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Kyrie Irving is quickly becoming one of my favorite NBA players, not just for his sensational rookie season, but also by his personality off the court.
A little over a month ago Irving was a star in a Pepsi commercial playing the character "Uncle Drew" which has been seen over 13 million times on YouTube.
Well, Irving is back in front of the camera again, this time without a script.
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While at a training camp session for Team USA in preparation for the Summer Olympics, Irving challenged Kobe Bryant to a game of one-on-one for $50,000.
Watching Irving banter back and forth with the 14-time All Star is quite not only entertaining, it is downright hilarious.
"He thinks he's talking to a high school kid! This is not a high school kid coming to you," Irving says. "This is me, coming to talk to you, one-on-one."
Bryant responds with, "You just came out of high school, kid!"
"I just came out of college. You came out of high school!" Irving quickly strikes back.
Kobe's response is classic. "You played two games in college. You played two games. You are a high school kid."
While Irving actually played 11 games at Duke, Kobe's point is well taken.
The deal is settled with a handshake — the loser will donate $50,000 to a charity of the winner's choice.
The only bad part about the one-on-one matchup is that we have to wait a whole year for them to play.
Pac-12 opts out of Big Ten scheduling deal
Before it was even set to begin, the Pac-12 has suspended its scheduling deal with the Big Ten, saying there were too many complications with football schedules to pull it off.
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said that the league learned from Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott that coordinating schedules between the two conferences proved to be "too difficult".
Utah athletic director Chris Hill released a statement regarding the Pac-12 calling off the deal, saying, "We were made aware that this partnership may not come together as we had originally anticipated. With our intensely competitive nine-game conference schedule, this will allow us to maintain flexibility in our non-conference scheduling. We look forward to continuing our historic partnership with the Big Ten in the future, including our scheduled football home-and-home series with Michigan in 2014 and 2015."
The conferences will still continue a close relationship, which includes their long-standing partnership with the Rose Bowl.
The good news, if there is any, is that it opens up the door for Utah and BYU to resume its annual rivalry in 2016, if both parties choose to do so.
BYU releases 2012 football promo video
Here's a quick reminder from BYUtv Sports that the gridiron grandeur is just a couple of months away.
Thursday night, August 30th, the excitement begins as the Cougars bring in the Cougars from Washington State and their new coach Mike Leach.
The Utes haven't released their 2012 football promo yet, but here is one created by YouTube user deejtechno22 that will get you excited for this upcoming season.
Aggie fans, where are you? I expect something ready by next Friday.
