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Lacrosse accuser arrested; Duke fans sti...

Lacrosse accuser arrested; Duke fans still intolerable
Sports fans across the globe have long wanted to slap the smug little smirk off the face of Duke University’s creepy Blue Devil mascot … but we should be careful what we pray for. Duke mascot (left) Instead of falling into the fetal position and breaking into tears as the world had hoped,...

4 out of 5 Kansas fans prefer Reed’...

4 out of 5 Kansas fans prefer Reed’s sis over Money
With a potential No. 1 ranking on the line Saturday when their team heads west to face rival K-State, you would think Kansas basketball fans would have their attention focused on the tough test that looms in Manhattan. Alas, you would be wrong. Not when they have Eddie Money and Lacie Reed to discuss. Lacie...

Some non-Pitino story ideas for our frie...

Some non-Pitino story ideas for our friends in the media
For the record, we here at the Poopdome didn’t tar and feather Louisville coach Rick Pitino a couple weeks ago when he came clean, so to speak, on his 5-year-old extramarital tryst the way many of our fellow bloggers did. Oh sure, we found that whole 9/11 name-dropping thing a little odd, but by...

Daily dump: Did Pitino invoke 9/11 for &...

Daily dump: Did Pitino invoke 9/11 for ’sympathy’?
Louisville coach Rick Pitino stepped up to a row of microphones on Wednesday afternoon and tried his best to quell the storm that arose after the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal reported a day earlier that he had sex with Karen Cunagin Sypher in a local restaurant six years earlier, and later gave her...

There’s money, and then there̵...

There’s money, and then there’s NCAA money
Sure, you know how your favorite school stacks up in the conference standings or top 25 poll, but do you know how they’re faring in the financial department? Wednesday’s Orlando Sentinel featured a breakdown of Football Bowl Subdivision schools ranked by total revenue each university took...

Memphis to NCAA: We know nothing!...

Memphis to NCAA: We know nothing!
This will come as a shock to some of you, but an internal investigation by the University of Memphis that former player (*cough*Derrick Rose*hack*) cheated on his SAT exam to qualify academically turned up no proof to support the NCAA’s allegations. Some are already speculating that the fruitless...

Who needs Eddie Munster?...

Who needs Eddie Munster?
It seems like a long time ago, but remember when Billy Donovan was the coach of the Orlando Magic? Yeah, it only lasted for about two days, but what a glorious run it was. They didn’t lose a game as I recall. Donovan was fresh off back-to-back NCAA titles and fresh off flirting with the job at...