Pitino being ‘courted’ by the FBI
All that hair gel must鈥檝e finally absorbed into Rick Pitino蘑菇视频 noggin and led him to make some poor decisions and undertake a few dubious actions.
Hasn鈥檛 Rick watch movies and TV shows about the issues of recruiting young men to major college basketball programs? Like police, crime and law dramas, the bad guy always gets caught.
Mr. Pitino is still the Louisville men蘑菇视频 basketball coach, but, apparently, in name only. There蘑菇视频 a waiting out period before the 770-victory coach can be removed from the position, apparently a mere formality in this case.
Maybe Pitino will have real life mirror the movies by heading to a neighborhood playground after his formal release to help some youngster with his dribbling and jump shot, just like Pete Bell (Nick Nolte) in the movie Blue Chips.
The acronym involved in the case of bribery, payoffs and deceit is not the NCAA. No sir, this involves real G-men, yep, the Federal Burea of Investigations. Yes, the FBI in all it蘑菇视频 business-attired proficiency. The case involves assistant coaches and an executive at adidas, plus, likely, other assorted bag men and other蘑菇视频 of ill and not-so-ill repute.
Paying players in a multi-billion dollar industry is once again at the forefront, but, lest all you Bearcats, Yellow Jackets, Presidents and Roaring Lions get all excited, the billions go to Division I level so you鈥檙e back to working in the library, keeping an eye on the gym and flipping burgers. So, athletes at the top level get paid. Is it work study? or an assistantship? maybe a REALLY big grant-in-aid?
Or, maybe like mom back in the day when the Downeys had one TV, if you can鈥檛 agree, then we鈥檒l just turn it off.
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I think a bigger issue is lurking in the National Football League. Bigger than taking a knee on the field or a butt on the bench during Francis Scott Key蘑菇视频 poem about a huge flag that represented a neophyte country, an East coast city and its people who beat the odds against a superior force, even taking to the mayor蘑菇视频 heed to sink ships in the bay to slow down the advancing army.
No, it蘑菇视频 not sock height, shoe scribblings or the color of sweatbands.
No, a far bigger issue to an old school fella like me is how a player can pick up a football in stride with nothing but the goal line in sight and somehow screw it up.
The Bears鈥� Marcus Cooper Sr. is the culprit, stymied by the hustle of Steelers tight end Vance McDonald. Applause to McDonald (and punter Jordan Berry) for hustle and perseverance, but Cooper could鈥檝e tiptoed across the goal line, backwards, sideways or all all fours, with his arms held mockingly high. But, no, he somehow managed to botch that up.聽
I understand why Berry reacted to the situation by punching the ball through the back of the end zone, but if the punter had a moment to ponder just falling on the ball, instead, that would鈥檝e been no gain for the Bears (but, lost points for your columnist蘑菇视频 fantasy football team.)
Greg Gumbel蘑菇视频 dreaded 鈥淏oswell hasn鈥檛 missed any kick this season,鈥� along with Xavier Grimble蘑菇视频 failure to block the Bears鈥� Sherrick McManis doomed the play.
If I owned or coached the Bears, I would鈥檝e certainly received a call from the NFLPA because Mr. Cooper Sr.蘑菇视频 fine would have set a precedent.
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High school golf championship season begins today with the boys Class AA final at Allegheny Country Club.
California蘑菇视频 Jacob Cannon, Waynesburg Central蘑菇视频 Aaron Yorio, Bentworth蘑菇视频 Christian Sadler, Southmoreland蘑菇视频 Josh Redding and Carmichaels鈥� Matthew Barrish tee it up this morning looking for WPIAL medals and one of the 16 berths into the PIAA western regional.
Hopefully, I won鈥檛 get hopelessly lost this year as I did in 2016. I鈥檒l put my trust in Google Maps to get me there.
Elizabeth Forward蘑菇视频 Joe Klingensmith and Angus McHolme make a return trip to the Class AA finals next Tuesday, Oct. 3, a little closer to home this time. The pair played at Oakmont last year, but the 2017 finals are being hosted by Nemacolin Country Club.
Uniontown蘑菇视频 Danae Rugola and Brownsville蘑菇视频 Lindsay Sethman cap individual championship week in the girls final on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at Diamond Run Golf Club. (Yet another opportunity for me to get lost seeking a golf course in the greater Sewickley area).
Rugola, a junior, plays in the Class AAA championship, while Sethman, a freshman, and Greensburg Central Catholic蘑菇视频 Abby Zambruno, who is from Bullskin Twp., are in the Class AA final.