tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:37:16 +0000NCAAJournalismSex Abuse ScandalChicago BullsCollege BasketballEntertainmentRecruitingGolfCollege FootballTigersAdvertisingThree Second TanThe Money PitMMASupreme CourtNBAWomen's College BasketballPoliticsSatireWhere The Big Boys PlaySteroidsTennessee TitansMemphis GrizzliesMixed Martial ArtsMemphis TigersNFLLocalThe OlympicsTelevisionSwimmingSportsJully 4Dirty South BallersMLBRacingMediahttp://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jenius)Blogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-8545137087843977686Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:18:00 +00002010-09-09T03:18:46.831-05:00NFLHere’s what you can expect in the upcoming season. Green Bay and Baltimore will slug it out in Super Bowl XLIV. In the NFC, Green Bay (North), Atlanta (South), San Francisco (West) and Washington (East) will win their respective divisions. Baltimore (North), Indianapolis (South), San Diego (West) and New York (East) will snag the division crowns in the AFC. Each playoff team will have at least http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/09/bold-predictions-for-2010-11-nfl-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-4851258341426294466Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:54:00 +00002010-09-02T02:54:38.608-05:00College FootballAnother college football season is upon us, so it’s time for Ghetto Testimonial to make some predictions. Florida will beat Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. Alabama has lost a number of starters from last year’s team, and Florida is hungry after last year’s butt whooping in the SEC title game. Nebraska will take the Big 12 title home before the Cornhuskers depart for the Big 10. If only thehttp://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/09/let-bcs-madness-begin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-266122819162315839Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:06:00 +00002010-07-04T02:06:37.829-05:00Jully 4 It’s time to celebrate because America is 234 years young today.  With 50 states and more than 300 million citizens, no one could have imagined this outcome when 13 colonies declared independence from Great Britain in 1776. My words pale in comparison to Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner, and I can’t sing America the Beautiful with any more enthusiasm than Ray Charles. All I can do is http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/07/celebrate-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-8518824983829720Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:20:00 +00002010-04-27T04:22:15.584-05:00NBAMediaThere’s a growing trend among teens and young adults—Sexting—and even the NBA was sweep up in this phenomenon during its regular season. Sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photographs, primarily between mobile phones. San Antonio Spurs’ guard George Hill and Portland Trailblazers’ center Greg Oden both had their sexts made public during the season. Neither player did http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/04/sexting-and-nba.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-235895410517343501Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:13:00 +00002010-04-13T04:20:01.801-05:00RecruitingCollege FootballWhile many incoming freshmen are preparing for the upcoming college football season, one Auburn recruit is battling cancer.  Shon Coleman, a 6'7" 285 pound offensive tackle, was recently diagnosed with blood cancer which is the most common form of leukemia in children.  Doctors suspected the disease after moving several lumps from his body three weeks ago. Coleman is undergoing eight weeks of http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/04/auburn-football-recruit-battling-cancer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-5418219245365974664Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:34:00 +00002010-04-12T03:34:49.605-05:00NCAACollege FootballCollege BasketballThe N.C.A.A. will vote on a prosposal for mandatory genetic testing of all Divsion I athletes this week.  The move was sparked by recent surge  in deaths of college football players.  According to the New York Times, Twenty-one college football players have collapsed and died as a result of training over the past decade. At least eight were carriers of the sickle-cell trait, a genetic disorder http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/04/ncaa-to-vote-on-mandatory-genetic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-4243511902264278596Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:27:00 +00002010-04-10T03:27:48.034-05:00SwimmingThe OlympicsSex Abuse ScandalThere's another sex scandal in sports that getting less attention than Tiger Woods's escapades. U.S Swimming, the governing body for the Olympic team, has banned 36 coaches for sexual misconduct with swimmers over the last ten years.  That's according to a report by ABC's 20/20.  Some victims were as young as 13, and others claim cases go back as far the 1970s. The executive director of USA http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/04/sex-abuse-scandal-in-usa-swimming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-3282899783101910585Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:53:00 +00002010-04-05T01:31:55.886-05:00TelevisionNBAChicago Bulls Monday will be a big day for Scottie Pippen because a formal annoucement will be made that he has been elected into the basketball hall of fame.  The news will come one day after he made a guest appearance on FOX's Cleveland Show; Cleveland, Jr. needed help expressing his feelings for his step-sister.  