of Authenticity. This has been acknowledged by PSA/DNA as a mistake. Another letter is being produced and sent to replace the copy in err. Any questions regarding the authenticity of the Letter of Authenticity or, the methods used to authenticate the basketball, can be directed to PSA/DNA using the item's certification number B54845."

/read the whole page

ctenidae and The Envoy The best is when you let him go after the bottle on a snowy street because it slides away and bounces all over the place and drives him nuts. It makes me giggle just thinking about it.

Sigh. I wish I had my own doggy. Stupid "no pets" apartment.

i really feel like i should say something here.

after all, i am sam perkin's dog.

Anyone find the typo yet?

/nerd

OK, I have a... um ... 'bodypart', signed by ADRIANA KAREMBEU SKLENARIKOVA. But I think the signature might be fake as it's written in all capital block letters (bold face too).

/Well SOMEONE had to go there...

I used to have an american bulldog that we would play soccer with sometimes. ANyways, soccer balls were too small as they would last about 2 seconds before popping. So we took to using basketballs instead, which could last for a long time if we didn't let him have it for more than mb 30 seconds. the trick was to keep him from getting a hold on it.

yeah...its kinda wierd seeing a dog run around with a fully inflated basketball in his mouth.

I have a hunting knife signed by O.J. Simpxxx. (kinda smeared)

It was all gunked up when I found it, so I ran it thru the dishwasher a few times.

tear 'em down, one and all
7'2" is a long way to fall
sweet lew, how's the view?
sweet lew, how could you?

cdo, I have some pine tar signed by George Brett.

If anyone is interested....we pulled the auction because it was never our intention to actually sell the ball on ebay. We were using it more to determine the level of interest and to get the word out. We are planning on selling the ball through MastroNet. This is the same auction house that sold the Bartman Cub's Curse Baseball. If you want to know more about the ball and how we found it, check out the Keith Oberman show this Monday, or, Wednesday. Cheers.

nice one seb.