• Oh, Dennis Rodman, what mischief have you gotten into now? The LOS ANGELES TIMES is more than happy to tell us.
• AWFUL ANNOUNCING wishes there wasn’t a screen behind home plate for once, as this cell phone gabber gets quite a surprise during a Rangers game.
• WICKED GOOD SPORTS ponders the possibility of this year’s All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium having no Yankee starters.
• HUGGING HAROLD REYNOLDS wonders if Barack Obama’s b-ball photo up with the Tar Heels was in violation of NCAA rules.
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North Carolina head coach Roy Williams is making it up to Tar Heel fans upset about his rooting his former team - y’know, the one that beat them in the Final Four - by forgoing his vacation in Europe with his family to attend a recruiting event, TARHEELBLUE.COM reveals.
The younger Williams moved to London last year, and until the Final Four the father and son hadn’t seen each other since Christmas. For Roy Williams, going over three months without seeing his son qualifies as an eternity.
“Telling my wife I had to cancel our trip to Europe is probably the second-closest I’ve ever been to divorce,” the head coach said on Wednesday. “But I missed three days of recruiting last week because our team was preparing to go to the Final Four. I didn’t feel like I could miss three days next week, too. I need to be out recruiting that Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.”
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Stephen Colbert has the Colbert Bump, granted to anyone appearing on his show. The subsequent positive publicity brings happiness to the recipient.
Now we can see the effects of an even greater bump: the Erin Andrews Bump. When she accepted the roses and hug from a Kansas cheerleader, she gifted them with the success they’re now experiencing. Everyone exposed to the Erin Andrews Bump feels much happier and more successful.
(Look, throw me a bone, okay? This one’s Grade A Turkey.)
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It’s been a good year for all the No. 1 seeds, who automatically wear white jerseys as the higher seed in each game, but perhaps a banner year for Caucasian post players.
When the NCAA regional finals began last night, all four of the No. 1 seeds were still alive. And all the other games to date pale in comparison to the two performances in last night’s action.
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Roy Williams has maintained that having North Carolina play their Sweet Sixteen & Elite Eight games in Charlotte is not a home-court advantage.
Rick Pitino maintains that’s poppycock.
The RALEIGH NEWS OBSERVER learns thats the Louisvile coach disagrees with Williams’ assessment, as Pitino spoke with the media on Friday before his Cardinals go head-to-head with the Heels on Saturday.
(Video after the jump.)
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NBC Raleigh affiliate sports anchor Penn Holderness is not the guy from the popular comedy duo “Penn and Teller.”
After seeing this, we feel obligated to make the distinction.
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• INSOMNIAC’S LOUNGE finds some more super shots of sideline siren Erin Andrews during her skin-tight stint at UCLA. For example, this Bruin backer ignores new football coach Rick Neuheisel for a sight more scintillating:
• The fine fellows at CANOE.ca’s IN YOUR GRILL give SbB a shout-out.
• MR. IRRELEVANT knows that when your b-ball team’s up by 40 with only two minutes left, everything’s gonna be all white.
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We’re always keeping an eye out for Montreal moochers pilfering purses.
• Ashley Judd really knows how to rev up the engines at Daytona:
• Heads up, Alfred Aboya! Or should that be - “Face Up”?
• Buffalo fans have seen Richard Zednik’s terrible throat slash before - when it happened to Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk.
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