Hey, the Bears are 3-1. Seems like a good time to break out SNL’s Super Fans.

In honor of the Ryder Cup, here’s Phil Mickelson’s appearance on Entourage. Also note Ari’s partner, the great Martin Landau, reminding everyone of they dressed to play golf in the ’30s.

Jay Pharoah’s spot-on impression of Stephen A. Smith returned to Saturday Night Live last night. Actually, this is the first time the spot made the air.

Last spring, Pharoah did a Stephen A. spoof that only ran on SNL’s site; it didn’t make the show.

Last night, Pharoah’s Stephen A. went off on Tim Tebow. What do you think? Probably not as funny as the first one on LeBron James.

In continuing our tribute to Steve Sabol, here is one of NFL Film’s signature series: Football Follies.

It was Sabol who convinced the owners that it was OK for the league to laugh at itself. And the rest is history.

As we note SportsCenter’s 50,000th show this week, here’s a classic ESPN ad that throws a twist as to who created the famous Da-Da-Da theme.

David St. Hubbins, not John Colby, was the real composer. At least, his story is better.

Also, check out St. Hubbins’ theme for curling. It’s an 11!

To celebrate episode No. 50,000 of SportsCenter Thursday, ESPN did a long conference call that included Charley Steiner.

Steiner, now an announcer for the Dodgers, was a SportsCenter anchor from 1988-2002. While he was great in the chair, he also is fondly remembered for some classic ESPN ads.

Steiner recalled his favorites during the teleconference.

Two things come immediately to mind.  The one we went and did, Melrose Place, Bobby the pool boy, Sydney.  We’d go out there.  We’re on this big Hollywood set.  All the women on the show didn’t know me from Adam.  They were scared to death that they might have their reputations sullied by being something on SportsCenter with the short, fat guy.

The guys, on the other hand, were all congregating around, talking sports.  This is pretty cool.  Then Sydney thought it would be a career-ender.  Little did she know she was so right, but that didn’t matter.  That spot had some pretty good wings to it.

It was the only time I wore a tank top.  Anybody who might remember the spot knows why.

The other one was the Follow Me to Freedom.  We did about four different lines at the end.  Follow Me to Freedom was just one of four that was selected by the producer and the director.  Others were something like I’ll Lead You to the Underground, All is Well, Brothers and Sisters, all that kind of crap.

 

Here’s a side of John McEnroe you won’t see during coverage of the U.S. Open. Then again, maybe you will.

I have Derek Jeter on the brain after watching him homer in three straight games in Chicago. Alas, it didn’t matter as the mighty White Sox swept the Yankees.

Here’s Jeter dressed as a Yankee wife on Saturday Night Live.

Somewhat amusing.

Sometimes you just need a dose of “Mr. Baseball.” From 1984.