University of South Carolina campus police have been targeting the school’s athletes according to a member of the USC board of trustees. Eddie Floyd has been a trustee for the University of South Carolina since 1982, and says he has reliable sources that told him of the campus police misconduct.

From TheState.com:

“I feel they have overstepped in some areas. After talking to some of the people, this is how I feel. And I always say what I feel, good or bad.”

“My feeling is that (targeting athletes) has happened. I’m sure the administration may have a different opinion. But certainly that’s what I think.”

Mike Mungo is the board’s longest serving trustee with 36 years of service, and he doesn’t think there’s anything to Eddie Floyd’s claims.

“I don’t think anyone has targeted (athletes) whatsoever. I think the allegations are totally baseless, and I think I’m as well-informed as anyone at the university.”

The campus police better keep an eye on Eddie Floyd and Mike Mungo. They sound like they could be coming to blows at any minute.

Since January 1 nine University of South Carolina student-athletes have been arrested. Six of those arrests were made by the campus police. I don’t know if that proves that the police are targeting athletes or that the athletes need to quit getting into trouble on campus.

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We’ve all seen this type of dude before. Whether you’re in a basketball, softball/hardball, or in this case, a flag football league, there’s always the guy that takes it to far. I’m not talking about a spazz like Jim Carrey in The Cable Guy. I’m talking about a guy that can play a little, but acts like he’s one of the greatest to ever lace ‘em up, like the jackass in The Wedding Crashers. If you’re in the Long Island Arena Touch Football League, Kahmal Roy is the guy I’m describing. Roy’s a 27-year-old Hofstra University assistant football coach, and a sore loser cheap shot artist.

A Hofstra assistant coach approached for a traditional handshake at the end of a touch football game instead punched an opponent in the face.

The man who said he was punched, Stephen Malone, 57, said there was the usual trash talk during the game. “I went over to shake his hand,” Malone said. “Everybody’s shaking hands at the end of the game, and then he throws a punch and knocks me out.”

Malone had to be taken to a hospital and treated for a punctured eardrum and fractured bone in his face. Kahmal Roy was taken to jail. At least he made his point. He’ll never have to worry about another 57-year-old trash talking him after beating him in football again.

Hofstra asst. coach arrested in touch football assault. Courtesy of Newsday

Tags: Hofstra University, Flag Football, Kahmal Roy, 57 year old man

To hear the critics tell it, allowing high schoolers into the NBA ruins the league. For some reason, high school basketball players are deemed to be less worthy prepared to deal with professional life than young tennis, hockey, and baseball players. ESPN’s True Hoop author Henry Abott wrote about the issue, and refers to Michael McCann’s paper that refutes the idea of high school players damaging the NBA.

It’s pointed out on True Hoop that the top three candidates for NBA MVP (LeBron, KG, Kobe) didn’t go to college. I have Chris Paul in my top three and King James out, but that’s not the point right now. If you look at the playoff standings, six of the 16 teams that currently qualify are headed by players that didn’t go to college. Boston-Garnett, Orlando-Howard, Cleveland-James, LA Lakers-Bryant, Houston-McGrady, and Dallas-Nowitzki. Phoenix and San Antonio rely heavily on Amare Stoudemire and Tony Parker respectively so you could say that eight current playoff teams are dependent on players without college experience.

Whenever this subject is brought up a guy like Leon Smith, Kwame Brown, or Korleone Young will be used as the argument for players attending college. Drafting a player with or without college experience is a crapshoot. There’s truly no way of telling who will perform well on the next level or handle the money and fame with maturity. According to McCann’s paper, the high school class of NBA player tends to be a better player and get in less trouble than players that took the college route. Some of that is probably due to the smaller volume of high school to the NBA players than college to the NBA, but it also shows that more factors determine whether a player is successful than attending college.

Commissioner David Stern is saying that he’d like to change the minimum age for the league from 19 to 20 when the collective bargaining agreement expires in 2011. He says setting an age requirement of 19 has been very constructive. I guess that’s his story and he’s sticking to it, but I don’t see the support for his argument.

NBA Players Need College? Prove It. Courtesy of True Hoop

Illegal Defense: The Irrational Economics of Banning High School Players from the NBA Draft. Courtesy of Michael McCann

Tags: NBA, MVP, high school players, college

Most people think senior year of college is a pain in the ass. You gotta start planning what you’re gonna do with your life.. Are you gonna try to join the rat race, or are you gonna pursue a higher degree? And of course, how the hell are you gonna pay back your student loans? Andrew Shisila and Brent DeCoster at Ohio University thought they had a loan repayment plan. From The Athens Messenger:

Andrew Shisila, 22, and Brent DeCoster, 22, both of 27 N. Court St., Athens, were charged with a first-degree misdemeanor count of gambling, Athens Law Director Patrick Lang announced.

