Stephen A. Smith: He's writing again for the Philadelphia Inquirer. His first piece is on the 76ers. Presumably, he flew down from Miami Friday to watch their game against the Hornets, hence the dateline. Then, he flew back to Miami in time to offer up perhaps the most self-serving media tweet of 2010. [Inky] (18)
We don’t follow Kim Kardashian on twitter, but 14 of her 2.8 million readers sent this to us today. It was overwhelmingly well received. Other tidbits floating about the web:
Bad Girls Club is a huge guilty pleasure show that my girlfriend got me into a few years ago. Yes, it airs on Oxygen and I’m sure most of the readers have no idea where to even locate that channel on their cable. Yes, that’s the channel Oprah started. Who cares. It’s tremendous trash TV that I’ve never found occasion to bring up here. So imagine my surprise last night when the one girl that “runs L.A.” mentioned she going out to party with her friend Gabe from the Boston Celtics. Read the rest of this entry »
Gilbert Arenas: More details continue to emerge in the Gilbert Arenas gun incident that hasn't quite been able to break through as a massive news story (thanks to Mike Leach, New Year's Eve, bowl games, and the culmination of the NFL season. The card game Arenas lost was called "bouree." Arenas and Javaris Crittenton were reportedly both losing to JaVale McGee, but then Arenas bailed. "Crittenton was left to pay the pot, much to his displeasure, so he was trying earnestly to get Arenas to pay his part. Tempers flared during this dispute and I'm told Crittenton wanted to fight Arenas for backing out of paying up. Arenas, meanwhile, said he would burn Crittenton's car, and Crittenton said he would shoot Arenas in his bad left knee." Also, Arenas left the twitter reservation again. [Woj] (48)
The Washington Huskies were supposed to be the best team in the Pac-10 this season. It hasn’t happened yet. They lost at home to Oregon Saturday. Steve Kelley of the Seattle Timesripped the team. The Huskies’ second best player, sophomore point guard Isiah Thomas, took to twitter to respond: “When u lose everybody and there mom thinks they knw why u loss and its so crazy! (Seattletimes) and every other media outlet! Its jus funny! … Media is jus badwagon jumpers! … #tobehonest the media loves u when ur doing good and HATES u when u slip up. they act all coo n ur face. Behind ur back there ur worst enemy … Hahaha I love the media there so TWO faced its crazy. Especially the 1s n ur own backyard. “Loss like this can wreck UWs season” like 4real?” [College Hoops Journal]
And The Most Insightful Take on the Tiger Woods Affair Goes to ... The Iron Sheik? Ah, the beauty of Twitter. Without it, it would be extremely difficult to wake up and immediately read the captivating, charming thoughts of a frequently hammered, retired professional wrestler who wore curly-tipped boots. Safe to say he won't be purchasing a "Team Elin" shirt. [The Iron Sheik] (6)
The BCS had the bright idea to start a twitter account – @InsidetheBCS - perhaps in an effort to blunt the tsunami of criticism that is being rightfully heaped on the farce that is the end of the college football season. Who’s behind the account? A reader with a keen eye noticed that the first peopel to “follow” the account were … you guessed it, publicists. Read the rest of this entry »
Beyonce … Kristen Bell is off the market … more on strategically defaulting on your house … scary piece on the link between cell phones and cancer … Jim Baron: rebuilding in Rhode Island … good luck with this lawsuit, lady … a former mascot is now homeless … the writer almost sounds smitten with this guy … a writer’s friendship with JD Salinger … actor Rip Torn got drunk and broke into a bank after hours with a loaded gun … why is this man lying down on subway tracks? …
