8:17 PM The Sports Hernia spots Prince at the Metrodome Mall of America Stadium for Sunday's Vikings-Bears clash. And the artist formerly known as The Artist looks less than thrilled to be there.
7:21 PM Although he was inactive for today's game against the Seahawks due to a concussion, Rams offensive lineman Jason Smith was taken to the hospital after becoming ill & vomiting on the sidelines.
7:02 PM The Suns' Amar'e Stoudemire and the Bobcats' Tyson Chandler were each fined $7,500 by the NBA for Twittering during games. And the Celtics' Rasheed Wallace was fined $30,000 for ranting about rampant flopping after Friday's win over the Raptors.
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…
