Shaq-tastic Photo

Per their game, Ball Don't Lie is asking readers to caption this amazing photograph of Gerald Wallace getting obliterated by Shaquille O'Neal, a ridiculously large man. 

The unstoppable force meets the immovable object obviously comes to mind, but my favorite submission thus far is, "Gerald, tell me how my abs taste," which if it sounds a bit obtuse, check out this clip of Shaq rapping about Kobe Bryant for a quick reference point. Well played, Killamari, whoever you are. 

Really, though, I'm not particularly interested in the caption contest. (The winner supposedly gets this). I just wanted an excuse to post this ridiculous photo. No matter how many times I look at it, I'm always overcome with how freakin' big Shaq is. Good lord. 

Ali-Frazier

Earlier this week, Life magazine posted on Google their photo archives. Obviously, there are literally thousands of fantastic photographs, but this John Shearer shot of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, which Shearer snapped prior to their historic 1971 fight, grabbed my attention. 

I'd say it illustrates pretty well Ali's devil-may-care showmanship and Frazier's steely determination, which brought out the best in both men throughout the first half of the 1970s, as they beat the holy hell out of one another.   

Frazier, of course, would go on, a few weeks later, to beat Ali in Madison Square Garden, while Ali won both the rematch three years later, in 1974, and the third and final fight, the "Thrilla in Manila," the following year. After the third fight, which Frazier's trainer, Eddie Futch, stopped before the 15th round, Ali famously said it was the closest to dying he's ever been.