D Rose with the Steal?

Interesting rumor floating around that Derrick Rose laughed in a hooker's face instead of paying her for her...services.

From Nurize (via Boxden):

Reigning NBA MVP Derrick Rose just got put on blast by a popular ESCORT hooker named Bee. According to BEE via Twitter, DRose stiffed one of her friends… And when it was over, she asked Derrick for payment and allegedly Rose “laughed” in the prostitute’s face and told her that he wasn’t paying

TJ is, of course, playing the "good wife" on this one and defending his man-crush to the end. Personally, I think this story has a little bit of merit. True, Rose isn't known for being the type of guy to hire hookers, let alone skip out on the bill. But I see little reason for "BEE" to lie on this, since there wouldn't be much she could gain aside from some minor publicity (which isn't all that great of a thing when you consider that her livelihood depends on law enforcement people not knowing what her livelihood is).

And, really, is it such a stretch of the imagination that Rose could have been at a club, casino, hotel, etc., and pulled a ridiculously hot chick; then, after they did the damn thing, she piped up and said "That'll be $3000"? We've certainly seen it happen in TV and movies enough times to make it all the more likely that some female of subpar intelligence would actually try pulling off this Looney-Tunes-for-adults-worthy ploy. And if you were D Rose in this (albeit hypothetical) situation, what would be your response? Would you pay her? Hell no. You'd probably just get dressed, laugh at the broad, and walk out the door.

Whether he legitimately stole from this chickenhead or not, at least Rose is finding a way to keep himself in shape during the lockout.

My boy Iso with the assist.

Just Plane Wrong

Erin Andrews is attractive--I'm not contesting that fact. But people insist on consistently overrating her looks. She's "met a nice girl at the grocery store" hot, not Playboy Playmate hot. Hell, she's not even video vixen hot, and most "video vixens" would kill to be a Playboy Playmate.

And I find it hard to believe that any woman would be fine enough to make a guy feel the need to rub one out while sitting next to her in a public place.

From The Huffington Post:

Keith Clinkscales, a former ESPN executive, is fighting allegations that he once masturbated next to network correspondent Erin Andrews on a plane.


...According to [Deadspin blogger A.J.] Dalerio's source, Clinkscales had been reportedly sitting next to Andrews on a plane when she saw him masturbating underneath his iPad. When he realized that she had seen him, he "panicked and muttered, 'You know, I'm one of your bosses.'"

This almost sounds like it could have been written by the people who made "Seinfeld". But the one truly brilliant thing to come from this story is a statement made by Clinkscales' lawyer.

According to the Daily, his lawyer called the idea of masturbating underneath an iPad "ridiculous" and said, "I’m thinking of bringing a defamation suit on behalf of his penis."

I might just have to put this lawyer on retainer.

Revisionist History

The BCS has announced that they have will strip USC of their 2004 National Championship, due to the NCAA's ruling that Reggie Bush was ineligible that season due to rule violations. And, given the relative impotence of UCLA teams over the last decade, this is some of the best news a Bruins fan like myself has heard in quite some time.

From ESPN Los Angeles:

The BCS ruling vacated the results of the 2005 Orange Bowl -- the national title game for 2004 -- as well as the Trojans participation in the 2006 Rose Bowl, in which USC lost to Texas in the championship game.

As a result of the BCS's Presidential Oversight Committee ruling, there will be no BCS national champion in the record book for the 2004-05 season.

"The BCS arrangement crowns a national champion, and the BCS games are showcase events for postseason football," BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock said in a statement. "One of the best ways of ensuring that they remain so is for us to foster full compliance with NCAA rules. Accordingly, in keeping with the NCAA's recent action, USC's appearances are being vacated.

K Lew (a proud USC grad) has been suspiciously quiet ever since news of this scandal first broke. Hmmm...

Rooftops and Invitations

This is a little old, as the news first broke over the past weekend. But since The Hero is a USC alum, I figured I'd give his alma mater it's full moment of "glory".

Photos (see below) surfaced of a member of USC's Kappa Sigma frat and a female (I don't think it's been stated whether or not she's also a USC student) doing God's work on the rooftop of an academic building while a philanthropic event took place in the quad below. The stunt was, of course, incredibly stupid. But...I can't lie, it's kind of pimp, too. This guy's going to have to rely on those pimping skills, though, as it's looking like he may get booted from the university (he's already been suspended from the fraternity).

I'll tell you what else: I really miss Cali girls.

(photos via T.I.T.S. blog)

The story even got the Taiwanese animation treatment given to Tiger Woods and numerous other pop culture moments over the past year.

Respect My Gangsta: Silvio Berlusconi

The Italian Prime Minister's been making headlines recently for his alleged trysts with a 17 year old prostitute. But despite being surrounded by that kind of scandalous air, he's doing anything but shying away from critics' arrows. In fact, at a press conference yesterday on the island of Lampedusa, the 74 year old pimping-expert threw a shot across their bow.

From The Daily Mail:

...at a press conference, he found time to joke with local women.

The prime minister, who faces an allegation of under-age sex with a prostitute told them: "According to a survey, when asked if they would like to have sex with me, 30 percent said, 'Yes', while the other 70 percent replied, 'What, again?'."

Play on, playa...