I know exactly one person from Alabama, and he happens to be a fellow sports blogger. So hopefully he’ll comment on this post an let me know interchangeable the term Roll Tide truly is.

Today, ESPN rolled out yet another hilarious commercial and the Worldwide Leader was gracious enough to put it on YouTube and Facebook before it premieres on the network tonight.

According to ESPN’s YouTube description, “Roll Tide” is a universal expression among ‘Bama Nation, versatile and applicable in nearly every situation as a greeting, farewell or standard cheer or praise.”

After seeing this, I think it clearly works best in drunken best man speeches

Props to the ad firm that cooked this up for ESPN. And check out this ESPN Facebook thread of college rally cries.

‪ESPN Alabama Roll Tide Commercial‬

Every year since the magazine’s inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated has awarded a ceramic urn depicting Greek athletes to “the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement.” (Source: Wikipedia) The 2010 award will be announced today (at 12:00 midnight according to my Facebook events UPDATE: SI just posted on their Facebook page that they’ll announce the Sportsman of the Year at approximately 8:30 AM EST tomorrow).

Who’s it going to be? Perhaps, Edison Peña, the freed Chilean miner who ran the NYC marathon in a shade over 5 1/2 hours? (Nominated by SI writer Richard Deitsch)

Whoever it is that get to follow up Jeter’s 2009 award, SI.com is going to have them available to video chat live tomorrow via Ustream and their Facebook page, tomorrow, at 11:00 AM EST.

My heart thinks it should go to Ed Pena, but I also wouldn’t hate getting to chat with Ron Artest.

Visit and like SI’s Facebook page to get the details.

(photo via SI.com)

Steve Breaston wants to be a Facebook poet laureate, and I got to admit he’s not bad. Under the pen name S.Phantom (aka William Esteban aka Benito Stevenson aka Stevie Phantom), he’s been writing some pretty eloquent Facebook notes – weird concept in the age of Sarah Palin’s Facebook notes, I know – on his official page: Steven Breaston 15 ((The official page of S.Phantom)). The most recent, a really sweet ode to his grandmother. Hope he doesn’t mind a re-post here:

In junior high there was a woman I used to kick it with,I would give her Hershey kisses and she would give me kisses,so I close my eyes and try to envision it because I’m missing it…no sound,even though they say a thousand words come from images,I don’t know about that,but I can tell you a thousand tears do exist from these mental movie clips,cause I reminisce when she would sit without throwing fits, so many surgeries she could of quit and said I’m done with it,she never did and as a kid I learned what being unselfish is,and I’ll never know what being helpless is,the reason when I hear “give me sugar” I pucker up my lips,wishing it was for your kiss and that you were here for this,but I guess you are cause in my mind you’ve always been apart of it,that’s thoughtless… cause grandma you always been the heart of it,and it’s because of you I can’t part ways with it…so I’ll continue to write….grandma,I miss you, goodnight. -S.William Breaston aka S.Phantom-

Last week in an interview with The Arizona Republic, Breaston claimed he was a writer, and it appears he intends to back it up. Just like I’m hoping he intends to back up the hype from Week 1, and get in the end zone sometime soon.

Fan Steve Breaston on Facebook

I’ll admit, even after I drafted Steve Breaston in Fantasy this year, I didn’t really care about what Breaston had to say, . Then last week, to everyone’s surprise he went off for 132 yards in the Cards season opener – awarding me a serviceable 13 fantasy points. Now I’m ready to listen.

This week, Breaston gave one of the more authenticate interviews, post-Week One, to his team’s home town rag The Arizona Republic, intimating…

• He likes to always (or at least a lot) eat McDonald’s for his pre-game meal, he prefers sausage-egg mcmuffins and double cheeseburger meals
• He’s part of a non-NFLPA sanctioned gang called the “Backpack Boys” made up of himself Adrian Wilson. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Mike Adams
• He follows the code, “You’ve gotta dance with the girl that took you to the prom.” (citing Mike Adams)

Breaston also fancies himself a writer. I look forward to him bringing long-form back on Steven Breaston 15 ((The official page of S.Phantom)) on Facebook. Maybe pen something like “A Possession Wideout’s Guide to the Extra Value Menu” by S.Breaston.

Follow Breaston on Twitter: @SBreaston15

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Steve Breaston reveals talents off field

Roughly 10 days ago, vitaminwater launched a marketing campaign that cast Gary Busey (rarely a bad decision) in a video as Norman Tugwater, Fantasy Sports Lawyer. Shaq and Adrian Peterson were along for the ride, and the results were just kind of funny if you ask me. Nevertheless, like most people who’ve seen Point Break at least 25 times, I decided to stick with the Norman Tugwater experiment – by that I mean follow him on Facebook and Twitter. The results: Tugwater, pretty hilarious. Here’s some of his finest work to date:

To the writer(s) behind Busey’s latest maniacal exploits, I commend you. In fact, I’d enjoy knowing who was behind this, and picking their brain; Who are you? Do you credit Not Gary Busey on Twitter as a source of inspiration? Have you seen Point Break 25 times? Do you feel that Busey’s character, FBI agent Angelo Pappas, carries the first act of Point Break, like I do?