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Utah State’s Jared Quayle. I happened to switch to the New...

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:06:08 -0500

Utah State’s Jared Quayle.

I happened to switch to the New Mexico State - Utah State game earlier, which was a fabulous decision as this cutie pie was the first thing I saw (close-up, no less).

When I saw “Quayle” on his jersey, it seemed sort of familiar. Because obviously I watch soooooo much WAC basketball.

Turns out, it’s the same guy I drooled over during last year’s tournament…until I found out he’s married.

Isn’t that the way it always works?

via cache.daylife.com

"Notre Dame in the Big Ten is such an obvious fit, it’s like the sexual tension between Cybill..."

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:38:14 -0500

“Notre Dame in the Big Ten is such an obvious fit, it’s like the sexual tension between Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis in Moonlighting. You just wanted to scream, “Do it, already!””

- Why Notre Dame Should Join the Big Ten, Take the Money and Run — CBSSports.com

News footage of Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg &...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:22:00 -0500

News footage of Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg & Maryland’s Greivis Vasquez making pretty incredible shots during practice time before the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C., via Testudo Times.

If you’re like me, aka only really interested in GV’s shot, it’s at :26.

ESPN Utah recruit charged with battering coach -ESPN Rise FOOTBALL

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:14:01 -0500

ESPN Utah recruit charged with battering coach -ESPN Rise FOOTBALL:

“A high school quarterback in Southern California said he still has a full scholarship offer from Utah despite being expelled after an altercation with his baseball coach. Tyler Shreve, 18, of Redlands, Calif., wrestled Redlands East Valley baseball coach James Cordes to the ground in anger after being informed he was being dismissed from the team.”

Exhibit A of the problems caused by spoiled, pampered athletes who’ve developed a sense of entitlement and no sense that their actions have consequences.

This kid’s baseball coach dismissed him from the team for “not going to class and not respecting the coaching staff.” And he responds by attacking that coach. When you have to physically pull your 18-year-old son off his coach, as Shreve’s father did, that should be a hint that there’s a problem.

But getting expelled is apparently not a problem for someone with Shreve’s natural talents. He’s finishing his credits, “playing travel baseball to make sure his draft status stays intact,” and hoping to get drafted so he doesn’t have to bother with college & the pesky NCAA. But that’s not even the kicker.

What really gets me is what this “distraught” kid thinks about it.

“Right now I feel pretty good about where I stand….I do feel really bad about what happened and it’s a tragedy that it all had to turn out like that.”

NO.

You little twerp. You got expelled for losing your temper and beating up your coach and you feel good about it?

And it is not a tragedy. Tragedy is someone dying in a car wreck, a young kid battling incurable cancer, a natural disaster that wipes out an entire town.

It is not a tragedy that a coddled 18-year-old who thinks he’s hot stuff has no social skills and risks losing his scholarship because he physically attacked someone who dared to put him in his place.

The truly infuriating part is that unless he’s convicted and receives the maximum sentence of a fine + jail time, he probably will get drafted or go to Utah on a scholarship and won’t face any negative ramifications. He might get a slap on the wrist before going on with his life. What he really needs is for someone to whup his ass and send him off to anger management classes.

I guarantee you that if I ever have children who turn out to be uber-talented athletes, they’ll also be decent human beings. If they ever acted like this kid, I guarantee you I would not reassure them “that everything was going to be OK.” Oh no. They’d know better than that.

'They couldn't believe he was actually a real person' - Terrapins Insider

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:06:28 -0500

'They couldn't believe he was actually a real person' - Terrapins Insider :

Washington Post blog about Greivis Vasquez’s visit to a local elementary school just after winning ACC Player of the Year (before he knew he’d won). FABULOUS.

“Vasquez mentioned that he might not be able to stay for too long because the ACC player of the year was supposed to be announced soon and depending on the result, he might have to field a flurry of phone calls.

That comment reminded Pascucci of a text message her father had sent her shortly before Vasquez had arrived at the school. I don’t know if Greivis already came to your school, but make sure you congratulate him. He just got ACC player of the year.

“I was like, ‘Greivis, I think actually they already announced it. I think you got it. Congratulations,” Pascucci said. “He was like, ‘Oh my gosh, really?’ He got kind of choked up. He couldn’t believe it.”

And the kids couldn’t believe he was “a real person”

"And really, it must be a sign of some improvement in trust, regardless of whether it was staged...."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:58:57 -0500

“And really, it must be a sign of some improvement in trust, regardless of whether it was staged. Because we all know where those lips have been, and unless we knew they’d been chemically sanded down to the cartilage and replaced with entirely new flesh, there’s no way we’d go anywhere near that business.”

- NY Mag’s Daily Intel blog on the rumors that Tiger & Elin were seen kissing in their Florida neighborhood

Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren Spotted Kissing — Daily Intel

So grateful I got to see this guy’s last home game at...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:50:34 -0500

So grateful I got to see this guy’s last home game at Maryland in person

Now That Maryland Beat Duke...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:47:31 -0500

I can buy the “Beat Duke” t-shirt I saw last time I was at the game. Too bad it’s sold out & won’t be available until “later this year.” It’s only March, UM. Let’s get on this.
I’d like to point out that Nolan Smith - and really, the entire Duke team - has really skinny legs. Not trying to crack on them before the game, since they could come out & do some damage with those lil toothpicks, but no joke, the whole group of them looked like they were playing on stilts with knees. Except Nolan Smith, who’s noticeably shorter than most of the others.
It’s time to riot! Juuuuuuust kidding. I don’t really understand the concept of rioting, or how one would become involved, or how it would seem like a good idea, or how you’d even get the idea in your head to begin with. Yay we won, let’s pull up a street sign? I don’t understand how that connects. Flaming Duke jerseys are, theoretically, aight with me though.
I still can’t believe I went to the game. Special thanks to my new best bud Mike for the tix!!!!!! SERIOUSLY one of the best nights ever - such a special experience.
It’s time for UVA! Raycom, 1:30 to hold that top spot in the ACC. (Televised on The CW in Savannah, which is where I’ll be.)

