This article almost didn't happen.

When the idea of writing about one of my favorite childhood TV programs, MTV's Rock N' Jock series, popped into my head, I assumed it would be something I could crank out in one caffeine-induced evening. Around 5 p.m. that day, I Googled "Rock N Jock Rosters," expecting to be blessed with pages of Bill Bellamy and Dan Cortese-led softball and basketball rosters and video montages of every 25-point shot.

Unfortunately for me (and almost you, the reader), it was a lot harder than expected. Sure, there's a YouTube video here and there, and a few random references to celebrities who played together, but for the most part, the ‘90s phenomenon that was athletes, musicians, television actors, and movie stars coming together in the celebration of casual sport was nonexistent online. This discouraged me, it saddened me, but when it comes to things of the mid-'90s variety, giving up is not an option.