I watch a lot of crappy reality television shows, but I’ve never been a fan of the Dancing With The Stars series. How this is interesting television is more curious to me than why I can fart so much more potently after 10pm than at any other time of the day. Watching “celebrities” dance with professional dancers and then judging them on their (lack) of abilities never, to me, seemed like engaging television. Nevertheless, people are interested in this crap, and sports personalities looking to keep their names in the lights have latched on to this in a big way. Mark Cuban, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Helio Castroneves are featured in this season’s Dancing With The Stars and since I am a gambling man, I looked up what the odds were that any of these yahoos would actually win this thing like Emmitt did last season.
Bodog has Mark Cuban at 23-2 odds of winning, easily some of the worst odds of any contestant on the show. This pretty much makes sense because he is, after all, just one gigantic computer geek.
What surprised me was that Mayweather doesn’t have the best odds of the three, at 6-1. You’d think he would have the best control over his feet and body what with all the dancing around you have to do in the boxing ring. I guess the bookies do not believe that shuffling around a ring translates onto a dance floor.
Helio is looking the strongest with 11-4 odds. I can only assume the oddsmakers have given him these odds due to either his Brazilian roots or because drivers have to move their feet quickly to push the clutch in to shift their automobiles. Amazingly they have Helio at better odds than such veterans of the stage as Wayne Newton and Marie Osmond. The bookies are laying down a bold statement with this. Either race car drivers have a heretofore unknown ability to really cut a rug…or oddsmakers are bigots. Shocking, I know.
Mark Cuban loves him some kamikazes like fat kids love cake.
Mark Cuban wants you ladies to drop it like it’s hot cause the dick bandit will done landed on September 24th.
SI.com reports that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will be a contestant on the 5th season of Dancing With The Stars. He’ll be competing with other A-listers such as Jennie Garth (Kelly Taylor from 90210), Scary Spice (Spice Girls/Eddie Murphy’s golddigger), Sabrina Bryan (The Cheetah Girls – whatever the fuck that is) and Wayne Newton (plastic surgery poster boy).
There was a rumor that Dirk Nowitzki was being considered for the show before Cuban until comments about potential rival Wayne Newton were made public.
“I got to take what he gives me and he doesn’t really give me a lot … So I’ve got to make other stuff happen … help out on dips more; hit the ass harder, as hard as I can, get some extra points; if I have a shot to make a move, try to knock it out and if I don’t, move my partner and let someone else have a shot.”
Needless to say judge Carrie Ann Inaba was not pleased and suggested adding Cuban to the show instead.
“I’m tired of hearing about how Wayne’s going to take him out of his game and any lack of confidence. You’re just not supposed to have that, all right … I wasn’t the best of dancers and didn’t have the best of skills, but you were not going to shake my confidence. We need all of our dancers to be confident, to be resilient, to be persistent and that’s what I want to see. If I don’t see it during warmups, I’m going to be highly upset … because I need to have it going into that first show on September 24th. They’ve got to be confident and really sure about what they’re doing.”
No worries about that with Mark Cuban as one can see in the picture above. He always brings his A-game. I can’t wait until he breaks out the butterfly like his idol Patra and blows the competition away.
This never gets old (warning – uncensored version so you might want to turn it down at work)
Been sick as a dog since Friday, so Mustafa has been carrying the load…but i’m feelin a bit better, well enough to bring you a link dump of joy carefully culled from teh interwebs. Welcome to the Constitutional.
Mark Cuban does blow…this comes as a HUGE surprise to everyone. How does Stern punish him for this, even if its fake? Our Book of Scrap
The babe’s Rookie Card Playoffs continue into the final round, cast your votes now. Babes Love Baseball
Whitlock has moved off the couch and is now on FOX. The Big Lead
A hot Brazillian referee is posing for Playboy. Giggity! The Offside
Bill Cowher has reportedly talked to the Redskins about coaching – Hogs Haven
Update: Forgot to link a great interview that Deadspin’s Will Leitch did with MLB’s newest employee Harold Reynolds. Congrats on the new job Harold and the great interview Will. – Deadspin
them on their (lack) of abilities never, to me, seemed like engaging television. Nevertheless, people are interested in this crap, and sports personalities looking to keep their names in the lights have latched on to this in a big way. Mark Cuban, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Helio Castroneves are featured in this season’s Dancing With The Stars and since I am a gambling man, I looked up what the odds were that any of these yahoos would actually win this thing like Emmitt did last season.
What surprised me was that Mayweather doesn’t have the best odds of the three, at 6-1. You’d think he would have the best control over his feet and body what with all the dancing around you have to do in the boxing ring. I guess the bookies do not believe that shuffling around a ring translates onto a dance floor.
Helio is looking the strongest with 11-4 odds. I can only assume the oddsmakers have given him these odds due to either his Brazilian roots or because drivers have to move their feet quickly to push the clutch in to shift their automobiles. Amazingly they have Helio at better odds than such veterans of the stage as Wayne Newton and Marie Osmond. The bookies are laying down a bold statement with this. Either race car drivers have a heretofore unknown ability to really cut a rug…or oddsmakers are bigots. Shocking, I know.
