“Expect the unexpected” is one of my favorite quotes ever (shouts to Oscar Wilde), and that line goes perfectly with ESPN College GameDay analyst Jay Bilas (former Duke guard) and his love for rapper Jeezy’s music. First he took it to Twiiter: [sample: I'm goin' to Decatur where it's greater, see if I can stack me up some paper.], then he took it to a whole new level when he decided to quote a line from the track “Bottom of the Map” on national television during the Missouri-Villanova game. Like everything else in this world, something had to originate from something else and XXL Magazine found it:

XXL: Earlier this year, you surprised everyone when you went on a Twitter spree quoting Young Jeezy lyrics, what’s the story behind that?

Jay Bilas: This all kind of started when we were doing College GameDay earlier this year. We were at Michigan State and we had taken to doing player interviews the day of the game and we had Draymond Green on the floor with us. And I think it was Reece Davis who asked when you have your headphones on pre-game what are you listening to? He said, I listen to Jeezy. So, Hurbert Davis and I started joking. Hurbert asked if it was on my iPod and I said, Damn straight, it’s the first thing. I knew who Jeezy was but I wasn’t an avid listener. But I started listening and I liked it. I ended up getting a question on Twitter and someone asked me about my favorite rappers and I said Sugarhill Gang and Young Jeezy. I started listening to Sugarhill Gang when I was in high school. Then and now I knew all the words. It was a serious answer. And then someone said no way does Bilas know Young Jeezy. And I started quoting Thug Motivation [101] and it’s been fun. I enjoy the back and forth. It’s been neat banter on Twitter.

There you have it; thanks to Rece Davis, started this whole thing. He asked the question, Bilas gave the answer. I’m sure fans — along with myself — are looking forward to the next “Jeezy-bomb” Bilas drops on us. Who said only white boys attended Duke?

Do not ever miss a game or highlight or score ever again! Downloading on my iPad 2 as we speak…

WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN app bring you 24/7 live streaming access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU and more. With WatchESPN you can get the ESPN networks live on your computer, mobile phone, or tablet. It’s the ESPN networks. Live. Anywhere. WatchESPN is only available with Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS.

You saw the behind the scenes footage with Kevin Love and Blake Griffin, now here is the skit they were working on for last night’s ESPY Awards. Some funny appearances by Adrian Peterson, Tyson Chandler, and Ron Artest aka Metta World Peace aka Metta World Dad as well.  Hopefully they won’t be needing the work for much longer…

This is one app all you iPhone / iPad / iPad 2 / iPod touch sports fanatics must have! The free app provides ESPN streaming content from their network of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN.com as long as you are a Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, or Verizon FIOS TV subscriber / customer. For now this is only available for the iOS operating system but I’m sure an Android version is in the works.

App Gives Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV Subscribers Live Access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com content

NEW YORK, N.Y. – April 7, 2011 – ESPN announced today its flagship network ESPN as well as ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com are now available to Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV subscribers via the new ‘WatchESPN’ App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, now available on the App Store.

In time for the early rounds of the Masters, the NBA Playoffs and the beginning of the Major League Baseball season, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV subscribers who receive the linear networks as part of their video subscription can now watch the channels from the convenience of their iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.

The free WatchESPN App includes a simple user interface that takes the current online viewing experience to the high-resolution, Multi-Touch displays of iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Once a user downloads WatchESPN from the App Store, they will receive instructions to enter their cable subscriber credentials and access their favorite ESPN content on their device. A version of the application optimized for the Apple iPad will be available free to download in May.

The company first launched an online-accessible authenticated version of ESPN in October, 2010. Authenticated versions of ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN Buzzer Beater/Goal Line launched in January, 2011. Consumers can access the channels through a centralized website, ESPNnetworks.com.

The WatchESPN App is available for free from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore.

The App will be available on other smartphones and tablets in the near future.

Source – BGR

Actor Jon Heder (from Napoleon Dynamite fame) stars as Jake Stephens, ESPN Fantasy Basketball Team Owner, alongside Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant, and Amare Stoudemire.  ESPN has always had top notch funny commercials and this campaign is no different.  Hit the jump for the Duruntula and STAT commercials.

King James, The Flash, and Chris Bosh (what’s his nickname?) showed up on last night / this morning’s episode of Sportscenter.  I’m not sure how I forgot to post this up earlier as I’ve seen this interview about 5 times already as all I ever have is ESPN on.

I got this one on the DVR but here it is for those who are rolling with out a cable TV package.  Twitter sounded like it was one of ESPN’s better 30 For 30′s films so I’m excited to watch this one.

ESPN Film’s 30 For 30 documentaries have all been the real deal.  They’ve each given unique insight into each of the stories which we probably wouldn’t have known otherwise.  This Fall, beginning August 24th, a new documentary will air on ESPN every Tuesday at 8 PM (with one exception of a Saturday December 11th airing).  Check out the full schedule below and click the links to read their synopsis’ or read them all at once here.

• Tuesday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m. – Jordan Rides the Bus (Ron Shelton)
• Tuesday, Aug. 31, 8 p.m. – Little Big Men (Al Szymanski and Peter Franchella)
• Tuesday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m. – One Night in Vegas (Reggie Bythewood)
• Tuesday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m. – Unmatched (Directors: Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern Winters; Producer: Hannah Storm)
• Tuesday, Nov. 9, 8 p.m. – Pony Excess (Thaddeus D. Matula)
• Tuesday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m. – The House of Steinbrenner (Barbara Kopple)
• Tuesday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m. – Into The Wind (Steve Nash)
• Tuesday, Oct. 5, 8 p.m. – Four Days in October (Major League Baseball Productions)
• Tuesday, Oct. 12, 8 pm. – Once Brothers (NBA Entertainment)
• Tuesday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. – Tim Richmond: To the Limit (Rory Karpf )
• Tuesday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m. – Steve Bartman: Catching Hell (Alex Gibney)
• Tuesday, Nov. 2, 8 p.m. – Marion Jones: Press Pause (John Singleton)
• *Saturday, Dec. 11, 9 p.m. – The Best That Never Was (Jonathan Hock) * two hours

DJ Steve Porter and ESPN’s Sportsnation just blessed the world with Press Hop 2 complete with cameos from LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Tiger Woods, Brett Favre, Ron Artest, Randy Moss, Allen Iverson, Deion Sanders, Mike Tyson, and more.  This one was pretty funny but nothing DJ Steve Porter makes will EVER top the original Press Hop.

Interviewing himself is just an everyday thing for Ron Artest, ESPN just happened to catch him on camera this time. Ron and Ron talk about this past season, how he wants to teach math, his dream collaboration with Celine Dion, and the many great reasons why #37 is his favorite jersey number he’s ever wore.