His answer was Balls Deep in Love, and Pippen appears at the :37  mark to help Cleveland, Jr.http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/04/scottie-pippen-goes-balls-deep-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-7779493645965043630Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:24:00 +00002010-04-01T07:13:24.457-05:00College BasketballEaster is this Sunday, and that means The Ten Commandments will air on ABC on Saturday night.  It happens this way every year, but something is different this year.  The Final Four will be taking place on CBS at the same time.  Moses will not only be going toe-to-toe with Rameses but Tom Izzo and Mike Krzyzewski. The Ten Commandments tells the story of Moses from his days as an Egyptian prince http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/04/final-four-vs-ten-commandments.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-3437036683893800490Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:34:00 +00002010-03-28T00:34:33.205-05:00College BasketballAnother non-power conference team is making its way to the Final Four.  A non-power conference team-a team not in the ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big 10, Pac 10 or Big East--has made the Final Four in three of the last five years. Butler punches its ticket for the 2010 Final Four on Saturday afternoon; Memphis made it way through South Region in '08, and George Mason came out of the East Region in '06. http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/03/look-whos-crashing-final-four.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-3523476505958061324Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:48:00 +00002010-03-25T03:48:22.804-05:00College BasketballPercy "Romeo" Miller, USC guard and son of  entertainment mogul Master P, has signed on with an entertainment company to be featured in a new entertainment franchise.  RESQ3 will be available across multiple platforms--gaming, animation and a comic book series--and use Miller to attract consumers to the franchise. No launch date has been set. Miller has released five albums and sold more than http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/03/uscs-percy-miller-signs-entertainment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-5180030925259019364Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:51:00 +00002010-03-24T01:06:57.852-05:00College Basketball If you search Youtube, you probably won't find too many clips of college basketball players goofing around with a Rubik's Cube.  The Big Red goes to work and solves it in less than five minutes.  This clip illustrates why Kentucky versus Cornell is such an interesting matchups; it's a clash of cultures. This game has David and Goliath, race and class all wrapped up in a nice package.  Kentucky http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/03/cornell-players-go-to-work-rubiks-cube.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-3053404852769379440Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:19:00 +00002010-03-16T11:19:05.469-05:00College BasketballNational Whining Day is the Monday after Selection Sunday when teams complain about their seeding, their regional assignment or being snubbed from the NCAA Tournament.  The day allows the media to build momentum for the tournament, and it allows coaches to rally their fanbases.  There are three days between Selection Sunday and the first round. Whining Day gives everyone a designated time to http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-whining-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-6361857474118252232Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:08:00 +00002010-03-14T03:08:35.938-05:00Women's College Basketball If you're disappointing about the Memphis Tigers not making the Big Dance, you can still enjoy NCAA Tournament action close to home. FedExForum will host a regional for the Women's NCAA tournament on March 27 and 29. I have a sneaking suspicion that the Tennessee Lady Vols will be the number one seed in this region. It will be interesting to see how many tickets are sold. UConn, Tennessee and http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/03/memphis-to-host-womens-ncaa-regional.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-6726033493033358489Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:33:00 +00002010-03-08T01:24:31.661-06:00College BasketballI would like to thank the Ivy League.  No, I'm not talking about your schools consistently graduating future CEOs and world leaders.  Your league has the common sense not to have a postseason tournament.  Unlike most other small conferences,  your schools understand the disadvantages of having of one of these charades. Non-BCS conferences struggle every year to get multiple bids to the NCAA http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/03/common-sense-prevails-in-ivy-league.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-6262065763912299488Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:44:00 +00002010-02-27T22:45:50.176-06:00Dirty South BallersCriticism is a part of the business when you're a college coach.  It doesn't matter if your team has seven scholarship players and only one big man.  There's no free pass in college basketball.  Josh Pastner, head coach of the University of Memphis Tigers, finds himself in this situation. Coaches benefit from fans' irrationality with multi-million dollar contracts, so it shouldn't be a surprisehttp://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/02/criticizing-college-coaches.