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Best Basketball Commercial:

            This is by far the most competitive category.  As I stated last column - "The Lebrons" are the best in the last few years. 

            But the all-time best has to be the Michael Jordan and Mars Blackman commercials.  For one thing, it was such a treat just to be able to see Jordan dunk on a frequent basis - most of us didn't have SportsCenter back then.  Second, it had a great catchphrase: "It's gotta be the shoes."  And third, Spike Lee puts on just a tremendous performance.

            If you take a look at Spike's top accomplishments, it goes like this: 1) "Do the Right Thing", 2) Mars Blackman Commercials, and 3) inspiring Reggie Miller to single-handedly destroy the Knicks in The Garden.  Yet despite not producing a significant film for more than 15 years, Spike still remains relevant.  He's a poor man's Woody Allen.

            A lot of people like the McDonald's commercial with Jordan and Bird playing HORSE for a Big Mac - in fact, it was most popular in an ESPN survey.  You know, the "off the expressway, over the river, off the billboard, through the window, off the wall, nothin' but net" commercials.  But it was just too unrealistic for me - I just can't believe those guys like Big Macs.        

            The "Young Jordan vs. Old Jordan" was a classic.  I wish they would do another one, but instead star "Young Barkley vs. Old Barkley". 

            Old Barkley, sitting in TNT studios: "Young fella, you ain't never gonna win a championship unless you start playing defense.  You play D like you're from Europe."

            Young Barkley: "You just sold out to the media, fat man.  I hate the media."

            Old Barkley: "Might as well put you on the Mavericks - you can't even win with Hakeem, Drexler and Pippen."

            Young Barkley: "I'm gonna throw you out a window."

Best Women's Basketball Commercial:

             The best commercial included Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes and Dawn Staley, three of the top WNBA players, playing on a New York City playground against some guys.  At the end, the voiceover says: "They didn't beat every guy. But they beat enough to say basketball is basketball. And athletes are athletes."

            What?  You mean random guys on the playground were beating the best female players in the world?  It's not like they were playing at the Rucker.  Can you imagine Annika Sorenstam showing up at the local municipal course and getting beat by 10-handicaps?  Or Venus and Serena losing at the neighborhood tennis courts?  There's no way that happens.

            So just so we're clear, the level of play in the WNBA is essentially the same as a pick-up game on West 4th Street.  Actually, check that - a WNBA All-Star game is essentially the same as a New York pick-up game.   

Best Golf Commercials:

            Tiger Woods asking: "I've heard I'm not ready for you. Are you ready for me?"  Tiger Woods bouncing the ball on his wedge.  Tiger Woods winning the British Open as a five-year-old.  I do have a Tiger joke, but I'm afraid that Stevie will find me and throw my laptop into a lake.

Best NASCAR Commercials:

            This is the problem with NASCAR commercials - the average person has no idea who these guys are (with the possible exception of Jeff Gordon.  And for those thinking: "What about Danica Patrick?"  Well, she's not in NASCAR, she's in, uh, the other racing thingy.  And it shows that you don't know anything about NASCAR, just like me).  I see a commercial with some guys in race driving suits, and I assume they're in NASCAR, but they could just as easily be Jeff Foxworthy.

            I know that NASCAR is supposed to be one of the most popular and fastest-growing sports in America.  But here's the thing - I don't know any NASCAR fans.  Granted, I've been living in Chicago and New York, not exactly hotbeds for NASCAR, but you would think I would meet at least one person in these cities of millions.  They're like Scientologists - you know they exist and see them on TV, but you don't personally know one.

Best Hockey Commercials

            I'll start writing about hockey when they start playing.  What?  They are?  OK, well, here's my review - for me, watching hockey commercials is about the same as watching hockey games on TV.  What does that mean?  I can't really remember doing either.