Back in December Mississippi basketball coach Andy Kennedy was arrested in Cincinnati and charged with assault. He allegedly got rough with a taxi driver and mixed in some racial slurs for good measure.
The entire arrest was captured by the CPD and it definitely makes for good viewing.
A member of the Louisiana-Monroe women’s basketball team has been expelled from the school for firing a handgun on campus. Sophomore Regena Jackson, the fourth leading scorer for the Warhawks this past season, was involved in a fight that led to her grabbing a 9mm.
The police report notes an interesting twist. Read the full story
ESPN and a bunch of athletes and celebrities were in Los Angeles this week for the taping of the ESPY awards. I got a chance to spend a couple of days at the ESPY Style Studio to take in the scene and speak to some players.
There was all kinds of loot for the ESPY participants to pickup including Skull Candy headphones, Karl Lagerfeld sunglasses, Redpepper jeans, and Kefir, which is the health drink of choice for a lot of jocks.
It was a good trip overall, and after the jump I interview a Heisman trophy winner, a couple of NBA champions, and a guy that’s not a big fan of sports blogs. Read the full story
The NBA’s pre-draft measurements are in and as usual people shrunk when transitioning from college hoops to the pros.
Brook Lopez is a 7-footer in shoes, but Kevin Love, D.J. Augustin, and Michael Beasley ended up being shorter than advertised. That doesn’t bother Beasley at all. Read the full story
While most of the media and tons of fans will be in San Antonio for the men’s Final Four, thousands of people will be gathering in the Tampa area for the women’s Final Four. Some of the folks in Tampa will be friends and family but a large majority are expected to be lesbians. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. From Tampa Bay dot com: Read the full story
