8:06 PMKeith Olbermann bizarrely works in a reference to a former colleague at ESPN during highlights on NBC's Sunday Night Football in America broadcast: "Whatever happened to Minnesota's own Craig Kilborn?" Cold. Blooded.
7:44 PMMaurice Jones-Drew apologized to his Fantasy League owners today for taking a knee on the one-yard-line during the Jags' win over the Jets: "Sorry to my fantasy owners. They told me to get as close as I can and take a knee."
7:22 PMGregg Rosenthal at PFT reports, "The Eagles announced that (Brian) Westbrook was knocked out of Sunday's game against San Diego in the fourth quarter with another concussion." ESPN's Adam Schefterreports the same.
7:14 PM So Ced Benson of the Bengals goes down with a hip (update on his status) and now it appears Michael Turner of The Birds has an ankle that might be serious.
Yet another curious tale has been logged in the curiouser fever dream that passed for Michael Olowokandi’s sporting career. The son of a Nigerian diplomat picks an American school (Pacific) almost at random to allow him to play basketball on his own dime and launches into perhaps the most catastrophic NBA career arc that didn’t involve motor vehicle crashes.
(It was this or show you video of Kandi Man ‘playing’ basketball)
Onto the tale: a Pacific official not exactly steeped in the NBA tradition was just one of many that saw the tall drink of Nigerian water as the stanchion for a dollar sign, which is why he wrote Olowokandi just before his draft day to demand one million dollars from him and his NBA team-to-be for their troubles.
The Kandi Man did not take it well and effectively cut ties with the school. He’s been there, at best, a few times since graduation. Read more…
