Kiffin Gets Bushed
Lane Kiffin gets splashed across the USC sports mag’s house organ but notable is the reduction of the Reggie Bush number (see arrow). it’s hard to know how to greet this news, because the impact is arguably negligible. USC has a sizable (and growing) liability in Kiffin as days (and sportswriter deadlines) pass. Coachnapping Kiffin looks like some kind of superhero of the Astroturf, just as yesterday Bush was USC’s Golden Boy.
When Tribal Isn’t Tough
Iroquois national lacrosse team has now abandoned plans of traveling to the World Lacrosse Championships in Britain on Saturday, after British officials forbade the team from entering the United Kingdom with tribal passports.
The team was held at John F. Kennedy International Airport this week, initially forbidden from traveling with their Iroquois national passports. Britain and the United States had honored these documents until new updated border security rules took effect.
Coach Poach Roast
Kiffin may actually be coining new terms in the lexicon of coaching bad-boy behavior, in a field rife with distinguished elder statesmen of the breed. The Titans are suing Kiffin and the USC organization for poaching Kenneth Pola. Those better be some amazing running backs at the Coliseum come August scrimmage time, or Kiffin will be wishing Pete Carroll never heard the word “seahawk”.
Baseball Brings the Freak
Longhair pitcher Tim Lincecum is creating buzz with his pot bust, All-Star credentials, and right handed finesse. San Francisco has a Giant legend in the making with Tim “the Freak” Lincecum, who approaches Manny Ramirez levels of conversation hokum. Hallmarks of the professional league sports hero in the making are(1) discussion of his girlfriend, (2) speculation about the longevity of his velocity, and (3) multiple Cy Young hardware for bookends. The Tilt-Dangle-Reach Combo that arms his cannon may be the record setter for the Smartphone generation to text and Twitter anon about.