SPEAKING OF OUTKAST'S UNPRECEDENTED POWER: Big Boi and Andre provided musical accompaniment for the player introductions at tonight's NBA All-Star Game, adding credence to Michael Wilbon's description of All-Star Weekend as "Black Thanksgiving." Outkast represented quite a step up on the zeitgeist scale from last year's introduction house band, Kool and the Gang.
Meanwhile, Christina Aguilera's hip-hop take on the "Star Spangled Banner" was the worst rendition of the anthem I've heard at a sporting event since Roseanne. Good thing Beyonce's in the building to almost make up for it.
UPDATE: The halftime show is being opened by Michael McDonald? WTF?
Posted by Stephen Silver at February 15, 2004 09:48 PM