The Roundup: National Title Night
2008 Culture Tournament, Athletes and Celebrities, Baseball, College Basketball, High School Sports, NASCAR, NFL, Video, Women's Sports April 7th. 2008, 8:03am
Who is ready for nightly shots of Eva Longoria at Spurs playoff games in April and May? … One Shining Moment time! Will Nantz reference Elvis if Memphis pulls it off? Dorothy and her dog if Kansas does? … we’ve got what we think is a pretty hilarious interview coming your way around noon-ish … coming before that: the Culture Tournament comes to a culmination, and for the first title, it’ll be Erin Andrews vs. Jessica Simpson … the internet – soon faster! … caught a 2-hour marathon of Diff’rent Strokes yesterday and hot damn if that show’s theme song wasn’t the jam … a nice Q&A with Jesse Spano (aka, the one who was nude throughout Showgirls) … a blogger does San Antonio’s Riverwalk … Sam Cassell talks to a blog … curling, anyone? …
Norman Chad on watching 24 hours of ESPN: “2:32: “Around the Horn” is followed by “PTI.” If I wanted to see this many old guys shouting at each other every day, I’d move to Boca Raton.” (Washington Post)
Adriana Lima narrowly edges out Baron’s Beard. (Ball Don’t Lie)
Did Fox botch the Carl Edwards victory? (The Daily Planet)
Very thrilling finish to LSU-Tennessee at the women’s Final Four. (You Tube)
And you thought we were crazy – in these dangerous economic times, survivalism is hot again! (NYT)
Terrelle Pryor is just a regular guy – he likes Eva Mendes. (Mondesi’s House)
Have people been too hard on the Memphis kids? We may have been guilty of this. (Washington Post)
A reader of ours partied with the Bears in Cancun recently, and we mentioned there’s be a massive feature on the trip. Here it is! (Sun-Times)
Bronson Arroyo is in some criminally bad commercials, and it’s too bad the embedding is disabled. (You Tube)
Do not look directly at Roy Williams’ tie. (Rush the Court)
Lorena Ochoa wins a tournament, jumps in the water, and now, can text message Tiger Woods. (Travel Golf)
Barack Obama’s brother-in-law may have locked up the Oregon State men’s coaching gig. (Oregonian)
Kareem Rush will attend KU-Memphis tonight and risk a fine from the Pacers. (NYT)
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April 7th, 2008 at 8:19 am
I agree with your assessment of the Diff’rent Strokes theme song. You just don’t see quality like that anymore. Assuming the kids on the playground were playing ball on a 10-foot goal, there’s no way Arnold’s shot (with Willis’ thoughtful assist) would’ve made it to the goal. Have I spent too much time studying this? Absolutely not. Also, when Willis and Arnold ran and jumped into the limo, my brother and I would always say “They shootin! They shootin!” which would generally receive laughs.
April 7th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Timeouts, commercials and instant replays choked any of the fun or excitement out of that LSU/UTenn game ending.
April 7th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Ughhhh … I cannot even bring myself to watch the clip of the LSU – Tennessee game last night. I still can see it in my head. Poor Lady Tigers.
April 7th, 2008 at 8:52 am
eva longoria is fuckin nasty.
WHOO TERRELLE PRYOR!!!
April 7th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Pryor seems awfully full of himself. And, I don’t blame the kid for getting a big head. Still, it would be nice to see one of these young “stars” conduct themselves with some modicum of class.
April 7th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Wouldn’t go so far as to say Eva Longoria is nasty…but she is, IMHO, more than a bit overrated.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Classic Norman Chad piece. You have to love his style.
Who else would you like to see watch 24 hours of ESPN and then skewer it? I think I’d like to see Mushnick do it just to see if his head would actually explode.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:06 am
I actually have a funny Eva Longoria story – for another day, though – from my previous job. Spent about 90 minutes in her orbit one afternoon (there were only four people there) and it was … interesting.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:06 am
I fell asleep watching the Tenn-LSU game. I’ve never had such a sexy dream involving a long-sleeve t-shirt before.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Nice tease TBL.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:07 am
great article by John Feinstein from the Washington Post on Memphis. TBL you had a lot of negative posts on them throughout the season
April 7th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Seth Davis on Mike & Mike just now: “At this point, it’s tough to go against Memphis.” Is he serious? Come on Seth, you’re better than that!
