Hot Off The Presses: New LeBron James ‘Chalk’ Commerical
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog — This little ditty above will start running tomorrow  — that’s Thanksgiving, in case you forgot –during the NFL games. Well, during the commercials breaks of those games, not actually during the games. (Though, I’d probably watch this commercial on repeat than be subjected to the Lions’ offense tomorrow.) It’s your standard Wieden+Kennedy Nike joint — which means it’s damn good. Anyways, watch it. And don’t miss the Lil Wayne cameo. PS: The LeBron James talcum-powder-to-the-hands pre-game ritual? He TOTALLY STOLE that from Michael ...

Video: LeBron James' new 'Chalk' commercial
Ball Don't Lie — I would normally apologize for posting back-to-back LeBron vids, but hey, let's be honest, today feels like a Friday for most of you reading along. So unloosen that tie, champ. Your boss already flew home to Wichita. This Thanksgiving Nike will debut its latest LeBron commercial. The new spot, called "Chalk", draws its inspiration from The King's pre-game talcum powder toss. Keep an eye out for the multiple cameos. According to NiceKicks.com, the ad will begin airing tomorrow during the nationally televised NFL games. It will run on major networks and cable channels including ESPN, ABC, FOX, CBS, BET ...

LeBron James “Chalk” Commercial
Sports Crackle Pop — Lebron James new sneakers, the LeBron VI will be released on Black Friday and to help people keep that in mind Nike is releasing this unbelievable commercial. The Swoosh has an ingenious advertising team as their contents remains so innovative, yet so simple. BTW, can’t wait to see Lebron in a Celtics uniform in 2010! -Alley-oop to Ball Don’t Lie

LeBron James and Nike Are Ready to Serve You Up a Healthy Dose of Chalk for T-giving
FanHouse — by Will Brinson Filed under: Cavaliers, NBA Fans, NBA Media Watch, NBA VideosThere's no question in my mind that the following commercial, titled "Chalk" and featuring LeBron James, is going to be shown a lot tomorrow. But that's okay -- it's a damn fine commercial (KG - MJ chalk toss rip-off possibility aside, of course) that features good tunes, a ton of cameos (be on the lookout for BLOGGER LIL' WAYNE) and puh-lenty of chalk. You can check the commercial at Nikebasketball.com or just be a real American and tune into football ...

NEW LEBRON JAMES "CHALK" COMMERCIAL
Docksquad Sports — Check out this new Lebron commercial, it's pretty tight... Thanks to reader Mark for sending this in. Subscribe Now

LeBron’s Thanksgiving ‘Chalk’ Commercial
Basketball Exchange — Ftg. Greg Oden, LaMarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy, Daniel Gibson, Anderson Varejao, J.J. Hicks and hip-hop artist Lil Wayne. October 18, 2008 -- My Game Is Made Outside - Paul Pierce (0) October 26, 2008 -- My Game Is Made Outside - LeBron (0) October ...

Фрлај тоа пудрата
NBA Macedonia — WPvideo 1.10 Дури го преинсталирав Виндоусот се свртеа доста интересни приказни низ НБА, а барем половина од нив беа поврзани со Леброн, најактуелниот играч во моментов. Втор најактуелен е Марбери, ама за него никој не кажува ништо позитивно. Момакот сака да игра, па одбиваше да заигра за Никси, за на ...

Take That, T-Wolves
Rufus on Fire — Facial Hair This is me, in California's central valley, trying to look cool. I certainly felt cool. But I was in the middle of nowhere and hadn't done anything particularly cool that day. === Such is a ho-hum 100-90 win over the Timberwolves. Against a team that had nothing in the tank, had just lost Corey Brewer for the season (not even Rotoworld bothered to post about that until the afternoon after the injury), and which might be the worst team in the league this side of the OKC Distant Rumblings, the victory is less impressive than relieving. I'm relieved we finally got a relatively easy win, our first since ...

TFD: T-minus two hours and … Cornershop?
Randball — Say this much for Kevin McHale: He didn’t wait for a cupcake portion of the schedule to take over as head coach of the Wolves. How does this sound: Tonight: home against Utah Wednesday: at Denver Friday: home against San Antonio Sunday: at L.A. Lakers (Also two of the next four after that: home against Cleveland; at San Antonio). In closing, on a completely unrelated note, before we head with MC Creme Fraiche to witness the start of the new McHale era: know that relatively new Nike commercial with LeBron? The one with all the powder and the fantastic song? Well, we just had to find out who performed that musical number. The answer blew our mind: Cornershop. ...

