Apologies Getting Tired

By now most sports fans have heard the comments Don Imus of the WCBS radio station WFAN made towards the Rutgers Womens Basketball team. If you haven’t they go something like this: “That’s some rough girls from Rutgers,” Imus said. “Man, they got tattoos…That’s some nappy-headed hos there, I’m going to tell you that”. Not only are these comments outragous and completley uncalled for, they warrant the firing of Imus immediatley. As a frequent listener to Imus’ program, I have to say that I have liked him for a while and the stuff he’s done has been of good natured humor. This time he took it to far. Imus has made numerous appologies to the African American community specifically Rev. Al Sharpton. The Reverand has been quoted as saying: “We cannot keep going through offending us and then apologizing and then acting like it never happened. Somewhere we’ve got to stop this.” He is absolutely right. If Imus remains in the booth, this will blow over in 2 weeks time and we’ll all forget about the racist comments he made. A line has to be drawn and this is the perfect opportunity to do so. Imus is scheduled to vist Sharpton’s radio show today, and you can be sure that there will be some angry listeners and call-ins. Take a minute to flash back to the Rush Limbaugh-Donovan McNabb incident. After Rush made numerous offensive comments towards McNabb on Sunday NFL Countdown he decided to resign from his post. Imus should take a note from a fellow knuckle head and just step down. Apologizing just isn’t enough.

The Fountain of Youth

This next post comes from Dillon Wuerth:

Let’s take a step back from the bracket pools for a second… really, take a good look at the teams you chose to reach Final Four status. Of course you chose Florida. If not, either you don’t know college basketball or you’re an FSU patriot. UCLA… Maybe. OSU, UNC, Georgetown, Oregon, USC, Wisconsin, Texas A&M, Memphis… your picks are most likely in that bunch. So now think for a minute about the players that actually made you think they were getting there. AHA! There’s the common element: youth.

This freshman class of college athletes has to be one of the most spectacular in the history of college basketball. Other then Florida, who won the ‘ship last year with help from their freshmen; almost every tourney team has a freshman standout or leader. The league has changed, shifting the weight of older, more experienced players to the broad, muscle-toned shoulders of the freshmen and sophomores. Let’s go team by team.

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