Kentucky’s men’s basketball program became the first program to reach the 2,000 win mark in all of college basketball, beating out the Tar Heels who are stuck at that cursed 1,992 mark. Granted it would’ve taken an unheard of losing streak (as far as the Wildcats are concerned) for the Tar Heels to catch up, but beating out the “other blue team” cements Kentucky’s place as the most celebrated basketball program in the country.
Kentucky improved to 2,000-635-1 in 107 seasons, just ahead of North Carolina’s 1,992 victories. Kansas is third with 1,980.”From the beginning to the end, getting to 2,000 wins proves that Kentucky has been the strongest college basketball program,” former Kentucky star Dan Issel said.
This reminder was needed, because Kentucky basketball had been struggling in the past few years. By the looks of it a few years ago, one might have even thought North Carolina could beat them to the coveted mark. Now with the 2,000 win belt, Kentucky can move on to bigger and better things, some of which will hopefully redeem their status as the racist, bad guy school in Glory Road.
2,000 wins and 7 NCAA championships. Not bad.
[via ESPN]
A couple days after it was reported that USC gave running back Joe McKnight’s girlfriend an SUV, we learn that Mr. McKnight will be watching the Trojans from home.
“He has some paperwork he needs to do and it’s best for him to stay in LA so he can be available to finish it,” Trojans coach Pete Carroll said.
I wonder what the paperwork could possibly be. First of all, shouldn’t it be his lady friend and the university going over paperwork? They apparently had no problem with paperwork when it involved signing over a brand new SUV.
I also think it’s funny that the car was an SUV. What the Hell does she need an SUV for!? Does she have a massive car pool or something we don’t know about? Nobody really needs an SUV, but she certainly doesn’t. We all know USC has been bending the rules, they should’ve just at least cheated in a good way by getting her an environmentally friendly car.
More details need to come out on this story. But it sounds like USC is trying to save face once again.
[via SportsIllustrated]
I for one am absolutely basking in this. First of all, yes, Cutler is sucking some major testes right now as Bears QB. However, I’m 99% convinced the reason this season has so soured is Brian Urlacher. You just can’t teach his kind of tenacity and contagious work ethic. It’s guy’s like Urlacher that get teams rolling. Think Ray Lewis for the Ravens.
When insane, passionate, energetic players are on the field it makes teams a hell of a lot better. But shouldn’t the quarterback then rally the team? Shouldn’t the quarterback step up and be a leader? The Bears are non existent this year and it’s clearly because Cutler is a complete douchebag.
I suppose as long as he has his money and ho’s he’ll be more than fine. Just keep drinking whiskey sours, play beirut and act like a retarded frat boy for the rest of your career.
Wait a second. I just realized I would KILL to have Cutler’s job. Sure he’ll never be a winner or respected player in the league again, but at least he’s getting laid for the next however many years of his contract.
Eh, screw that. I don’t even know if I’d trade places with him. He’s kind of ugly and seems like a real assbag.
From The 700 Level:
This epic photo was taken on Sunday by reader Alex F. He writes: “At long last, Santa Claus finally gets his chance to throw snowballs back at Eagles fans. This guy was in the first row of the middle tier on Sunday, raining snowballs down on the lower level after McCoy’s TD run. The Grinches in security jackets tossed him, I believe. It’s hard to miss a guy in a Santa suit in the first row throwing snowballs.”
Of course this happened in Philly. If you’ve never seen a professional sporting event in Philly, the only thing you’re missing are the rudest, least-intelligent fans in the history of sports. Seriously. I’ve seen more guys blacked out drunk at Phillies games (not Eagles, but a fucking baseball game) than you would during Hell Week at a college frat. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that this sort of thing happened at an Eagles game.
But more importantly than what would compel someone to throw snowballs (because let’s face it – kind of an awesome move), is what the hell would compel someone to dress as Santa? I’ve never understood that. I mean, who wakes up and says, “you know, today I think I’m going to dress up like Santa.” Even wearing the stupid red and white hat pisses me off. Oooooh, it’s Christmas! Look at my stupid hat, just in time for the holiday! And so long, oldies on the radio, it’s all crappy Christmas music now! That probably pisses me off most of all.
If you see someone this week in your office wearing a Santa hat, ask them why they’re wearing it. Chances are you’ll get a blank stare and a bunch of drool dripping from his or her chin. And then blast them in the face as hard as you can.
Free agents have been avoiding the Mets like a plague.
Free agent RHP Jason Marquis agreed to a 2 year, 15 million dollar deal with the Washington Nationals Monday. The Long Island native was thought to be an off-season target of the Mets.
ESPN’s Jayson Stark is reporting NY is talking to veteran SP Pedro Martinez about a return to Queens. However, the proud righty is seeking a salary in the Brad Penny range(1 yr/8 million with incentives) and Mets management might balk at this.
If the Mets were a girl, she’d be suffering from some serious self esteem issues right about now. Nobody wants to take the Mets to the prom, and guys like Jason Marquis – who grew up on Long Island – would rather take their chances with the prude chick (the Nationals) than the weathered, syphilis-infested slut who’ll do anything.
So while Bengie Molina and Jason Bay continue to tease the Mets (how bad is it going to be if neither of them sign? If they do, they will be grossly overpaid), the Mets have succumbed to groveling at the feet of an ex-boyfriend who was great at first, but then ditched them for a better-looking girl in the Phillies.
It’s really been an embarrassing offseason for the New York Mets, and their fans have a right to be disgusted. And oh yeah, no one wants fucking Luis Castillo, guys.
Look he’s not the best player in the NBA but I have to say I never expected JJ Redick to be a factor in the league. I’m not saying he’d be all Trajan Langdon or anything like that but Redick has strung together multiple 20 pt efforts for the Magic and since last year’s defensive showcase in the playoffs I think this guy is developing is college swagger again.
Hell I even wrote an article called “Athletes That Need to Be Back in College: JJ Redick.” And for good measure I’ll be sharing some of his collegiate pictures after the jump.
He’s not all celebrity status yet like he was at Duke but I wouldn’t be surprised if one day Redick becomes a 15 ppg guy which is way beyond what I had expected of him.
Oh yeah, his college days after the jump
Click on the photo to watch the biggest zit get popped.
I never realized how accurate Belushi’s human zit was until after that video… Excuse me while I hurl.
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For those of you who know who Kenny George is you might know that he’ll probably never play basketball again. But word is he’s at least healthy and doing alright after unfortunately having part of his foot amputated.
George is a 7’7 360 pounder who was the biggest collegiate basketball player of all time. His feet are even bigger than Shaq’s. While his career was cut short people still watch him in clips to this day.
It’s just weird watching a guy that tall dunk a basketball.