A Reminder Who the Sixers Play Tonight
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae — Sports talk radio personalities often bring up the topic of who you love to watch play their game. In all of sports, there are few guys who can take over a game like LeBron James. He should help the Wachovia Center fill a few more seats this evening. ...

Football Food For Eagles Fans - Week 15
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae — .flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: right; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: .92em; margin-top: 0px; } Football Food For Fans ~ Week 14, 2008 Season, originally uploaded by Mark K_NJ Sorry we're a day late with the Football Food For ...

Nike Zoom LeBron VI “Chalk?”
WaitingForNextYear — [image] By now, you have likely seen the new LeBron James Nike commercial that features cameos by celebrities like Lil’ Wayne, but predominantly features the pre-game ritual of the “chalk clap.”  The origin of said clap will be debated for eternity, but Nike will continue to put their chips on James as they will release yet another version  of the Zoom VI.  This edition will reportedly feature a silhouette of James in the signature position, similar to the picture above.“(Nike and I) have a deep relationship,” James said Sunday when the Cavs beat the Thunder, 102-91, for their third consecutive victory.“It is not just an endorsement deal. We feed off each ...

Does Nike Think Lebron Smokes Rocks?
This is God Given — Alright, so I’m figuring that pretty much everyone in the world has seen the new Nike commercial featuring Lebron and a host of others doing his well-known chalk toss in the air. In the ad there is also a song in the background that repeats the lyric, “the Candyman is back.” Aside from the Lil Wayne cameo, I took a certain implication away from this commercial and that implication is where I came up with the Chappelle Show reference. I’m just trying to figure out what Nike was thinking in playing a song with the word “candyman” set to a man throwing white powder into the air like a scene from Scarface. They ...

Game Day (No Relation to Todd): December 28—Sacramento Kings
Comcast SportsNet New England » Wicked Good Sports — Sunday, December 28: Sacramento Kings What it means: A hell of a lot more than we ever expected. God, I’d hate to be the Kings in this one. They can’t catch a break! The season’s hardly two months old, and they’ve already lost their best player—Kevin Martin—to serious injury, their coach—Reggie Theus—to general ineptitude and now they draw a sure to be enraged KG and Co. coming off their most embarrassing week in nearly a year. You’ve got to think the C’s have this one; then again you would have said the same on Friday. Player(s) to Watch: ...

Do Not Turn On NBA TV Today
Hornets Hype — No, seriously. Have you seen the ads for this? Because today is LeBron James’ 24th birthday, they’re doing 24 hours of LeBron, “a full day of around-the-clock LeBron-centric programming featuring games, highlights, classic performances and exclusive access to the Cavaliers’ superstar.” If you have NBA TV, you know I’m not making this up. It’s ridiculous. Here’s the network’s schedule for yesterday and today. You know what? I have nothing against LeBron. He’s a great player. But the hype machine surrounding him is wearying. Handing out confetti to fans to throw like he throws ...

Hey Lebron, here’s 10 better ways to use your chalk!
NBAMate — If you hadn’t heard by now, Lebron James has released his latest shoe and it is called “Chalk”. Why? Because before every game Lebron James slaps a bit of chalk powder together, throws it in the air like a ballerina and Nike thought it would be good to base a shoe on this. And an ad campaign. Nice ad hey? I like it. Lots of black and white footage, afros and dude’s playing street ball. Very cool. Now I showed this to three people at my work today – I work a pretty normal 9-to-5 Clark Kent job – and this is what each of them had to say after the ad finished. I am not making this up. Person 1 ...

LeBron's Least Probable Fan: That Guy With the KFC Bucket On His Head
FirstCuts — King James has been intertwined, intentionally so, with everything that lies on the periphery of his day job. There's his film, his upcoming TV show, his business acumen, and so on and so on. He's not just a basketball player, he's a cultural phenomenon, a powerful and dynamic player in the elite social echelons, which, of course, includes music. His ties to Jay-Z ...

Suicide lines: JO rumors, Kobe's MVP pick, Sloan's extension
Ball Don't Lie — Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your Morning Funnies. Ira Winderman, South Florida Sentinel: "Heat President Pat Riley, in his first public comments about a potential trade for Toronto's Jermaine O'Neal, cautioned that the deal is not imminent. While not denying interest in O'Neal, Riley said in a team statement released Sunday that reports about the potential trade were premature. 'It's typical this time of the year in the NBA that people put the cart before the horse,' Riley said. 'Whoever is saying that is putting the cart before the horse.' The Heat is ...

