If I'd known Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl had a history of cross-dressing and feeling up women 20+ years younger than him, I might have thought twice about picking the Vols to go to the Final Four. Don't get me wrong — these things will only make me cheer for Tennessee more, but I no longer like their odds. Champions are made from shut-in fanatics who do nothing but think about basketball. Bruce Pearl, man, he just wants a piece of that ass. And I respect that.
The b&w photos are from his high school yearbook in the 1970s, which makes his turn in a dress so surprising. I mean, what prominent men in the '70s were willing to risk a less than masculine image in the public eye? Besides the entire music industry.
All of these photos, by the way, come courtesy of the very cool Nik Richie at The Dirty. He's like Perez Hilton, except not a lazy insufferable self-involved gay douchebag. So really, nothing like Perez at all.
This video made the rounds this weekend while I was busy fine-tuning my Oscar ballot (The Bourne Utimatum for sound editing AND sound mixing! HOLLA!), and it's a pretty good one. Going into halftime of Saturday night's #1 versus #2 showdown between Memphis and Tennessee, ESPN sideline reporter/sports nerd fantasy Erin Andrews asked Vols coach/sweatiest man alive Bruce Pearl how Memphis was containing Chris Lofton. Pearl answered with a demonstration. Apparently the Tigers were grabbing Lofton's ass with both hands and rubbing their erect penises on his leg. Weird defense, but it sounds effective.
Hey, did you notice that 8 of the Top 25 ranked college basketball teams lost yesterday? If I knew it, I had forgotten. Or perhaps I was living in denial until I just received a pleasant telephone call from my bookie. Not only did #1 Memphis lose to #2 Tennessee in a thrilling game last night, but several other disasters to my personal economy occurred:
The Tennessee Volunteers football program is getting back on track in a big way. In the span of four weeks, No fewer than five Vols have racked up some sort of legal trouble.
Freshman receivers Gerald Jones and Ahmad Paige were cited for possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor…A week later, freshman running back Daryl Vereen was arrested and charged with public intoxication. Last weekend, junior offensive lineman Anthony Parker was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
The funny thing about it all (funny weird, not funny ha-ha) is that walk-on defensive back Vince Faison is the first to get suspended. Faison got himself a DUI this past weekend. The 26-year-old had spent the last eight years playing minor league baseball, most recently at Double-A Midland. Faison will be forced to sit the first two games as a punishment, which is only fair. If you can't learn how to drive drunk after eight years of pro ball, you don't deserve the privilege as an amateur. I'm pretty sure that's in the Bible somewhere.
- Monday Morning Punter
Alternate headline: "YOU CAN'T SPELL 'UNFIT' WITHOUT UT"
"Okay, time to rob the bank… gun, check… mask, ah crap. I'll go without it… Two-year-old child, check."
Police have arrested a suspect they say robbed a Suntrust Bank Wednesday afternoon while holding a toddler in his arms. [...] [Daniel] Young allegedly robbed the bank in the Kroger's Store at 4440 Western Avenue Wednesday afternoon with the young boy on his hip.
I don't see the problem. I thought Wednesday was "Take your child to work" day?
