8:00 PM Hit of the day comes from Rutgers safety Zaire Kitchen, who laid out Louisville WR Doug Beaumont. Kitchen was flagged on the play, while Beaumont was taken off the field on a stretcher. Fortunately, Beaumont had movement in all his extremities, and X-rays came back negative.
7:45 PM The Dallas Morning News reports that SMU has given June Jones a two-year extension, extending his coaching contract through 2014. The Mustangs are 6-5 and eligible for their first bowl in 25 years.
7:30 PM The Baseball Hall of Fame has released their list of this year's candidates. Among those appearing on the ballot for the first time include Roberto Alomar, Fred McGriff, Andres Galarraga, Edgar Martinez, Eric Karros, Robin Ventura & Todd Zeile.
7:15 PM Those in Vegas should be interested in this observation by CNBC's Darren Rovell on today's game in Boulder: "Colorado scores on Nebraska w/:00 seconds left in game. Loses by 8. Spread was 11."
For those of you who haven’t seen any of the “Harry Potter” movies because you don’t have kids — or would rather rinse your eyes with bleach — may I remind you that Emma Watson is now over 18, and is quite hot? Thanks for your kind attention on this matter.
She also attends Brown University, and was seen recently at a Rangers-Panthers game with boyfriend Rafael Cebrian. As BIG LEAGUE SCREW so eloquently put it: Screw that guy.
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(Maybe the Invisibility Cloak will work next time.)
Hammond was arrested last July when he rode through the presumably hippy-infested Alberta Arts District in the buff, as a way to “make clear that nothing was powering his mode of transportation but his own unadulterated body.” There was probably a better way to make that point, but whatever. Police saw the move as less of a free speech issue and more of him just being a dick, so they locked him up.
In the end however, the judge threw the case out of court citing the old “it’s okay because everybody else is doing it” precedent.
• With all the attention given to the Sean Taylor tragedy, TIRICO SUAVE asks not to forget another athlete in critical condition - Cleveland Indians reliever Juan Lara.• HOME RUN DERBY hears that Jimmy Rollins thinks the Phillies have 100 wins in them next season.• DEADSPIN believes its time the Giants say bye-bye to Eli:
