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more about #isiahthomas more comments → Silent Q: expect a lot more "boy genius" stories before this year is out As we speak, Andy Katz is putting the finishing touches on a story about Josh Pastner ... more » UkraineNotWeak: He also scored a date to his high school's Winter Formal. Seriously, this guy is not 32 but 17. more » Chris Hanson's Axe: Is it a good idea? Is it a good idea?!? Was it a good idea when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!?! more » Phintastic: We're holding this thing together with paper clips. Yeah, but those paper clips are fucking annoying. more » AzureTexan: Seeing as how he walked around in a Memphis shirt while carrying a Memphis ball, it's uncanny that Memphis hired him. Next up on today's Probability ... more » Hit Bull Win Steak: isnt that the awkward, nerdy kid from Moving Violations? more » The Gizmo from Pismo: But why did Pastner let the game get away from him? more » Silent Q: The one guy in the above picture making eye contact with Isiah is teaching him how to diagram a play. #isiahthomas more » Phintastic: A couple incidents like this, and I'm worried his daughter may try to off herself again. #isiahthomas more » dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac: "I'd give my left hand to be in college and married to Brooklyn Decker." #isiahthomas more » dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac: He would have gone to Duke, but he kept hitting his face on the floor when it was time to signal tenacious defense. #isiahthomas more » Karlifornia: Kevin Laue overcame a lot of big challenges: Making the basketball team, eating corn on the cob, and unhooking a bra. #isiahthomas more » Kid Canada: "Okay Wilbon, who am I?" "Tony, you are Cole Aldrich. How many Kansas football players are your teammates going to assault this season?" #isiahthomas more » DirkToberFest: I'll take my slow and stiff four-year seniors, thank you. Silly Dash. Has Anna Nicole Smith taught you nothing? Don't you mean eighty-four-year sen... more » Pete Gaines: I like that picture. That's a good picture. #isiahthomas more » -
#lastnightswinner
Last Night's Winner: Josh Pastner
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like Memphis coach Josh Pastner, who didn't even win! Don't think that won't stop him from becoming college basketball's new golden boy. More » -
#collegebasketball
Isiah Thomas Can't Even Lose Properly
You'd think that someone with as rich and variegated a history of failure as Isiah Thomas would have the etiquette of losing down pat. But we are speaking of Isiah Thomas here. The man is a failure even at failure. More » -
#collegebasketball
Hey, Look At That! It's College Basketball Season!
Funny how it sneaks up on you, huh? The regular season begins in fitting fashion tonight as the defending champs take on Isiah Thomas in a game he didn't want to coach and no one else wants to watch. Beautiful. More » -
#collegebasketball
Isiah Thomas Continues His Formula For Success
Florida International begins its march to the upper echelon of D-I basketball by playing its first exhibition game under their new head coach....and losing to an NAIA school coached by Rollie Massimino. Exactly as planned. [AP/SB/RTC] -
#feuds
Magic And Isiah's Friendship Is Not So Friendly Anymore
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird have "co-written" a new book about their lives in the NBA that, among other things, paints a not very flattering portrait of their sometime rival Isiah Thomas. With friends like these, who needs Bill Simmons? More » -
#collegebasketball
FIU To Boycott Cancer Benefit Unless They Don't Have To Play Mean Old UNC
I believe Oddjack would have set the odds of Isiah Thomas causing controversy at Florida International at 0.5 games into his college coaching career. If you took the under, you are a winner. More » -
#nba
Isiah's Sleeper Pick Finally Lives up the to Hype. Sort Of.
Isiah Thomas once described Renaldo Balkman—the Knicks' former first round bust—as a "Rodman/Artest type," and so far he hasn't lived up to the billing. But his recent DUI may finally justify the comparison. More » -
#collegebasketball
Isiah Thomas Gets Right To Work Crushing Young Men's Dreams
High school forward Chris Rozier was set to sign up with Florida International's basketball program until a change came in the coaching staff. That new coach's first order of business? Withdrawing Rozier scholarship offer. More » -
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#isiahthomas
Isiah Thomas Promises No More Sex Harassing, Suicide Attempts, Personal Salaries
In the latest installment of the Isiah Thomas career makeover, our hero magnanimously told the assembled press corps that his first year's salary as coach of FIU will be given back to the school. More » -
#isiahthomas
Isiah Thomas Is Florida International's Problem Now
Florida International stinks at basketball, so I guess they figured—if we're going to stink we might as well leave a spectacular stench all over the basketball world. That's the only explanation for hiring Isiah Thomas. More » -
#isiahthomas
Isiah Thomas Is Never Going Away
Rumor has it that Florida Internationalwants tohas hired organizational wunderkind Isiah Thomas to be their new head basketball coach. Unbelievable. I guess FIU doesn't have a history department. [ESPN] -
#nba
Rumors Of Isiah Thomas To Clippers' Front Office Send NASDAQ Plummeting Record 230 Points
Isiah Thomas, seeking a front-office job, has talked with Clippers owner Donald Sterling several times; most recently last month. I see no way such a thing can possibly fail. [ESPN] -
#isiahthomas
OK, We're Just Going To Say It: Isiah Thomas' Brother Peed On A Church
As if Isiah Thomas didn't have enough trouble: His brother, Preston, has been arrested for the worst crime yet: unzipping right in front of The Lord. More » -
#2008shoty
SHOTY Title Game: Buzz Bissinger Vs. Baby Mangino
We have reached the SHOTY Final. It's probably the one we should have expected all along. More » -
#2008shoty
Last Chance For SHOTY Final Four Voting
Welcome back, everybody. It's 2009. Crazy. Time to make your voice heard, while you can. More » -
#bestof2008
The Year In ... Substance Abuse
It's the final day of our end-of-year retrospectives, as Charles Barkley gets in just under the wire with his arrest on suspicion of DUI. Today: Substance abuse!
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#2008shoty
SHOTY Final Four: Isiah Thomas Vs. Baby Mangino
The second Final Four matchup is here; there is no third-place game, because third place games are for losers. More » -
#2008shoty
SHOTY Final Four Is Set
Congratulations to our four finalists in the 2008 Sportshuman of the Year tournament. They've all earned it, in their own way. More » -
#2008shoty
SHOTY Elite Eight: Roger Clemens Vs. Isiah Thomas
All right, all the votes have been tallied, and we have our final eight. More »
