Greatest Underrated Hotties of All Time

I’m bored today, and feeling strangely smug that the United States beat Canada in some sport called… Hickey?  Hock?  Hacky-Sack!

No.  That’s not it.  Something to do with ice and a stick?  Ahh, who cares.  Let’s talk about something near and dear to your Empire’s heart – Hot chicks!

But not just any hot chicks, Empire.  You won’t find the likes of Angelina Jolie, Brooklyn Decker, Marissa Miller, Miranda Kerr, Carrie Underwood, or the incomparable Megan Fox on this list.  That’s too easy – there’s the top of Maxim’s Hot 100 for that.  And your dreams, to be sure.  This list is for the chicks you may have missed, or who don’t get the credit they’re due for their hotness.

Of course, as in all things, the only judge on this topic is yours truly.  And so without further ado, I bring to you…

#5 – Jewel Staite

#5 - Jewel Staite

Where you’ve seen her: TV’s Firefly, Serenity, Stargate: Atlantis

Oh, Jewel.  You’re adorable, and your role as Kaylie makes you so endearing to me on a deep level – much as the character did the other characters on Firefly.

#4 Elizabeth Bogush

#4 Elizabeth Bogush

Where  you’ve seen her: Tv’s Scrubs, KGB Commercials

Dr. Dorian’s favorite pharmacy rep is also the Empire’s favorite Bikini-clad know-it-all.  Hubba.

#3 Cobie Smulders

#3 Cobie Smulders

Where you’ve seen her: TV’s How I Met Your Mother

I mean… honestly – look at her.  Yum.

#2 Yvonne Strahovski

#2 Yvonne Strahovski

Where you’ve seen her: TV’s Chuck

Yvonne spends her days learning how to beat up other chicks in increasingly awesome new girl fights on NBC’s Chuck.  Blonde?  Beautiful?  Asskicking? What more could you possibly need?

#1 Morena Baccarin

Empress Candidate Morena Baccarin

Where you’ve seen her: TV’s Firefly, Serenity, V

What’s good enough for Malcolm Reynolds is good enough for me.  Toss in her gorgeous eyes and how hot she looks as Anna on V with short hair, and she can consider herself officially nominated for a position as your Empress, and as number 1 on our list of most underrated hotties of all time.  Comment with those I missed!

Greatest Dunks of All Time

ESPN’s Sportsnation holds a tournament of the greatest NBA Posterization dunks of all time this week, and in a couple hours we’ll learn who wins their tournament.  However, they left out some pure classics.  Head over to www.espn.com to see MJ, and Pippen over Ewing, “The Dunk” by John Starks over His Airness AND Horace Grant, D Wade annhilating Anderson Varejao, Vince Carter dunking THROUGH Alonzo Mourning, Baron Davis going behind his head through Andrei Kirilenko,  Corey Brewer skying over Derek Fisher, T-Mac on Shawn Bradley, LeBron on Tim Duncan,  Kobe on Dwight Howard, Kevin Johnson on Hakeem, Tom Chambers dragging his nuts across Mark Jackson, Dr. J’s iconic dunk over Michael Cooper, Ricky Davis over Steve Nash, LeBron over Damon Jones, and Shawn Kemp’s double-point jam over Alton Lister.

Now, don’t get me wrong.  Those are all filthy dunks.  Especially Pippen over Ewing, Dr. J’s swoop and slam, and Kemp’s thunderous jam on Lister complete with the double-point celebration.  Poor Patrick Ewing probably still has nightmares with the taste of MJ and Pippen’s individual nutsacks coating his mouth.  But let’s point out the obvious.  All of those jams are good, but only a few of them are by ‘true’ forwards – Pippen, Chambers, Kemp.  There’s some serious big man discrimination here.  For example, what about…

Carmelo Anthony over Glen Davis, Paul Pierce, and Eddie House

Or “The Human Highlight Reel”.  Pick one – I choose his jam on the Heat (#6).  Or maybe his embarassment of Larry Bird (#4).  Just filthy.  Ah… you watch.

Or Chris Webber over Chuck!  I mean – he wraps the ball around his back!

Shaq on the Admiral?

The Admiral dunking on the Magic and then getting mugged by Dennis Rodman (:55 seconds)!

Dwight Howard was unafraid of jamming it on Cleveland.  And he BREAKS THE SHOT CLOCK.

**Edit**  I left out Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon slamming it over Patrick Ewing after embarrassing him and letting him come back to try to redeem himself.  Filthiness.

For your consideration, however, there is no doubt which is the greatest posterization of all Time.  Ladies and Gentlemen, without further ado… Vinsanity.  The G.O.A.T. posterization.