Nebraska Sports Journal: Sports Today 5/22/07

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Sports Today 5/22/07

Arkansas QB transfers to USC

Sophomore QB Mitch Mustain who was undefeated as a starter (8-0) last year is transfering to USC. Mustain will have to sit out this year because of NCAA rules but will have 3 years left of eligibility starting next season. Mustain completed 69 of 132 passes for 894 yards and 10 touchdowns with nine interceptions last season.

Everyone on LeBron's Case for Passing on Game Winning Shot

A lot of sports writers are wondering why LeBron (left) didn't take the last second shot in the 79-76 loss to the Detroit Pistons. Here are the top 3 reasons why you can't blame LeBron for passing on the last shot.

3. LeBron hadn't got a call all night. LeBron was driving to the basket all night and getting fouled and they didn't once call a foul. This is LeBron's first playoff game without a free throw attempt.

2. You go for the win on the road. Everyone know that when you are down in the closing seconds of a game, you go for a tie and home and a win on the road. They were in Detroit, so the it makes sense that you pass to the corner for a three pointer, to win the game.

1. Dontell Marshall (right) shot 40% from behind the arc in the first two rounds of the playoffs. Marshall also had six 3 pointers against New Jersey in game 6 of their series.

After Marshall missed the shot with the score 78-76 Detroit made 1 of 2 free throws to win the game.

Foreman Claims to Be Drugged Durning the 1974 Fight "Rumble in the Jungle"

Former Heavy Weight champion George Forman is claiming in his new book "God in My Corner", that someone drugged him just prior to going into the ring to face Muhammad Ali. "I almost spit it out ... Man, I know this water has medicine in it," Foreman told his trainer at the time, according to his book. "I climbed into the ring with that medicinal taste still lingering in my mouth ... After the third round, I was as tired as if I had fought 15 rounds. What's going on here? Did someone slip a drug in my water?" This writer is sure he is making up this story to help sell his new book. If something like this happened to you, would you wait 33 years to tell anyone? I don't think so.