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SALT LAKE CITY — Okay fans of BYU, Utah, the Jazz or the Dallas Cowboys prepare to become really jealous of a stadium, or at least a gigantic screen. A college is preparing to build the biggest screen, and it would be at UNLV.
Yeah, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. UNLV is planning on building a stadium that holds a 100-yard long screen. End zone to end zone. The picture above is via the Las Vegas Sun.
It is called the "UNLV Now" project. The stadium will hold 60,000 or so during a football game and cost approximately $800 million. It will probably hold more than just football if they are going to get the money for this stadium. Early mockups have it hosting huge UFC events, soccer and probably an attempt to get their foot in the door for some premier NCAA bowl games.
Just for some perspective, BYU's screen, the new one, is 51 feet by 34 feet. Utah's screen is 22 feet by 38 feet. And the Cowboys stadium is 60 yards long.
UNLV: Go big or go home. Wait, it is supposed to be "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." Well, it probably will, but it's hard to believe anyone will be able to move a 100-yard long screen.
Get out of the way or smile for the picture:
Marcin Gortat vs. Kevin Durant just doesn't seem like a fair matchup and Gortat knows it. Durant was going big against the Suns and two of his 40 points came on a dunk that will immortalize Gortat. Fortunately for Gortat, his post-game comments might overshadow his embarrassment.
After the game Gortat explained what he was doing to the media.
"First of all, I was looking for my keys underneath the basket," he said. "I lost them over there."
"I ain't going to cry," he continued. "It's part of the game. I already knew what was going on when he took off. I didn't even lift my hands. I just tried to get out of the picture or at least smile."
Gortat was left helpless when Durant used a stutter-step to blow by Phoenix's Michael Beasley at the top of the key. Durant then took off from the middle of the lane, extended his right arm and turned Gortat into a YouTube video that was up less than five minutes after the game ended.
"I ain't going to deny; that was probably one of the top three dunks of the year," Gortat said.
It was big and nasty and just like life sometimes you just have to "get out of the picture or at least smile."
Dancing laser Ray Lewis:
Ray Lewis came back for the playoffs, announced his retirement and then went ahead and crushed my hopes and dreams by making it to the AFC Championship.
Now, the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront is showing a laser show of Lewis' famous pregame dance on the side of their building. It is taken straight out of the 80s with green and purple neon lights, and is pretty sweet.
Well it would be if I wasn't still crying from last weekends loss. Lewis is an all-time great and deserves whatever shows he gets. So in time to ramp up for this weekend's New England vs. Baltimore game, enjoy this laser show.
Handfishing at its finest:
Sometimes when you go fishing with your hand you catch a really big fish that nearly drags you down to its lair to eat you.
Okay, this fish might not have eaten this man, but this big tarpon fish still grabbed this Florida man and wouldn't let go.
He was fishing on the edge of the docks when he caught the big fish with his hand and started slipping into the water. He had two other guys help him to his feet and away from the water. Even after the fish was pulled up out of the water it kept on fighting and pulled the man back onto the docks.
Ultimately it seems no harm, no foul. The man lives to fish another day and the fish slides back into water to live out a very normal fish life.
