Real men drive Hyundais

Turns out Ron Artest is a Hyundai driver. Via Jalopnik:

Artest got the car as a gift from George Lopez, apparently.

Obviously the Lakers details are ridiculous, but I’ll say this: The Hyundai Genesis is pretty awesome. I sat in one and played with the gadgets while I was in the dealership waiting on the paperwork for my own Hyundai, which, believe it or not, is significantly less flashy than Ron Artest’s Hyundai.

Also, here is an excerpt from Ron Artest’s Wikipedia page:

In a December 2009 Sporting News interview, Artest admitted that he had led a “wild” lifestyle as a young player, and that he drank Hennessy cognac in the locker room at halftime when he was playing for the Chicago Bulls at the beginning of his NBA career.[40] During his rookie season in Chicago, he was criticized for applying for a job at Circuit City in order to get an employee discount.[41][42] He once attended a practice with the Indiana Pacers in a bath robe.[43] He was suspended for two games in the early 2004–05 season by Pacers coach Rick Carlisle after he allegedly asked for a month off because he was tired from promoting an R&B album for the group Allure on his production label.[41] Artest had also been suspended for three games in 2003 for destroying a television camera at Madison Square Garden, and for four games for a confrontation with Miami Heat coach Pat Riley in 2003.

Walt “Clyde” Frazier owns these boots, obviously

The Knicks are in the playoffs. For insight on that from people who actually have interesting things to say about NBA basketball besides “OHHH!” and “WOW!” and “WHY IS NO ONE PLAYING DEFENSE!?” check out Tommy Dee and his crew at TheKnicksBlog.com.

And if you haven’t used up your allotment of Times articles for April, check out this feature about Walt “Clyde” Frazier’s wardrobe. Sadly, it is shorter than book-length and thus can not portray the full awesomeness of Frazier’s suits. It does have a photo gallery, thankfully.

Fun fact: Per Frazier’s Wikipedia page, he earned the nickname Clyde for wearing hats similar to the one Warren Beatty had in Bonnie and Clyde, which makes sense.

ALERT: Mike Piazza doing stuff

This one comes via Mets Police. It’s Mike Piazza golfing, in a foursome with Mario Lemieux, Michael Jordan and Toni Kukoc, who can’t even get mentioned in the title of the YouTube clip.

Also — and I’m really in no position to be saying anything — is it me or does Jordan have a pretty healthy gut going there? He’s probably still better at everything* than I’ll ever be at anything; I’m just sayin’s all.

*- People like to joke about how bad Jordan was at baseball. I guarantee those same people could not hit any home runs against Double-A pitching after a 13-year absence from the game.

Talking Tournament with Zags

In which I say like eight different teams should now be favorites to win the whole thing. Sorry, there was a lot of Luis Castillo stuff to deal with this morning.

Adam Zagoria, if you don’t know, holds down the college hoops and recruiting coverage for this here blog network. Also, every time I interview someone in D.C. I will refer to them as a “Beltway Insider.”