March madness indeed.
Just when college basketball nation should be gearing up for what promises to be one of the most wide-open NCAA tournaments in recent memory, it seems as if everyone involved in the men’s game is suffering from a very severe form of dementia.
At Villanova, most of the team was suspended for using an improper long-distance code Read More
Man, it seems like the world of basketball can’t go a week nowadays without some idiotic controversy springing up. And I’m not just talking about the NBA and things like Portland players getting caught with weed. This hard-court brain fart has infected all levels of the game.
First, as you may recall, came the inane LeBron James affair. James, a brawny, freakishly athletic, 6-foot-8 high school senior from Ohio, is a lock to be the first pick in the 2003 NBA draft. First-round draft picks receive guaranteed contracts worth, in James’ case, about $3 million or more a season. Read More
You may not know this, but there’s an entire side of a building, somewhere in New York City, painted in the likeness of Oregon running back Onterrio Smith. Why? Because that is how far some schools and their fans will go to hype a Heisman Trophy candidate.
In fact, just last year a group of Ducks boosters had the same building adorned with an image of quarterback Joey Harrington, a first-round pick of the Detroit Lions.
Harrington didn’t win the Heisman. Neither will Smith. Read More