Egotastic
The Toronto Raptors have found a little bit of a rhythm lately, the once 3-12 team is now 14-24, so they've made some progress. They also have electrifying rookie Terrence Ross, now making his third appearance on this here site thanks to his acrobatics.
This time, the University of Washington product took his act on the road, when the Raptors visited the Brooklyn Nets. Toronto lost, but check out Ross jumping from one side of the basket, floating under the rim, and dunking the missed shot with one hand. That's just nasty.
Hopefully we'll see Ross in the dunk contest at All-Star Weekend, and based on what we've seen so far, the league would be foolish to not have him there.
via NBA
Notre Dame’s Manti Te’o Might Have Some Explaining to Do About His ‘Dead Girlfriend’
I've seen a few bold Heisman campaigns, but Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o may have just taken the cake. According to a report on Deadspin, the dead girlfriend story that gained national attention and helped push Te'o's candidacy, was a complete hoax.
Deadspin investigated the background of the supposed girlfriend, Lennay Marie Kekua, and found that she never existed. She didn't meet Te'o after a game at her supposed college, Stanford, and she didn't have cancer that eventually took her life. She was the product of Twitter, apparently created and run by a friend of Te'o's. Deadspin even tracked down the girl whose pictures were being used as Kekua's, much to her surprise.
I suggest you go read the entire thing because it is absolutely riveting. The depth of the story, the other people who had to have known, and the length of the lie are all just incredible. And plenty of major news outlets took the story and ran and ran and ran with it as Notre Dame's undefeated season, and Te'o's Heisman chances, continued. It's pretty sickening.
via Deadspin