politics – Rush The Court

Morning Five: 05.02.12 Edition

rtmsf — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:33:25 +0000

The biggest non-Amare Stoudemire basketball news on Tuesday was that the Atlantic 10’s courtship of Butler appears to have finally resulted in a match. ESPN.com reported last night that Butler will formally accept an offer today to join the league in 2013-14, replacing Temple in all sports. As one of the few truly elite mid-major basketball programs unaffiliated with a top 10 conference, this represents a major coup for the A-10 going forward regardless of whether the league is also able to also poach VCU and George Mason from the CAA. Butler’s admission helps to bolster the midwestern footprint of [...]

Paging Ken Krayeske, You’re Needed in Austin…

rtmsf — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:07:20 +0000

As the nation’s states, municipalities and university systems continue struggling to shake off the after-effects of a crippling recession that dried up government coffers and has resulted in huge cuts to education and other core social services, well-paid coaches at big-name schools are progressively becoming targets for political posturing and faux-outrage. The latest coach to take heat for merely doing his job well is Texas’ Rick Barnes, who recently received a $200,000 raise from the university broken into two parts — $75,000 as a standard annual increase written into his contract, and $125,000 to keep his compensation among the top ten highest paid [...]

Morning Five: 10.19.10 Edition

rtmsf — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:12:35 +0000

Binghamton University announced that the NCAA found no major and only two secondary violations as a result of its investigation into the basketball program. The two minor violations related to an assistant coach providing impermissible travel to members of the team. How the school got around a purported email uncovered by the NYT discussing “cash payments and academic fraud,” we’re not sure; but apparently the NCAA was satisfied with what it found (or didn’t find). Former head coach Kevin Broadus has been on administrative leave for a year as all [...]

Yet Another Reason to Love Political Season: Ken Krayeske

rtmsf — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:33:02 +0000

Remember UConn gadfly and thorn in Jim Calhoun’s rear Ken Krayeske?

Too Bad Krayeske Isn't Running For Governor

Of course you do — he’s the rabble-rouser who two seasons ago had the temerity to question Calhoun about his salary while the country was still in the throes of a once-in-a-generation recession. Whether you believe he brought up a fair point or was an obnoxious twit, he’s now running for the US House of Representatives as the Green Party candidate for the First District of Connecticut (north central CT including Hartford). Unfortunately, his [...]

Rod Blagojevich Was On to Something…

rtmsf — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:05:36 +0000

Ed. Update (02.08.09 @ 9:30pm EST) – the Ebay listing has been removed. The below screen grab is the only evidence remaining.

We all know that securing tickets to one of the annual Duke-Carolina matchups is a difficult task (particularly in the 9,000 seat Cameron Indoor Stadium), but sensing that change is indeed in the air, North Carolina state senator Eddie Goodall (R-Mecklenberg) has decided to offer his senate seat for a pair of tickets to next Wednesday’s game. Channelling ousted Illinois Governor Rob Blagojevich, Goodall didn’t choose to reach out to Jesse Jackson, Jr.; rather, his [...]

Sir Charles Not High on the SEC West

rtmsf — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:51:36 +0000

This is not really college basketball-related, but the Round Mound once played at Auburn (fringe benefits included), so we’ll give ourselves a pass here. This is from Sir Charles’ recent conversation with CNN’s Campbell Brown about the political climate in this country. In this clip, Brown asks Barkley about his future political aspirations relating to a run for governor in the state of Alabama. His response is simply phenomenal.

Brown: So, you gonna run for governor?

Barkley: I’m planning on it in 2014.

Brown: You are?

Barkley: I am. I can’t screw up Alabama.

Brown: There’s no place to [...]