The last we heard from former USC basketball coach Tim Floyd he was resigning his position because of the “He paid for O.J. Mayo” scandal. Floyd is out of work but that didn’t stop him from breaking up a fight during a recent trip to a casino. Read the full story

They say good news travels fast, but it’s the bad news that moves quickly. People can’t wait to pass along the latest “Did you hear about…?”. The worst part about that kind of gossip is when the information is wrong.

An example of bad news (in both senses) is Chris McCosky of the Detroit News reporting on the Pistons Blog that Allen Iverson had been banned from the MGM and Greektown casinos in downtown Detroit. It was on Detroit News.. Of course I bought it.. Read the full story

• Allen Iverson’s “Boorish behavior” gets him banned from casinos.

A bad back has allowed Detroit Piston Allen Iverson to appear in only three games since March but hasn’t kept him from playing in Detroit’s downtown casinos. AI (and his posse) got a little loud in a card club and in a taxi in Minneapolis earlier in the season, but his behavior in Detroit’s gambling joints has landed him on the banned list.

Iverson is banned from the MGM and Greektown. The NBA is investigating an incident involving one of AI’s bodyguards at Greektown, but most of the blame falls on Allen. Read the full story