Archive for December, 2007

What Isiah Thomas Learned From Bobby Knight (Video)

Posted December 17, 2007, 11:16 am by Jason McIntyre (1 Comment)

One defense Isiah Thomas should have used in September during his infamous MSG trial: I learned it from Bobby Knight! In Bobby Knight’s Unauthorized Biography, the authors describe a scene on page 148 in which Thomas, one-year removed from Indiana University, returned to Bloomington in 1982 to receive an award as the Hoosier celebrity of [...]

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Mitchell Report Day! Ready for Old News Repackaged as Fresh News? Cause That’s What This Roger Clemens Business Is

Posted December 13, 2007, 11:17 am by Jason McIntyre (11 Comments)

There’s really no news to report at this time. Will the list really “rock” baseball? The guess here is that maybe it will for a few hours … and then we’ll turn our attention back to the Patriots and their quest for immortality. Still not sure why the New York papers are so stunned to [...]

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Breaking: Mike Vick Sentenced to 23 Months in Prison

Posted December 10, 2007, 10:49 am by Jason McIntyre (51 Comments)

A verdict was just rendered in the Mike Vick dogfighting case: 23 months in prison. Ouch. We don’t know what pound-me-in-the-ass prison he’ll be reporting to, but we should soon. Fallen NFL Star Mike Vick to learn of his fate (NBC 12) Vick’s house of dogfighting is home to cruelty (USA Today)

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Carolina on Our Mind: An Interview with Rob Daniels of the Greensboro News & Record

Posted December 7, 2007, 12:57 pm by Jason McIntyre (11 Comments)

We have repeatedly expressed our lust for college basketball and this week’s interview has all the answers: He’s award-winning writer Rob Daniels of the Greensboro News & Record. He’s well-versed in all things UNC, Duke, NC State and Wake. Also, he seems to be a big Springsteen fan (who can blame him?) In between all [...]

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ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit Was Wrong: Les Miles Staying at LSU (Plus Video!)

Posted December 1, 2007, 2:08 pm by Jason McIntyre (No Comments)

Heard on the radio this morning that ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit was reporting that “barring something extraordinary,” Les Miles was going to Michigan. Interesting. Didn’t know Kirk Herbstreit was working the phones. And here we thought he was just a talking head! Now, one-time TBL interview subject Jim Carty is reporting out of Ann Arbor that [...]

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