While the Commonwealth of Virginia has produced several American Presidents, and the Tidewater area has produced many fine athletes, only one Black Prezodent has emerged from Norfolk's Old Dominion University. With a storied career that carried him from Golden State to Miami to Dallas to New Jersey to Milwaukee to Orlando to Denver to Cleveland to Moscow(!), the man known as "The Energizer" spread his sweet, sweet inside game all across the nation like a modern Johnny Appleseed with slightly-better-than-average post footwork. Despite his journeyman status, this Black Prezodent managed to amass more than 7200 points and 3700 rebounds, and was recognized as an All-Star for the '97 Mavericks despite coming off the bench. His career field goal percentage was over .500, including a .603 season that remains among the best in history.
On a stylistic note, this week's Black Prez sparked a trend that would come to embody the Office for years to come: the headband. But few know that the Energizer's choice of headgear was less a matter of sartorial taste than it was an attempt to cover a huge scar that resulted from a childhood accident involving a soapy van. The synthetic plate embedded in his head never kept him from charging into the paint, however, and for that the Faculty salute...
Chris Gatling, our nation's 19th Black Prezodent.
No mention of $ean $ingletary on the Bobcats, and confessing to a UNC softness? You definitely need some help with your college fandom, cause that is ghey.
ReplyDeleteThat was obviously meant for your League Pass Power Rankings post. College sports is fo suckas? You need to get out more.
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