We were unaware of the fact that Britney Spears was in Australia this week.
In light of the breaking news involving OJ Mayo and the Bill Duffy Associates Sports Agency, we decided to come up with a list. Let us first note that we are not fans of Kelvin Sampson. In fact, we have spent much time here bashing the guy. That being said, he made phone calls he was not supposed to make. Phone calls. And now, for the second time in the last 3 years, USC finds itself in the middle of a scandal involving an athlete receiving money and gifts from sports agents. And for the second time in 3 years, we assume the NCAA will do nothing.
And so we bring you…
The Top 5 Things Kelvin Sampson Wishes He Had Done Differently To Avoid Punishment From The NCAA
(5) Not made those 550 impermissible calls while head coach at Oklahoma.
(4) Not made even more of the same type of impermissible calls that he got in trouble for making at Oklahoma while he was the head coach at Indiana.
(3) Had a sports agent make those recruiting calls for him. Calls he would “know nothing about.”
(2) Not made recruiting calls at all. Instead, just have sports agents lure kids to his school with offers of cash, televisions, and cell phones. Luring he “knew nothing about.”
(1) Coached at USC.
Please note that today, May 1st, is a special day. Why?
Because, from our research, today is the first day in the history of Todd Boyd’s contributions to ESPN’s Page 2 that he wrote an article that did not play the race card. Really, it’s true.
We were as amazed as everyone else probably was. We did not know he had it in him. We were under the impression that Boyd was fully incapable of writing an article just about sports, or people, without making it a racial issue.
But somehow, today he had an article posted where he just discussed that he thinks the NBA MVP should be chosen after the playoffs. It was an unbelievably rational article, especially coming from Boyd.
So, congrats to you, Boyd. Not only is this the first time you have ever written an article where you do not inexplicably bring race to the forefront; it’s also the first article of yours we have decided not to bash.
At least that’s Elizabeth Hurley’s story.
In a London Times interview highlighted in this article, the (quite attractive) “actress” is quoted as saying: “Shooting bikinis is now my life, which, as you can imagine, is unmitigated hell.” Ms. Hurley went on to state: “I can’t think of anything worse in the world than another bikini shoot — and I’ve got two next month. It’s unbearable, and I bring it all on myself. I’ve got nobody else to blame. It’s literally torture. If you get a photographer you don’t know, of course, you think, ‘Oh God.’ But if you signed on for the gig, sadly, you have to go and be jolly in a skimpy white bikini. So I now rely on nice photographers, and a bit of retouching.” (We added the italics for our favorite segment.)
Now, the only question is… where do we start ripping into
After reading this article about former second baseman Chuck Knoblauch claiming he has “nothing to hide” in terms of the steroid investigation, we decided to look at ole Knobber a little more carefully. Knoblauch was named in the Mitchell Report as a user of performance-enhancing drugs, but he has not yet come out to refute anything in the report. Read the rest of this entry »
And it’s time. Last year, Mike Nifong took home the honor of No. 1 Bum of the Year. We will spare Nifong this time around. But who will get the top honor? Read on and find out.
Top 10 Bums of 2007 Read the rest of this entry »
Just like we did last year, we are bringing back the Non-bums of 2007 as well. We figure there’s no reason to only harp on the bad, so we’ll follow up with some good. Last season, the former Miss Nevada, Katie Blair, took home the top honor for her drunken party night in Florida. Will another pageant contestant make the cut this year (hint: hells yeah!)? Read on and find out. Read the rest of this entry »
SAN FRANCISCO - Every now and then, we here at CIV come across a newsworthy story and decided to run with it. Well, on the heels of this interview on MSNBC, we have also learned something else Barry Bonds will be boycotting - his computer’s keyboard.
While Bonds admits he has not looked at any keyboard before other than his own, he has not thrown out the idea of suing Apple for defamation. When he glanced more carefully at his personalized computer just months ago, he disovered what was sitting right there, just above the key for number “8.”
“It it a great insult to me that when I pay them good money for a computer, that this company would have the gall to put an asterisk on my keyboard,” Bonds allegedly told our source. “And they think I wouldn’t see it? My typing ability has never been suspect. I have never taking any typing classes outside of those offered as a 10th grade elective.”
Bonds apparently is very emotional about this issue, claiming he will not be able to start his own blog to rival that of Curt Schilling. But Bonds is a man of principle and will be boycotting his keyboard until the asterisk is removed.
“I don’t think you can put an asterisk in the field of typing,” Bonds allegedly told our inside source. “And I don’t think that Apple or Dell can accept an asterisk. You cannot give people the freedom, the right to alter history or mess up a perfectly fine keyboard. You can’t do it. There’s no such thing as an asterisk on keyboards.”
When asked whether this anger might pass and he might actually type again, Bonds did not relent.
“I will never type on that keyboard again. Never,” Bonds said. “Barry Bonds will not type.
“That’s my emotions now. That’s how I feel now. When I decide to retire five years from now, we’ll see where they are at that moment,” he added. “We’ll see where they are at that time, and maybe I’ll reconsider. But it’s their position and where their position will be will be the determination of what my decision will be at that time.”