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Strait Talk: Hoops top team, court storming, and more
Has Court Storming gone too far, top 4 teams going to February, and more
College Football Week 6: On Paper, Upset Potential, Don’t Bother
UGA vs. Gamecocks, Les Miles loves to Coach and more.
StraitTalk Showdown
Hardest team to predict in the tourney, Gisele’s bus driving, and The Funky Bunch?
Man Locked Up For Rubbing Burger In Wife’s Face
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – A 25-year-old Port St. Lucie man was arrested for allegedly rubbing a hamburger on his wife’s face during an argument. Police said Daniel Boss and his wife got into it late Thursday night and started calling each other names. At some point, the woman apparently poured soda on Boss’ hamburger, [...]
BaRACKETS!!! – October 26th Edition
Week 2 of the BCS Standings are here, and the big shake up comes at the expense of the 2008 Straitpinkie.com National Champeens, the Boise State Broncos. TCU, on the heels of their mauling at BYU, jumped the Broncos — as did the Iowa Hawkeyes and USC Trojans. Boise State fell to seventh in this [...]
BaRACKETS!!! – October 19th Edition
In the never-ending quest for fairness and sensibility in the world of college football, the BaRACKETS are back for year two. Last year, the Boise State Broncos took home the first ever Straitpinkie.com National Champeenship in an upset victory over the Gators of Florida. Those same Gators are the number one team in the nation [...]
How Is A Hurricane A Duck?
Whilst watching the Miami, Fla.-Oklahoma game at a local watering hole I found myself once again contemplating the above question, as well as what even IS Oklahoma’s mascot. Well, here are some similar questions, and this time they come with answers! MIAMI, FLA: How Is A Hurricane An Ibis? Miami adopted a native marsh bird [...]
Granny Goes Nuts, Attacks News Crew with a Garden Hoe
Cocoa, FL – A WESH 2 News crew came under attack on Monday while investigating a story about two teenagers who were reportedly working at a strip club in Brevard County. The Playmates Nightclub in Cocoa remains under investigation for allegedly having a 15-year-old and 17-year-old working there in skimpy attire. The reporter and photographer [...]
Woman Has Cocaine In Her “Coochy”
Courtesy of the NFWDailyNews comes this gem of an arrest tale: NICEVILLE — A woman was pulled over in her 1987 Chevrolet truck after a police officer noticed she didn’t have tag lights. According to her arrest report, Rahkia Marie Anderson, 18, of Fort Walton Beach, told the officer she knew one of her passengers [...]
Pinkies Up!!! It Can’t Be Monday Edition
Four Books To Help You Get A Better Career (9 To Fried) Lucas Glover: 2009 U.S. Open Champion (The Big Lead) Boomer Esiason Rips Off Mark Sanchez’s Shirt… WHY?!?! (Awful Announcing) Joe Morgan Lies While Clarifying A Previous Lie (Larry Brown Sports) Former Lingerie Football QB Is Now Golf Phenom (In Game Now) Tim Legler [...]
Pinkies Up!!! Captain Obvious Edition
New Dress Code Involves, Get This, Underwear (9 To Fried) Yesterday In History (Hugging Harold Reynolds) Danielle Lloyd Healthy Enough To Get Back To Doing Nothing (On 205th) ‘The Hangover’ baby t-shirts (Dave and Thomas) Here is a reason I can’t wait to have kids (Uncoached) Betty White Will Strip For Your Amusement (Blog Of [...]
Game 24 Recap: Cubs 6, Marlins 4
Before Sunday’s game, the Cubs honored two of the best pitchers in franchise history by retiring No. 31, which was worn by both Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins and future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux. Jenkins won 167 games in 10 seasons with the Cubs, while Maddux recorded 133 victories during his 10-year career on [...]
Game 22 Recap: Cubs 8, Marlins 6
The last time I recapped a Cubbie victory, Chicago defeated the Reds 3-0 to move to 8-4 on the season. That was ten games ago. A stretch that saw the Cubs lose seven of nine games put Chicago under .500 at 10-and-11 entering today’s game against the Florida Marlins. As in my last recap, Rich [...]
ESPN: Richard Pitino leaving Louisville for Florida
Courtesy of Pat Forde: Louisville assistant coach Richard Pitino, son of the head coach, is leaving his father’s side for a similar position at Florida, multiple sources tell ESPN.com. Florida coach Billy Donovan is a former Pitino player and assistant coach and is very close with the Pitino family. A source close to the Louisville [...]
Strong Second Half Propels Wildcats over Rebels, 71-58
One down. Could it be the one that finally gets the Wildcats going? After struggling defensively in the first half, the ‘Cats held the Rebels to 20 points in the second half, en route to a 71-58 win. Kentucky will now move on to the second round to face the SEC regular-season champs, the LSU [...]
The Pinkie Previews (W5)Ole Miss vs. (E4)Kentucky: Wink’s Breakdown
It was January 27th, the Cats had won their first five games in SEC play and had a nine-game winning streak overall. They were finally gathering respect nationally, receiving a #24 ranking in the Associated Press poll. Kentucky was rolling and many envisioned Patrick Patterson and Jodie Meeks leading the way to a regular season [...]
Gillispie Tells Meeks “Don’t Shoot!” ???
Kentucky basketball has been less than ideal to watch during the last few seasons. It appears this offseason is shaping up to play out ala an episode of All My Children or As The World Turns. According to Gainesville Sun columnist Pat Dooley, who relays the story from Florida’s Ray Shipman, Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie [...]
Astro finds his way home
As my favorite rapper Earl Simmons (DMX) waxes poetic in the Ruff Ryders’ Anthem: Give a dog a bone, leave a dog alone Let a dog roam and he’ll find his way home Oh so true Earl, oh so true. It appears a reunion of epic proportions was recently made possible between a German Shepherd, [...]
Fox’s Lockses – Florida @ LSU(Over 150)
That’s a lot of points, but both these squads got ladies hot enough to set the rims on fire down in Baton Rouge. Florida Gators and LSU Tigers, OVER 150, LOCKED!! Career Record: 48-40-2 Foxy’s Balance: $121.12
Lane Kiffin is an Idiot
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The new Volunteers’ coach was reprimanded by the Southeastern Conference and issued an apology Thursday after he falsely accused Florida coach Urban Meyer of a recruiting violation. Earlier in the day, Kiffin told fans at a breakfast celebrating the Volunteers’ recruiting class that Meyer violated rules by phoning Nu’Keese Richardson while the [...]
