2:00 PM The AP & Coaches Polls are out. Stanford jumps onto the list with a strong debut at 14/15, while USC drops down to 22/21. Nice to see long-suffering Temple get some others-receiving-votes love.
1:40 PMBernard Scott takes a kickoff 96 yard for the Bengals' first score of the day. It's the 7th return for a TD given up by the Steelers this season - the most in the NFL.
1:20 PMJeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune has the story of Anthony Hargrove, who overcame drug addiction & am NFL ban to become a star DT for the Saints: "A lot of guys, if they get kicked out of the league, they don't make it back. ... I want to be an inspiration."
Last night, the Portland Trail Blazers blew out the Los Angeles Lakers, 111-94. Surprisingly, it was the 7th straight loss by the Lake Show at the Rose Garden. However, the real story of the game was when Trevor Ariza tried to remove Rudy Fernandez’s head from the rest of his body:
But Trevor’s attempted decapitation wasn’t the only bruising belt by a basketball player in the past few days.