Mascot dance-offs and Aussie football tackles

SALT LAKE CITY — Sometimes, during all-star game festivities in Korean baseball leagues, mascots apparently get together and playfully mingle until a "You Got Served" style dance fight breaks out. The blue dinosaur starts the battle, which escalates quickly when the duck wearing orange bowling shoes gets involved.

Around the 1:40 mark a routine apparently breaks out and suddenly the Korean Human Being, not associated with Greendale, starts doing a set of back handsprings. While I don't speak Korean, I do have to assume that it all ended with someone in the crowd chanting, "served, served, served."

Aussie rules concussion:

Concussions are all the rage in the world of sports. Well, finding a way to prevent them is all the rage. From the NFL to high school girls' soccer, the concussion problem is changing the landscape of sports.

This week, the eye of the concussion world will probably be on the Australian Football League. This isn't American football, or even proper football — it's Australian Rules football, the rugby-like amalgamation of all the things that make sports awesome. No pads, no helmets, no forward passes.

Dylan Roberton is an Australian Football League player for St Kilda and he had a weekend he won't soon remember. Roberton and St Kilda were playing Port Adelaide and going for a rolling ball when he was crushed by Tom Jonas. It looked really bad, and a sideline interview proved that it was.

Roberton spoke to the Seven Network at halftime and the resulting interview was essentially gibberish. It wasn't incomprehensible because of his thick accent, either; he was clearly loopy.

"Obviously they have a fair amount at the sides, so we just had to take time to settle down, settle them down," Roberton said, probably.

Then Roberton looked at the interviewer and shrugged. He was then asked if he was okay and he just smiled and said "Yeah."

Concussions are scary regardless of the sport. Especially if you have a concussion while being interviewed.

Larry Legend:

In a recent interview with SLAM Online, Paul George of the Indiana Pacers talked about what his boss can do that took his breath away. His boss is Larry Bird and it seems like the legend hasn't had his shooting stroke diminished by age.

"SLAM: I believe you had talked about seeing Larry shoot in the gym.

PG: He picked a ball up that had rolled over. He rolled up his sleeves and made about 15 in a row and just walked out like nothing just happened. It was the craziest thing I've seen.

SLAM: How did you and the rest of the team react?

PG: We were speechless. We didn't know whether to keep shooting or just to end practice. It was sweet, man."

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While it wasn't explicitly stated, I have to believe that he probably also dropped a mic as he walked out. This means that three Hall-of-Fame players have shown they still have it. Owner Michael Jordan apparently routinely outplays his Charlotte Bobcats team. Julius Erving showed in a recent documentary that he still has some Dr. J ability.

Could an over 50-team beat a current NBA team? Maybe once. John Stockton looks like he could still play and Karl Malone is still Karl Malone. They'd probably need a center, but it could be a great match against the Bobcats.

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