Roundup: Da'Quan Bowers' New York Gun Charges Could Mean Jail, What it's Like to Jump into a Cactus & RIP Duke's Phil Henderson
By Jason McIntyre
Nerlens Noel also had a season-ending knee injury in high school. That’s something that definitely would worry NBA teams. Nobody’s calling him Greg Oden, but … [Courier Journal]
Josh Hamilton, now in Anaheim, says Dallas/Fort Worth isn’t a baseball town. He’s right, right? [Morning News]
Phil Henderson, one of my favorite Duke players of all-time (86-90), has died at the age of 44. [Tribune]
The Times has discovered MMA because the media is clamoring over TV rights. [NYT]
Meet Bashir Mason, the youngest coach in Division I college basketball. [Star Ledger]
One of the most difficult teams in the NCAA to peg – Notre Dame, which rallied from down 16 in the first half to win at Pitt, 51-42. [South Bend Trib]
Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah: The new Jason Pierre-Paul? Let’s see what he does at the Combine. [Cole]
Here’s a depressing interview with the mother of Reeve Steenkamp, the recently murdered model. [Times Live]
Da’Quan Bowers’ gun chargers are significant because he’s being charged with the same things Plaxico was. [USA Today Sports]
The Chiefs still have no idea what they want to do in the draft. That, to me, is a bat signal: Hey, who wants to float us a trade? [Star]
LeBron James, good dude. [Fox Sports]
This is what it sounds like after you jump into a cactus. [via Jimmy Traina]
Here’s Vanna White on the Price is Right two years before landing on Wheel of Fortune. [via Bryan Graham]
Buncha tough guys throwing fists in Chicago. [via Cartmaniak]
Maryland fans had a lot of fun at the Tersp/Blue Devils game. [via Greg]