Maybe it’s just the name. This time, it’s O.J. Mayo that’s in trouble. The star freshman for USC (pictured in his youth, for real, possibly making a move on a younger, pre-Cherry Chocolate Rain remixin’ Tay Zonday) is in trouble for getting free tickets to a Nuggets game from Carmelo Anthony. That’s possibly an NCAA no-no, though 77 percent of SportsNation! thinks otherwise. We voted in the minority, though we think the most damaging part comes at the end, in reference to ‘Melo:

Mayo, averaging a team-leading 19.7 points and 4.6 rebounds, said Anthony made the offer of tickets at a party he hosted Sunday night.

“I was talking to him like, `Man, you’re out pretty late. You’ve got a game tomorrow night against Kobe [Bryant],”‘ Mayo said. “He said, `Nah, it will be all right.‘ And then he asked, `You want to come to the game?’ And I was like, ‘Sure.’ ”

Very professional, ‘Melo.

*AzGopherGirl saw the Fight Club post and alerted us to a real-life fight club in Arizona. Heh.

*Prank callers break into a women’s basketball teleconference.

*The legend of Eli. It’s worth it just to look at those images of Joe Namath and Eli Manning again.

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