Things I don't understand about cinemas:
• why comedic vignettes are necessary to remind people to turn off their phones
• why reminders to turn off your phone need corporate sponsors
Best Buy, Cingular, I appreciate your concern.
Last Sunday, USC men's basketball lost to then 0-14 Arizona State by 10 points.
The Trojans rebounded on Thursday against Stanford.
But first…
[Coach Tim] Floyd was addressing his team when there was a loud knock on the locker room door and USC football Coach Pete Carroll entered to offer an impromptu motivational speech.
Carroll whipped the Trojans into a frenzy, telling them about the football team's 33-game winning streak at the Coliseum that dates to 2001.
Now why would Pete Carroll return to the NFL when he can co-opt other coaches' pep talks on a whim?
At least UCLA's big man on campus actually coached basketball.
Then…
Denzel Washington visited the USC locker room after the game.
Mind you, he's a Fordham alumnus.
Other coaches treat their teams to pizza. At USC? Denzel.
USC outplays Stanford [Los Angeles Times]
Stanford has its hands full against UCLA [SF Gate]
Pittsburgh forward Levon Kendall reminds me of Vanilla Ice. If only he'd shave lines into his eyebrows…
He's kind of a pretty boy for a basketball player. In Pittsburgh.
James Brown: still unburied.
He died on Christmas.