The Starting Five

Yeah yesterday was some kind of cruel 1984 April Fool’s joke. Marvin would have been 70 and these two days give me that frustrating emptiness still to this day. Love your loved ones right now people…no damn excuses.

Jason Campbell is not a franchise quarterback? Really? How many coaches and systems has he played in since high school? Cutler? I smell a pass. (WaPo)

Dante Stallworth to turn himself in. Sad case. (Miami Herald)

Tim Floyd lands at Arizona. This could actually lead to Sean Miller coaching Pitt. (Newsday.com)

Serena Williams: “I’m a good rapper.”(Vibe)

Someone flips a switch when the Kings and Warriors play because damn they score some points. Short interviews with Kevin Martin (50 points) and Jason Thompson (19 boards) will follow shortly today. (SFGate.com)

Allen Iverson: “Eighteen minutes, c’mon, man. I can play 18 minutes with my eyes closed, with a 100-pound truck on my back. That’s a bad feeling.”I’m wondering what the rush was to get me back. I mean, for that?” Anyone wanna bet Allen Iverson isn’t in Philly next season again? I told ya’ll this could happen. I’ll have more on this Saturday hopefully. (Detroit Free Press)

Philly cop allegedly calls residents he normally patrols animals and the violence “t-n-s” when riding with a Temple journalism student and gets reassigned. Dumbass. Here’s the Temple article. (Philly.com)

Sistas not getting their due. (Blackamericaweb.com)

Here you go Damon:

One of my dear friends in the field wrote this a while back, but the striking imagery remains. (Seattle Times)

Two slayings linked to condo of Saints Jonathan Vilma. There is no indication Vilma is involved. (NOLA)

John Calipari is the 22nd University of Kentucky head coach. (Kentucky Kernel)

Calipari’s class was said to rival the Fab Five of Michigan as the best ever. Don’t know about that, but Xavier Henry and DeMarcus Cousins both decommit from Memphis. Hmmm I wonder where they’ll end up? (Kentucky Kernel)

Jack Johnson, born in Galveston, Texas, would have been 131 on March 31st. Today John McCain and Peter King…both Republicans (hmm)…are fighting to get his conviction pardoned by President Obama. (Dallas Morning News)

Mark Ecko the cat that bought the Barry Bonds record breaker, is 200 million dollars in debt. (SOHH.com)

Race still matters for poor Blacks. Written by Clarence Page. (Chicago Tribune)

Pharaoh Akhenaten’s wife Nefertiti’s bust has second face. (Artinfo.com)

Thank you Marvin.