Iverson, who was as controversial as he was mercurial and talented, went off during a press conference at which he was being questioned by reporters about missing practice.įirst, here’s Iverson’s actual rant (1 min 45 secs), amazing in its own right. But that’s a 90 minute film–who has that kind of time?įor a short video, instead of the Voice-of-God himself, we’re going with comedian Frank Caliendo’s hilarious impression of Freeman, narrating former Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson’s infamous 2002 “Practice!” rant. A no brainer, right? Freeman as Mandela–to pair with Freeman and Climate Change.
Here’s the link to Part 1 of the documentary. So narrating “16th Man” is beyond fitting. OK, so what Freeman-voice-overed sports video can I pair with “What’s Possible”?Īn obvious choice would be the ESPN 30 For 30 documentary, “The 16th Man”, about Nelson Mandela and the cinderella story of the 1995 South African Rugby World Cup champions.įreeman played Mandela in “Invictus”, the bio-pic version of the story. The video might sound a bit pollyanna-ish but why not think and act big? But, the problem is so big, so vast, we have to think and act big. We have the technologies now to harness nature sustainably for a clean, prosperous energy future, but only if we have the concerted will to act now to make the necessary changes to move us away from fossil fuel-based energy. At 3 mins 50 secs, this short inspirational film demonstrates that climate change is indeed solvable in the here-and-now. It was presented to world leaders at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York last month. We want to share that video on this blog, but, to make this a true Green SportsBlog post, we needed to find a good sports-related video narrated by Freeman…įirst, here’s the link to the inspirational climate change video, “What’s Possible”, narrated by Freeman. He recently lent that voice to a bullish, “climate change is solvable” video. Morgan Freeman not only is an Oscar-winning actor (Best Supporting Actor, 2005, for “Million Dollar Baby”, he’s also phenomenal as a Voice-of-God voice-over talent.
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