Shorts: WTF Moments

Wow Pare, Heavy

     Recently, Patrick "Pato" Gregorio, Smart Sports' top honcho, announced their intention of looking for more boxing prospects for the Amatuer Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP), even as far as the heavyweight division, since there are indeed fewer rivals in Asia in this weighty division.  Then, it all just became surreal.  Continuing his thoughts, Gregorio then revealed his intentions of talking to former Barako Bull Center Alex Crisano, in the hopes of convincing him to train and later compete... in the heavyweight division of boxing!!! WTF?!?!?!  Okay, Crisano may be big and at 6 ft 7 inches, he would have a reach advantage, but he is old, can barely get by without alcohol and has not trained in boxing for three decades. Wow.  Someone must have hit Gregorio on the head, hard... REALLY HARD.  Maybe it was Ethel Booba.








Darko Freed!!??!!

     Former 2nd overall pick Darko Milicic was so traumatized with his constant benching in his four stops (Detroit, Orlando, Memphis and New York) in the NBA that he announced his desire to leave the NBA for Europe next year.  Suddenly though, the Minnesota Timberwolves traded for him in exchange for Brian Cardinal.  The T-Wolves GM David Kahn then had a heart to heart with Darko, convincing him that he would get playing time if he wanted.  Thus, in the T-Wolves outing versus the surging Oklahoma City Thunder, Milicic played 19 (!) productive minutes, scoring 8 points, grabbing 8 rebounds to go along with 2 assists and a block.  Best of all, stats wise, the T-Wolves outscored the Thunder by 35 points during the time Milicic was on the court. WTF!!!???!!!  Interviewed about his play, Milicic gave what will go down as one of the best sound bites in history, saying, "I was trying to focus on breathing.  I was just focusing on breathing so I didn’t die."


Ripped Curl

     In the ongoing 2010 Winter Olympics, Danish Curling Captain Madeleine Dupont cost her team the victory against home team Canada with two errant shots.  Then, she cried (!) and blamed the Canadian fans, who were so raucous in distracting her.  Apparently, such noisy cheering is only socially acceptable before and after shots, like in billiards, tennis or bowling.  That, however, is not the WTF moment. What really got me was this thought.  There are actually enough fans of curling to have caused such a ruckus to cause a distraction and missed shot?  WTF!!??!!  Think about that for while.