Roundup: Peyton Manning-to-Denver Rumors Gather Steam, Bubble Teams Oregon and Northwestern Lost & DeSean Jackson Rapping
By Jason McIntyre
Orlando 99, Chicago 94. The Magic, once again, are the most difficult team in the NBA to figure out. [Sentinel]
Jeff Pearlman did a Q&A with former ESPN talking head Sean Salisbury. [Jeff Pearlman]
The Patriot League is adding football scholarships! [NCAA.org]
Northwestern lost in overtime to Minnesota, and the Wildcats now have to wait to find out if they’re dancing. Northwestern was 1-10 against the RPI Top 50. [Tribune]
Another bubble team is Oregon, which lost to lowly Colorado. The Ducks are 0-5 against the RPI Top 50. [Oregonian]
I’m sure you’ve ready plenty on the demise of Rumeal Robinson, but this is pretty good. [ESPN]
No ballin’ today, but how about the Mavericks going to Phoenix and losing 96-94? [Republic]
The Marlins’ owner thinks Americans are lazy and stupid. [Miami New Times]
Are Miami, Washington and Denver the front-runners for Peyton Manning? [CBS Sports]
Do the Clippers have issues between Chris Paul and Blake Griffin? Seems like a reach. [Fox Sports West]
Nice story on Syracuse’s hot-and-cold point guard, Scoop Jardine. [Daily Orange]
The shit female sports journalists have to put up with on twitter. [Columbia News Service]
Apologies for leaving this out of Ballin’ yesterday. It happens.
DeSean Jackson is ‘on his dip,’ whatever that means. [via Where’s Weems]
Who was Andrew Bynum screaming at Tuesday night?
Poker, anyone? [via Adam]
Kate Upton was at an Oklahoma City game this week. She had a photo shoot with Kevin Durant and James Harden. [via]