6:30 PM ESPN's Marc Stein reports that Nets GM Kiki Vandeweghe will become the team's next coach, replacing the fired Lawrence Frank. The Nets also plan to hire Del Harris as assistant coach.
5:30 PM WCNC-TV in Charlotte reports that Carolina Panthers LB Jon Beason has been arrested for aggravated assault. The charges stem from a Nov. 15 incident at a local strip club where Beason allegedly punched a man in the face.
5:15 PM The Associated Press reports that TBS has "parted ways" with Atlanta Braves broadcaster Chip Caray.
5:00 PM ESPN research reveals that Stanford's Toby Gerhart is the only player in the nation that has 50 runs for 10 or more yards. And coach Jim Harbaugh proudly tweets, "Just one way Toby stands alone." While Gerhart's girlfriend has another.
What kind of a sports news day would it be without yet another story of a coach caught having sex with an underage student? Luckily, today’s quota has been filled by one Joey Strong of AuSable Forks, New York.
Joey is a girls’ basketball coach for Holy Name School, a private elementary school in upstate New York. And it appears that the 35-year-old Strong wanted to give some private lessons to a 16-year-old boy.
FAN IQ notes it didn’t take long for someone to turn Terrell Owens’ tearful tirade into a Coors Light spoof:
Not bad. A little under-produced, but we get the point. The official Coors Light tag at the end was a nice touch.
The folks from Golden, Colorado, have inspired a new generation of video parody not proudly displayed since all those “Leave Britney Alone!” knock-offs flooded the internet.
Although we enjoyed the T.O. take-off, there have been others just as amusing, if not more so:
