And the Swami says … well, listen for yourself

For those of you who don’t know, Chris Berman is one of ESPN’s many talking heads. Although he’s awful at his job, Berman has been with ESPN since its inception. As the network’s higher-ups seem to think he’s the face of the company, Berman, it seems, has achieved tenure in an otherwise volatile industry. But what kind of image does Berman really have? Enjoy these three clips, and decide for yourself.

Bragging about smuggling drugs across the Canadian border? Maybe make sure the cameras are off next time.

“I hope I’m there the next time you have the bottle.” Berman is married. Not to Rebecca.

But my personal favorite, for oh so many reasons:

Chris Berman, ladies and gentlemen, the face of ESPN.

“Mr. Rainmaker,” from Club Trillion founder Mark Titus

Mark Titus is a basketball player at Ohio State University who rarely sees any playing time. His group, Club Trillion, is a tongue-in-cheek reference to his stat line after a typical game (1 minute played, 0 FGs, 0 FTs, 0 rebounds etc.), which looks like the number 1 trillion. Titus has a fantastic blog, the address to which is on my Web Links, but he recently posted this video up on YouTube as an answer to some letters he received that were critical of his basketball skills.

Phenomenal.

It’s amazing that a bench warmer on the same squad as Evan Turner might be the most famous athlete on the team; If you haven’t read his blog, you should definitely check it out.

I don’t like NASCAR, but Tony Stewart is hilarious

This is a clip of Tony Stewart’s interview after the Daytona 500 on Sunday. In all fairness to the reporter in the video, she got what she deserved for asking such a dumb question.

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Dock Ellis talks about his infamous no-hitter

Ever wondered what it's like to throw a no-no on LSD? Dock sure did.

Before his death in December of 2008, Dock Ellis sat down to tell his story about throwing a no-hitter while high on LSD on NPR’s Weekend America. This is his story, set to animation by James Blagden.

Good night and good luck, Coco

Conan O'Brien's final Tonight Show, January 22, 2010.

I know this happened a week ago, but it’s such a great clip that I had to post it.

Conan got such a raw deal from NBC and Jay Leno that for him to go out this way shows just how classy of a guy he is.

Hopefully when the non-compete clause of his contract is up in September, he’ll have a deal in place for a new show on a better network (even the CW would be an improvement over NBC).

While I would guess NBC owns the intellectual property rights to most of Conan’s characters and sketches, we can all hold out hope for a Masturbating Panda, or perhaps a HornyKangaroo.com.

See you soon, Coco.

Now this is change we can believe in. Except at NBC.