NC State landed top-50 prospect Courtney Fells yesterday. Fells is a 6’6″ guard who is a gifted shooter. A nice pickup for Herb.

The Chicago Sun Times takes a look at the reputation of Dukies in the NBA. It used to be said that they were all busts, but that isn’t so true anymore. Now, the rap is that they don’t win NBA titles.

Martina Navratilova is an absolute freak. At the age of 47, ten years removed from her last singles match at Wimbledon (her last one was a finals victory), Martina crushed world #102 Catalina Castano 6-0, 6-1. 0 and 1!! That’s incredible.

The Sports Guy misses the good old days, of say two years ago, when poker was still a bit mysterious. Now, it’s everywhere, like in my last two links.

If you have a wife and kids, you can’t just set off on a year of poker and expect it to all be cool. Things don’t work that way. Jay learned that lesson, but handled it quite well. He sent his wife and daughters off to Europe as compensation. Better hope he starts winning more…

Former NC State AD Todd Turner was hired as AD at the University of Washington. When Turner was a State, their teams won’t approximately nothing. State fans seemed extremely happy when Turner left for Vanderbilt. Vandy eliminated his position as part of a restructuring. Somehow Washington thought that was all OK and hired him. ADs…

As everyone predicted, the Lakers, like the domain of the fabled king Ozymandias, are crumbling. Phil Jackson is out, Shaq is demanding a trade and Kobe filed for free agency. Kobe might well be back, but he could choose to go anywhere. They may have a completely new team next year.

Kevin Donahue of Fanblog.com says Virginia has the best helmet. Tough to say who is best, but I think we can agree that Duke and Maryland have the worst.

Ken Pomeroy has yet another great statistical analysis of the college game. He shows that total points are on the decline while 3 point attempts are on the rise.

Former NC State star Clyde “The Glide” Austin was sentenced to 17½ years in prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme. It’s sad to see how some people squander the opportunities granted them by their talents.