Comments on: The Internets: O.J. in trouble again http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/ Exploring the soft underbelly of sports Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Connecting News, Commentaries and Blogs at NineReports.com - http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36292 Connecting News, Commentaries and Blogs at NineReports.com - Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:15:48 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36292 [...] These blogs are in the news Request a Trackback Worth It? Freshman forward Davon Jefferson's been suspended from about a third of USC's first 15 games. ``Obviously it's going to be hard when we lose a game and not everyone is able to contribute,'' guard O.J. Mayo said. ``I don't know, he wasn't out there, we ... scott wolf inside usc - Last Updated - Sunday January 20  Request a Trackback The Internets: O.J. in trouble again 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 ... randball - Last Updated - Friday January 25  More Blogs... Videos   Related Stories   Giants' Michael Strahan keeps focus on finally winning a Super Bowl albuquerque tribune stories: pro sports - 9 hours ago Story Timeline Fri, Nov 30 Mayo not only USC freshman to shine vs. OU msnbc.com: college basketball LOS ANGELES (AP) -Southern California has two impressive freshmen. Fri, Nov 30 Jefferson, Mayo lead No. 22 USC charlotte.com: sports updates Davon Jefferson scored 23 points and fellow freshman O.J. Mayo took charge down the stretch to lead No. 22 Southern California to a 66-55 victory over Oklahoma on Thursday night.The game was the first basketball meeting between the schools in 24 years.Breaking open a tight game, Mayo scored 11 consecutive Wed, Nov 7 USC's Mayo dispels preconceptions with humility usatoday.com mens college basketball - top stories Less than a year ago, O.J. Mayo created the kinds of headlines that seemed to paint him as an another coddled hoop prodigy to ... Fri, Aug 17 Early season national exposure for Mayo, USC msnbc.com: college basketball O.J. Mayo will be getting some early season national exposure when Southern California and seven other teams play in the new Anaheim Classic over Thanksgiving weekend. Stories   NCAA Violation Won't Sideline USC's Mayo wnem - sports - 5 hours ago The NCAA rules that USC freshman O.J. Mayo must make a donation to charity in the amount of the cost of the tickets Carmelo Anthony gave him. Mayo To Donate Value Of Tickets To Charity thepittsburghchannel.com - sports - 5 hours ago USC freshman O.J. Mayo will have to make a donation to charity in the amount of the tickets he accepted from NBA star Carmelo Anthony. Mayo reinstated by NCAA sports headlines - 5 hours ago Carmelo Anthony told reporters he didn't think it was serious, and it turns out — it wasn't. Mayo 'fined' but OK to play sfgate: top sports stories - Saturday January 26 USC freshman O.J. Mayo violated an NCAA rule by accepting free tickets from Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony to an NBA game, but his punishment won't include missing games. University officials said Friday they have been informed by the NCAA that Mayo... NCAA restores Mayo's eligibility after donation si.com - Saturday January 26 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Southern California freshman O.J. Mayo violated an NCAA rule by accepting free tickets from Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony to an NBA game, but his punishment won't include missing games. USC routs Oregon State college sports - Friday January 25 O.J. Mayo, the star freshman who played despite reports that he may have violated NCAA rules by accepting tickets to an NBA game, had 19 points to help USC spoil interim coach Kevin Mouton's debut with a 68-44 win over Oregon State on Thursday. USC coach Floyd takes blame for Mayo ticket flap msnbc.com: college basketball - Thursday January 24   function footerJump(szWhere) { location.href='/'+ szWhere + ".php"; } Home |  Widgets |  Terms |  Privacy Copyright 2007 CDR Networks _uacct = "UA-2278587-1"; urchinTracker(); [...] […] These blogs are in the news Request a Trackback Worth It? Freshman forward Davon Jefferson’s been suspended from about a third of USC’s first 15 games. “Obviously it’s going to be hard when we lose a game and not everyone is able to contribute,” guard O.J. Mayo said. “I don’t know, he wasn’t out there, we … scott wolf inside usc - Last Updated - Sunday January 20  Request a Trackback The Internets: O.J. in trouble again 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 … randball - Last Updated - Friday January 25  More Blogs… Videos   Related Stories   Giants’ Michael Strahan keeps focus on finally winning a Super Bowl albuquerque tribune stories: pro sports - 9 hours ago Story Timeline Fri, Nov 30 Mayo not only USC freshman to shine vs. OU msnbc.com: college basketball LOS ANGELES (AP) -Southern California has two impressive freshmen. Fri, Nov 30 Jefferson, Mayo lead No. 22 USC charlotte.com: sports updates Davon Jefferson scored 23 points and fellow freshman O.J. Mayo took charge down the stretch to lead No. 22 Southern California to a 66-55 victory over Oklahoma on Thursday night.The game was the first basketball meeting between the schools in 24 years.Breaking open a tight game, Mayo scored 11 consecutive Wed, Nov 7 USC’s Mayo dispels preconceptions with humility usatoday.com mens college basketball - top stories Less than a year ago, O.J. Mayo created the kinds of headlines that seemed to paint him as an another coddled hoop prodigy to … Fri, Aug 17 Early season national exposure for Mayo, USC msnbc.com: college basketball O.J. Mayo will be getting some early season national exposure when Southern California and seven other teams play in the new Anaheim Classic over Thanksgiving weekend. Stories   NCAA Violation Won’t Sideline USC’s Mayo wnem - sports - 5 hours ago The NCAA rules that USC freshman O.J. Mayo must make a donation to charity in the amount of the cost of the tickets Carmelo Anthony gave him. Mayo To Donate Value Of Tickets To Charity thepittsburghchannel.com - sports - 5 hours ago USC freshman O.J. Mayo will have to make a donation to charity in the amount of the tickets he accepted from NBA star Carmelo Anthony. Mayo reinstated by NCAA sports headlines - 5 hours ago Carmelo Anthony told reporters he didn’t think it was serious, and it turns out — it wasn’t. Mayo ‘fined’ but OK to play sfgate: top sports stories - Saturday January 26 USC freshman O.J. Mayo violated an NCAA rule by accepting free tickets from Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony to an NBA game, but his punishment won’t include missing games. University officials said Friday they have been informed by the NCAA that Mayo… NCAA restores Mayo’s eligibility after donation si.com - Saturday January 26 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California freshman O.J. Mayo violated an NCAA rule by accepting free tickets from Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony to an NBA game, but his punishment won’t include missing games. USC routs Oregon State college sports - Friday January 25 O.J. Mayo, the star freshman who played despite reports that he may have violated NCAA rules by accepting tickets to an NBA game, had 19 points to help USC spoil interim coach Kevin Mouton’s debut with a 68-44 win over Oregon State on Thursday. USC coach Floyd takes blame for Mayo ticket flap msnbc.com: college basketball - Thursday January 24   function footerJump(szWhere) { location.href=’/'+ szWhere + “.php”; } Home |  Widgets |  Terms |  Privacy Copyright 2007 CDR Networks _uacct = “UA-2278587-1″; urchinTracker(); […]

