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Kenny Anderson Will Make You Sweat

Leitch — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:30:17 EDT

In non-Reggie Theus coaching news, yesterday, former NBA point guard Kenny Anderson was hired yesterday for a new coaching gig. And it's in that favorite place for us to drop by from time to time: The CBA! Since we saw you last, CBA, you've pared down a lot of your teams, though the Butte Daredevils are still hanging around.

Anyway, Anderson's hiring has one fact, which leads to another great fact, which leads to another. Play with us:

• Anderson is going to be the new coach of the Atlanta Krunk. This is really the name of the team. It currently has no players..

• Last year, the team's owner decided to change the name from the "Atlanta Krunk Wolverines" to simply the "Atlanta Krunk." Which was thoughtful.

• The owner of the Atlanta Krunk? None other than Freedom Williams, who just happened to be the lead singer of C&C Music Factory.

We congratulate you on the new gig, Kenny. We can't wait to see what you wear on the sidelines.

Anderson Named Atlanta Krunk Coach [Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
Atlanta Krunk [CBA]

(UPDATE: Randball has a grand interview with Freedom Williams.)

They Must Have An Interesting Logo

mjdeadspin — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:45:00 EST

This is extremely juvenile, even for me... but when Butt Daredevils invade the sports world, I feel like you have a right to know. What you see above is a brief CBA game recap from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, with either an unfortunate typo (which has since been fixed), or a copy editor who's lashing out after his beloved Xplosion (home of Kevin Pittsnogle) lost.

It was only a matter of time, really, before some Butt Daredevil got ahold of Pittsnogle and just worked him over. The temptation is just too great. And when a butt daredevil starts to have his way, it's always been my experience that an explosion of some kind is sure to follow.

Butt Daredevils? [Teapot Dome Scandal]
Butte Daredevils top Xplosion, 109-106 [Pittsburgh Post Gazette]

Kevin Pittsnogle, All-Star For A 2-26 Team

Leitch — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:45:01 EST

You were wondering whatever happened to former ~~Pittsburgh~~ West Virginia hoops start Kevin Pittsnogle, weren't you? WEREN'T YOU? ADMIT IT!

Anyway, the wedding model isn't done with hoops to any stretch. In fact, he's representing the Pittsburgh XPlosion in the CBA All-Star Game. How are the XPlosion doing, anyway?

Pittsnogle went undrafted by the NBA, then signed as a free agent, but when he couldn't make the Boston Celtics (who have only lost 14 straight) he tumbled to the Continental Basketball Association, where he has led the Xplosion to a record of 2-26. You read that right. The Xplosion have won four fewer games than the Utah Eagles, who folded last month.

If you can't miss Pittsnogle's electric All-Star game debut, you can watch the CBA All-Star Game tonight on ... well ... you can watch it online.

Hey, Didn't You Used To Be A Punchline? [Sports. Music. Blog.]