Roundup: Blake Griffin and the Clippers Rule LA, Pythons Dominate the Everglades & Minka Kelly Dating Derek Jeter Again
By Jason McIntyre
Blake Griffin and the Clippers run LA. The Lakers “make folks grouchy.” [TJ Simers]
Can I interest you in some Hal McCoy Spring Training stories? [The Real McCoy]
Derrick Rose rebounds from that brutal Heat loss by scoring 35 in a win over Washington. [Sun-Times]
What’s the point of this column? “Anybody who thinks the Broncos can win a Super Bowl with the offense they used to crash the postseason party with Tebow at the controls is living in the 1970s.” [Denver Post]
Pythons are destroying the ecosystem in the Everglades. [Reuters]
Here’s a really positive story about JT Thomas, a linebacker on the Bears. [Sun-Times]
Missouri, the most overrated team in the Top 10, nipped Texas by one, 67-66. [Statesman]
The Yale Daily News and the New York Times bungled the Yale QB story last week. [Poynter]
Dan Wolken proposes that if college hoops wants to matter, it should push back the start of the season to late Dec/Jan, and then push March Madness to May. [The Daily]
The similarities between Bill Belichick & Tom Coughlin. [Herald]
Legit question from Kendrick Perkins: “The thing that bothers me … is Derrick Rose is not a true point guard, he is a scoring point guard, but nobody gets on Derrick Rose like they get on Russ.” [Marc Spears]
How the Backyard Brawl between Pitt and West Virginia in 2007 altered the course of Michigan and Ohio State. [Aaron Torres Sports]
Kevin Murphy, a guard on Tennessee Tech, scored 50 points last night. [TTU Sports]
Court cases that will go viral: “A German judge has to decide if a man who was paid to get a neighbor’s wife pregnant is guilty of breach of contract.” [Northwest Ohio]
Watch what happens to this flaming truck around the :30 mark.
Smart dog. [via Adam]
Lacrosse brawls are the new hockey brawls. [via Lacrosse Playground]