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Here's Your Duke Haterade Open Thread
Shouldn't that read DoucheFellas? Really, I have nothing to add here, other than this photo gave Dick Vitale a boner. Commence inspired commentary. [Sports Crackle Pop!]...
It's #Awesome, #Baby (But Needs More Caps Lock)
Just so you know—Dick Vitale is now on Twitter. Your little "social media" playpen doesn't seem so cool anymore, does it? [Twitter]...
Rock ChalkInk Jayhawk
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....
Malcolm Gladwell Demands Bill Simmons Be An NBA GM
Bill Simmons' new doorstop of a book arrives in stores tomorrow. In a canny move, he had Malcolm Gladwell pen the foreword. And what does Fry Guy do in that foreword?...
It's Still Gotta Be The Shoes
Marcus Jordan, son of Michael and a freshman at Central Florida, wants to wear Air Jordans. UCF has a contract with adidas. This is the Sophie's Choice of the third millennium....
The Filipino Ron Artest Suspended One Year For Slugging Fan
Wynne "Tiny" Arboleda of the Philippine Basketball Association has been suspended for the entire 2009-10 season after he went all Daniel Plainview on a fan during a game. At least he'll have more time to work on his rap album....
I'm Not Sayin', I'm Just Sayin'
That prosecuting attorney who decided to charge Jerry Smith and Terrence Jennings with only a single misdemeanor charge, instead of the police's harsher recommendations? He's a proud graduate of Louisville Law School. [Rush The Court]...
Coach Can't Keep Hands Off The Merchandise
Go ahead and play with yourself. It's perfectly natural and I won't judge you. Even if you're a high school basketball coach, it's still a personal matter. But do it in the middle of Costco, and that'll get you headlines....
Cardinal Hoops Players Face Justice, Pitino Style
Louisville's Jerry Smith and Terrence Jennings were charged with misdemeanor counts of resisting law enforcement. Their coach says "it's serious" and they will be punished....just not in any way that involves playing time. Yes, that serious! [ESPN]...
Today In Binghamton Fallout
Binghamton has placed coach Kevin Broadus on a paid leave of absence, at last giving in to the widely held perception that Broadus had recruited the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang to the shores of the Susquehanna....
It's John Wooden's 99th Birthday
And to commemorate, Esquire.com's re-run his "What I've Learned" interview with Cal Fussman from February, 2000. Here's some sage advice from the legendary UCLA coach we can all benefit from: "Pick up your own orange peels."[Esquire.com]...
Binghamton Basketball Program Not Getting Any Better
After coach Kevin Broadus admitted to violating NCAA contact rules, the school banned him from off-campus recruiting. On-campus recruiting is limited watching frat pledges play NBA Live on their Xboxes. [ESPN]...
How Rumeal Robinson Blew $5 Million Of NBA Money
Former Michigan hero Rumeal Robinson made news last week for scamming his own adopted mother out her house. Not cool, dude. A Miami newspaper decided to dig deeper and find out how he became such a heartless (and penniless) jerk....
More Trouble In Lawrence, Morningstar Suspended
Already on high alert after last week's fight between the football and basketball teams, Kansas coach Bill Self waisted little time suspending Brady Morningstar after the starting guard's DWI arrest. [ESPN, Image]...
Cavs Hero Banned From Scrimmage, Exiled From Bartertown
LeBron can make a movie and Shaq can spend the summer boxing kangaroos, but Delonte West has to sit out today's Cavs scrimmage, just because his reality show, Delonte West Beyond Thunderdome, didn't have any cameras or anything....
Life Threatening Illnesses Are No Excuse For Slacking In Youth Basketball
Youth teams know the surest way to make SportsCenter is to let a child with cancer (also: autism, Down syndrome) play. Another surefire way to make the news: cut a kid from the team after his inspiring recovery from cancer....
Binghamton Clear Out Includes Teacher Who Criticized Team (UPDATE: And AD)
A cleansing fire claimed six Binghamton basketball players as the program tries to erase its myriad problems, but the university went a little further by dismissing a professor who had publicly criticized the program. So nothing more to see here!...
Women's Basketball Didn't Count On Our Immaturity
The West Coast Conference has a neat little interactive video which lets you (or any name you choose) play the role of top pick. This is the fruit of a $90,000 grant. Money well spent. [SF Weekly]...
Binghamton Zoo Doesn't Appreciate The Comparisons To That "Blight" Of A Basketball Team
The Binghamton University basketball program has had its share of image problems thanks to many of the off-field indiscretions of its players, but don't you dare compare those animals to the ones in the actual zoo....
Binghamton Cleans House
Five more Binghamton basketball players have been cut from the team two days after its star point guard, Emanuel "Tiki" Mayben was nabbed for selling crack-cocaine. The basketball program, nicknamed "UNLV East" is desperately trying to shed its misfit label....