After jettisoning Avery Johnson, Mark Cuban now needs a new coach for his NBA club. As the maverick Mavericks owner leafs through resumes & audition reels, could he be aiming his sights at Bob Knight?

LARRY BROWN SPORTS hears such a scenario suggested by Craig Ehlo. The former Cavs star was on Sporting News Radio on Wednesday, when he mentioned that the ex-Indiana & Texas Tech could land in the American Airlines Center: Read more…

Mark Cuban, fresh from lopping the head off his defeated and demoralized Dallas Mavericks, took a jaunt north to Wrigley Field to check out the place again while waiting for the Tribune Co. to open the books and make a bid possible. In typical Cub fan fashion, he left in the fifth inning when the Cubs took a huge lead. Had to get to the Cubby Bear for drink specials, eh?

While Cuban’s expected bid will be the least likely to succeed (as long as Bud Selig is alive… hmm), it’s also the most entertaining from his mouthiness to his depth of understanding when it comes to sports business. Besides, how could a Pittsburgh native screw up a baseball franch…

Oh, no.
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Wrigleyville merchants selling offensive t-shirts? Bet they reply, “Me so solly!”

• Dwyane Wade dating Star Jones? How in the world did this happen?

• Derrick Rose isn’t looking so good for the NBA Draft, after losing a fight with a guy over a gal.

• Marty Brennaman, tell us how you really feel about Cubs fans.

• Turns out Will Perdue is not a big fan of sports bloggers. Will Mark Cuban offer him a contract?

• Buy me some peanuts and turkey testicles, I don’t care if I ever get back…

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Despite the best efforts of the blogosphere, the NBA owners have voted overwhelmingly to approve the Sonics’ move from Seattle to Oklahoma City. But it wasn’t a unanimous decision.

CBS SPORTS reports that Friday’s final tally was 28-2 in support of the move. The two owners casting the dissenting votes were Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks and Paul Allen of the Portland Trail Blazers. Why wouldn’t these guys go along with the crowd?

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• Hideki Matsui, collector of wedding bets & even bigger collector of porn.

• Tim Tebow was able to tantalize Lee Corso & crew to come down and cover the Gators’ spring practice game.

• No bones about it, skeletons were discovered during digging for the London Olympics.

• A collegiate catfight may have been caused by couple of gals claiming an assistant coach.

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We found out from DEADSPIN (via DMN) that Mark Cuban has been forced to credential bloggers for Mavericks games, after a previous, *well-reasoned* ban.

D-Spin Editor Will Leitch puts in a way we wish we could’ve: “At last, those with Movable Type software can finally have the opportunity to see Devean George’s penis. Cuban, of course, isn’t taking this lying down.”

As you remember, Cuban employed “blogger wranglers” to beat down the likes of TRUE HOOP’s Henry Abbott a couple weeks ago at Mavs-Lakers game. Apparently, that strategy didn’t go over too well with D-Stern & Co.

Obviously, Cuban is mentally ill, or he wouldn’t have made an issue over credentialing bloggers in the first place. And as you would expect from someone with a mental disorder, his basic defense for preventing internet-impaired reporters was flawed from the beginning.

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• Mark Cuban bounces bloggers out of Mavericks’ locker room - and uses his blog to explain why.

• John Daly recently lost 180 pounds - by having his swing coach quit.

• Memo to Red Sox reporters: Beware of flying objects, whether horsehide or pelican.

• Billy Packer tries to explain CBS’s sagging March Madness ratings.

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