Posted on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 12:31:02 PM EST in Other Sports
More on: baseball, NBA Draft, OJ Mayo, Vince McMahon, college football, Don Imus, MLB, Jesse Taylor, video, skateboard, Odds and Ends (all tags)

An Alabama middle school teacher is facing 20 years on sex abuse offenses after getting busy with nearly the entire baseball team! We're guessing her defense will be it was all just a means of expressing team spirit.

A teacher has been accused of having sex with eight members of a school baseball team.

Julie Pritchett began a relationship with a 15-year-old boy in February. The 34-year-old married teacher later approached other members of the team for sex.

The incidents allegedly took place both on school premises and at the boys' homes while their parents were out.

She was discovered when one of the 15-year-old boys at the school, in the town of Trussville, Alabama, told his parents. They alerted the police.

Pritchett, who taught at Clay-Chalkville Middle School, has been charged with two counts of sedomy and one count of sexual abuse.

Eat your heart out, Pokey Chatman.

In other news...

[MentalFloss.com]: Test your NBA Draft fashion knowledge

[Larry Brown Sports]: So, who's going third in the NBA Draft?

[OrlandoSentinel.com]: Vince McMahon was almost killed during RAW. No, for real this time!

[Bleacher Report]: Is it really possible to hate anything about college football?

[Can't Stop The Bleeding]: Don Imus will never learn his lesson

[NextRound.net]: Top 30 porn names in Major League Baseball

[YouTube.com]: "On today's episode of Will It Blend?: A baseball!"

[MMARated.com]: Jesse Taylor talks about being a total douche

[NYPost.com]: Dude #1: "Dude, wanna skateboard from Chicago to New York?"
Dude #2: "Dude, totally!"

[FoxNews.com]: Wait, did you just say "crap cannon?"

And finally, from Tirico Suave (via Busted Coverage), quite possibly the funniest video of all-time.

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Posted on Mon Mar 17, 2008 at 09:07:43 AM EST in College
More on: NCAA, college basketball, OJ Mayo, USC, Kevin Beasley, Kansas State, prediction (all tags)

The tournament shook out on Sunday evening as the brackets were revealed to a drooling, anticipation-ridden audience of millions. And after all was said and done, one matchup stands out above all the rest: USC vs. Kansas State. Now, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out why this 6/11 matchup is gonna be the bomb - it's O.J. Mayo and Kevin Beasley fool! - but it does take some serious mental dexterity to figure out who you'll draw before the selection show even goes down.

But that Mayo kid, he's a sharp one.

I told him [Kansas State's Bill Walker], 'I think we're going to draw you guys,"' Mayo said Sunday at Galen Center, where the Trojans watched as the pairings were announced. "Omaha seemed like a good place to play. At the same time, it's all about the money."

Mayo was referring to the fact that he and Kansas State's Michael Beasley are two of the most talented freshmen in the country, making for an attractive matchup.

Beasley is the third-leading scorer in the country, averaging 26.5 points. Mayo isn't far behind at 20.8 points. Both figure to be early first-round picks whenever they decide to declare for the NBA draft.

"It's still Kansas State vs. USC--two good teams, two teams that play hard," Mayo said. "We'll get a crowd there, it should be exciting."

The 20-year-old Mayo said he has known Walker since the age of 3, calling him "my best friend in the world."

Mayo said the two spoke again after learning they would face each other.

"He was like, `What made you pick that?"' Mayo said with a smile.

Mayo made his prediction to several teammates as well.

"That's what `O' kept saying. It was a great call by him," Davon Jefferson said.

Pretty good prediction by a kid who is playing in his first and probably last NCAA Tournament. Same goes for Beasley - uh, everything except the prediction part.

Links:
[CBS2.com]: Mayo Predicted Trojans Would Face K-State

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Posted on Wed Mar 21, 2007 at 10:44:28 AM EST in Other Sports
More on: OJ Mayo, college basketball, hype (all tags)

You know those fluff pieces in newspapers that try to persuade you that an athlete's reputation is undeserved and that he's really a good guy? This isn't one of those. If Lee Jenkins was trying to paint OJ Mayo in a good light, he absolutely fails in today's New York Times article on the kid.

The article relates how a OJ Mayo came to sign with USC and it doesn't exactly portray USC coach Tim Floyd in a flattering light either.

When Floyd answered the phone, he heard a teenager's voice on the other end: "Coach, this is O. J. Mayo. I'd like to come to your school."

Mayo had not been on an official campus visit. He had not seen the new arena, the Galen Center. He did not know anything about the current roster.
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"I want to be different," Floyd recalls Mayo telling him. "I want to leave a mark."

Mayo's mind was apparently made up. He was already looking ahead. "How many scholarships do we have for next year?" he asked.

Floyd stammered. "After this," he said, "I guess we have three."

Mayo went through the priority list in his mind. "Don't worry about recruiting," he said. "I'll take care of it."

Before Floyd hung up, he asked one more time for Mayo's cellphone number. "No," Mayo said. "I'll call you.

Now this is after one of Mayo's friends had visited Floyd earlier in the day and told him that OJ wanted to market himself before going to the NBA and that the reason OJ wanted to go to USC was because LA gave him the best possible platform for doing so.

Basketball phenoms today are too worried about becoming a global icon and marketing and shoe deals, all before they play a second of pro ball. Sure Michael Jordan is the most recognized athlete in the world but he played for the love of the game and then everything else (colognes, clothing, Hanes, Space Jam) followed. OJ Mayo is more worried about his endorsement deals than he is about the game.

Now every sycophant and parasite in his entourage will just tell him that we're just hatin' but you can make a lot of money and not come off as an arrogant punk.

By the way, OJ's first visit to USC? There was a documentary film crew following him. Of course.

Links:
[New York Times]: High School Star O.J. Mayo Boosts U.S.C. Before He Arrives
[SC]: OJ Mayo's last dunk video

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Posted on Tue Mar 20, 2007 at 04:52:43 PM EST in Other Sports
More on: video, OJ Mayo, USC, high school (all tags)

Check out this nifty dunk from OJ Mayo. What a way to end a high school career huh? Unfortunately, many saw it as hotdogging and showing up the other team. If OJ played baseball, he would've gotten a fastball to the head on his next at-bat. Here, he only gets a technical. So the question is, is OJ Mayo a showboat and a punk, or was he simply entertaining the crowd and having some fun in his last game?

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