Archive for January, 2010

Link Dump!

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

The top ten reasons Lane Kiffin left Tennessee for USC - Midwest Sports Fans Tennessee fans are at least attempting productivity with their rage - Dr. Saturday Was Ed Orgeron telling UT enrollees to not go to class? - GoVolsXtra Lane Kiffin never really embraced UT anyway - Fanhouse Micro pigs? Micro pigs - ...

TheBaker’s College Basketball Files: Early Mid-Major Eye Test

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

As every college basketball season unfolds, the search for the next Mid-Major team to achieve NCAA Tournament success takes form. The usual characters are still there. Butler is still good despite its inability to beat any top-25 teams (1-3, if you count the win against an Evan Turner-less Ohio State). Gonzaga has ...

EPL Puts Portsmouth In Deep Freeze

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

English Premier League club Portsmouth F.C. is in financial crisis. It can’t pay its players nor its creditors.  On Tuesday, the EPL placed Portsmouth on a transfer embargo for being unable to pay off debts owed on prior transfers. This all the while being owned by billionaire oil-rich Saudis, who claim to have ...

Layla Kiffin Is Headed To USC

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Lost in all the hoopla surrounding the shocking announcement that Lane Kiffin is headed out to Los Angeles to be the head coach at the University of Southern California is the fact that his wife, Layla, will be coming with him. Mrs. Kiffin quickly became an internet sensation after her husband ...

Link Dump!

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Vincent Jackson is going to take it to Darrelle Revis on Sunday - Midwest Sports Fans Rick Pitino says "thank you" to his SID - Strait Pinkie Wait, who is Scottie Reynolds? - Ballin' is a Habit Apparently, the Knicks stayed in a haunted hotel in Oklahoma City - NY Daily News How the ...

TheBaker’s College Basketball Files: The SWAC Is Whack

Monday, January 11th, 2010

As a Big Ten basketball fan, I feel spoiled. Not only is the Big Ten the most competitive conference from top to bottom, it has the best coaches and its own beautiful, everything-in-HD channel. Seriously, almost every night there’s a game in the conference worth watching - that is unless ...

Link Dump!

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Hell yes it's the LT Dance. Playoffs, bitches! McGwire admits what we all knew then anyway. Kind of makes those ball-licking articles about him back in the day seem even more slanted and pathetic, doesn't it? - Sports Illustrated Sorry fellas, Minka and Derek are tying the knot. Or something. Hope she ...

What’s Really Going On At USC

Monday, January 11th, 2010

I've read so many misguided reports all over the internet about USC, its coaching search and why Pete Carroll departed. I rarely spout anything about USC on this site as far as inside information goes but I've been so frustrated by the misinformation coming out of ESPN, Yahoo! and others ...

Chapman Flees reds For Reds

Monday, January 11th, 2010

One of the most intriguing storylines of this baseball offseason is where Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman would end up. Would it be one of the usual suspects like the Yankees, Red Sox or Mets? Or how about the Cincinnati Reds? Against all known odds, the left-hander agreed to a five-year, $30 million deal ...

Scottie Pippen Goes Balls Deep

Monday, January 11th, 2010

I watched "The Cleveland Show" for the first time ever on Sunday night, and wouldn't you know it, I managed to catch the animated musical comedy debut of Scottie Pippen. Yes, Scottie really is lending his talents as backup vocalist on the song "Balls Deep." I believe ranks somewhere between the ...