'Way Ahead of Kobe

Unless you live in a cave somewhere, you've already heard about the high school girl in New York(nameless here because she has already had her 15 minutes of fame)who scored 113 points in a basketball game recently. Her team eked out a 132-37 win with a flurry of 100 points at the buzzer. Anyway, she noted that after she hit the half-century mark, her teammates began calling her "Kobe." This was acceptable to her since the Lakers' star is her hoops hero. Not stopping at 80, she topped the century mark as well as the 110-pt. mark. Her desire to be like Kobe (doesn't rhyme as well as "Mike" does it?) includes one fact that surpasses Bryant: this girl was arrested for assault of a 13-yr-old girl last year! The charge was eventually reduced, and she was remanded to complete community service and issued a restraining order (eerie, isn't it?). Rutgers is getting a gem, there.
The conference my school plays in already has a gem...and it's a coach. Employing a full-court press against a team that was winless, this John Wooden wannabe managed a 122-79 victory. Word is that the starters played all but the last couple of minutes. Ahead by nearly 40 as the 4th quarter began, he took no chances on a stirring comeback and continued to pound away. Since I was not there, I must take a spectator's word that the coach on the losing end confronted our hero in a most ungentlemanly manner concerning what he felt was a lack of sportsmanship. I can only imagine the crowd's reaction: the only thing better than crushing an opponent would be a donneybrook in which the opposing coach got physically pounded, too. No dobt, the bars stayed open late that night. I doubt Coach K is worried about losing his job.
My students often wonder why, if I'm such a big sports fan, I don't see any of their games (and haven't in six years). These examples should offer clarity. 'Nuf said.