Little known fact: Ryan Spoon, the founder of beRecruited & Sportswrap, is actually the lesser known brother of NBA free agent Doug Christie. Luckily, Spoon’s gf is not nearly as controlling as Jackie.

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I post this as the Cavaliers make a (probably futile, but exciting nonetheless…) comeback against the Spurs. The Cavs were down 30 pts and are now only down 8 - but there isn’t much time left…

Anderson França Varejão (/vareʒɐ̃ũ/; born September 28, 1982 in Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo) is a Brazilian professional basketball player, who plays in the NBA for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Varejão was selected by the Orlando Magic in the second round of the 2004 NBA Draft (30th overall) and traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers along with Drew Gooden and Steven Hunter in exchange for Tony Battie and two future second-round picks on July 23, 2004. He became a regular contributor for the Cavs, exciting fans and earning the nickname Wild Thing because of his energetic and relentless style of play.

In his rookie season, he ranked first in the league in efficiency with a 1.58 steals-per-turnover ratio, though his average playing time was just over 14 minutes per game over the course of the season.

On February 21st, 2006, fans at Quicken Loans Arena broke the Guinness World Record for “most people wearing wigs in a single venue” when 20,562 fans wore curly wigs given away before the game in celebration of Varejão’s unique hairstyle

One of them has Dwight Howard, the other has a magic johnson.

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Shrek 3 is raking in the money… So is Warren Sapp. The difference is that movie-goers are generally happy about having spent that money after the movie… the Raiders? Not so much.

There is a lot of talk about Cincinnati Bengal’s troubled wide receiver Chris Henry - who earlier this week supposedly flunked a drug test, then was cleared from the allegations, and finally whose head coach Marvin Lewis accused the Cincinnati police of profiling his players.

But not enough news was made about Chris Henry and his ties to outer space -

Get out of the city! I’m wondering how Manu Ginobili changed his accent after he and Larry Appleton parted ways…

ESPN thinks he looks more like Squidward

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One was on juice and corked his bats.
The drank enough gin and juice to find VH1’s New York tolerable and attractive.

Everyday I’m hustlin, or getting beat by the Jazz….

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SportsWrap has received 10,000s of visitors coming to marvel at Floyd Mayweather, Sr’s remarkable hair. Not only is Mayweather senial and not only did he watch the De La Hoya vs. Mayweather fight on Oscar’s behalf (!) - he once starred in the 1987 classic movie “The Predator”. Predator grossed $60mm and lead to a far-worse sequel with Danny Glover.

After much request and the obvious Floyd Mayweather, Sr. fan-base - we decided to recast The Predator with sports figures. This is the result:

Character: The Predator, Floyd Mayweather Sr

Character: Dutch, Arnold Schwarzenegger vs. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Dutch was both crafty and might, but Arnold was the 7 time Mr Olympia and the greatest body builder ever. Of course.

Character: Dillon, Carl Weathers vs. Apollo Creed
In real life Carl Weather played for the Oakland Raiders - in a better life, he was champion Apollo Creed

Character: Mac, Bill Duke vs. Vernon Maxwell
Nicknamed Mad Max for his clutch three-pointing shooting and ability to charge the stands with a closed fist. Bill Duke, on the other hand, also starred in Commando and American Gigalo.

Character: Blain, Jesse Venture vs. Terry Bradshaw
Bradshaw continues to infuriate viewers one hour before NFL games and for 15 minutes during halftime.

Character: Billy, Sonny Landham vs. Teddy Bruschi
Bruschi holds the NCAA sack record for a single season (52) and is the proud owner of numerous Super Bowl rings with the Patriots. Sonny is an honorary member of Alpha Sigma Phi, Beta Chi Chapter at American University.

Character: Anna, Elpidia Carrillo vs. Danica Patrick after a car wreck
Danica Patrick wins. No matter what. But Elpidia was in Kingpin…. not the movie, the TV mini-series no one has heard of.

Character: Poncho, Richard Chaves vs. Manu Ginoblli
Manu has won a gold medal, an NBA title, and is playing in the NBA playoffs as we speak. Richard Chaves became the subject of a stalker in the early 1990s - probaby Manu’s work.

Character: Hawkins, Shane Black vs. Howie Long
This one is tough because Howie sits alongside Bradshaw and helps ruin my Sunday mornings… Meanwhile Shane Black has given me joy (at least during the late 1980s). He sold his first screenplay Lethal Weapon released in 1987 for $250,000 and was paid $125,000 as a co-writer of Lethal Weapon 2 released in 1989.

Character: The Helicopter Pilot, Kevin Peter Hall vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
Also very tough - Sugar Ray Leonard is difficult to listen to and, as we learned on the contender, a terrible ‘actor’. Kevin Peter Hall however was not on the Helicopter Pilot - he was the actual predator. During its developmental stages, the Predator was going to be played by Jean-Claude Van Damme, but the producers realized that all of the actors to be physically dominated by the creature were body builders over 6 feet tall. This is when they opted for Hall to create a more ‘realistic’ scenario…. why? He was freaking 7′2! He was frequently cast in monster roles due to his extremely tall stature—he stood 7′ 2½” (2.20 m). His mother stood a top height of 6′2″ and his father stood 6′6″. He also had guest spots on shows like Night Court and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

What do you think? Are there other characters we missed? Better matches? Do tell…