Video: Mascot Shoots Basketball Off Of Bango, The Milwaukee Bucks Mascot's Groin

Bango!

Prior to the celebrity game during the NBA All-Star Weekend, some mascots were having a pre-game shoot-around to entertain the crowd.

Rufus, the Charlotte Bobcats' mascot, shot a ball over his head. It then hit Bango, the Milwaukee Bucks' mascot in the groin and went into the hoop. Bango then followed.

Something tells me we won't be seeing that shot attempted in next year's H-O-R-S-E competition, nor will we see it in the round of the dunk competition where there is a dunk assistant.

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Steve Nash Is Now On Twitter

Looking to get the innermost thoughts of your favorite basketball playing Canadian?

The Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash is now available on Twitter.

This makes him the 3rd Suns player to be tweeting, following Shaquille O'Neal, the NBA's most prolific & deep man when it comes to Twitter, and Jason Richardson, another recent Tweeter.

And in case you were skeptical, it is actually Steve Nash - the Suns' Director of Digital Media & Research AKA PhoenixSunsGirl verified it.


Want to follow these 3 Suns on Twitter?


Steve Nash (the_real_nash): http://twitter.com/the_real_nash



Shaquille O'Neal: (THE_REAL_SHAQ): http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ



Jason Richardson: (jrich23): http://twitter.com/jrich23



It seems appropriate that Shaq's account would be in all caps, while Nash's is all lowercase.

While you're adding new people to follow, why not also follow Sports Rubbish?  http://twitter.com/SportsRubbish

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More On The Charles Barkley DUI Saga: Tattoos & Blow Job Edition

Just when you thought the Charles Barkley DUI story couldn't get any better, what with the Urkel drinking buddy and all, The Smoking Gun has just released the full report from the Gilbert Police Department.

Here are the highlights:

• I asked if he had been drinking and he said "Yes, I have." I asked how much he had had and he said, "A couple, I could give you a bullshit answer but I didn't."
• When I asked the question "Where were you going?" He told me that he ran the stop sign because he was in a hurry to pick up the girl I saw get in the passenger seat. He asked me to admit that she was "hot." He asked me, "You want the truth?" When I told him I did he said, "I was gonna drive around the corner and get a blow job." He then explained that she had given him a "blow job" one week earlier and said it was the best one he had ever had in his life.
• He told a civilian Gilbert PD employee: "I'll tattoo my name on your ass" if it would help get him out of the DUI. He laughed and then quickly corrected himself and said, "I'll tattoo your name on my ass" and then laughed again.

Ah, that Charles Barkley... entertaining right to the very end.

Barkley: All I Really Wanted Was Oral Sex [TMZ]
Charles Barkley's Oral Statements [Smoking Gun]
Charles Barkley: "I Was Gonna Drive Around The Corner And Get A Blow Job." [Deadspin]

Charles Barkley Is A Dumbass, Gets Nailed for DUI After Partying With Urkel

Charles Barkley is one of my favorite sports personalities. Not only did I enjoy his time with the Phoenix Suns (screw you, John Paxson), but he's also been entertaining in his post-basketball career.

That said, the man is a dumbass. Sure, he was tricked into saying a dumbass, but make no mistake, Charles Barkley is a dumbass.

How else could he think that driving in Scottsdale after having any drinks at all, late at night, would be a good idea? Also, why did he think that partying with Steve Urkel would be a good idea? No good can come of that.

“I am disappointed that I put myself in that situation,” said Barkey. “The Scottsdale police were fantastic. Now it is a legal matter and I will not comment any further as it is a legal matter.”  Feel free to add, "I'm a dumbass!" to the end of that statement.

Arizona has notoriously tough DUI laws & many athletes & celebrities have been caught. So why not get a taxi, Sir Charles?

Barkley did do what most say is the best idea, which is to refuse a breathalyzer and take a blood test instead, but under Arizona law, ANY amount of alcohol can be enough to get you for a DUI if it was shown to have impaired you.

Given Arizona's recent penchant for making DUI offenders "expect the max", Charles Barkley looks like he is in a world of trouble right now.

Barkley comments on Valley DUI  arrest [AZCentral]

Video: Chinese Girl Has Basketball For Legs, Hopes To Swim In 2012 Paralympics

Qian Hongyan was in a car accident when she was just 3 years old, and as a result, she had both of her legs amputated.

Her family was unable to provide real prosthetics, and as a result, she was put into a basketball, which she then hopped around in like a human Weeble.

Despite her disability, this young Chinese girl has dreams of participating in the 2012 Paralympics in London. No, not in the basketball event, but in swimming.

She swims 2000 meters every day in training in order to prepare to achieve her dream of swimming for Team China.

It's pretty remarkable what she can do in the pool, but also what she can do with a basketball. She's had far more success with it than the Oklahoma City Thunder have this season.

Chinese Girl Has Basketball for a Body [Weird Asia News]