By: Janie Parks As an Auburn Alum (Class of 2008), I can attest to the fact that basketball at Auburn has been, in recent years, a let down. Without a doubt, football is the focus of the athletics department. When I was a student, I went to almost every home football game (except for the… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Basketball
Subscribe to Basketball RSS FeedContinued conflict in North Dakota over the “Fighting Sioux”
Posted in Basketball, Hockey, NCAAAccording to a recent article in the Kitsap Sun and a report in the Devils Lake Journal, the University of North Dakota will again use its controversial “Fighting Sioux” nickname despite threats from the NCAA, the school’s president announced this week. In November a state law requiring the university to use its longtime nickname and… Continue Reading
New Jersey’s Push for Legal Sports Betting
Posted in Baseball, Basketball, FootballAs the Super Bowl nears two New Jersey congressmen took action and introduced several timely bills designed to allow legal sports betting in the state. Republican U.S. Representative Frank LoBiondo introduced a bill that would give all states until 2016 to legalize sports betting. A previous window was opened and closed in 1992 and when… Continue Reading
Bama fan turns down heavy plea for Toomer’s Corner tree poisoning
Posted in Basketball, Football, NCAAHarvey Updyke, 63, is the Alabama fan accused of poisoning the 130 year old Toomer’s Corner trees at Auburn. After Auburn beat Alabama (28-27) in last year’s Iron Bowl, he called into a Paul Finebaum’s radio show and bragged of the crime in Jan. 2011. Yesterday he turned down a plea offer of 13 years… Continue Reading
Lamar Odom Scores Victory in Tax Court
Posted in Basketball, NBALast year, Lamar Odom, 32 sued the IRS after being handed a whopper of a bill: $87,000 plus interest. The IRS slapped Odom with the bill after determining that he had no right to deduct $190,000 in personal fitness fees and various NBA-imposed fines from his 2007 tax return. Odom responded by arguing that the… Continue Reading
Sexual Abuse in Sports Spreads to Tennessee
Posted in BasketballAccording to a recent article on ESPN.com, two separate investigations into sexual abuse have been launched by police in Memphis, Tennessee and the Amateur Athletic Union after two former basketball players claimed that the leader of a youth sports organization molested them during the 1980s when they were boys. The men allege that Robert “Bobby” Dodd… Continue Reading
Pledging Allegiance at UConn
Posted in BasketballBefore the start of the Connecticut-Arkansas game last Saturday, some 14,333 fans, coaches and players were asked to join in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. The practice of reciting the pledge before home games began as a tribute on the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Though it has been received favorably thus far… Continue Reading
Wife’s Confession and Third Accuser Spells Trouble for Syracuse’s Bernie Fine
Posted in BasketballAccording to ESPN, Bernie Fine was sacked Sunday by Syracuse University after an audio recording of his wife, Laurie Fine, came to light in which she acknowledged alleged sexual abuse. In addition to the audiotape, a third man came forward and accused the assistant basketball coach of molesting him nearly a decade ago. Syracuse’s senior… Continue Reading
Shame in College Sports, an indictment of the NCAA
Posted in Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Track & FieldTaylor Branch, civil rights author and historian, has written a powerful indictment of the NCAA and collegiate sports. Reading this is an education on the exploitation of athletes in major college sports. Read the full article here in the Atlantic. Below is a section from the article that describes the myth of the student athlete. We… Continue Reading
Bond for NBA Player charged in Drive-By?
Posted in NBAA 23 year old mother of four (4) is dead after being shot on an Atlanta street in a drive-by shooting. See a photograph of the victim here. The man arrested for the murder is Javaris Crittenton, the 19th overall pick by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2007. During the 2009/2010 basketball year, Crittenton played for… Continue Reading
Jalen Rose DUI Guilty Plea Nets Serious Jail Time
Posted in Basketball, DUI, NBAFormer NBA player and ESPN analyst Jalen Rose was sentenced to 20 days of actual jail time for a first offence DUI guilty plea yesterday in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Rose will begin his sentence August 2, if his attorneys don’t appeal. In explaining her rationale for the plea Judge Kimberly Small said: But there are… Continue Reading