JEFF PEARLMAN

The worst thing ever …

… is the NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Baseball Game, which combines …

• An annoying ESPN “talent” like Stu Scott living out his wettest dream of mingling with half-his-age NBA superstars as they watch from courtside seats.

• Fat former NBA stars like Dominique Wilkins, whose nickname has been changed from “The Human Highlight Film” to “The Human Donut Eater.”

• Token WNBA players like Lisa Leslie, who lost any remaining trace of dignity by screaming at the official over a bad call alongside Chris Tucker and Donald Faison.

• Four members of the Harlem Globetrotters, who are so famous that nobody seemed to know their full names.

• Terrell Owens.

This wasn’t just bad TV—it was baaaaaaaaad TV. Surely, ESPN had something more crucial to air. Like air.

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