Roundup: Stephen Strasburg Quits Smokeless Tobacco, Maurice Edu's Rocket & Duke Got Crushed
By Jason McIntyre
St. John’s crushed Duke in impressive fashion, 93-78. [NYDN]
Jim O’Brien was fired as coach of the Pacers. Frank Vogel will be the interim coach for the rest of the season. But it sounds like former Cavs’ coach Mike Brown will be Indiana’s coach next season. [Yahoo]
Jon Wertheim’s flotsam and jetsam from the Australian Open. [SI]
Keith Olbermann weighs in on Erin Andrews-NIKE-Reebok. [Twitter]
Stephen Strasburg has quit smokeless tobacco! [WP]
Nick Young on Flip Saunders’ play-calling: “We don’t stay consistent with play calling. It’s crazy. It can’t be us all the time.” [Wiz Insider]
An update on the Allen High School $60 million football palace. [NYT]
Here’s something of an original take on Jay Cutler, twitter, and the media. [Sports Journalism.org]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s escape from Milwaukee in 1972: “The city and I aren’t culturally compatible.” [NY Post]
Monta Ellis played his worst game of the season, but Stephen Curry carried the Warriors over the Deron Williams-less Jazz. [Chronicle]
Washington State 87, Washington 80. The Pac-10 is up for grabs. [Seattle Times]
Pitt barely escaped Rutgers Saturday night at the RAC, no thanks to this Gilbert Brown missed dunk.
The highlight of Wake Forest’s first ACC win of the season.
Too bad Maurice Edu produced nothing remotely close to this at the World Cup.
Decent NBA fight from Friday – Marvin Williams starts it, and Shawne Williams appears to connect with a left.