Roundup: Oregon Snowball Fight Targets Professor, Kobe Bryant's Return & Gus Malzahn's Big Raise
By Jason McIntyre
David Simon on the divide between rich and poor in America. You need to read this. [The Guardian]
Amir Johnson scored 32 points for Toronto, which spoiled Kobe Bryant’s quiet return (9 points, 8 turnovers). [LA Times]
Houston writer thinks the Texans will pursue Lovie Smith, Stanford’s David Shaw and Ken Whisenhunt. [Chronicle]
This is a great BCS obit. [AL.com]
Ron Rivera has trademarker ‘Riverboat Ron.’ [Charlotte Magazine]
Temple has eliminated seven sports due to budget cuts. [Temple News]
Where does the Michigan Athletic Department get money, and where do they spent it? [John U Bacon]
Indiana wraps up a brutal 3-game stretch with a 118-94 loss in Oklahoma City. [Indy Star]
Yes, Verne Lundquist is great. Everyone likes him. [NY Post]
Newspaper reporter covered the Newtown school shootings and ended up quitting his job to spend more time with his kids. [Newsweek]
Last month, we wrote that the Dodgers were coming after ESPN announcer Orel Hershiser. They got him. [LA Times]
Gus Malzahn got a huge, deserved extension from Auburn over the weekend. [AL.com]
NBC Sports Network is excited about having close to 50 percent of its prime time schedule being live programming. [Newsday]
Karlos Williams with a trucking in the ACC title game.
Monta Ellis stunned the Blazers over the weekend with this buzzer-beater.
A Cleveland Cavaliers fan wandered onto the court and was quickly apprehended.
Check out these goats trying to escape an avalanche.
Oregon students – supposedly, football players were included – probably went a bit too far pelting this professor’s car with snowballs.