We all know what a proper sports highlight looks like.
It’s a bunch of spectacular plays chopped up into one reel that’s probably about a minute long. It’ll likely have some instrumental in the background that might be faster or slower depending on the player and what they’re doing in the highlight.
We’ve seen this formula for years. It works. It keeps us coming back over and over again.
But, today, you’re about to learn that we’ve been watching highlights incorrectly for our entire lives. Prepare to have your world rocked.
It all started with a tweet from Secret Base’s Kofie Yeboah. He made a simple joke about how TikTok was the best because you could be minding your business and then stumble upon a Ben Wallace highlight reel set to some MF Doom.
What that one simple tweet unlocked will change your world.
Everyone posted their favorite TikTok highlight mashups with all these unconventional songs. We got joints like Bob Cousy doing all of his one-handed dribbles and behind-the-back passes to Kanye West’s Black Skinhead, which is completely ridiculous. Or how about Jason Williams breaking necks on the court to Without Me by Eminem?
It’s just phenomenal, world-view-changing work, man. Bless TikTok. Here are some more of my favorites that you need to take a look at.