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Charlie Tweeder
Aug 21, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
We did not really have a problem with the performance of Scott Caan as Charlie Tweeder, the main Wide Receiver for West Caanan, but we were not exactly sure what it was supposed to be. Was he the ladies’ man, the comedian, or the future prison inmate? It was a little disjointed, but our biggest issue is not buying Scott Caan as an athlete, but wasn’t he a little short to be a Wide Receiver in a solid Texas High School Football program? This was the same guy who stood eye to eye to the diminutive “E” in Entourage.
Charles Jefferson
Aug 21, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
In a perfect world, we would nominate the scene where Phoebe Cates came out of the pool. I mean, athletics happen in swimming pools all the time right? Maybe, we will figure out a Hall of Fame for that.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is not a sports movie, but we do recall a very motivated Linebacker named Charles Jefferson (did he ever get those Earth, Wind & Fire tickets) whose car was “allegedly” totaled by Ridgemont’s rival, Lincoln. This began the greatest on field annihilation by a defensive Football Player in a motion picture, and we can still hear the “Tackle by Jefferson” in our head; that is when we are not thinking about Phoebe Cates’ boobs. Lewis Scott
Aug 13, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Channeling the Charles Barkley “I am not a role model” speech, Lewis Scott is the typical selfish me first basketball player, whose Utah Jazz are facing the Boston Celtics for the NBA Finals. So of course he is kidnapped by a pair of diehard Celtics fans (Daniel Stern and Dan Aykroyd) who believe that by keeping Scott out of the lineup, they can help their beloved Celtics win the title. Does hilarity ensue? Not really. Does the selfish Basketball player learn a lesson about teamwork? Of course he does…this is a Basketball movie after all! Although….didn’t Stephon Marbury kind of come to resemble Lewis Scott a bit? Just saying.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Celtic Pride (1996)
Actor:
Damon Wayans
Position Portrayed:
Shooting Guard
Played for:
Utah Jazz
Why you should vote for him:
Well, he won the NBA Championship.
Why you should not vote for him:
There are better Wayans roles (and better Basketball ones) than this one.
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Kyle Lee Watson
Aug 13, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Although “Above the Rim” had the urban grit you would expect from a street ball film, it was a little cliché ridden and predictable. Nevertheless, any fault of the film could not lay with Duane Martin, who was a legitimate Basketball player in Division III, NYU, and thus looked the part of concrete playground and Georgetown bound, Kyle Lee Watson. The issue for Watson’s induction is that he was overshadowed by Tupac Shakur who dominated this film and rendered the man who should have been the star to the second tier.