]]> By: Paul Peter Paulos http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36293 Paul Peter Paulos Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:11:59 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36293 Whenever I think of a fight or fight club, I automatically distinguish between an adult fight, between adults, and a kid fight..high school or so. I was in many of those 11th and 12th grade fights and beside being asked to vacate the building for few days and bring my mother with me when I came back, I don't think I ever landed a truly crushing punch at all, unless it was into a wall or locker. One such fight was typical and involved this real jerk, a top notch swimmer, and looking back on it, I think I was just jealous since though I was a track star, swim meets had cheerleaders and we did not. Never. Rats.. Well, the excitement of the rumor of the upcoming fight went all the way to 7th hour, last hour...and there we were..like gladiators (except he was a little punk) across the gym floor from one another. As I crossed towards him I'm unsure what happened first (since such things are lost in the fog of war) but I do remember what happened a moment later. He jumped up and in one incredibly graceful figure skating motion (Grr) grabbed my T-shirt as it hung behind me !! and pulled it over my head so all I could do was land huge haymakers into the air. Coach Johnson was brought in by this commotion and we knew he did not hand out lame candy b.tt suspensions but immediate and harsh judgement instead. And in this case my swimmer friend got the full weight of a Medicine Ball in the head to back off his puny attack, and I got worse. I got the infamous (true) Johnson bodylock which not only stole all the air from my lungs, but when he let up, I was forced to breathe this man (this part is true so hide the children), breathe this 70 year old man so foul we could easily track this man whenever he passed behind us in Study Hall. He also had dandruff so bad he wore snowshoes at times, but I won't go there. But, the Coach did leave us with good lessons, that is, fight in English class where that teacher there would just cry about where she went wrong.. Whenever I think of a fight or fight club, I automatically distinguish between an adult fight, between adults, and a kid fight..high school or so. I was in many of those 11th and 12th grade fights and beside being asked to vacate the building for few days and bring my mother with me when I came back, I don’t think I ever landed a truly crushing punch at all, unless it was into a wall or locker.

One such fight was typical and involved this real jerk, a top notch swimmer, and looking back on it, I think I was just jealous since though I was a track star, swim meets had cheerleaders and we did not. Never. Rats..

Well, the excitement of the rumor of the upcoming fight went all the way to 7th hour, last hour…and there we were..like gladiators (except he was a little punk) across the gym floor from one another. As I crossed towards him I’m unsure what happened first (since such things are lost in the fog of war) but I do remember what happened a moment later. He jumped up and in one incredibly graceful figure skating motion (Grr) grabbed my T-shirt as it hung behind me !! and pulled it over my head so all I could do was land huge haymakers into the air.

