1st Annual Lippy-Wagner Day Continues...

LONDONDERRY - I don't know why May 20th has all of a sudden become L. Lippy-G. Wagner Day, but to keep the momentum of the holiday going, here's a couple Top 5 Lists. Just to reiterate, anyone taking on an "All-Time" Top 5 List is a smarter, braver and better man than I, so again I will qualify the list - this time as Top 5 Sports Moments.

The Brewers avoided a sweep today and yes they're still in first place, the NBA Playoffs are in full-court press mode and football is months away. At the moment, the sports world is good. These guy's sports worlds - not so good.

G. Wagner
5.) The 37 Times He's Rolled His Ankle Just Casually Shooting Hoops w/ Me - Seriously - it's awkward - if he started crying I wouldn't know what to do. Get a $5.99 ankle brace and let's start looking for courts on the grounds of St. Mary's/ Meriter/ UW Hospital or something. Mij doesn't handle these potential emergency situations too well.
4.) NBA Live 95 - Me trying to lose on purpose, accusations of non-existent code use from C.W., C.W. getting pissed because the refs, as they should, let you play at the end of the game and don't call ticky-tack fouls. All good memories. Probably the best though was when i dropped his Genesis controller and he verbally attacked me like Cedric Ceballos attacking the rim. Apparently he thought they were as fragile as faberge eggs, and dropping one from a distance of three inches onto soft carpet can smash them into 1,000 pieces.
3.) Anfernee Hardaway Jersey - At the time, Penny was a popular player. On a Goodwill trip I found his $100+ authentic jersey. Before I could get one strap off the hangar to try on, C.W. stole it out from under me and quickly hurried to the register to buy it himself. I didn't put up much of a fight - I never do. He wore it in his senior photos, over his tuxedo to the prom and continues to wear it proudly to this day.
2.) Charles Jordan - This one just gets better as the years pass. A J.V. coach of ours made it a point to stop practice dead in its tracks after C.W. attempted something other than a completely fundamentally sound lay-up. He told us all, "(We) shouldn't be shooting like Charles Jordan over there!" Kind of harsh. But very funny. I heard it through the grapevine that his unofficial nickname during a recent alumni tournament was Kobe Warner.
1.) Dunking on Short Hoops

L. Lippy
5.) N.L. Gets in a Fight w/ Some J.V. Basketball Dude Mid-Game - L. Lippy almost came to blows with a kid from Rio, Cambria, I don't know - but it was amazing! The two were jawing the whole game, playing tight defense, and it blew-up all of a sudden. I was (luckily for me) on the bench at the time and amazed at what I was seeing. The refs had to get between the two, technicals were called, coaches screamed, I was thinking about my saved X-Wing level waiting for me at home on my computer. L. Lippy had more balls at age 14 than I will ever have.
4.) Grab-Ass at Bucks-Bulls Game - "Mij." I heard someone calling from behind me. I turned around and there was L. Lippy, smiling wider than I have ever seen him smile, and one of Ross' buddies groping some girls ass at a Bucks-Bulls frat outing. She also had a huge smile on her face! Another occasion when I could not believe my eyes. I know the nose-bleed seats can be kind of secluded, but they were acting like it was a strip club. Someone educate me here - how long until the introductions to grabbing some hot stranger's ass at a NBA game? What's the timeline here? I was walking into the equivalent of the last five minutes of a movie - I need the backstory! Help!
3.) Throws Alley-Oop Dunk to Some Dude - L. Lippy and I were shooting hoops in a Milwaukee neighborhood that most people would probably have told us to stay away from. Fuck those people. It's that kind of attitude that keeps people from throwing alley-oop dunks to some dude. To make a long story short, we get into a pick-up game and L. Lippy threw an alley-oop dunk to some dude. It was awesome - L. Lippy gets to check it off his life list while it stays on mine probably forever (unless Hennessey or C.W. learn how to dunk).
2.) Moving L. Lippy's Pool Table - No hyperbole here - one of the scariest moments of my life. We decided to move a pool table (pool is a sport shown on ESPN2), which everyone knows are the heaviest things on Earth, to the second floor of a walk-up duplex. The stairs had a hard right turn half-way up with a small landing. We got stuck at the landing. We couldn't move forward or backward. L. Lippy was on the bottom with nowhere to go. I was about to cry my eyes out like C.W. cries every time he rolls an ankle. As I was saying goodbye to one of my best friends who was assuredly about to die from being crushed after I could no longer hold up my end, he cowboyed-up and found some hidden strength while I was telling him how much I loved him, etc. What a pussy I am. Several months later, Randy (before I knew him) and L. Lippy had absolutely no problem moving the table out.
1.) Dunking on Short Hoops