re: What is your most embarrassing sports moment?

that's very cool. what did you think of AI?

was he nice to the actors and crew?

Part of playing sports is getting embarrassed.

-I was playing an INTRAMURAL game, and had a very good game; I had 38 points, but we were losing by about 5. I hit a three on this dude, and he LAUGHS. Two possessions later, he is on a fast break; I was the only one left. We were behind, so I decided to try and stop him. Bad idea. Instead of jumping, I thought it would be clever to try to strip him of the ball. I swipe, miss everything, and he proceeds to deposit this NASTY dunk; his crotch was in my face, and I was sent sprawling into the wall. It was so bad that even my team was running around screaming. The ref called a foul, thus prolonging the torture. I checked out immediately, and we lost by 12 (this was with one minute left).

-When I first played ball, I had never been to practice; in my first game, I sat down at halfcourt, WHILE THE GAME WAS GOING ON!!!

-In a HS game, I was playing really well; I had not missed a shot to that point (7 three point shots and two jumpers). I was on a fastbreak; I thought about pulling up for the three, but couldn't make up my mind......at the last second, I decided to go for the layup, but I tripped over myself, and was called for traveling while everyone is laughing. A few possessions later, I get another fastbreak opportunity. Not wanting to make the same mistake twice, I decided to take the layup. I heard footsteps, and proceeded to completely miss the basket on a WIDE OPEN layup. Not only that, I brilliantly CAUGHT the ball on the way down. I got yanked, and didn't play another minute that game. I got laughed at twice that game. We lost by 2 points.



-I also played HS football; I played running back, WR, and corner. I was our speed guy, but I wasn't necessarily powerful. I was playing corner, when their third string guy was appearing to run a corner; I jumped early, and he ran a post......he was WIDE open for a 75-yard TD. My 62-year old, 380 pound coach told me to "grab some pine" along with some other words. The funny thing is, we were really good friends. I traveled with him across country multiple times...until a heart attack claimed his life.

-We were playing a rival school, and they had a RB who ended up playing major D-I. I had a few good runs, and was actually outrushing him at one point (I ended up with about 170 yards, but had two long runs; our feature RB was injured). I had speed, so every so often, I could break one for a big gain. He begins to heat up, and he breaks a few tackles, before he gets free. I'm the last one; I take a good angle, and am able to wrap him up. Unfortunately, he gives this nasty stiff arm, while I am hanging on for dear life. Meanwhile, he is laughing, before he discards me and scores. I am entirely humiliated. What's worse, is that this was on 4th and like 25. Later, they have first and goal, and they pitch it to him. I come on a cornerblitz, and try to slow him down. Nope. He proceeds to TRUCK ME and goes into the endzone. Keep in mind, I flew backwards into the endzone, and he is standing above me, as I am laying supine on the ground. He begins to dance while I am below him. At that moment, I wanted to sink into the turf. He ended up with like 330 yards and 7 TD's.

-I sucked at baseball; I love the sport, but I sucked (I didn't play until I was older, though). I was 0-2 in this one game, and this pitcher threw nothing but fastballs (about 80-85 MPH). So the count goes to 3-2. I am determined to crush the next pitch. He throws this hideous 46 MPH junk-ball(I don't even know what pitch it was) and I swing so hard, that I spin around, and fall to the ground, while my bat goes flying and almost hits the third base umpire. I swung like a full second early. I got better, but boy, did I suck.