They’re both launching today… and unless you absolutely hate the NBA, I think you’ll enjoy the NBA FanHouse. I always felt like of all the sports out there, the blogosphere was strongest in the NBA area. And some of, in fact, most of the best have signed on with the FanHouse, including J.E. Skeets of The Basketball Jones, and Bethlehem Shoals of FreeDarko. There’s also Matt Watson of Detroit Bad Boys, Miss Gossip from Suns Gossip, Nate Jones (who? Nate JONES) of JonesOnTheNBA, Marcel Mutoni of BenchRenaldo, and Craig and Brett from The Association.
Not a weak link in the bunch. Seriously, it’s exciting to be a part of that cast. I feel like Christian Laettner on the Dream Team, and I’m more than willing to carry Shoals’ bags and get Skeets donuts on the way to practice every morning (Tim Horton’s, of course).
The NCAA Hoops FanHouse is also launching, and I’m a part of that one, too. I could tell you that the cast is just as awesome, but that would probably be a lie, and since Christmas is right around the corner, I’m not going to lie. Santa’s watching (seriously, it’s December already… did that sneak up on anyone else? Seeing a “12″ in the date on my cell phone just blew my mind).
It’s nothing against the people there, it’s just … the college basketball blogosphere has just never been as strong as the NBA’s. It’s odd which sports have the best blogs out there. NFL, weak. MLB, strong. College football, strong. College basketball, weak. NBA, strong. Hockey, I have no goddamn idea. Turkish oil wrestling, outright dominant.
Anyway, check them out if you get a chance. And if anyone has any advice on how I could get 28 hours into a day instead of 24, I’d love to hear it.

Some Kansas Jayhawk football fans (?) are a little upset at a new ticketing policy in Lawrence. If you bring a toddler to the game now,
Now this is a gesture. Florida Gators head basketball coach
Against my better judgement, we’re going to get a little “political” today. And I put political in the quotes there, because I don’t really feel like this is a political issue; I think it’s a moral issue. It may be a small part of that issue, it’s a part nonetheless. The NCAA has, since 2001, banned predetermined postseason events from taking place in South Carolina because of their insistence on flying the confederate flag on Statehouse grounds. They are now
You may remember Pierre Pierce… he was a standout basketball player at Iowa before being arrested and dismissed from the team. He was charged with a list of crimes at the time, but specifics weren’t really known… at least, not as well-known as they are now. Courtesy of
Fox Sports rolls out their preseason
By now, certainly, you are aware of
Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt is the first women’s basketball coach to
John Swofford, commissioner of the ACC, thinks the NCAA basketball tournament needs to expand. He also thinks that the selection committee needs to be changed up.
In a nice little bit of poetic justice, Herb Sendek lifted a former McDonalds All-American from right under Mike Krzyzewski… and in the process, shot a middle finger to all the NC State fans and administration who said he couldn’t recruit.