After his Louisville Cardinals trounced Hartford on November 19, UofL basketball coach Rick Pitino addressed the media and answered questions. At the 2:07 and 6:34 marks of the above video, Coach Pitino answered questions about his player Kevin Ware failing to show up in a Barren County courtroom for an October speeding violation of 40 mph over the limit. Pitino alluded to intense media coverage regarding the ownership of the borrowed car and speculation that an NCAA compliance rule had been broken. Here's The Courier-Journal story on the speeding ticket and the late model automobile's owner.
Month: November 2013
Why Jennifer Lawrence is a cultural hero
And this:
Flying wood chips
Dear Pilots, your approach path into Bowman Field's runway 24 is a lot smoother now. These crews are cutting down everything in sight along Cannons Lane just outside the Big Springs Country Club across from the runway.
Sarah dipity
Promoting her latest book with the help of the media, Sarah Palin was asked for her impression of Pope Francis. Without having read Pope Francis' perspective on various issues, Palin blamed the media for distortion of the Pope's "Liberal" messages. After being roundly mocked as illustrated above, Palin used social media to apologize. In a wholly different uproar, MSNBC's Martin Bashir apologized to Sarah Palin after he vulgarly lambasted her comparison of the national debt with slavery. No word on whether the apology was accepted. From Mediaite, here are seven other instances where media outlets or performers have apologized to Sarah Palin after making crude comments about her on the air. A few days later on Fox News, Sarah Palin responded to Bashir's apology.
No Harley for Hitler — Thanks, Obama
The ubiquitous film clip used to mock Hitler meeets the Obamacare fiasco.
Hydration High School
Or the girl riding on some dude’s shoulders
Livin’ On A Stair
This Boston Celtics fan rocks out to Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" like it's his job.
It doesn’t smell like a pine box
Marilyn Monroe, who died 50 years ago, is selling Chanel No. 5 perfume in holiday ads. Who gets paid? It's likely that her niece is the only person available to collect.
Text me, baby
Comedian Aziz Ansari on the challenges of being single in a social media society. COL (chuckle out loud)