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-6750024173225069217Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:03:00 +00002010-02-03T19:03:56.860-06:00Advertisinghttp://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/02/bud-bowl-v.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-2384227462636436013Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:41:00 +00002010-02-01T19:59:11.123-06:00College BasketballRick Barnes has the best job in college basketball.  He makes seven figures a year, lives in Austin, Texas, and his fan base really doesn’t care about basketball.  The Texas Longhorns have lost three of their last four games despite having one of the deepest team in the country.  The Longhorns shot to number one in the polls on the strength of a 17 - 0 record before a disastrous January. http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2010/02/best-job-in-college-basketball.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-4187868038919844050Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:39:00 +00002009-09-25T02:50:14.393-05:00Mixed Martial ArtsDespite Quinton “Rampage” Jackson retiring from mixed martial arts competition, UFC 107 will still take place in Memphis on Dec. 12. B.J. Penn and Diego Sanchez will square off for the light heavyweight title in the main event. The event was supposed to be a homecoming for Jackson, but he abruptly retired earlier this week.His homecoming would have been an interesting story, but most people willhttp://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2009/09/ufc-coming-to-memphis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-589183435004966116Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:36:00 +00002009-08-21T00:46:46.222-05:00Dirty South BallersDirty South Ballers is a regular feature on the Memphis Tigers here at Ghetto Testimonial.The NCAA found the University of Memphis guilty of major violations and vacated its 2007 – 2008 season in basketball. No one should be surprise because Memphis cheated. Derrick Rose probably didn’t take his entrance exam, and his brother received extra benefits. Memphis got caught; it’s that http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2009/08/dirty-south-ballers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-3337245235935119050Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:48:00 +00002009-08-15T13:21:34.898-05:00NFLDeangelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart of the Carolina Panthers want everyone to know that they are no longer Smash and Dash. They are Double Trouble now; they have even launched a website to celebrate their rebirth.You may remember Tennessee’s Lendale White wasn’t happy with Williams and Stewart using the Smash and Dash moniker because he felt they were stealing his nickname with Chris Johnson.http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2009/07/double-trouble.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-8884178134430091749Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:04:00 +00002009-08-11T16:36:48.487-05:00MediaJuly is usually a slow month for sports news, but there was plenty to write about over the past four weeks. Former NFL Quarterback Steve McNair and boxer Vernon Forest were murdered. Boxer Arturo Gatti committed suicide according to the Brazilian Police. A woman filed a civil lawsuit against Ben Roethlisberger for sexual assault. Someone videotaped Erin Andrews getting undressing in her hotelhttp://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2009/07/july.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-2238901785254930657Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:13:00 +00002009-07-26T05:51:09.666-05:00MediaNo one covers the NFL better than Jay Glazer, and he explains how he gets his edge on "On the Media" -- the flagship program of National Public Radio's New York Affliate. He's friends with his subjects. Glazer is training Matt Leinhart in Mixed Martials Arts and hangs out with former star Michael Strahan in Las Vegas.He feels his relationships with players and coaches allows him to build trust http://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2009/07/questionable-ethics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-1731313292726376483Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:06:00 +00002009-07-21T11:52:07.350-05:00Dirty South BallersDirty South Ballers is a regular feature on the Memphis Tigers here at Ghetto Testimonial.Former Memphis Tiger's star Antonio Burks was robbed and shot in Memphis yesterday. It happened during a Dice game in South Memphis according to the Commercial Appeal. A group of men forced everyone at the game to strip and robbed the game. Burks was rushed to the hospital and had to undergo two surgerieshttp://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2009/07/dirty-south-balllers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779781682152009824.post-3512234801411970590Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:14:00 +00002009-07-12T00:17:55.910-05:00Memphis GrizzliesPoliticsWWE Wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler is throwing his crown in the ring to become the next mayor of Memphis. The current mayor plans to resign on July 30th, and a special election will be held within 90 days.Lawler wouldn’t be the first person to use his or her celebrity to enter politics. Arnold Schwarzenegger went from being the “Terminator” to California’s Governor, and Jesse Ventura parlayedhttp://ghettotestimonial.blogspot.com/2009/07/piledriver.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenius)