Cal puts America's Coach in a box

(ESPN) - They’re battling for the best prep talent in America. So they’re competitors, not buddies. Today’s post from John Calipari, which appears to slight Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s recruiting tactics, proves as much.

Two weeks ago, five-star talent Hamidou Diallo (ranked 17th in the 2017 class, per Recruiting Nation), who reportedly received scholarship offers from Duke and Kentucky in recent weeks, detailed the differences between the pitches made by Calipari and Krzyzewski in a conversation with the Louisville Courier-Journal.

“Kentucky’s pitch was just the NBA thing,” Diallo told the Courier-Journal. “Duke’s pitch was if you come to Duke, you’re going to be set for life. It’s more than just basketball. [John Calipari’s] pitch was he gets guys ready for the next level. Look at the numbers: it shows. It’s the best place for you if you want to make it to the NBA.”

On Monday, Calipari appeared to respond to Duke’s “set for life” pitch to Diallo in the second installment of a CoachCal.com offseason series about the Kentucky program titled, “The vision of the program: Where we’re going.”


“I refuse to go in a home and paint a picture saying things like, ‘If you come with us you’ll be taken care of for the rest of your life by the program and by our alums,’ even though you may only be in school for a year or two,” Calipari said. “How preposterous does that sound? What if I say that same thing and the young man decides to transfer for one reason or another? Does that still hold true that we’re going to take care of them the rest of their lives? Our approach is to give them the fishing rod and the lures to help them catch fish, not to just give you the fish.”

Take my breath away, Cal. I can't put into words how much I love this move. No one's BS goes more unchecked than Coach K America's coach. Get caught in a lie? Say you acted inappropriately. Boom. Done. Moving on.  

You're the self-proclaimed moral compass of college basketball. If you give a wonderful non apology, every Pat Forde in the world will talk about what a first-class guy you are and how America is so lucky to have you leading young men.

Say what you want about Cal, but at least he's up-front. He openly admitted that the way to success in today's college basketball was to get the best players, aka one-and-dones while Coach USA claimed to take a moral high ground...until he kept losing. Then all the sudden, it became possible to be a life-long Duke man even if you were there for eight months. Remember Duke is something that lives inside you whether or not you live at Duke.

Just remember though, Coach USA isn't a sore loser. He congratulated Mercer once.

I'm sure it was completely coincidence that the ACC Digital Network cameras happened to be at the right place at the precisely right time.

Megan Fox, Thespian

(Source) - Sex symbol Megan Fox has vowed never to film an X-rated scene again in case it affects her children.

She was a prostitute in 2010 film "Jonah Hex," starred in Eminem and Rihanna’s saucy "Love The Way You Lie" video the same year and kissed Amanda Seyfried’s character in 2009’s "Jennifer’s Body."

But since becoming a mum to sons Noah, three, and Bodhi, two, the 29-year-old has turned down some of the raunchier roles she has been offered.

“There are some good projects I’ve read that are with talented people, talented directors, but the things the women are required to do in the movie are things I can’t have my sons ever know or see.

“I was offered a project that’s coming out on HBO that centres around the life of a prostitute and it has very graphic sex scenes — things you would see in a pornographic film — and those are things that are degrading to the woman who’s playing the character."

Uh, does she plan on erasing essentially every movie film that she has ever made? We have seen her play an extremely convincing escort in This is 40.

I do love how she thinks that seeing their mom's "acting" is somehow going to be more scarring than reading about the fact that she actually said that she fell in love with and sought to establish a relationship with a female stripper at 18 years old or speaks in tongues. But, yeah, seeing some tasteful nudity on late-night HBO is way worse.

The good news for us though is that now we get to really see Fox go to work. I mean really explore some characters and the subtleties of the human experience. Megan Fox - Actress.

Good News! We have video that JJ Watt can indeed swing a golf club

.@JJWatt at the #Texans annual Charity Golf Classic pic.twitter.com/KW5g7tIx6v

— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) May 9, 2016

I was beginning to worry. I mean how would we know if JJ can blast a drive if he didn't do it on social media? Sure, the fact that he can put up 225 lbs. 35 times on the bench is a decent indicator, but now we know. Thank you, JJ.

I'm sure people will say that it's not JJ's fault that someone else filmed him. Sure, if we didn't have countless other examples of JJ just out there inspiring little kids by showing them what they can never achieve. I hope all those kids have learned the valuable lesson that if you're a football player, you better tweet or snap chat your workouts. Otherwise, no one will know that you're doing your job, and that's the point. It's not enough to do your job. You have to be seen doing your job 24/7.

Remember success isn't earned. It's rented, and rent's due everyday.

Good News! I've Found My Next Driver

Last night's TV lineup was one for the ages and not in a good way. Two meaningful games, Cavs v. Hawks (One could argue calling that a playoff game diminishes the value of a playoff game) and Penguins v. the Caps, were all that we had. The terror that is July TV is fast approaching. Equally as terrifying is what caught my eye on TV3; Christian Hackenberg hits the same driver that I do.

I don't even know why I'm anti-Hackenberg, but I just know that I am. He actually checks the boxes for me, big arm, murders a uniform, strong towel, placement, prone to make either an amazing throw or a horrific one equally at any given moment for no rhyme or reason, and of course, good looking. 