Shisila is a pitcher for the Ohio baseball team. DeCoster is a former Bobcat baseball player who was last a part of the program his freshman year in 2005-06. Both are current Ohio students and listed as seniors.

TAM goes on to report the gambling wasn’t on OU baseball games, or any intercollegiate sports.. These two were simply running a sportsbook for some teammates and friends.. And they would have gotten away with it if not for an anonymous email tip.. Sounds like somebody didn’t want to pay up.

Two charged as gambling ringleaders. Courtesy of The Athens Messenger

Tags: Ohio University, Gambling, Baseball Players, College

“I’m just stripping to get through school” is the phrase used by 95% of the female entertainers. The other 5% do it for coke money. Nobody believes a dancer when she says she’s doing it for book money, but “Hannah”, a junior at Texas Tech, is trying to change that.

“My entire freshman year, I was a stripper first and a student second. It was a horrible thing — it’s a hard lifestyle to live. For people with no self control, (stripping) is not a good job.”

Aaah, yes.. Self control. The key component to stripping. Whenever I ask professional women why they chose their field, they never reply “well, I didn’t have enough self control to be a stripper so I ended up in med school.” Never. Also, This just in: I’m ignorant.

“There so much about strippers that people don’t know, lumping everybody into one category is not fair; it’s inaccurate and ignorant. It’s just a supplement to my lifestyle. It’s not who I am, it’s what I do.”

I hear ya baby.. Quick sidenote.. If strippers are really trying to dance their way through college, what else is true? It’s not about the money? He really wants to spend more time with his family? She really don’t be doin this?

Off the beaten path: Hannah ‘Star’ bares it all about balancing stripping with academics. Courtesy of The Daily Toreador

Tags: Texas Tech, Stripper, Dancing For Books, College Tuition

Video games are blamed for turning American kids into fat, lazy, slackers. I don’t know how many hours of my life I lost to Atari, Odyssey, Coleco and Intelli vision, the Commodore 64,
Nintendo, Genesis, Playstations and X-Box, but I do know those systems never got me drunk. The Wii is here to change that.

Video game publisher Midway has a new game coming out for the Wii system. “Party Game” will consist of several games including shuffleboard, darts, and ski ball, but the game that will take over college campuses this fall is Wii beer pong. Or Wii Beirut. Or “Ping Cup” as Midway refers to it:

The object of ping cup is to use the Wii remote to throw a ping-pong ball at a pyramid of cups.

They left off the part about getting hammered drunk… The good thing about the game is it’ll give Greg Oden a chance to work on his beer pong skills. The bad news is, it might put these aspiring entrepreneurs out of business.

**YBB Update** The official name of the game is Game Party .**End Update**

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Wii will rock you. Courtesy of The University Daily Kansan

Hanging with Greg Oden. Courtesy of Sports Illustrated.

Thwock, gulp, kaching! beer pong inspires inventors. Courtesy of Money Web

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By now everybody has seen Baron Davis’ rim rattlin dunk over Andrei Kirilenko.. If you missed it click here.. Baron bangin on people isn’t brand new. Baron @ UCLA:

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Ok ok..so he didn’t dunk on anybody in that video but he did shake that cat outta the gym. This is dunking on somebody:

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After college Baron went to Charlotte. The facials followed:

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Davis was traded to Golden State in ’05 and continued cramming on his comp:

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I hope B.D. continues to stay somewhat healthy so we can have highlights like these for the duration of his prime.

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Pakistani cricket coach poisoned before being strangled. Courtesy of The NZ Herald

Steve Foley’s female friend found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon stemming from run in with off duty cop. Courtesy of The North County Times

Man arrested for stealing 26 cars to see his girlfriend. Courtesy of International Herald Tribune

University of Idaho football player sells coke to undercovers… 3 times. Courtesy of KNDO

Here’s the unhappy life NFL draftees can look forward to. Courtesy of Psych Central

Jeter goes to bat for Torre. Courtesy of AOL Fanhouse

City rep. facing 1 year ban from rec. league soccer. Courtesy of The El Paso Times

Jeffrey Jordan (Mike’s son) going to Illinois. Courtesy of The State Journal Register

French soccer player contemplating quiting after being attacked by fans following game. Courtesy of Slam! Sports

Felix Hernandez could be back in the rotation this week. Courtesy of RotoWorld

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