Writer Wants Nike To Stop Encouraging Laptop-Killing Pregame 'Chalk' Tossing
FirstCuts — By now you've all seen the Nike ad campaign with LeBron tossing his chalk into the air before the game starts. Nike event went as far as making a "Chalk" version of the Zoom LeBron VI, which he wore on Christmas Day. But do you know the dark side of the chalk tossing pregame ritual? ...

LeBron James is Inconsiderate of Douches
Bootlegger Sports- Sports Humor Blog —   You’ve no doubt seen the Nike commercial shown in the above video, which glorifies LeBron James pre-game ritual of throwing rosin into the air.  The video also gets me one step closer to free Nike swag.  If I post a full page picture of the Jumpman logo maybe I can get a key chain.  LeBron’s commercial is nice, good soundtrack, well shot, but one sportswriter isn’t afraid to speak out on the injustices it glamorizes.  Kevin Ding of the OC Register (What is a douche?  Ding!) wants someone to think of the laptops for God’s sake! Awful Announcing has the particulars ...

Officiating dictates Super Bowl XLIII to the unreviewed end
Shutdown Corner — It will go down as one of the most thrilling Super Bowls of all time. But, as has become all too common in the NFL, an officiating controversy threatens to overshadow the stellar play on the field. On the final Cardinals play from scrimmage, as the team was driving for a potential game-winning score, Kurt Warner turned over the ball after his arm was hit by LaMarr Woodley. The play was ruled a fumble, and it may have been. Or it may have been an incomplete pass. The problem is, there was no official replay review to take a closer look at the ruling. Instead, the Steelers got the ball, knelt down for the win and earned the sixth title in ...

NBA is to Rap as Hoop is to Flow : All-Star Edition
Ed The Sports Fan — Sometime last week, ETSF and Cephas from WTFMoments.org had a stimulating conversation about rappers and how they compare to athletes. What you read below is partially a gmail chat conversation that lasted nearly 6 hours and arguing that rivaled Barack vs. Hilary, Kobe vs. Bynum, and of course Chris Brown vs. Rihanna. This article will give the 2009 All-Star teams a comparison of NBA player to Hip-Hop counterpart. Please be advised that Jay-Z is not available for comparison, as the only real comparison we could've used was Jordan. Consider everything Jay's doing now the equivalent of Jordan at the ...

Bedlam '09, Round 1: Cavs' theatrics vs. dancin' Daylon
Ball Don't Lie — BDL's completely pointless, albeit oddly entertaining, Bedlam Tournament continues. Thanks to your help, we've compiled a list of 32 things that you may or may not love about the NBA and seeded them into four regions. We'll unveil all of the first round match-ups over the course of this week. Voting is open 'til Sunday. Our final match-up in the Intro Region: No. 1 seed Cavs' pre-game theatrics (includes LeBron's "chalk toss" and the team's "photo-op" pose) vs. No. 8 seed Celtics' dancing phenom Daylon Trotman. A closer look at the entertaining nominees: No. 1 Cavs' pre-game theatrics: ...

Bedlam '09, Sweet 16: Cavs' theatrics vs. 'Inside the NBA'
Ball Don't Lie — Sweet Sixteen action of our completely pointless, albeit oddly entertaining Bedlam Tournament continues. Thanks to your help, we've compiled a list of 32 things that you may or may not love about the NBA and seeded them into four regions. We'll roll out the remaining four Sweet Sixteen matchups tomorrow. Our final matchup in the Intro Region: No. 1 seed Cavs' pre-game theatrics (includes LeBron's "chalk toss" and the team's "photo-op" pose) vs. No. 4 seed Ernie, Charles and Kenny of TNT's award-winning "Inside the NBA". In the first round, the Cavs' pre-game theatrics just beat the Celtics' ...

Counterfactual of the Day
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — Posted by Kevin Arnovitz Maybe it's the calendar, but my mouse keeps drifting unintentionally toward baseball-related content.  From Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball: The NBA will be forever indebted to Nike for taking a dynamic North Carolina Tarheel basketball player and turning him into sports' greatest icon. If not for Nike, there would be no Brand Jordan. Without Brand Jordan, Nike would not see basketball shoe wear as their number one commodity. So, what if? What if the great experiment by Jerry Reinsdorf, Jordan, and the Chicago White Sox had succeeded and Jordan had been able to make the ...

