Roundup: Patriots Player Robbed, Honey Badger Sheds Nickname & Green Bay Columnist Rips Packers Fans
By Jason McIntyre
The NCAA sucks, part XXXVII. [Hawk Central]
Columnist writes: “the crowds at Lambeau Field have started to remind me of those staid assemblages at the University of Michigan. It’s the place to be seen and all that, but it has been a long time since a visiting coach or player went on and on about how it difficult it was to hear and play in Green Bay.” Fans weren’t happy. [WTMJ]
House of a Patriots’ player in Colorado was robbed while he was playing in the AFC Championship game. [Post]
Missed it over the weekend: Great read on Colin Kaepernick. [Newsday]
“Josh Harding has been a member of the Wild for nearly 11 years. But since revealing in November that he has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the goaltender feels this season is like ‘a tryout.'” [Star Tribune]
New Orleans is preparing to host the Super Bowl … where they hate Goodell. [NYT]
The 2015 MLB All-Star game will be in Cincinnati. [Cincinnati.com]
The Honey Badger doesn’t want to be known as the Honey Badger anymore. [USA Today Sports]
How do the Memphis Grizzlies plan on using advanced stats? [Commercial Appeal]
For Jets fans: How Marty Mornhinweg, your new offensive coordinator, really did with the Eagles. [Football Perspective]
Who is excited for the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines? Tiger’s playing. [Golf.com]
“These are the most arrogant pricks in the world, starting with [coach Bill] Belichick on down. Tell them to have fun at the Pro Bowl. Arrogant [bleep].” [Wetzel]
Should the Hawks trade Josh Smith? If so, how? [Grantland]
I’m a Fresh Prince fan, so perhaps you might enjoy this. [via Jose]
Snow road, Russian dash-cam … you may have an idea what’s coming … [via Adam]
We really didn’t cover Earl Weaver’s death during a busy weekend. What a colorful character. [via Hot Clicks]
Not a bad dunk … for a high school kid.