Coveroo Your Mobile Device

While hunting for swag at the Society for Information Display (SID) in San Antonio, I ran across the Coveroo booth where they were basically ripping cell phones from attendees’ hands and etching personalized designs onto them. Well, sort of.

“You want to do what to my BlackBerry?”

The San Francisco-based company is only several months old, and it has already redefined the personalized cell phone cover scene. No need to weigh your phone down with a bulky cover complete with scratch-off designs. Let Coveroo take a laser to your device. They can also finish it off in color with its new HighColor printing process. The color option will first be exclusively available for the new Marvel and NBA designs, along with the existing UCLA, Garfield, Hot Wheels, Star Trek, Streetfighter IV, and Resident Evil 5 artwork. Prices range from $9.95 to $59.95, depending upon your phone model and design choice.

About a month ago, Coveroo added superheroes and NBA designs to its lineup. So, I opted to show my undying dedication to the San Antonio Spurs. They even swapped my BlackBerry Bold cover for a titanium-colored cover.

FYI…for most iPod models, users can opt to buy a completely new device to get the custom artwork…OR Coveroo offers a send-in option for the iPod and iPhone, as well as for laptops, the Nindendo DSi, and other miscellaneous phones and PDAs.

So go quietly, my friends. Visit the Coveroo website for a lineup of devices and designs, and get etched!

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When In Doubt, Shave Kobe In Your Head

One thing Spurs fans dread when playing the Lakers aside from Kobe Bryant are the droves of Fake Lakers in the crowd. Fake Lakers? The people FROM San Antonio that cheer for the Lakers…and they’ve likely never even been to LA. It’s annoying. Almost as annoying as Dallas Mavericks fans. Anyway, I thought I’d seen it all until my friend Daryl sent me this snap of some guy with Kobe’s mug shaved in the back of his head. I’m speechless.

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Congratulations, Manu!

Congrats to San Antonio Spurs guard, Manu Ginobili, for being named the NBA’s best sixth man for 2007-08 season.

Ginobili received 615 out of a possible 620 points, including 123 of a possible 124 first-place votes, from a panel of 124 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Leandro Barbosa of the Phoenix Suns finished second with 283 points and Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks finished third with 44 points.

In order to be eligible for this award, players had to have come off the bench in more games than they started. Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote.

Courtesy, AP

What I want to know is who’s the clown that didn’t vote for Manu. Seriously? I mean…I don’t want to take anything away from Leandro Barbosa. The guy is definitely lights out. But Manu clearly had the strongest argument. His efforts are clearly missed on the court when he’s injured. And he led all Spurs scorers with a career-high 19.5 points per game.

So, I went searching through pages and pages on the Internet to see if I could find the culprit. All I could find is this page published on April 15, 2008 on ESPN.com of NBA award picks. ESPNmag writer, Chris Palmer, chose Leandro Barbosa. I thought graduating from Howard University implied intelligence. C’mon, CP. (Ok, I admit…I’m biased. But I think my contention is valid…right?) I definitely figured CP would pick Manu for his Xtreme Sports-like play on the court (Chris also covers extreme sports for ESPN).

Anyway congrats again, Manu!

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That Just Happened — Los Patrick Swayze Has The Cancer

Despite early reports that Patrick Swayze had 5 “weeks to live” after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the Roadhouse star is said to have a “limited amount of disease”. Swayze’s doctor, George Fisher, added that “…reports stating the time frame of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue”. Dr. Fisher also said that Swayze shrugged off the treatments with a dogmatic statement: “Pain Don’t Hurt“. Best of luck, Pat.

Tonight, my San Antonio Spurs take on the Indiana Pacers (welcome home, Jeff Foster). Tonight is also Latin-themed night. Manu Ginobili is going to wear a jersey thought to represent San Antonio’s heritage. Um. “LOS SPURS” is the dumbest thing the Spurs have ever come up with next to the Taco Cabana Spurs logo. If it was truly in Spanish, it would be Las Espuelas. I hope we lose tonight. But we won’t ’cause we kick los ass!

Speaking of los kick ass, the Houston Rockets won’t stop losing. Last week when I talked about Yao Ming being out for the season, I also wasted no time writing the Rockets off as dead in the water. Hey…I might be wrong. Anything is possible. If you don’t remember Tracy McGrady’s 13 in 33 here it is. Talk about amazing. I was in a jam-packed Baker’s Street Pub in Houston watching this game with one other brave Spurs fan. The Rockets may pull it off if T-Mac stays healthy.

The uber-efeminate Christian Siriano claimed the top prize in the fourth season of Project Runway. I admit, I watched the show. It’s probably a subconscious result of starring at my unusually empty closet…and my undeniable lust for Heidi Klum. Anyway, I doubt any of you watched this show, but I couldn’t stand Christian. He’s cocky and arrogant. I don’t know who I can’t stand more: Christian or Ross The Intern. And, no, I’m not a homophobe. I’m a hard-core George Takei fan!

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That Just Happened — Cut Throat Pro Bowl Grammys

Florida Panthers’ forward Richard Zednick was accidentally struck by the skate of teammate Olli Jokinen in the neck. That’s smarts, eh? Best of luck, Richard…and God bless.

Adrian Peterson improved his reputation as the NFLs Official Badass. He became the second rookie to be voted as MVP of the Pro Bowl next to Marshall Faulk. Peterson rushed 16 times for 129 cubits and 2 scores. AP beat out NFC teammate and Cowboys WR Terrell Owens for the award. T.O. had an early case of the dropsies again, but quickly rebounded with 8 catches for 101 yards…and also 2 scores.

In case you don’t have NFL Network or if you missed its coverage of the Pro Bowl practices…well, this video is all you really missed. Courtesy of future Presidential hopeful, Peyton Manning.

There should be no doubt that my NBA allegiance falls with my own San Antonio Spurs. But after today’s 98-90 defeat by the [previously overhyped] Boston Celtics, I’m finally convinced that the Celtics are currently the best team in the NBA, not to mention 16-0 against the West. Hopefully both teams will be healthy by St. Patty’s Day when they rematch in the Alamo City.

Kevin Winter/Getty Images

And last, but certainly not least the Grammys were filled with excellent performances — Foo Fighters, Carrie Underwood & SPANK, er STOMP, the Rhapsody In Blue performance…and not Brad Paisley. (Does anyone know how old Tina Turner is?) Kanye’s performance was definitely the coolest. If you missed it, check it out here. Also did anyone keep hearing With or Without You in Alicia Keys’ performance of No One? Amy Winehouse? Really? And Ringo Starr is still the World’s Biggest Dork. That’s all I got.

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