The Roundup: Alligator vs. Electric Eel, Pete Sampras Memorabilia Stolen & Antoine Walker to Idaho
By Jason McIntyre
Tennis legend Pete Sampras had a lot of his tennis memorabilia stolen from a storage locker. [LA Times]
Shannon Brown celebrated his 25th birthday with his girlfriend, Monica. [YBF]
The Anaheim Angels are hot for Carl Crawford. [ESPN]
A 2010-20111 bowl game traveling guide, with eat, drink, sleep recommendations. [One Great Season]
The usual idiocy from the NCAA. They make Bud Selig look sensible and prudent. [Star-Ledger]
Carlos Pena signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Cubs. [Trib]
The Stache, Dave Wannstedt, resigned as Pittsburgh coach, but he’ll remain in the program. [Pre Snap Read]
The Jets need a safety, but when they approached an undrafted free agent Keith Fitzhugh, he passed to keep his secure job with long-term employment. As a railroad conductor. Great story. [Star-Ledger]
Yesterday, the Idaho Stampede acquired former NBA star Antoine Walker. [NBA.com]
More love for the departed Phil Jasner, this time from JA Adande. [True Hoop]
Michael Beasley 2.0 is a scoring machine. [SI]
One columnist’s idea: Texas should hire Mike Leach to run its offense. Too bad his ego’s too big for Austin. [Chronicle]
Goodbye George Shinn, you terrible owner. [Woj]
Out with Troy Smith, in with Alex Smith. Talk about a lose-lose. [Mercury News]
Gary Neal took a page out of Andrew Bogut’s playbook. [via Hot Clicks]
Real or fake? Alligator attacks electric eel, supposedly dies. Watch with the sound down.
Darren Pang: “He always does things the white way – er, right way.” [via Michael Chan]