Per the orders of David Stern in conjunction with the Associated Press and Getty Images, the photographers and dot com teams covering the NBA Finals have done a stellar job capturing Lakers forward Pau Gasol at his absolute finest. See below.



The above photo captures POSITIVE INTENSITY.



While the NBA dot com team opted for positive intensity, the folks at Yahoo! Sports wanted Gasol in his famed FATIGUED POOL OF PERSPIRATION.




And if you travel to Foxsports.com, catch Gasol with the lesser known yet equally effective SCREAM FOR LIFE BECAUSE HIS JUNK IS ON FIRE.

All told, these shots are a hell of a lot better than the Kobe rape-face.





Nobody wants to see that.



June 9

1946 - Ted Williams clubs a 502 foot homerun at Fenway landing in a man's straw hat in the right field bleachers.  That man is still bitter that they didn't invent eBay for another 50 years. 

1961 - Michael J. Fox is born setting off a series of events that ultimately lead to the green lighting of a movie about a high school werewolf who absolutely dominates at basketball. 

2009 - The MLB Draft kicks off as the world patiently waits for a Todd McShay/Mel Kiper to emerge and spend 364 days of the year prepping them for it.



If ever there was a doubt that the sports media suffers from an abnormal obsession about all things Boston Red Sox, one only needs to take a quick scan through the sidebar headlines at SI.com for proof:



Apparently the diagnosis that there is nothing wrong with David Ortiz's vision and that he was administered freaking eye drops is not only newsworthy, it's one of the MLB "Top Stories"...during the middle of baseball season.

Rest assured, if Derek Jeter gets a cough and has to take some Halls later this summer,  you will know about it.



Matt Sebek gives the nation an update on the proposed plans for the vacant patch of land that sits adjacent to the site of this summer's All Star Game - Busch Stadium.