Coach Johnson was brought in by this commotion and we knew he did not hand out lame candy b.tt suspensions but immediate and harsh judgement instead. And in this case my swimmer friend got the full weight of a Medicine Ball in the head to back off his puny attack, and I got worse. I got the infamous (true) Johnson bodylock which not only stole all the air from my lungs, but when he let up, I was forced to breathe this man (this part is true so hide the children), breathe this 70 year old man so foul we could easily track this man whenever he passed behind us in Study Hall. He also had dandruff so bad he wore snowshoes at times, but I won’t go there. But, the Coach did leave us with good lessons, that is, fight in English class where that teacher there would just cry about where she went wrong..

]]> By: Toonces51 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36294 Toonces51 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:22:55 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36294 The first rule about Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule about Fight Club is you sure as hell don't let some blog in Minneapolis bost something about Fight Club. WHACK! The first rule about Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule about Fight Club is you sure as hell don’t let some blog in Minneapolis bost something about Fight Club. WHACK!

]]> By: jama http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36295 jama Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:49:03 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36295 When is Mayo going to shave off that ridiculous Hitler mustache that he is sporting? You'd think in LA especially that there might be a person or two of Jewish decent that would get offended. When is Mayo going to shave off that ridiculous Hitler mustache that he is sporting?

You’d think in LA especially that there might be a person or two of Jewish decent that would get offended.

]]> By: Dave MN http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36297 Dave MN Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:02:01 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36297 Question from the prank caller: <i>How did you teach the players not to run to check the oven when the shot clock goes off?</i> I'll show myself out... Question from the prank caller: How did you teach the players not to run to check the oven when the shot clock goes off?

I’ll show myself out…

]]> By: roughkat http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36296 roughkat Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:58:08 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36296 Question from the prank caller: <i>"Is it true if you don't use it you lose it?"</i> Question from the prank caller: “Is it true if you don’t use it you lose it?”

]]> By: Victor Lebanon http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36298 Victor Lebanon Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:48:29 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36298 What?!?!? What?!?!?

]]> By: Dave MN http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36299 Dave MN Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:29:04 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36299 <i>“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.’ ”</i> Wait, what was he all like again? “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.’ ”

Wait, what was he all like again?

]]> By: Basketball &#187; The Internets: OJ in trouble again http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36300 Basketball &#187; The Internets: OJ in trouble again Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:26:58 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36300 [...] RandBall wrote a fantastic post today on &#8220;The Internets: OJ in trouble again&#8221;Here&#8217;s ONLY a quick extractYou’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. &#8230; [...] […] RandBall wrote a fantastic post today on &#8220;The Internets: OJ in trouble again&#8221;Here&#8217;s ONLY a quick extractYou’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. &#8230; […]

]]> By: Paul Peter Paulos http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36301 Paul Peter Paulos Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:14:15 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/01/24/the-internets-oj-in-trouble-again/#comment-36301 Legend of Eli...right !! Forensic sports detectives have unearthed their truths...finally, sadly, and deeply in the heated mesh grass at Lambeau Field. It appears that BOTH teams, not just the Packers, tried what appeared to be the nonsensical tactic of freezing the balls not only before practice but as it turns out, immediately BEFORE the game. Why does the knowledgeable fan want to know this ? .. Well, here it is is, sports fans and this makes "Spy Gate" no more than some fun and jinks vouyeuristic activity. Turns out the Mustard Seed that Sports Afficianado "Dave" had correctly guessed might aid the qb in more tightly to the ball, this seed was found in unusually LARGE quantities wherever the Packers had the ball. i.e had fallen off only the Packer balls ! This sorry state of investigation then simply seems to imply that the Giants and/or staff had found to release the bond of those seeds to Green Bay's balls. Details coming.. Legend of Eli…right !!

Forensic sports detectives have unearthed their truths…finally, sadly, and deeply in the heated mesh grass at Lambeau Field. It appears that BOTH teams, not just the Packers, tried what appeared to be the nonsensical tactic of freezing the balls not only before practice but as it turns out, immediately BEFORE the game. Why does the knowledgeable fan want to know this ? ..

Well, here it is is, sports fans and this makes “Spy Gate” no more than some fun and jinks vouyeuristic activity. Turns out the Mustard Seed that Sports Afficianado “Dave” had correctly guessed might aid the qb in more tightly to the ball, this seed was found in unusually LARGE quantities wherever the Packers had the ball. i.e had fallen off only the Packer balls ! This sorry state of investigation then simply seems to imply that the Giants and/or staff had found to release the bond of those seeds to Green Bay’s balls. Details coming..

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