THE WIZ OF ODDS has news that is either amusing or disturbing, depending on your proclivity for games of hacky sack: Cal officials started cutting down a grove of oak trees this week to make room for expanded sports facilities for the Bears athletic teams. Somewhere, Treebeard weeps.

You might recall the a group of protesters condemned the plans, since trees are living creatures too, maaannn. In fact, one tree has yet to be cut down since there are several people squatting in them. You might remember Brent Musberger’s considered opinion on their activities from last year.

No? Good thing video is after the jump!

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Last time we checked up on Allison Stokke, the pretty pole vaulter was reaching new heights as a Cal freshman, setting new records at Berkeley.

(”Snack bar? It’s right over there.”)

Now thanks to the fine folks at MYCHILLPILL.NET, we have new snapshots of the Golden Bears’ golden babe in action. More photos after the jump.

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BUSTED COVERAGE has been on the scene with the latest news on Allison Stokke. First, they gave us pics of the pretty pole vaulter reaching new heights with the Cal track & field team. And now they tell us the Golden Bears are selling Stokke photos.

GOLDEN BEAR SPORTS is offering shots of Stokke in a dazzling array of sizes & prices - from $7.99 wallets to 20″ x 30″ glossies for $65.

Sounds very familiar to an earlier sales pitch presented by a southern California newspaper. Read more…

We haven’t heard lately about Allison Stokke, the pretty pole vaulter who became an internet sensation, only to take steps to avoid the spotlight - by doing numerous interviews for newspapers and going on ESPN Radio.

But now as a public service, BUSTED COVERAGE uncovers photographic proof of Allison’s latest adventures: Read more…

• Mike Golic & Mike Greenberg bust their acting chops in “Guiding Light“:

Wonder if they’ll bring Dana Jacobson along to the Daytime Emmys?

• A-Rod is pumped at the thought of his daughters marrying Andy Pettitte.

• Knicks teammates Zach Randolph & Nate Robinson exchange words - then some water & towels.

• The Big Cactus needles Kareem & Wilt The Stilt about a lack of respect.

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The University of California has had to deal with a contingent of tree-sitters in a grove of oak trees for years — the sitters are trying to keep the university from cutting them down in order to make way for new athletic facilities.  The CONTRA COSTA TIMES reports today that the school recently cut off some of the sitters’ supplies and mechanisms of getting food to each other.

The rotating group of sitters known as “Save The Oaks” claims the trees cannot be replaced due to their age, even though the university has pledged to replace every tree cut down with three new ones.

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Raise your hand if you figured Kevin Hart would pretty much be doomed once he set foot back in his high school. I mean, you don’t fake a Division I football signing and get off clean, right? Right?

Wrong. Go ahead and check out this local TV report.

The upshot? Well, it certainly could have been worse for Kevin Hart. He could be his coach, after all, who might lose his job over the whole thing.

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Kevin Hart is the poor high school football player in Nevada who thought he’d been offered a football scholarship to Cal, only to realize the his recruitment was a complete fraud.

Yesterday it was reported that the police were looking into the matter, which made us think there might be more to the story.

Turns out we were right.

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Today we celebrate the day LAUREN WENT DOWN. And …

• Why did Bob Knight leave Lubbock? The Texas Tech coach quit for his kid.

• A high school footballer is heading to Cal on a full scholarship - just don’t tell Jeff Tedford.

• So distraught over the loss, a former Pats staffer (Matt Walsh, maybe?) is selling his Super Bowl ring.

• According to the MSM, the only thing Plaxico Burress didn’t do was threaten to bleed on the Patriots.

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The WIZARD OF ODDS scares out the strange story of the *recruitment* of Nevada high school lineman Kevin Hart. Last Friday, Hart announced at Fernley High School that he had accepted a scholarship to play football at Cal.

Hart: “They really sold me. Coach [Jeff] Tedford and I talked a lot, and the fact that the head coach did most of the recruiting of me kind of gave me the real personal experience.”

One small problem though. Cal hadn’t offered Fernley a full ride. In fact, Golden Bears oach Jeff Tedford wouldn’t know Hart if he delivered a pizza to his house. Read more…