UNM Reopens Probe Of Coach Punching Assistant

After KKOB-AM in Albuquerque, SbB was the first to bring you the saga of New Mexico football coach Mike Locksley, who has now admitted to being the aggressor in an altercation with now-exiled assistant coach J.B. Gerald. An altercation in which Gerald claims Locksley punched him. (Police later confirmed a cut on Gerald’s lip.)

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Upset: Twitter Helps a College Football Program

Twitter has been a thorn in the side of many college football coaches this season, but in one case, it has potential to truly do some good.

(Carroll asks everyone to send Stafon Johnson well-wishes via Twitter)
USC coach Pete Carroll today Tweeted that injured Trojan running back Stafon Johnson is now on Twitter, and he […]

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A Most Bizarre HS TD To Lighten Your Wednesday

So I’ve been looking for a game-ending football play to erase the unholy image of that Brett Favre pass against the 49ers, and this may be it. Poor, poor Otter Valley High Otters. Even when an opponent’s desperation game-ending field goal attempt fell short, they still managed to lose.

As you will see in the video […]

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Michael Vick Signs New Nike Endorsement Deal

Kathleen Hessert, who on her Twitter account touts herself as “reputation manager”, Tweeted today:

“BREAKING NEWS: Micheal Vick just signed Nike endorsement deal.”

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Apparently Homophobia Is Football’s Fault Now?

Okay, it’s time to talk about something fun, exciting, and not-at-all contentious: gay marriage! Okay, everybody stake out your positions, here’s your feces to fling at the other side, let’s go.

(It’s not like the NFL’s stayed clear of this issue, people; they’re practically pioneers.)
Okay, let’s not act like this is the proper forum for discussing […]

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KU Sues Bandit Shirtmaker Back To The Stone Age

Not only is their campus ruled by warring athletes, but the University of Kansas also has roving gangs of vicious attorneys who will inflict even worse pain if you cross their path. The owners of JOE-COLLEGE.COM found out about that the hard way on Monday.

(If Larry Sinks pokes his head out of his store and […]

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‘Papi’s Grille’ Opens In Boston, Crushed By Critic

For athletes awash in money and in the twilight of their careers, opening a steakhouse is a rather conventional way to start earning money outside the sport. This is usually a good thing; if you’re ever in Chicago and have about $200 to blow, for example, take a friend to Iron Mike’s Steakhouse and admire […]

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ESPN ‘The Body’ Issue: First Topless Shot Posted

Nicely played ESPN:

(Surfer Claire Bevilacqua - credit ESPN The Mag/USA TODAY)
I’ve actually shot the SbB Girls at that exact location many times. El Matador Beach - far north side at low tide. Malibu. House in back tips it off. You can only reach that spot at low tide through a passageway through a massive rock.
USA […]

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Cavs Sitting On A Powder Keg With Delonte West

As we mentioned on SbB Live last night, Delonte West missed his second straight day of practice for the Cavaliers, apparently holed up in his apartment and not answering the phone. Well, now make that three missed practices (out of a total of three), as West didn’t show up for this morning’s workouts, according to […]

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Charles Barkley Doesn’t Much Care For Twitter

Here’s the thing about Charles Barkley: he may come off as contrarian and opinionated and anti-establishment or whatever, but that’s not really the case. He’s just in the normal early stages of Cranky Old Man Syndrome, in which COMS sufferers begin alienating themselves from the changes in the world around them. It wasn’t immediately obvious; […]

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