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Wednesday (138 points and 0 assists, with video) edition: Wha' Happened?
Posted by: Michael Rand Updated: November 21, 2012 - 9:48 AM
Jack Taylor, in case you haven't been living on social media or SportsCenter for the past 12 hours, scored an NCAA-record 138 points in a Division III game last night for Grinnell (Iowa).
There are plenty of things around which to wrap your head, aside from the sheer volume of points scored:
*Taylor took 108 shots in 36 minutes of court time -- one shot every 20 seconds.
*An opposing player for Faith Baptist Bible scored 70 points and was nearly doubled-up.
*Taylor shot 38 percent from three-point range.
*Taylor, a native of Black River Falls, Wis. -- about 150 miles southeast of Minneapolis -- went to UW-La Crosse last year. He was their fourth-leading scorer, averaging 7 ppg.
*Taylor had 138 POINTS AND ZERO ASSISTS.
*Grinnell has a history of playing this way.
More than anything, though -- after the numbers are crunched and the thinking starts -- we are left with these thoughts:
While we won't say the record is a mockery of the game, we do think it is all very circumstantial and a little sad. Watching a highlight clip of the game (below) does not invoke the similar wild cheers we hear from the stands. It makes us think more of a bad pickup basketball game where one guy keeps calling for the ball and taking all the shots. And after thinking about it for a few extra minutes, the best response we can muster is, "meh." (But don't take our word for it. Aside from the clip posted, you can click here on the Grinnell web site and watch the entire game under the archive tab).
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Danica Patrick announces via Facebook that she's getting a divorce
Posted by: Michael Rand Updated: November 20, 2012 - 3:31 PM
And yes, while auto racing's Danica Patrick didn't exactly break up with her husband on Facebook, it is the method she chose in breaking the news to her fans.
"I am sad to inform my fans that after 7 years, Paul and I have decided to amicably end our marriage. This isn't easy for either of us, but mutually it has come to this. He has been an important person and friend in my life and that's how we will remain moving forward."
So she still wants to be friends?
It's complicated.
The University of Washington is counting your tweets and will punish you
Posted by: Michael Rand Updated: November 13, 2012 - 2:18 PM
The University of Washington, however, seems to have taken it upon itself to be more than just an athletic department. Yes, the Huskies staffers are the full-scale Twitter police. Per Awful Announcing:
Todd Dybas, a reporter for the Tacoma News Tribune and a contributor to SI.com, was reprimanded by the University of Washington on Sunday during the Huskies 85-63 win over Loyola (MD). Did he leave the area to which the press is restricted? Did he eat too much free food? Was he openly cheering for the visiting team? Talking too loud on his phone? Nope, he tweeted too much.
It turns out that the university has a policy which only allows credentialed media to send 20 tweets during a basketball game. And the university "reserves all actions against Credential Holder, including but not limited to the revocation of the credential. UW and its designated personnel shall be the final authority on whether a Credential Holder or Credential Entity is following the Live Coverage Policy.
Who thought up this policy and why? How did they decide 20 tweets was the gold standard? What if the game goes into overtime? So many questions. Such a weird policy.
TFD: SharkTrek2 and other adventures await in Toronto
Posted by: Michael Rand Updated: October 11, 2012 - 4:42 PM
It was, as always, Classic Sharkman.
As such, we are now preparing for the marathon that the two of us actually planned to run together -- Toronto, on Sunday. In a development that surprises nobody, Sharkman is already laying the groundwork for hero status by claiming that he is in even worse shape for this one than the last one.
Assuming, though, that we can drag him oootside, through the city centre and other such things, we have to imagine you will want to pay attention to Twitter on Sunday morning for the #SharkTrek2 hashtag.
Whatever else happens in the next few days is all speculation at this point.
Lolo Jones fails Twitter homework, makes fun of paralyzed Eric LeGrand
Posted by: Michael Rand Updated: October 3, 2012 - 2:40 PM
Eric LeGrand, who suffered a spinal injury in a game against Army on Oct. 16, 2010 which left him paralyzed from the neck down, frequently uses Twitter to engage with fans and other athletes. On Tuesday night he tweeted "@lolojones want to race me?" to which Jones responded "Get Checked for a concussion. Clearly, u've been hit in the head... Cos u arnt beating a track athlete."
Jones quickly realized the error of her ways, though she loses points for a very defiant apology on Twitter as well: Great I'm gonna get murdered for that tweet. When I had no clue who that dude was.Just responding to any athlete who challenges me to a race.
The good news for Lolo is that LeGrand seems to be quite understanding about the whole thing.
Thx.Getting trashed by tons of ppl glad ur not one of em RT @ericlegrand52: didnt take it personal,understand where ur coming from.All good
— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) October 3, 2012
Also, more good news: We will have forgotten about this in about 30 minutes.
Side note: The younger Nintendo nerd in us wanted to use an "Adventures of Lolo" headline. Anyone else remember that game? It was rad. End of sidenote.
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