Professor William C. Dowling, a longtime critic of Rutgers athletics, really let fly with some racist comments in Wednesday’s paper. Here’s a sample:
“If you were giving the scholarship to an intellectually brilliant kid who happens to play a sport, that’s fine,” Dowling said. “But they give it to a functional illiterate who can’t read [...]
Ex-Oklahoma State star and former NBA player Byron Houston will be spending the next 4 years in jail. This summer, Houston was arrested for indecent exposure and was placed on probation. Well, a woman drove by his car in Oklahoma City and saw Byron Houston at the intersection, pleasuring himself! His attorneys say Houston suffers [...]
I don’t know what this guy was thinking, but he deserves to be in jail for this one — Pittsburgh point guard Levance Fields was arrested Sunday for being a bonehead. He was outside a nightclub having an argument with some guy and being loud. An off-duty officer approached him for the second time, telling [...]
The s**t hit the fan when radio host Don Imus took dead aim at the appearance of the 2006-2007 Rutgers women’s basketball team in the NCAA finals, calling them “nappy headed hos”. No, Don, tell us how you really feel! The interview between him and his executive producer Bernard McGuirk led to the cancellation of [...]
The 1993 NCAA Basketball Championship game between North Carolina and Michigan came right down to the wire. Trailing 73-71 with 19 seconds left, Chris Webber rebounded a missed free throw, with everyone clearing back towards the Michigan basket. As Webber started his way towards Michigan’s end, he travelled…but none of the refs called it! Webber continued to dribble [...]
