It’s that time of year again! Time to count down the best sports commercials and top sports moments of 2009!
Last year, the Best Sports Commercials of 2008 covered everything from the hysterical Hockey Fans Being Unlike Any Other Fans and ESPN’s This is SportsCenter ‘08 collection to the moving MLB’s “There’s Only One October” series and Michael Jordan’s “Be Legendary” Series
For the 2009 Top Commercial Countdown, the funny commercials are even funnier and the moving commercials are even more inspirational. From now until 2010, every day we’ll bring you a new sports moment and new sports commercial until the countdown reaches #1!
Have a commercial or moment you’d like to see on the countdown? Leave me a comment below or send me a tweet @StilettoSportsJ! It’s not too late to change my mind!
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The #8 spot for Best Sports Commercial goes to the Super Bowl XLIII Ads: Lizard Lake and NFL Super Ad “Usama Young.” Normally Super Bowl commericals rank higher on best of lists but they were up against some serious competition.
Usama Young Super Ad
Dozens of NFL hopefuls tried out and sent auditions in hoping to be “in the Super Bowl.”…ad, that is! Usama Young from the New Orleans Saints was picked and this ad features Usama and his father. Very touching story. And now, Usama’s Saints are having a rocking regular season and Usama stands a good chance of really being in the actual Super Bowl this year!
Lizard Lake
What’s not to love about a bunch of NFL players dressed as ballerinas twirling around with a bunch of Sobe lizards? Lizard Lake featured NFL players Ray Lewis, Justin Tuck, and Matt Light in skin tight white leotards pirouette-ing and plié-ing all over the place! Hysterical! The only major WTF about this commercial was that during the Super Bowl, the ad was actually in 3-D…… but no one really knew. Big waste of special effects money. It really doesn’t need anything more. I mean, like I said, football guys doing ballet! With dancing lizards! That’s enough for anyone!
Remember to check back for the #7 Sports Commercial of 2009 and don’t forget to read the Top Sports Moments of 2009 Countdown too!
About the author: Jennifer Taglione is the owner of this fabulous website Stiletto Sports. Despite writing well over 500 posts, she still maintains that she is not a sports writer! She is however a huge fan of Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Mark Sanchez, the Celtics, and totally kicks butt on March Madness brackets! Connect with her by following her on Twitter @StilettoSportsJ and subscribing to her weekly newsletter. For more info check out the About the Editor page!
Comments & Feedback
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I forgot about that Sobe ad….so weird. Gets the WTF were they thinking award. Definitely doesn’t make me want to go out and get a Sobe.
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Stiletto Jen Reply:
December 21st, 2009 at 7:04 pm
no, but it makes me want to *dance dance dance*
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Posted on December 21st, 2009 at 5:17 pm
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