There’s a very good reason why Memphis point guard Derrick Rose, potential no. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, didn’t come forward with a press conference to announce his leaving the NCAA after one year to jump to squillions of dollars in the pros: he got roughed up over a girl, according to Gary Parrish at CBS SPORTS:
“Multiple sources close to the Memphis basketball and football programs have told CBSSports.com that Rose was recently involved in an altercation over a girl with Tiger football player Steven Black, an altercation that — how to phrase this? — didn’t go so well for Rose. Put another way, the possible No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft spent the early part of this week looking like a person who had just been in a scrap.”
It appears an exorcism may be in order in Bristol. Joe Lunardi obviously has no concern for humanity, as he recently released his 2009 NCAA March Madness brackets, replete with bubble clubs and teams jilted by the Big Dance next season.
OK, it’s not all that funny or interesting. Besides that there is a respirating, viable bi-ped who thinks anyone would care - except graduate assistant basketball coaches plotting their job course. Read more…
• The FLORIDA TIMES-UNION serves up news that Maria Sharapova is back in championship form, as she wins her first-ever title on clay.
And Maria’s prize - a lovely crystal 7-11 Big Gulp cup, good for one free refill.
• Speaking of a dirtier kind of Clay - with the Sonics having possibly played their last game in Key Arena, NOTTEN THIS LIFE looks to see where most Seattle fans fall in the Five Stages of Grief.
• Darren Rovell of CNBC has an idea who Derrick Rose’s NBA agent will be - and it’s not LeBron’s bud.
Yes, we’re still holed up in San Antonio, waiting for the Memphis-KU final tonight. We just finished a piece for FOXSports.com called “Your unofficial guide to San Antonio.” Oddly enough, the post doesn’t include these young, lovely locals:
Tonight, Tuffy and I will be live-blogging the game, so be sure and check back at game time, whenever that really is. As far as home court advantage for the game, we can promise you Memphis fans will be vastly outnumbered inside the Alamodome, though the remaining Carolina fans will be rooting for the Tigers.
(Speaking of stomach turners)
We like Memphis, if Derrick Rose’s upper duodenum cooperates. In case you’re unaware, the best player in the country is suffering from a Ruthian-esque tummy ache. While most have only speculated at the specific cause, Ryan Greene of the LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD has the most likely reason for Rose’s delicate condition. Read more…
Today is recovery day at the Final Four here in San Antonio. After two stinkbomb suspenseful games, everyone partied their little hearts out last night and are now paying the price (except us, of course).
(Hubert Davis’ deadly stinkeye - normally reserved for Digger Phelps)
As you might expect, it’s been an exceptionally exciting weekend already here in the River City, especially with all the f-list major celebrity sightings we’ve had. One of our highlights so far was catching a glance at ESPN superstar Hubert Davis after the doubleheader (we stake his hotel out for three days hoping to steal a glimpse of Hubie - paydirt!).
(ESPN Radio holds (food) court in San Antonio at Final Four)
And thanks to our visit to the local mall, we also rubbed elbows with some of our favorite ESPN personalities. Read more…
You’ll forgive the strained Outkast reference when you watch this clip of the Memphis postgame press conference, found by Will Brinson at THE SPORTING BLOG, in which Derrick Rose utters a little sotto voce profanity in response to a question about him to teammate Joey Dorsey.
Amazing what those microphones can pick up. Of course, he might’ve heard the word getting bandied about by UCLA’s Darren Collison as he was owning him all night. Yeah, Collison doesn’t really do big games well.
