This is our weekly look at the most popular — or in some cases our personal favorite — videos on Clippit over the past week. Clippit is an awesome app that allows us to quickly grab 30-second clips from several live TV broadcasts and share them on social media.
NBA All-Star Star Weekend goes all out in remembering Craig Sager and supporting the #SagerStrong Foundation
On Saturday night in New Orleans, the NBA had players (and even former players) and celebrities come out to shoot threes in an effort to raise money for the #SagerStrong Foundation.
After Steph Curry failed in his (many) attempts to get the total up to $500,000, Ernie Johnson called out Sager’s son Ryan to make the final basket with some help from Shaq. This was awesome:
And before the All-Star Game on Sunday night, TNT’s Kenny Smith showed off his #SagerStrong kicks and socks:
Dick Vitale goes off about Kansas students leaving early… and the Jayhawks then make an insane comeback to win
With the Kansas Jayhawks trailing the West Virginia Mountaineers by 14 points and 2:43 to go, Dick Vitale ripped Jayhawks fans for leaving early:
And Dickie V most certainly didn’t stop on this topic as KU made an insane comeback (ultimately winning 84-80 in overtime):
Jim Harbaugh’s feud with “Pete” Finebaum
I wrote last week about Jim Harbaugh blasting “Pete” Finebaum on Twitter, following criticism from Paul Finebaum over Michigan’s recruiting tactics.
Well, the next day, Finebaum played along on his SEC Network show, as he called it the “The Pete Finebaum” show:
And yes, he responded to Harbaugh’s comments:
Bill Walton tells amazing story about how he got Richard Jefferson suspended for 2 games at Arizona
Bill Walton and Dick Vitale joined Dave Pasch for an NBA game last week, and it was highly entertaining. But perhaps the most interesting moment from the broadcast was a very random story from Walton about Richard Jefferson (you can read more about it here):
Michelle Beadle despises the Mannequin Challenge
The NBA All-Star Celebrity Game busted out the Mannequin challenge mid-game, and Michelle Beadle was definitely not a fan:
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Matt is an editor/writer at The Comeback and Awful Announcing.
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