Portland’s KGW-TV reports this week that Jeffrey Scott Larsen, a volunteer basketball coach for youth girls’ basketball in Mollala, Oregon, was arrested and is accused of trespassing after getting ejected from a game in Estacada and nearly starting a fight with the ref.

Larsen nearly came to blows with the referee over the ejection and the […]

We’re enjoying the speculation over who will likely take over for Kelvin Sampson after the guillotine soon drops (presumably before the Snorg girl gets a piece of the action).

One of the great things about the NYC/BOS/PHI/DC media corridor is how it manufactures controversy and intrigue. And how it sometimes can influence actual events.
So with that […]

We’re obsessed with Paul Lukas’ UNI WATCH BLOG. Every day he’s got something in there worth discovering. Today, Lukas has a post on the joy(!) of cigarettes in sports. He’s got plenty of photographic evidence, including this bloody smashing SI cover of Dick Allen:

We’d love to have sat in on the SI editorial meeting that […]

CAN’T STOP THE BLEEDING has the most important aftermath of the soon-consumated player exchange between the Mavs and Nets - Jason Kidd’s tribute to everyone’s favorite New Jersey City. Make that City of New Jersey. Oh f— it, just let J-Kidd spell it out in the NEW YORK POST: “Jersey is a great city. It […]

THE BRAZOSPORT FACTS, via FANHOUSE, has the latest on accusations that Houston Texans wide receiver and returner Jerome Mathis allegedly gave his pregnant girlfriend a special type of hug … around her neck.

The Brazoria County Sheriff’s department claims the whole incident started with an argument over a cell phone charger between Mathis and girlfriend Erica […]

Michael David Smith of PRO FOOTBALL TALK has a nugget from the NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN which sums up the acumen of football *fans* north of Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.

Vince Young, who is back in school at Texas (we’re sure his mom had nothing to do with that) , on how he has been received by […]

Jimmy Traina at SI.com’s HOT CLICKS has an amusing find from a website called VIDEO JUG:

Not mentioned: Swapping out roofies for Gatorade can only be a good thing.

A hat tip to EDSBS originally, and expanded on further by the BATON ROUGE ADVOCATE: Louisiana State’s projected starting QB Ryan Perrilloux is taking another unexpected sabbatical from the Tigers for the third time in nine months.

Head coach and hat filler Les Miles is citing “a failure to follow team rules” as the reason […]

Hank Steinbrenner needs to learn to keep his mouth shut. First, the Baby Boss openly admitted that the Yankees were jonesin’ for Johan Santana - which could have violated MLB tampering rules. And now Hank needs a hanky, as he cries foul over baseball being “singled out” over steroids.

In a chat with the ASSOCIATED PRESS, […]

The SYDNEY MORNING HERALD claims that topless photos of Lara Bingle, Aussie model and companion to cricketer Michael Clarke, have appeared again on a German magazine’s website.

In March 2007, GQ’s German edition showed shots of Bingle in her birthday suit (possibly NSFW). The nudie pics caused quite a stir, as Lara was known for her […]