Tiger and … – gasp! – prescription drugs? (Daily Beast)
Tragic news out of Durham – the sister of Duke freshman guard Andre Dawkins died in a car accident … on the way to see Duke play St. John’s. (Big Duke Balls)
Ed O'Bannon's new career - "once the greatest college basketball player on the planet, the Wooden Award winner as the best men's college basketball player in the country, a lottery pick by the New Jersey Nets, wound up here, in the middle of the desert, selling cars on commission for a living and still trying, at age 36, to reconcile this part of his life with the last part." According to Wikipedia, little brother Charles is still playing in Japan and leading his league in scoring. (Washington Post) (4)
Rest In Peace: Mike Tyson's four-year-old daughter, Exodus, died yesterday. Our sympathies to the Tyson family. (AFP) (2)
Draft Alternatives: If you want to watch some actual live sporting events: Red Sox-Yanks (Fox), Pens-Flyers (NBC), Mavs-Spurs (TNT).(25)
Here’s the dirty little secret about Signing Day – it’s only the first day in a lengthy process that usually bleeds into March. As USA Today points out, the best player in last year’s class, Terrelle Pryor, didn’t pick Ohio State until six weeks after signing day. One of this year’s best prospects, Bryce Brown of Kansas, is on vacation with his family and won’t return home until this weekend.
Still, Rivals is running a live-blog that began posting at 5:42 am. We’ll probably have ESPNU on most of the day, and probably be updating anything remotely major in the comments section.
By the end of the day, expect the usual winners to emerge: Ohio State, LSU, USC, and Florida.
Richard Seymour's Jumpoff Gets Jumped: "The 27-year-old wife of a New England Patriots defensive lineman was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of second degree lynching in connection to an assault at a New Year's Eve party in Richland County." We're not sure why they used the word "lynching" - maybe that's how they roll in South Carolina. Love the injury report: "EMS responded to the scene and they determined that one of the victims suffered from a sprained wrist." (BSO) (4)
No Super Bowl for You: There's a full team comprised of players to never play in the Super Bowl. In order, here's our short list: 1) Barry Sanders, 2) Dick Butkus, 3) Eric Dickerson, 4) Dan Fouts, 5) Merlin Olsen, 6) Warren Moon, 7) Tony Gonzalez, 8 - Zach Thomas. (USA Today) (19)
Manny Ramirez: Some TV anchor is claiming that the Giants have offered ManRam a four-year deal. Considering nobody other team seems willing to go past two years, this story appears unlikely. However, we're talking about a team with an incompetent GM who threw an insane amount of money at Barry Zito, so maybe there's a kernal of truth to it. (11)
Manny Ramirez: Some TV anchor is claiming that the Giants have offered ManRam a four-year deal. Considering nobody other team seems willing to go past two years, this story appears unlikely. However, we’re talking about a team with an incompetent GM who threw an insane amount of money at Barry Zito, so maybe there’s a kernal of truth to it.
Shakira … “I’m Derek Jeter’s No. 1 fan!” … woman stabs brother to death over money … 43 horses and two men died in a fire in Ohio … we consider ourselves religious, but this is a bit much … Hulk Hogan got engaged … should link this every six months, right? … pencils and notebooks with Obama’s ‘change you can believe in’ motto on them not popular in Missouri …‘12 days of fugitives‘ has quite a ring to it … shouldn’t laugh, but this headline is funny … man arrested for throwing tomatoes at Sarah Palin … if you banged Tiger, you’ll get VIP treatment in LA …
Here’s the dirty little secret about Signing Day – it’s only the first day in a lengthy process that usually bleeds into March. As 