Wolfgang Puschnig, Thomas Gansch, Carole Alston, Rob Bargad, Christian Havel, Hans Strasser, Klemens Marktl &Luis Ribeiro in Scheibbs, July 2008. [ More Detail ]
Musclemania pro bodybuilder Tommy Alston poses atop a Florida gym, This clip is an excerpt from the DVD - Guns Florida Shoots - available at MostMuscular.Com. Check out our affiliated site, MostMuscular.Com Ultra Plus, for more than 3,500 bodybuilding clips. Info at MostMuscular.Com [ More Detail ]
Rafer Jamel Alston, also known as Skip To My Lou or Skip 2 My Lou (born July 24, 1976 in Queens, New York City), is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Houston Rockets.Despite his cult following from the streetball circuit, Alston decided to make the transition to the professional game. After sitting on the bench for most of the time he was with the Milwaukee Bucks, he emerged as a starter for the Miami Heat in 2004. He did not disappoint, averaging 12 points and 4 assists on a young Miami team that made it to the first round of the playoffs. During that season, in a March 26th game against the Dallas Mavericks, he hit a game-winning shot in overtime with 0.5 seconds left over the outstretched arms of Shawn Bradley to catapult Miami to a 119-118 victory. He signed with the Toronto Raptors during the summer of 2004.Following a tumultuous tenure with the Toronto Raptors, Alston was traded to the Houston Rockets for guard Mike James on October 4, 2005. Although Alston frequently was criticized for his attitude while in Toronto, it is believed that Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy conferred with his brother, Miami Heat coach Stan Van Gundy, who coached Alston during the 2003-2004 NBA season, about Alston's work ethic and attitude. Jeff Van Gundy's reputation for toughness and his ability to get the most out of players previously considered "trouble-makers" or "temperamental" (e.g., Latrell Sprewell) has led to optimism on the part of the Rockets' staff [2]. In the 2006-2007 season, as the Rockets starting point guard, Alston averaged 13.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game. He finished the season ninth in steals among all NBA players, fourth in three pointers made, and 20th in assists. He also had the worst field goal percentage in the NBA among qualified players at 37.6%. [ More Detail ]
Muscle &Fitness magazine cover model Mo Mendez and fellow Musclemania Pro Tommy Alston pose on the rootop of a Florida gym. Mendez is on the cover of the M&F issue on newsstands in April, 2008. See clips of Mo and Tommy on MostMuscular.Com ULTRA and ULTRA Plus. The footage in this clip is excerpted from the DVD "Guns: Florida Shoots," available at MostMuscular.Com [ More Detail ]
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SUBSCRIBE NOW!!!Rafer Alston goes 'Skip 2 My Lou' on Sasha Vujacic!HOUSTON ROCKETS 22 WINS IN A ROW !!! Houston 104, L.A. Lakers 92 HOUSTON, March 16 (AP) -- Tracy McGrady had carried the Houston Rockets through their winning streak since Yao Ming went down with a foot injury.On Sunday, it was everyone else's turn to help him. Rafer Alston scored 31 points and hit eight 3-pointers, both career highs, and the Rockets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 104-92 to stretch their streak to 22 and claim sole possession of first place in the Western Conference. Kobe Bryant scored 24 points for the Lakers and smothered McGrady on defense, helping hold the Houston star to 11 points on 4-for-16 shooting. The rest of the Rockets made up for it. Shane Battier scored 14 points and shadowed Bryant most of the game, backup point guard Bobby Jackson added 19 points and Luis Scola had 13 points and 11 rebounds. "There wasn't a time where we wavered from successful team basketball,'' Battier said. "Different guys hit shots and we tightened the reins on defense.'' The Rockets have won 26 of their last 27 games and 31 of their last 34. They've won 15 straight at the Toyota Center, 10 straight since Yao went out with a broken foot and 11 of their last 13 games by double digits. Houston haven't been beaten since a 97-89 loss to Utah on Jan. 27. "Let's keep it going,'' McGrady said. "This was a good test for us. We came out and took care of business.'' Critics continue to dismiss Houston's streak as a fluke, saying the Rockets have played a bunch of bad teams. McGrady hopes this win silences some of the skeptics, even though the Lakers were missing Pau Gasol, who's out indefinitely with a sprained ankle. "This was really all about how good the Rockets are,'' McGrady said. "This is what this game was about, the Lakers coming in here at the top of the Western Conference. This game determined where we are. We answered those questions, we took on that challenge and we're standing alone.'' Alston had 16 points in the first quarter and Houston's reserves scored 25 in the first half. The Lakers held Houston to 12 points in the third quarter to cut a 15-point halftime deficit to two. But with the Lakers continuously double-teaming McGrady, Alston hit three 3-pointers in the third quarter to give the Rockets a 71-66 lead heading to the fourth. Alston came into the game knowing he was going to have opportunities to score. "I felt that the attention was going to be on Tracy,'' Alston said. "I thought if I could get going early, maybe that would shift the attention a little away from him, maybe they wouldn't leave me out there at the 3-point line. But they stayed glued to him all night.'' Every time the Lakers got close, someone other than McGrady would keep Houston ahead. Jackson hit a 3-pointer from the corner to put the Rockets up 84-79 after Bryant cut the lead to two with a free throw. Jordan Farmar's 3-pointer with 6:09 left pulled the Lakers to 86-84, but Battier drove for a layup 25 seconds later. Battier and Jackson sank 3s as Houston surged to a 96-86 lead with 3:20 to play. With McGrady occupying the defense on one side of the floor, Alston drove for a layup and Jackson swished a jumper from the wing that made it 100-86, putting the game out of reach. Lamar Odom scored 17 and Ronny Turiaf added 13 for the Lakers, who play at Dallas on Tuesday, the next leg on a rugged four-game road trip. Gasol is expected to sit out at least the next two games. "Teams obviously can crowd the lane and go back to playing the type of defense against us that we've seen in the past,'' Bryant said. "What we have to do is focus on the defensive end a lot more. And I'll obviously have to shoulder more of the load.'' With the Lakers' defense keying on McGrady from the start, Alston sank three 3-pointers in the first 7 minutes as the Rockets built a quick six-point lead. Alston and McGrady started the second quarter on the sideline, but the Rockets' reserves stretched the lead. Jackson hit a jumper, drove for a reverse layup, then found Luther Head open for a breakaway dunk to start a 15-6 spurt.McGrady didn't score in the first half, going 0-for-6 from the field, but Houston still managed to build a 59-44 halftime lead.Bryant started the third with a basket from the free-throw line, triggering a 12-0 Lakers spurt. The Rockets missed their first 12 shots out of the break, including two by McGrady. Alston snapped Houston's drought with a 3-pointer and added two more 3s in the final 1:44 of the quarter to keep the Rockets on top.ReCap from:http://www.nba.com [ More Detail ]
Skip gets the mic after the Rockets win their 18th consecutive game with a 10-point margin over the Hornets.Download link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/bggno7 [ More Detail ]
Nigel Alston, fundraising co-chair of the Black Theatre Festival, joined us during the 5 p.m. newscast. This video also contains a jingle written just for "Mister Marvtastic." [ More Detail ]