Stephen A. Smith loves dissecting opinions. In a new commercial for McDonald's, he discusses LeBron James Tweeting about his love for McDonald's Chicken McNuggets. Smith claims LeBron doesn't know what he's talking about and that Nuggets are no match for a Quarter Pounder with Cheese. This stance gets viewers talking, debating which item is the greatest of all time on the McDonald's menu. 

It's worth noting that LeBron never actually Tweeted about McDonald's or Chicken McNuggets, though it would have been an impressive tie-in if he had. Still, the commercial does have viewers talking because it yet again features Smith arguing about something no one really cares about, only this time it's fast food and not Tim Tebow.

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This clip comes from ESPN's postgame coverage from Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals.  Near the end of the game, Tony Allen of the Grizzlies got a flagrant foul from Manu Ginobili.  Even though the call was fairly accurate, Allen writhed on the ground like David Luiz, holding his head that was never touched.

After the game, Jalen Rose had a great line planned for the occasion... and messed it up.

"Whether it was a flagrant foul or not, Tony Allen, Pulitzer Prize winner."

Of course, the Pulitzer is for writing and not acting, as the rest of the ESPN set pointed out.  Maybe ESPN NBA Countdown can win the Pulitzer for Best Studio Show one of these days and finally beat Inside the NBA.

[Video via AirChecked]

There was huge news in MLS this week as the league unveiled plans for the league's 20th team - a joint venture between Manchester City and the New York Yankees - two of the richest, most powerful teams in the world.  After a YES promo for the press conference earlier this week, Mike Francesa expressed his disdain and complete non-interest in the sport of soccer.  What follows was one of the more predictable, humorous, get off my lawn soccer rants from Mikey.  

Instead of prank calls making fun of Mike's sleepiness, what we really need today is callers asking Mike to break down the Champions League final or fake transfer scenarios for how Borussia Dortmund can replace Mario Gotze.

[Video via Cork Gaines]

I always figured that if/when Chuck Norris and Tim Tebow crossed paths in the pop culture spectrum, the internet would simply cease to exist. Norris, Tebow. Tebow, Walker, Texas Ranger. It's just too much for us bloggers. After all, the World Wide Web has taught us that Norris slams revolving doors and that Tebow hits blackjack with one card.

It's no wonder that Norris has decided to pen a 1,000-word column praising his fellow American superhero. What is odd, though, is that said column appears on a website that claims to be dedicated to "documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias."

While this brief video may simply be a quirky SportsNation clip and an opportunity for Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan to show off his awesome facial expressions... I can't help but think this also doubles as punishment for Charissa Thompson in leaving ESPN for Fox Sports 1.  Way to stand in there and take a knee in the back from a man that outweighs you by 150 pounds, Charissa.  Just be careful if ESPN is trying to plan anymore of these "stunts" for "laughs" or else FS1 may be without their new studio host for a while.

H/T TBJ

All Times Eastern

College Baseball
ACC Tournament, Durham, NC
Pool Play
Virginia vs. Georgia Tech -- Fox Sports Net-regional, 11 a.m.
Miami vs. North Carolina -- Fox Sports Net-regional, 3 p.m.
Florida State vs. Virginia Tech -- Fox Sports Net-regional, 7 p.m.

Big Ten Tournament, Minneapolis, MN
2nd Round
Illinois vs. Michigan -- Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Ohio State vs. Nebraska -- Big Ten Network, 4:30 p.m.
Indiana vs. Minnesota -- Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

Big 12 Tournament, Oklahoma City, OK
Pool Play
Oklahoma vs. Baylor -- Fox College Sports Central, 10 a.m.
Kansas State vs. Texas Tech -- Fox College Sports Central, 1:30 p.m.
West Virginia vs. Kansas -- Fox College Sports Central, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma State vs. TCU -- Fox College Sports Central, 8:30 p.m.

SEC Tournament, Hoover, AL
3rd Round
Mississippi vs. Alabama -- SportSouth, 10:30 a.m.
South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt -- SportSouth, 2 p.m.
Arkansas vs. LSU -- SportSouth, 5:30 p.m.
Mississippi State vs. Texas A&M -- SportSouth, 9 p.m.

The San Antonio Spurs beat the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night, giving them a valuable 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals. A 2-0 series lead is pretty exciting stuff, especially for one fan who was caught screaming "We did it!" at the top of his lungs shortly after the final buzzer. 

Remarkably, this is the second time we've highlighted a Spurs fan this month. You might recall that the Spurs-Warriors game, one which many have labeled as a classic, was almost ruined thank to the shrieks and screams from one loud female fan.

Aside from the fact the "We did it!" comment brings up the ancient debate of fans referring to themselves as members of the team, it's sort of odd that this individual chose such a phrase in the first place. Winning Game 2 doesn't seem to warrant a "We did it!" celebration, does it? Aren't those types of comments usually reserved for when your team wins it all and hoists a trophy? If the Spurs end up taking the title, let's just hope this gentleman is in attendance. The sports world deserves to hear his reaction if this is how he reacts to a Game 2 victory. 

(H/T Larry Brown Sports)

Tiger Woods, the greatest golfer in this generation and perhaps the most recognizable current athlete on the planet, has never truly had a rival.  Sure Phil Mickelson has his followers, Vijay Singh had his run-ins with Woods, and Rory McIlroy may be the next thing.  But Tiger Woods has never had that one person who could consistently challenge him on the course, draw the best out of him, and occasionally beat him head to head while looking him in the eye.  Palmer had Nicklaus, Nicklaus had Watson, and Woods has... Bob May?  Y.E. Yang?  

While never being able to best him on the course, Sergio Garcia has been the closest thing Woods has had to a rival off the course.  The two golfers have never been close and Garcia's exuberance and emotion, especially seen during intense Ryder Cup matches with the two on different sides, paints a completely different portrait compared to Woods' stoicism.  The differences between Woods and Garcia reportedly date back to the made-for-TV Battle at Bighorn in 2000 when Garcia beat Woods in a match play event and celebrated his victory a little too much for Woods' liking.  Over the years, resentment grew and came to a boiling point at this year's Players Championship.

Professional football is so powerful in the United States that even the Pro Bowl manages to perform quite well in terms of viewership. But the NFL knows that the game itself sucks and the league continues to consider ways to tweak it in order to improve on those ratings. The latest gimmicky consideration comes via NFL Network's Albert Breer per Pro Football Talk: 

The Los Angeles Kings have had the best team Twitter account in sports.  Funny, irreverent, engaging, topical, not afraid to take a dig at their rivals, worth following even if you weren't a Kings fan... pretty much the opposite of every single other North American professional sports team that operates in the social media space.

And then, for some reason, the Kings decided to hand over their Twitter account to a Los Angeles radio host - KROQ's Kevin Ryder.  It's a gimmick teams and leagues will often do, bringing in a guest tweeter to engage with fans and tweet from the team's official account to provide a few extra laughs or answer questions or be "edgy."  Who knows.  It's usually a pointless exercise that adds nothing (if I wanted to follow these people I could figure it out how to do it pretty easily), but these official Twitter accounts do it anyways.

.@thekevinryder is taking over @lakings for the 2nd period.... we've made a huge mistake.

— LA Kings (@LAKings) May 22, 2013

Who could have predicted how scary accurate the Kings' prediction would be!  During that second period, Ryder tweeted out this sexual assault joke to the Kings' 225,000+ followers...