Memphis Tigers guard Kuran Iverson was suspended yesterday by Coach Pastner for undisclosed violations of team rules. He will not be able to travel to Texas with the team to play the SMU Mustangs tomorrow and the Houston Cougars on Saturday.
If that were the end of the story, it probably wouldn’t even be blogworthy. But then former Tiger Wesley Witherspoon jumped in on Twitter with a comment:
FOUND ANOTHER SCAPEGOAT HUH SUCKS FOR YOUNG KURAN I LIVED THAT LIFE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF
— Wesley Witherspoon (@Spooooooon11) January 7, 2015
Then radio host John Martin tweeted a look at Iverson’s favorited tweets. Look at the second one in particular.
Then it came out that he was not only favoriting comments criticizing his coach, but replying to them and retweeting them too.
My guess is this will end up in NCAA orientation “what not to do on Twitter” for incoming athletes in future years. Hey Air Traffic Mike, you may want to check your 1-800-BAD-IDEA hotline’s call log for calls from the University of Memphis today. Radio host Gary Parrish speculated that Iverson is likely done with the team, noting that Pastner once kicked a McDonald’s All-American off the team before he ever played a game.
In better news, former Tiger Elliot Williams signed a 10-day contract with the Utah Jazz.
The World Series of Poker circuit event is coming to Tunica at the Horseshoe January 22-February 2. Most of the events are No Limit Hold’em, but there are Pot Limit Omaha and H.O.R.S.E. (combination of Limit Hold’em, Omaha Hi/Lo, Razz, Stud, and Stud/8) events as well. There are rebuy events, events for seniors, events for ladies, satellites, turbos, and six-max events during the twelve days. Here’s a schedule and here’s more information.
They invited me to a special invitation-only WSOP Media Tournament on Sunday the 18th. I’m trying to decide if I’m going to go. Winner gets $1000 to donate to their favorite charity and the top 10 places pay out (probably all charity donations). I have until the 15th to RSVP so I have a little time to think about it. It’s nice to be considered a member of the media for things like this.
Interesting fact: Only five people who were born in the 1800s are still living and all of them are women.
On my way out for a cold, cold evening… once again, everyone please be careful tonight.