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The Dallas Cold Shoulder

The highlight of the 2012 NFL draft was Morris Claiborne. A few years ago Patrick Patterson and Mo Claiborne made up one of the best corner back tandems in college history. We all knew who the first two picks would be, Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III respectively. After that Minnesota, Cleveland and Tampa Bay would make their decisions and pick. All of these teams have secondaries that could use an athletic corner like Claiborne. It was a forgone conclusion that Claiborne would be gone within the first five picks in the draft. Only he wasn’t.

At pick number six the Cowboys traded up with St. Louis, giving up their 14th and 45th (second round) picks for the 6th overall. Jerry Jones wanted Claiborne. But that’s not weird, right? The Cowboys basically missed the playoffs because the couldn’t stop the Giants passing game. Terrance Newman is still having nightmares of Victor Cruz salsa dancing.

But it is odd and here’s why. Jerry Jones and the Cowboys were desperately in love with Morris Claiborne. It’s said the Cowboys hadn’t placed a grade this high on cornerback since Deion Sanders. They were so smitten with the prospect that they went for the playground crush technique and ignored him. They didn’t interview him. They didn’t bring him to their facility. They didn’t talk to him at his the LSU pro day. They didn’t even think of him. Jerry Jones has one hell of a Texas Hold ‘em poker face.

What solidified this as the moment of the draft was Morris’ reaction. The shock of playing for Big D was too much. He fought back tears having an emotional moment with his mother and choked up during his interview with Deion Sanders — disappointingly, it seems this interview is a video that never made it’s way to the internet.

“It still feels like it isn’t real, but I know it’s real. I’m just so excited to get in, to get to work, to get around my teammates.”

— Morris Claiborne

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How the Tupac hologram worked.

Watch 13 other hologram wins and fails. (Or watch video of Hologram Tupac here.)

(Also, “Snoop Dogg should be in every diagram” is a thing now.)

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Al Pacino and Christopher Walken

The amount of funny in this thing is almost overwhelming!

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#FREEDARRELL

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Just when you thought the Los Angeles Clippers organization started to make positive changes, they go and do something pretty stupid. According to a post on his website, beloved and long term suffering fan, Clipper Darrell is no longer allowed to be Clipper Darrell. 

From his site: 

It is with great sadness that I must report to all those in NBA NATION that I have been told by Clipper management they no longer want me to be Clipper Darrell, a name that was given to me by the media because of my unwavering support and team spirit. I am devastated!!!!

I have been a season ticket holder for over a decade and a FAN for over 15 years and have dedicated a major part of my life to support the Clipper organization and it’s players no matter what the season’s outcome. Over the years (400 home games) I have gone to great lengths to show my appreciation and loyalty in my attire, the car I drive and in my very own home. I’ve taken seriously the mantra of being “Clipper Darrell” in performing community service, mentoring young children and my participation in outreach programs. I’ve appreciated the struggles of the team to overcome obstacles as I’ve done in my life. I felt vindicated for all the years we as Clipper fans have gone through trials and tribulations and NOW we have a team that can win it all. Yesterday was the hardest day of my life, I felt powerless as a fan, as I was stripped of my identity however, no one can take away my heart and the love I have for my team!

Darrell Bailey further elaborated on the situation to Mediabistro. From the article: 

That’s when everything went haywire and they said I was trying to make money off sponsorships,” Bailey added. “If people are going to pay me to do some things, why not do it? I don’t see any harm in it as long as I’m not hurting the brand itself. I’m going to high schools, charity events, I do it all. They told me at the end of the conversation that, ‘We would like you not to be Clipper Darrell anymore and would like you to go back to Darrell Bailey.

I can understand with their newfound popularity, the Clippers might be a bit worrisome about some one potentially profiting from their name. Yet Clipper Darrell is harmless in comparison to the guys selling bootleg t-shirts outside of Staples Center after a game. Clipper Darrell held his own rally in support of bringing LeBron James to the Clippers in the summer of 2010. Darrell is a fan that shows up to every home game and loves his team. It’s not necessarily that extreme, but imagine the Lakers telling Jack Nicholson to stop coming to games or the Knicks telling Spike Lee to cool out or that wacky Dallas Mavericks fan to tone it down. Before Blake Griffin, one of the most memorable things about a Clippers home game was Darrell’s antics.