Weird Internet trend 'The Running Man Challenge' has infiltrated the NBA

Sometimes the Internet is awful. Other times, it's a wonderful, fuzzy, sparkling place full of smiles, laughs, good vibes and straight up magical content that seemingly springs from the good Earth itself. 

This is one of those times. 

"The Running Man Challenge" is the most glorious new physical comedy meme on the world wide web today. Picture some version of planking, or Gangnam Style, or the Harlem Shake -- but set to the 1996 hip-hop hit "My Boo." 

Now the challenge has left college behind for good, breaking through into the NBA. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Let's back up. 

This all started a couple weeks ago with some University of Maryland basketball players who started posting videos of themselves doing variations of the running man dance to "My Boo," the throwback track by Ghost Town DJ's. (At least, that's when it started getting attention, but here are some high school kids doing it four months ago.)

Here's an early version Maryland guard Jared Nickens posted to Instagram two weeks ago. 

Now here's one Nickens posted of teammate Melo Trimble getting weird in a convenience store. 

The Running Man Challenge has since spread through college hoops. Here's an excellent submission from the Miami Hurricanes. 

And here's one posted by Villanova's Kris Jenkins, who hit the incredible shot that won the Wildcats that national title earlier this month. 

Then, on Tuesday, the Running Man Challenge made the leap. This is very exciting! 

Miami Heat rookie Justise Winslow posted two videos of him and his sister doing the Running Man Challenge on Tuesday night. Here they are:

Looks like the Running Man Challenge is just picking up steam, folks. Sports gods willing, it will hang around for a while. 

Oh, and here's the full "My Boo" track, if you want to give it a listen. They just don't make music like they used to.