Bedlam '09, Elite 8: Cavs' theatrics vs. Shaqawockeez
Ball Don't Lie — Round three action of our completely pointless, albeit oddly entertaining Bedlam Tournament continues. Thanks to your help, we've compiled a list of 32 things that you may or may not love about the NBA and seeded them into four regions. We'll unveil the final two Elite Eight matchups tomorrow. Our final matchup in the chalk Intro Region: No. 1 seed Cavaliers' pre-game theatrics (includes LeBron's "chalk toss," the team's "photo-op" pose, etc.) vs. No. 2 seed Shaquille O'Neal's Jabbawockeez dance routine at the All-Star Game in Phoenix. Last round, the Cavs knocked off the "Inside the ...

Bedlam '09, Final Four: Cavs' theatrics vs. D-Will's crossover
Ball Don't Lie — Welcome to the Final Four of our completely pointless, albeit oddly entertaining Bedlam Tournament. Thanks to your help, we compiled a list of 32 things that you may or may not love about the NBA and seeded them into four regions. Voting will remain open for both semifinal matchups until Tuesday at midnight. Our first Final Four match-up of the day: No. 1 seed Cavaliers' pre-game theatrics vs. No. 4 seed Deron Williams' sick crossover. Last round, LeBron and Co. outperformed Shaq's Jabbawockeez routine, while D-Will ripped off D-Wade's face Band-Aids. Here's another look at the nominees: ...

This LeBron James Commercial Is Just Weird
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog — And Punter is right: It makes me think of drugs: Yes, LeBron is excited about his talcum powder playoff explosions, which are fun, and I kind of love that that’s turned into not only a tradition but a marketable opportunity. Everything about LeBron is marketable. But unlike the old “Chalk” spot, which was pretty obvious and clear, this new spot is just strange. Why is LeBron jumping around? Why is he so hyperactive? Why is he talking in little jittery half-sentences? Why ARE THERE PILES OF WHITE POWDER EVERYWHERE? The first thing I thought when I saw this ...

New Nike Spot Turns Lebron Into Total Cokehead
SPORTSbyBROOKS — When it comes to highly stylized, dramatic, pitch-perfect sports commercials, nobody does it quite like Nike. We can give them their props for that. Their first LeBron James /chalk commercial , for example, was a brilliant encapsulation of the exuberance and spectacle of his ritual chalk toss or whatever he wants to call it. It was cool. Lebron Chalk Piles (Nothing but the finest Colombian… um, talcum powder.) Their latest endeavor, via FIRST CUTS, is substantially more mystifying . Why doesn’t LeBron’s puppet’s voice sound anything like him? Why is his frenetic behavior so completely unlike LeBron’s demeanor both on and off the ...

What You Missed: May 11-15
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog — Instead of dropping a Lost Time mid-day on Fridays, I’m linking back to some entries you may have missed during the week. + If you want one of the Derrick Rose shirts we’re giving away, you still have a chance. + Joakim Noah is having quite the offseason. What a lucky guy. + We added two new blogs this week. + Michael Jordan’s “Twenty-Three” shop is hitting Chicago. Quotable: “Everything about LeBron is marketable. But unlike the old ‘Chalk’ spot, ...

Incredibly Premature NBA Storylines: Now is the time for Kevin Durant to be talked about as one of the best in the NBA
It's Just Sports — Incredibly Premature NBA Storylines: Now is the time for Kevin Durant to be talked about as one of the best in the NBA Posted by Pardeep Toor | It's Just Sports August 26, 2009 15:30PM

The Five Best LeBron Ads IN THE HISTORY OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE
Cavs: The Blog — The other day, WFNY posted something regarding Nike’s first LeBron James-centric advertisement. It was well done, but made me realize how bad that ad was. LeBron’s had some great ads made about him over the years, and so, in tribute to this, it’s time to assemble a subjective list of the five best LeBron ads so far. A lot of sites have been making “best of the decade” lists over the past few months, but I’ve decided to step it up and make a list of the five best LeBron ads in the history of life, human history, and the history of all sentient beings. Without Futher ado: 5. Powerade: LeBron Making ...

THIS LOOKS FAMILIAR
With Leather — McDonalds is following the footsteps of Hollywood by ripping off a good idea that they had 20 years ago, dragging it into a dark alley and choking the utter life out of it. Here’s the first 12 seconds of the Golden Arches’ Super Bowl commercial between LeBron “Whatchu mean that wasn’t a foul?” James and Dwight “I only have one move in the post” Howard. Dwight Howard? I’m only posting this clip to complain about it. Why do you do this to us, McDonalds? That adidas ad with Howard was fresh, and LeBron has ...