I think I'm out on him because he's the Marco Rubio of quarterbacks. He looks the part until he actually has to perform and then there's not much there. He might be the team captain of the Looks like a QB until the Ball is Snapped team. The Jets' drafting him was all the proof I needed to know that I was right about the guy.

So, the obvious conclusion is that I have to get a new driver. I see no other way around it. It was bad enough knowing that Bubba Watson was hitting it too and that it didn't say Titleist on it, but this put me over the edge. After some quick research I think we found the clubhouse leader.

BOOM! POW! Problem solved. I need the Hammer X like I need air to breathe. I don't want it either. I NEEEEED it. Like Yesterday. It's pretty obvious that the Hammer X will take my game to the moon. I kinda feel sorry for everyone that has to play with me now.

Hey Spieth, Knock it Off. We Get It.

This is how @JordanSpieth 9-hole practice round ended at 18th green in near dark at Oakmont! More @GCMorningDrive pic.twitter.com/MIsrfMHYy1

— Tim Rosaforte (@TimRosaforte) May 4, 2016

Could he knock it of just once? I mean we get it. You're a painful reminder of how pathetic we are, but seriously, could he just once do something amazing that doesn't get caught on camera?

"Here, ya go."

Ok, how about do something awesome without a celebrity around to tell the story so you don't have to? Don't go all Superman on us and develop an alter ego, Jordo, just to humble brag about everything you do. Show some humility one time.

Seriously though, I love this move because it was a two-fold power move. First, you get a few of the old-school golf writers off your back by showing them that "It's back to business (of holing out from basically anywhere on the property)." Second, make sure you get the first video out there to the rest of the Tour showing them that you're still you, and ya best not forget that. The Champ is here.

PS - You're move Rory. I'm getting impatient.

Man Dies in the Hollywood Casino Fountain in Tunica

If you close your eyes, it feels like you're really there.

(Clarion-Ledger) - A man has died at a casino in Robinsonville, Mississippi, after falling in a fountain.

News outlets report that 48-year-old Bob Jerome Murray of Birmingham, Alabama, died at Hollywood Casino Sunday after falling in the fountain near the casino's buffet area.

Tunica County Sheriff's Office Commander Cedric Davis says the cause of death is still unclear. Murray's body will be sent to the Mississippi Crime Lab for an autopsy.

Tough break here for Bobby J. I don't want to say he went out on top since it sounds like he literally went out on the bottom, but at least he died doing what he loved because if you're at the Hollywood Casino Buffet on a Sunday, you LOVE the casino. So, there's your silver lining.

Seriously, I don't know a single person that frequents to Hollywood. God's watching, I thought it went the way of the Isle of Capris. Hat tip to the Hollywood for still keeping it real.

Prayers up for Bob's family. He'll be missed.

God bless, Tunica.

Mike Judge is Doing to the Dick Joke What the Forward Pass Did to Football

For those that aren't watching HBO's Silicon Valley, I have to ask you a question. Why? It's the best live-action comedy on television right now. Every single episode delivers. The best part is that those who are being punked, don't even get it.

Nothing made me happier than finding out that Elon Musk thinks that the caricature of himself is wrong. You have to love the arrogance of seeing himself on film and going, "Nah, I don't believe it."

Today's discussion however centers on what Mike Judge is leaving the world, the tasteful dick joke. For far too long the dick joke has been marginalized with such titles as "juvenile", "cheap", "rude", "tasteless", etc. Well, not on Mike's watch, no more. Where's that misplaced and overproduced PSA, NFL?

First Mr. Judge explored one of life's great mysteries, how long would it take to jerk off a room of 800 guys, using the scientific method. What started as nothing more than an attempt to laugh at The Big Bang Theory became in this blogger's humble opinion, the funniest scene that television has given us.

The scene is truly perfect because it fully encompasses guys in the most absurd yet honest fashion possible. If you leave us alone with beer inevitably an argument and dick talk will break out. That's just science.

In season two, Mr. Judge chose to explore a new horizon in the dick joke. What starts off as a scene that seems better suited for a segment on 60 Minutes, quickly turns into another side splitting joke.

What makes the scene so perfect is that it pokes fun at everything that is awful about this world. Yes, you are creating amazing technology and your heart is in the right place, but don't preach to me about how much better you are because you can make something that will inevitably be used for someone else's self gratification satisfaction.

Which brings us to the scene from Sunday night's episode, entitled "Two in the Box" (See what they did there?).

The producers would like to assure us all that yes, that is the real deal there.

“There’s no CG,” assures Silicon executive producer Mike Judge, who directed the episode. “That’s actually horses having sex. There might be some [compositing of images] and recycling of footage, but yeah, that’s pretty much the real deal there. It’s real porn.”

Sunday night was the night I realized that not only do we not deserve Mike Judge's brain but also we don't appreciate what he's attempting to do for society. Far too often the dick joke is categorized as lazy. Well, that's the beauty of Mike Judge. One man's trash is his treasure. He thrives on making fun of what you think that he can't make fun of. 

"No way you can make the white board scenes of Big Bang Theory actually funny, Mike."

"Wanna bet?"

"Ok, but there's no way you can make a monkey losing its arms because of a landmine funny."

"That's barely even a challenge, but here goes."

"Ok, well, rich white guys are like the most boring group on the planet."

"That's too easy, but I'll push myself on this one."

Mike Judge isn't inventing the dick joke, but he's changing the way that we think about it. He's doing to dick humor what the forward pass did to football. He's the Walter Camp of the dick joke.