Barstool Sports: 7'6" UCF Basketball Recruit

          

          Barstool Sports is my favorite sports blog on the www without a doubt. Dan Katz, aka Big Cat, who runs the Chicago division of Barstool Sports is satirical and whimsical character who is incredibly entertaining, to say the least. If you are active in the Twitter community, be sure to give him a follow. You can find him here. But be warned, some of his content is PG-13. I should probably also say that come of the content on Barstool Sports is also PG-13.

          Anyhow, onto the post. This post by Kmarko, a Barstool writer, really struck my interest today. The article is centered around a very interesting story of a 19-year old, 7’6” tall (yes, that’s Yao Ming tall) basketball player who has chosen to play his college career at University of Central Florida. While that doesn’t seem too extraordinary outside of the kid’s height, the peculiar thing is that he (Elhadji Tacko Fall) doesn’t have much of an interest in his future as an NBA star. Rather, he would prefer to get his education and get into a career in computer technologies. In a quote Fall states, “If I could be LeBron James or Steve Jobs, I would be Steve Jobs because your athleticism will fade one day, but your knowledge will last forever.” Kmarko, over at Barstool, does a fantastic job of not only telling Fall’s story, but also referring it to what he calls an epidemic of a change in the American way. Naturally though, Barstool wouldn’t go about a story without telling it in their own satirical way. Be sure to check out the blog post here.