Jay Lovinger has a pretty funny writeup about a brief television interview he did on the topic of Ben Affleck winning that poker tournament last week. Kudos to Jay as well for winning his way into a World Poker Tour tournament. Maybe his career as a poker pro is reasonable.

Mike DeCourcy has an interesting take on the NBA draft. He points out that only two of the top ten draft picks didn’t play any college ball. He makes some good points about how the NBA is learning that unproven = risk.

It’s a draft day tradition – The Sports Guy’s Draft Diary. Thank god he’s doing this stuff full time again, as this is his best work in months. I think I laughed out loud a dozen times reading this one.

Jason Whitlock says that sending Shaq to Dallas is just good business for the NBA. I like Whitlock, and this was a good article, but … Nowitzki is better than Kobe? Come on, Jason.

Ohio State called Bobby Knight to tell him that they were no longer considering him for the job. That ends the possibility of a second coaching legend ending his career at OSU after slugging an opposing player. Instead, OSU will go after Marquette’s Tom Craen. They may reconsider when they realize that Dwyane Wade is…

Thieves broke into the Florida State football offices and stole their two national championship trophies. No word on whether the thieves took a dump on the floor.

The San Francisco has obtained a copy of Tim Montgomery’s testimony in the federal trial against BALCO and Victor Conte. In that testimony, Montgomery admits to taking HGH and THG. He also says that Conte told him that he supplied steroids to Barry Bonds. This testimony is completely opposite to the public statements by Montgomery.…

NC State offered a basketball scholarship to 15-year-old recruit Eric Wallace of Kernersville, NC. It’s pretty young to commit to a guy, but that’s the way the game works now, especially for programs like State who can’t always wait on a top talent. The flip side is that he can’t sign a letter until he’s…

The Washington Wizards traded Jerry Stackhouse, Christian Laettner and the #5 pick in tonight’s draft to the Dallas Mavericks for Antawn Jamison. Sounds like a lot to give up, but then the Wiz would have blown their draft pick anyway. I wonder if Stack and Laettner will play poker on the flight to Dallas?