April 7th, 2008 at 9:10 am
was said dream fundamentally sound? i assume there was no dunking.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:12 am
@TBL- i was reading your blog during the Memphis-UCLA game this morning and your comment when CDR dunked on Love during that game was priceless. Did you ever end up putting Rose on yoru fantasy team?
April 7th, 2008 at 9:14 am
great article on Memphis by Feinstein. Very true. I think Calapari is becoming the Tarkanian of this era. People are always going to have those “questions” about his program. They will beat Kansas easily tonight.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Eva Longoria is massivly over-rated.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:51 am
For Eva Longoria and UNC: FRAUDS!
April 7th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Yeah, Feinstein hates it when people jump to conclusions.
Really liked his article, though.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Wow. Obama’s brother-in-law has an interesting background.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Most of the blame for that UNC loss goes to Roy Williams.
Instead of crying all week about playing his former team he should have been preparing his current team to play. They looked woefully unprepared from the tip.
I don’t see what is so fantastic about Kevin Love, other than he takes getting teabagged and laughed at pretty well.
April 7th, 2008 at 10:00 am
im not a big roy williams fan. i couldnt imagine him inspiring or being a good x’s and o’s guy. hes probably an awesome recruiter and makes the boosters feel safe because he’s an NC guy, but other than that? he’s an awful coach whos been given the world in talent and can’t get it to deliver.
tho when his team is getting waxed, the looks on his face are absolutely priceless.
April 7th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Let’s also not be naive about where some of this sentiment originates, either: All of Calipari’s players are African Americans, a number of them from so-called “tough” backgrounds. Like virtually every top-level college basketball team, UCLA, North Carolina and Kansas are dominated by African American players, but each also gets significant contributions from white players.
BULLSHIT.
Most of the negativity comes from the fact that they’re a Conference USA team. I didn’t go through the pool and say “They’re a damn good team, but I’m not picking them to win it all because they’re too black.
And LSU deserved to lose that game. You call a T.O. to set up your defense with 7 seconds, and you leave someone wide open in the lane and give up an offensive rebound putback with the best rebounder in the country on your team? Inexcusable.
April 7th, 2008 at 10:11 am
The economy is crashing!! The sky is falling!! The sky is falling!!
April 7th, 2008 at 10:13 am
What is the graduation rate of Calipari’s Memphis program?
April 7th, 2008 at 10:17 am
This article says Memphis is the lowest to make the tourney last year at 18% so not good.
April 7th, 2008 at 10:17 am
PurdueMatt, why wouldn’t you ask that of North Carolina?
/sarcasm
I love the way a Jesse Jackson opportunistic photo op and the 40th anniversary of the MLK asassination made this team The Official Team of The Civil Rights Movement.
April 7th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Sorry, that number is based on the median six-year graduation rate for black men (not just basketball players, but the entire student population) at school that made the 2007 NCAA men’s basketball tournament is 50.6%. The highest is Vanderbilt (92.6%), while the lowest is Memphis (18.9%). Seventeen schools graduate one-third or fewer black men within six years.
April 7th, 2008 at 10:19 am
PurdueMatt, this is really just a gut check, don’t worry.
April 7th, 2008 at 10:19 am
when was the last time Purdue won a national championship?
April 7th, 2008 at 10:31 am
April 7th, 2008 at 10:34 am
TBL, it was Cabo, not Cancun…
April 7th, 2008 at 10:36 am
If..if…if. The word of dreamers.
Purdue hasnt won a title since 1932. Kids actually go to Purdue to get an education, ill give you that. But if you want to play in the NBA, you have a better shot with Memphis than Purdue. when was the last time someone from Purdue left school early to go to the pros? Big Dog, ten years ago.
Give me a break with that graduation rate bullshit. dont hate cause Purdue isnt in it. Purdue will take a back seat to tOSU next year
April 7th, 2008 at 10:46 am
I need to get this straight though for next time I question a team’s credentials. It was okay to doubt Kansas because Bill Self could never get his team past the Elite Eight. But if I question Memphis’ ability to close big games because they didn’t get past the Elite Eight, there are racist implications behind my decision?
April 7th, 2008 at 11:07 am
i can’t wait to see this interview. i was flipping through the radio earlier and i stopped on the Schrutebag, and heard him mention “an interview with a blogger from Friday.” TBL, please tell me this is coincidence.
April 7th, 2008 at 11:29 am
@benji
I heard the same thing but didn’t put the two together. An interview with Cowherd here would be gold!
TBL, bury the hatchet; interview Cowherd!