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• Ole Miss basketball coach Andy Kennedy returns to Cincinnati in grand fashion - by assaulting a cab driver with fists & racial slurs.
• Could we see Manny Ramirez in pinstripes before too long?
• Eddy Curry has casually avoided a $41,000 bill from Casual Male.
• Ex-Hoosier Eric Gordon says drugs did in Indiana’s season last year.
Looking for good seats to a BCS bowl game? Do you have loose change scattered around the house? Then you’re in luck. We all know that most bowl games will see a bit of a dip in attendance this year due to the rough economy, but things are bordering on ridiculous.
(Luckily, Dolphins Stadium is used to holding sparsely-attended events)
As of last night, Orange Bowl tickets were going on StubHub for as little as $1. The prices have gone up since then, but there are hundreds of seats that can be had for anywhere from $3.25 to $20. It probably doesn’t help that the Virginia Tech-Cincinnati matchup is less desirable than the freaking Poinsettia Bowl. So much for New Year’s Day prestige. More good deals after the jump:
Andy Kennedy has made a newsworthy return to the city of Cincinnati. The former Bearcats basketball coach is back in town to lead his Ole Miss Rebels in action against Louisville tonight.
(Coach Kennedy, undoubtedly shouting something about a man’s mother and a camel)
Then again, he might not. There’s a tiny little matter of Andy allegedly assaulting a cab driver, all while spewing forth racial slurs at the cabbie.
The CINCINNATI ENQUIRER reports that former Cincinnati Bearcat star and NBA journeyman Corie Blount was arrested on Thursday and charged with felony marijuana possession. It’s the least-shocking sports arrest since NHL player Rick Crayck* was busted for cocaine.
And it wasn’t just - well, a blunt - that Blount was arrested for. Police confiscated more 29 pounds of marijuana from his house, along with $29,500 in cash, three vehicles and three guns. That’s a lot of pot - not quite Bam Morris level, but an impressive amount none the less, as you can see:
When someone successfully navigates the tricky terrain that is macking on Erin Andrews, we feel the need to bring you the news. It is the SbB mission statement after all. So when we stumbled upon the following video, we knew we needed to broadcast it to the masses. Apparently, the only thing you have to do in order to lure Ms. Andrews into a conversation is be 7 years old. Oh, and get sandwiched by an enormous wide receiver.
(It doesn’t hurt to wear partial blackface, either)
From THE POOP comes the story of the young Garrett Monroe, a Cincinnati Bearcats superfan who was in the front row watching his team upset 23rd-ranked South Florida last night. Things were going great until the 2nd quarter, when he lost a little bit of his previous innocence.
Well, it’s been one whole night since Philadelphia has won a major sports championship. I can’t imagine how Philly sports fans are dealing with the drought - based on Wednesday night, I’d guess getting hammered, overturning and then setting fire to a school bus full of children. If they are getting restless, the ticker tape parade is today, but the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS says mayor Michael Nutter has one simple request: don’t “be a jackass.” Next I guess you want Philly fans to stop rooting for the Phillies, Mr. Mayor?
Also ready to overturn things, but this time in anger - Fox Sports and MLB executives, after the Nielsen ratings showed that the 2008 World Series were the lowest-rated ever. But don’t worry - Fox and Commissioner Bud Selig both want you to know it was all the fault of the weather.
They weren’t necessarily rioting in the streets of Cincinnati last night - although Thanksgiving is coming up, and that does mean the legendary WKRP Turkey Drop is coming back to downtown! But, beating a ranked team does count for something, even if it was only No. 24 South Florida, who played like turkeys again. (Ha! See what I did there? Professional writer, folks.) I like Bulls’ head coach Jim Leavitt well enough, but another collapse in the second half of the season? Going 8-7 in your last 15 games against FBS opponents is not good.
What is good is being 21 and having $57.4 million in your pocket. That’s what Andrew Bynum has after signing a four-year extension with the Lakers on Thursday. All for a player who has started a whopping 80 games in his career and averaged a shade over seven points per game. But he has that infamous “unlimited upside potential” that Jay Bilas drives into your head each draft, even if this probably means the end for Lamar Odom in LA.
• His bloodlust not satisfied with a blowout win over Florida Atlantic, EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY spots Texas Longhorns defensive coordinator Will Muschamp drawing some blood on his own.
We swear we’ve seen (and heard) this kind of sideline excitement before.
• WITH LEATHER catches Cincinnati’s mascot Bear-ly avoiding a parachuting Cat-astrophe.
• THE SPORTING BLOG shares news that the parents of Tony Stewart are worried that the womanizing NASCAR star’s special little friend might someday “rot off“.
• THE BIG LEAD elects to examine the unfolding political war of words between Gilbert Arenas & Baron Davis.
Congrats to Boston winning the title - even if the New York media doesn’t care.
• Did Kevin Garnett screw up a post-game shout-out to Adidas?
• Let’s hear from the real star of Boston’s title run - Brian Scalabrine.
• Saying ‘Sieg Heil!’ to the Celtics gets Jemele Hill suspended.
• One golfer thought Tiger Woods was faking his knee injury.
• Is Roger Clemens now selling off his possessions to pay his lawyers?
The announcement of John Harbaugh as head coach of the Ravens came as a surprise to many.
It certainly came as a surprise to the University of Cincinnati, who interviewed Harbaugh for the top job at their football program, and turned him down, twice. Read more…
Marvin Lewis has a message for Ocho Cinco: You’re not going anywhere.
The CINCINNATI ENQUIRER reports that the Bengals coach responded to rumors that the disgruntled receiver is on his way out: “No one within the Bengals organization has ever spoken of or ever uttered anything about trading Chad Johnson, nor will he be traded.”
Despite Ocho’s recent rants against his team - including accusations of back-door dealings - Lewis denies that the Bengals will be getting rid of him: Read more…
