I’ve never been to Haiti but I’m pretty sure it’s not exactly the greatest place in the world. This is based primarily on constant news reports of people dying and the film The Serpert and the Rainbow. Still, it doesn’t surprise me in the least that on a layover in JFK on their way to a tournament in South Korea 13 members of the Haitian Under-17 soccer squad would decide to just bail on the team. “Five or six” have since turned themselves into team officials but rest are still on the lam. You know, they probably would have been better off playing in the tournament first and then ditching the team and seeking refuse in the friendly confines of NYC.
In other news…
[Denver Post]: Apparently, J.R. Smith of the Nuggets is a wanksta
[AP]: The Univ of Montana is down one CB
[Seattle Times]: Jose Guillen is riling up the Wrigley natives
[The Offside]: It beats employing Najeh Davenport as your groundskeeper
[Houston Chronicle]: The artistry (or thuggery) of Bruce Bowen in pictures
[Can’t Stop the Bleeding]: Justine Henin is not ashamed of her herpes