A trip to the skate park

Everyone loves a trip to the skate park to go skateboarding. Allen Iverson is there with Karl Malone, Antoine Walker, that reporter with the hook and the top hat, and some other guy with a red helmet on.

Above: AI gets ready to roll.

Below: Antoine Walker and the reporter can both ride on the board at the same time.

Below: Allen Iverson takes a nasty fall. It is a good thing that he is wearing his samurai helmet. (Don't worry -- AI is all right.)

Below: The skateboard is quite heavy -- it takes both Antoine Walker and Karl Malone to carry it.

Allen Iverson made sure we took a video of him riding the skateboard.

Important sports anniversaries #1

It has been 2127 days since Chris Hanson (shown below playing for Marshall, his college team) inadvertently injured himself in an axe-wielding accident that took place in the Jacksonville Jaguars locker room.

Chris Hanson is currently the punter for the New England Patriots.

Tony Parker is having a party

Tony Parker and his wife, Eva Longoria Parker, are hosting a party for all their friends. Steve Francis was the first NBA player to arrive (see photo above). He was happy to see Devil Smurf there - no one likes it when they show up at a party and they don't know anybody there.

Below: Karl Malone is telling Tony Parker and Eva Longoria Parker about how happy he is that he found his real legs in time for the party.

Below: Allen Iverson enjoys his conversation with the alien guy and a man in a pointy green hat. AI doesn't mind talking to strangers.

Allen Iverson rides his stationary bike

Allen Iverson likes to keep in shape during the off-season. One way he does this is to ride his stationary bike. You never know when your agent is going to call with an exciting contract offer from an NBA team.

A little one-on-one

Shaq is playing one-on-one with his friend Devil Smurf. Shaq thinks that Devil Smurf has all the tools needed to play in the NBA - he's big, he's tall, he has wings and horns. Shaq thinks he might be able to get Devil Smurf a contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers for next season.

Watching the game are Karl Malone (in the red bandana) and Steve Francis. Steve Francis is busy talking to a reporter (the guy with the top hat and the hook on his left hand).

Steve Francis and Antoine Walker are riding horses

Steve Francis and Antoine Walker are riding horses. They are doing something called show jumping. Show jumping is a sport where you ride around and get the horse to jump over fences and things like that. Usually when riders are jumping competitively, they dress up in fancy clothes. Steve Francis and Antoine Walker are just riding for fun, though, so they are wearing what they normally wear - basketball uniforms.

Above: Steve Francis shows Antoine Walker how it is done.

Below: Antoine Walker and his horse know a little bit about jumping, too.

Antoine Walker and Steve Francis always make sure to wear their helmets - Antoine Walker has on his usual bat helmet, and Steve Francis is wearing the World War I flying helmet he loves so much.

This cannot be the ghost of Allen Iverson

This cannot be the ghost of Allen Iverson because Allen Iverson is still alive. If AI were dead, I would say that this might be his ghost. Sometime in the very distant future, Allen Iverson will probably die. When he does, and if he does return from beyond the grave as a ghost, I predict Allen Iverson's ghost will come back as a Philadelphia 76er.