LOL: Bruce Bowen Looks Like He’s Slanging Bean Pies

To be honest I really don’t know how to feel about Bruce Bowen’s thirst for bow ties, even though there is an overwhelming majority that has chosen to clown the former defensive specialist, who is now getting checks from the folks in Bristol. During his brief stint with ESPN, Bowen has become somewhat legendary for rocking the bow tie similar to a dude in the Nation of Islam, or on one of those clowns in the circus.

What Craig Sager is to flossy (but a little too loud) suits and gators, Bowen is becoming in the bow tie game. He still can’t hang with Dhani Jones just yet, but you have to start somewhere right? I’m going to go against the grain and actually roll with Bowen’s fashion style, because as Maurice TT Rodriguez once said, “wear what you dig.” Regardless, Bowen has a look similar to one of those dudes that hangs out on Crenshaw blvd. trying to slang bean pies and the latest edition of Final Call.

LOL: ESPN Crank-Yanked By Fake Brian Westbrook

After the Eagles released their (once) stud running back Brian Westbrook Tuesday, ESPN spent most of the early evening promoting a phone convo that they were going to have with Westbrook live on Sportscenter. Unfortunately the World Wide Leader was the victim of one of your sicker ookie dokes in recent history. The gag was evident almost immediately after anchor Scott Van Pelt introduced (who he thought was) Westbrook on the line and the voice that began talking sounded something like a Jersey meathead.

It was none other than Captain Janks, a Howard Stern flunky who has made a name for himself impersonating people to get on television, whilst always dropping a Stern reference at some point to let the network that foolishly put him on the air know that they have been had. The fact that someone could

LOL: Mike Leach Punks Adam James At Practice

Damn, if I got clowned like Adam James did in this video from last spring, I would probably be salty at Mike Leach too. Sadly the more info that gets released on the tumultuous relationship between the former Texas Tech head coach and his disgruntled wide receiver, the more it becomes clear that Leach didn’t deserve to get the boot. ESPN was placed in a difficult situation in trying to support analyst Craig James whilst also accurately reporting information about Leach’s alleged cruel treatment of his son.

The James family gave the game a black eye with their decision to help blow this story way out of proportion and now Texas Tech is going to have to break major bread with Leach as a result of what should be deemed a wrongful firing. Via The Big Lead

Shady: Texas Tech Fires Mike Leach

Nearly a week after allegations arose to mistreatment of players, specifically backup wide receiver Adam James, son of ESPN football analyst Craig James, claim that he was forced to sit in confined spaces whilst dealing with a concussion, Texas Tech has decided to give head coach Mike Leach the boot. Leach signed a 5-year contract extension in February and was due an 800 stack bonus if he made it to the new year as Tech’s head coach. Welp looks like that won’t be happening but Leach is planning to take the Red Raiders to court in order to get some more bread.

There has been outrage from both sides following Leach’s unceremonious exit, with some defending the once well-respected head coach, while others, including current players, are glad to see him get shit-canned. As a term of his contract, Leach will receive $400k for every year remaining on his deal which means he is owed $1.6 mill from the University. Not a bad chunk of change to basicall chill at the crib.

The catalyst for the firing revolves around Leach’s unwillingness to write an apology following the revelations of his alleged mistreatment of James, which included making him spend hours in what his family claimed was conditions not suitable for someone suffering from concussions. Leach’s camp has maintained that the coach did nothing wrong and sought out the opinion of medical professionals before making James chill in the “shed.” Via SportsbyBrooks

Video of Leach’s lawyer taking reporters on a tour of the 2 rooms where James was forced to stay after the jump…

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Creeper Alert: Erin Andrews Peepholer Cops Plea

Michael David Barrett has decided to plea guilty to stalking and has finally admitted to videotaping ESPN dime piece Erin Andrews through altered hotel peepholes on multiple occasions throughout the fall of 2008. Barrett will enter the plea on December 15 in a California Federal courthouse and will face up to a maximum of 5 years in prison for the extreme invasion of privacy. Prosecutors are seeking a reduced sentence of 27 months for Barrett’s cooperation and saving taxpayer’s money for more important things. However the decision is ultimately up to the presiding Judge, and given the magnitude of the crime it is likely that Barrett will get somewhere near the max for taking an obsession just a tad bit too far.

Some perverts out there see Barrett as somewhat of a martyr, going above and beyond the call of duty to give the world an inside glimpse at the hotness of Erin Andrews. Even though what he did was wrong and creepy, this incident helped Andrews skyrocket to the forefront of her industry, into the realm of legendary. But with the emergence of Jenn Brown as a viable contender, Andrews has to get back on her grind to continue her reign on top.

Guaranteed where Barrett is going, he will become someone’s lady friend in just a matter of time. I’m sure if he had it to do all over again, he would have just kept the videos for personal tugging and not tried to distribute it to masses by uploading it on the matrix. The internet may be similar to the Wild Wild West (Kool Moe D version), but information never really goes away, like a mild case of genital warts.

Shady NBA Ref Tim Donaghy’s 60 Minutes Interview

Anyone who has ever played sports knows that for the most part, refs are full of shit. Society attempts to act like people such as refs, judges and probation officers are of the highest character, and that they don’t have any biases. All we have to say to that is negro please. Case in point, former NBA ref Tim Donaghy, who served time for betting on games based on insider information that he received through the zebra’s inner circle. Even though the Donaghy situation has given the League a black eye, that continues to linger like cigarette smoke, it has done some positive in revealing that the National Basketball Association is essentially just a few notches above the WWE.

Donaghy has been telling anybody who will listen for a while now that most NBA refs are shadier than WC, and in case you didn’t know, Willie Calhoun is the shadiest one. Even though he bet on games that he actually officiated, Donaghy maintains that he didn’t fix those games. He also could beyond-accurately predict the outcome of games he wasn’t working, based on who was officiating and what players that said officials had biases towards. The FBI claims that Donaghy had about a 75% success rate, which by most accounts is unfathomable.

Donaghy’s revelation really isn’t that big of a shock, it’s only natural that a ref would be salty or hold a grudge with certain players, based on the extreme amount of verbal abuse that they experience on any given night. We can pretend like they are robots, but the reality is that they are similar to a sensitive thug and dealing with so much verbal abuse on a near daily basis during the season definitely impairs their ability to call a clean game.

LOL: Kevin Garnett Drops The “N” Bomb On ESPN

Perhaps TV producers should reconsider putting a microphone anywhere near Kevin Garnett during a game. The dude’s mouth is dirtier than a Mexicali Donkey Show.

Upset Alert: Cal State Fullerton Beats UCLA

Which a national audience tuning in the for the start of ESPN’s around the clock College Tip-Off Maranthon, UCLA got clowned in front of surprisingly thin home crowd. The Bruins struggled throughout the game and looked overmatched at times by Fullerton’s smaller, faster guards and solid bigs. Although Fullerton was picked to finish in the bottom half of the the Big West, they have a decent squad and may surprise some people this season. UCLA on the other hand, is in the process of rebuilding a program that has sent countless first rounders to the league in recent years.

Fullerton had never won against UCLA in their 9 previous meetings, all played at Pauley Pavilion. This was the first time that the Bruins lost a home season-opener since the 2002-03 season, when they suffered an overtime defeat San Diego in what would prove to be Steve Lavin’s last season in Westwood.