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June 15th, 2008

More News From O.J. Mayo Land

Ben Bolch of the Los Angeles Times seems to be as enthralled with this O.J. Mayo thing as I am (it is the middle of June after all and what else is going on in college basketball?).
Now he reports that former Mayo lackey and whistle blower Louis Johnson met with the NCAA, the Pacific 10 […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

May 20th, 2008

Ok, so what would the penalty be?

Since ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” broke a story last week that former USC player O.J. Mayo allegedly recevied as much as $30,000 in cash and gifts from someone working for sports agency that Mayo eventually signed with, both the NCAA and the Pac-10 have said they will conduct investigations to see if there was any […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 1 comment

May 2nd, 2008

UNC’s Hansbrough and Frasor Make the Leap

Though North Carolina Tar Heels Tyler Hansbrough and Bobby Frasor aren’t making the jump to the NBA, they did make another jump - from the roof of a frat house.
Photos were circulating around the Internet all day on Thursday of Hansbrough and Frasor making a leap from a fraternity house roof into a not so […]

By Kori Ellis -- 1 comment

February 13th, 2008

UPDATED February 13: Hoosiers head coach in hot water…again.

UPDATED February 13: The NCAA announced today in a “notice of allegations” that Indiana head coach Kelvin Sampson and members of his staff violated numerous telephone recruiting restrictions that were in place because of his previous violations at Oklahoma. The NCAA also indicated that Sampson about it to the school and NCAA investigators. The NCAA […]

By Rich Carlson -- 1 comment

November 1st, 2007

Cleaning up the sideline antics…

I ran across a story this afternoon that brought a smile to my face - the NCAA is going to crack down on coaches who throw tantrums on the sidelines, swear, curse and try to make the referees look bad.
Bobby Knight - beware…the refs are coming for you.
Tags: behavior, Bobby-Knight, cricket, NCAA, profanity, referees, refsShare […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

October 23rd, 2007

Hoops trivia time

So you think you know a lot about basketball, huh…
You think you’re smart because you can recite the entire starting lineup from the Loyola of Chicago team that won the NCAA title in 1963 (if you can do that, you need to seek some professional help right away).
Here are some mind-benders to test your basketball […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

October 4th, 2007

Bruins coach Howland inks 7-year deal

After two consecutive trips to the Final Four, UCLA signed head basketball coach Ben Howland to a 7-year contract that will pay him $1.5 million a season.
Tags: Ben-Howland, Bruins, Darren-Collison, Josh-Shipp, Kevin-Love, Luc-Richard-Mbah-a-Moute, NCAA, Pac-10, UCLAShare This

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

September 27th, 2007

FSU hoops fans holding their collective breath

Long ago, former Florida Gators head football coach Steve Spurrier quipped that FSU stood for “Free Shoes University” after wide receivers Peter Warrick and Laveranues Coles’s infamous shoe-shopping spree at a local Dillard’s department store. Now, it appears that FSU might stand for something else: False Scores University.
Tags: cheating, cricket, Dillards, False-Scores-University, florida-gators, Florida-State, Free-Shoes-University, […]

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

September 26th, 2007

Ohio State pays Jim O’Brien…for cheating

It is times like this when I seriously question the American judicial system.
The 10th District Court of Appeals in Ohio rewarded former Ohio State coach O’Brien 2.4 million dollars, agreeing with O’Brien’s claim that he was wrongfully terminated in 2004.
Tags: 10th-District-Court-of-Appeals, cricket, Jim-OBrien, NCAA, OhioShare This

By Rich Carlson -- 0 comments

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