Via FanNation:
For years fans and analysts have talked about ways to revive the night before the NBA All-Star Game. In its heyday it was a night where you could watch Larry Bird win the Three-Point Shootout and then see Michael Jordan battle Dominique Wilkins in the Slam Dunk Contest. It was a night more talked about and anticipated than the actual game. Think about it. Everyone remembers Jordan’s slam dunk from the free-throw line and Bird winning the three-point contest in his warm-ups but does anyone actually remember what happened the next day during the actual all-star game?
The problem is few all-stars want to actually participate in the Saturday night events (thankfully, Dwight Howard has given the Slam Dunk contest a rebirth) and many of the events are played out at this point.
Well, on Tuesday TNT announced that it will add a live H-O-R-S-E game to its programming lineup during All-Star Saturday Night. The interesting thing is the game, which will be played among three players who will be announced later, will take place outside of the US Airways Center before the official All-Star Saturday Night begins.
HORSE is a game where players alternate taking shots at the net. Each player calls their shot, and if they hit it, the other player has to match it. When a player misses a chance to match, they get a letter (starting with ‘H’). Once one player has spelled “H-O-R-S-E” — after missing five chances to match an opponent’s baskets — they are out of the game.
Of course, H-O-R-S-E.COM is taken but more importantly, how will this affect the world? Thanks to the internet, as the world become smaller, naming creativity, as happened with Web 2.0 names, is inevitable. Whether this is an isolated incident or a new trend is to be seen.
Have a great day,
Sahar
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Thanks, Sahar; and for the video, too; which I hadn’t seen.
One hyphenated name I personally regret not picking up during the good ol’ free drops years was B-i-b-l-e.com.