There were some great signs at the game last night. Like this...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:16:05 -0500

There were some great signs at the game last night. Like this one.

If anyone has links to more of them, please leave them in the comments!

Photo via The Baltimore Sun Rough Cut: Maryland vs Duke

From The Baltimore Sun’s Rough Cut gallery of images from...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:10:26 -0500

From The Baltimore Sun’s Rough Cut gallery of images from last night’s Maryland-Duke showdown at Comcast Center.

Brian Zoubek takes Scheyerface to a new level. Cannot stop laughing. In the second photo, he looks like a deranged, overgrown toddler who doesn’t want to share his toys. And Milbourne’s finally like, ‘Aight dude. It’s yours. Chiiiiillllll.”

Wrapping up Duke…Plenty of coverage « Terrapin Trail

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:59:52 -0500

Wrapping up Duke…Plenty of coverage « Terrapin Trail:

Links to The Diamondback’s coverage, well-worth the click-through.

I can’t get enough of last night’s win. Check out...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:29:05 -0500

I can’t get enough of last night’s win. Check out this highlight of Vasquez’s amazing shot towards … - Testudo Times

"He’s my father, my friend, my mentor, my everything. You know, he motivated me. Every time I..."

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:27:54 -0500

“He’s my father, my friend, my mentor, my everything. You know, he motivated me. Every time I see him, I see myself. Hopefully I look better. But I just love him.”

- Maryland’s Greivis Vasquez on Coach Gary Williams.

True love, kiddos, with a little bit of vanity thrown in. Hilarious. And so GV.

D.C. Sports Bog - Greivis Vasquez’s senior night court

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:15:17 -0500

D.C. Sports Bog - Greivis Vasquez’s senior night court

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:14:58 -0500

D.C. Sports Bog - Greivis Vasquez’s senior night court

Heyyyyy Maryland fans - Remember this? Dave Neal with a screen...

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:20:49 -0500

Heyyyyy Maryland fans - Remember this?

Dave Neal with a screen on Duke’s Nolan Smith that knocked the poor dude out with a concussion? (Go to :15 for the up close replay)

I saw it in person. It was quite possibly the best moment of 2009.

(Really, you ask? That was the best moment of my life for the entire year? Yeah, it might be. I love Dave Neal. Move on.)

Not gonna lie, I watched this clip ummmmmmm about 5 times - a day - for probably two months. At least. It’s like the equivalent of getting a pedicure or a Coke Slurpee in terms of instant mood-lifting power.

Wednesday’s game against Duke will be EPIC. But it will not have ~~Dave Nea~~l this.

Who dat gonna deny them Saints?

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:11:33 -0500

thegreg:

winstonwolfe:

“To the victor, belong the spoils”:

On Friday night, the Saints’ staff at the combine gathered in a private room at St. Elmo Steakhouse, an 108-year-old Indy landmark, for a final celebratory nod to the Super Bowl win over the Colts. This is a group that likes its wine, and likes to have fun.

At the restaurant, word passed that Dallas owner Jerry Jones would have his Dallas group in this exact room Saturday night for a team dinner. Jones had even phoned ahead, according to a waiter, to make sure a magnum of a wine he loved, Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon, was ready to be served at dinner.

Sean Payton told the waiter he’d like to have that wine, too. The waiter told him: Sorry, sir. We have only one bottle left, and it’s reserved for Mr. Jones.

Payton said he’d like to have the bottle nonetheless. I assume there was much angst on the part of the wait staff at that point. My God! Who do we piss off? One of the most powerful owners in the NFL, or the coach who’s the toast of the NFL, the coach who just won the Super Bowl?

Here came the bottle of Caymus Special Selection, and the Saints’ party drained it.

But drinking Jones’ wine wasn’t enough. Payton gave the waiter some instructions, took out his pen … and, well, the Cowboys party found at the middle of their table the next evening an empty magnum of Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon, with these words hand-written on the fancy label:

WHO DAT!
World Champions XLIV
Sean Payton

That’s the kind of thing Jones will get a big laugh out of. And remember.

Via SI.com

Hunt! Click! matt-t: mattgorman: For crbrown3 /Obligatory Hey...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:44:06 -0500

Hunt! Click!

matt-t:

mattgorman:

For crbrown3

/Obligatory

Hey Sid, how does it feel to score the gold medal winning goal in overtime? FEELS GOOD MAN

dogearthispage: nick markakis LOVE.

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:50:39 -0500

dogearthispage:

nick markakis

LOVE.

iammattjordan: spacecataz: extraquietsilence: thegunsofbrixton...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:48:33 -0500

iammattjordan:

spacecataz:

extraquietsilence:

thegunsofbrixton:

WHY DOES BEN SAVAGE LOOK LIKE PEYTON MANNING?

Because Ben Savage IS Peyton Manning.