FanHouse Clyde Drexler

By losing the first the first two games of this series, the Orlando Magic have secured their place in history, trailing only the old Baltimore/Washington Bullets as the team with the most consecutive losses in the NBA Finals before getting a victory.

The Bullets lost nine straight consecutive games. They were swept by Milwaukee in 1971. They were swept by Golden State in 1975. They lost Game 1 in 1978 before beating Seattle and winning the NBA title that year.

The Magic have lost six, adding these two to 1995 when they were swept by the Houston Rockets. Can they make it seven tonight? Here are the first six in chronological order:

Former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino is denying internet reports that he will be on the upcoming season of "Dancing With the Stars".

Marino even called the Dolphins to tell them the rumors are false. After all, the team was so thrilled that active player Jason Taylor did it.

A report on 'In Touch Weekly' said that Marino, singer Toni Braxton, model Kim Kardashian, rodeo champion Ty Murray, singer Lance Bass and Florence Henderson of Brady Bunch fame, are scheduled to compete on the ABC-TV reality dance competition in which Taylor finished runner-up last season.

Marino, a CBS-TV NFL analyst, attended the Dolphins intrasquad scrimmage last Saturday. One of the reasons Marino retired had to due with his lack of mobility after a ruptured Achilles' and several surgeries on his knees.

Marino's manager said that the show has been pursuing him for years and the Hall of Fame QB isn't interested. Former and current athletes have always been a part of the show. NFL players like Jerry Rice (who finished as a runner-up in Season 2), Emmitt Smith (Season 3 champion) and Taylor has competed.

Evander Holyfield, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Apolo Anton Ohno, Hélio Castroneves, Monica Seles, Kristi Yamaguchi and Clyde Drexler have also been on the show.

I was fiddling through my RSS feeder tonight and saw "Clyde Drexler: how to cram it on Manute Bol" from Blazers Live, and hit it up, expecting something new, funny or maybe both. Instead it was an older YouTube of the Glide's top 10 dunks. Um, and it is freaking filthy, man.

I think a lot of us young hipsters might forget just how ridiculously high Drexler got up, so I'm posting this. Oh yeah, and he posterizes a bunch of people (Manute, #8, 0:39; #'s 5, 4, 3 and 2). Really, you need to watch the whole two minutes.



Sure, he's another guy that Jordan stopped from winning a title (on his own) and sure NC State took he and the Dream down (woot!), but man could he throw down.

The line-up of C-, D- and Q-list celebrities who will compete on the new season of Dancing With the Stars was announced on Good Morning America this morning. Among the names listed in the star-studded field was none other than the NBA's very own, Clyde Drexler.

Drexler, named one of the 50 Greatest Dancers Players in NBA History, will lace 'em up -- if ballroom shoes even have laces -- and dance it off against Paul McCartney's ex-wife, the female Ali, a supermodel, an *NSYNC member, Billy Ray Cyrus, Steve Sanders and a few more I'm too lazy to include.

Professional dancer Elena Grinenko, who returns for her second season, will be Drexler's new Russian-like Olajuwon. Hopefully she knows how to glide.

The new season premieres March 19 on ABC. I'm dewy with anticipation.