Rutgers University fired men’s basketball coach Mike Rice today, after videotape revealed that Rice is a complete and total prick—an abusive, homophobic bully. Later today, additional video was released, uncovering even more offenses by the disgraced former coach. Several of these are listed below. Count on Salt in Wound to keep you up to the minute on this developing story.
• Shouted at Louisville’s Kevin Ware, “Get up, you %&#!@ wuss!”
• Threw a chair at Bobby Knight.
• Peeped in the girls’ locker room with Tommy, Billy, and Pee Wee.
• Ordered “just turkey on white” at the Grease Trucks.
• Squirted oil on court prior to halftime wheelchair basketball game.
• Taped over “It Gets Better” videos with old episodes of Baywatch.
• Suggested that Michael Jordan “give baseball a try; you’d be really good.”
• Accused Superstorm Sandy of only giving 109%.
• Insisted games of “HORSE” be played on horseback.
• Tied Eric LeGrand’s shoelaces together.
• Wondered aloud, “Why is it called March Madness if some of the games are in April?”
• “Hey Imus, longtime listener, first-time caller. You should say something, like, really crazy about the women’s team.”
• Lambasted Washington Generals for “not even trying, you worthless pieces of shit” after defeat to Globetrotters.
• Encouraged freshman recruits to “party like Len Bias.”
• Snuck into Pat Summitt’s bathroom, changed location of her toothbrush.
• Got advance DVDs of Downton Abbey from England; tweeted spoilers.
Like you Jack, I don’t necessarily like to see humor in serious issues, more of a need to take the air out of their holy significance. My wife sent me this dailymail.uk link from today – “Harrowing photographs of the liberation of Nazi concentration camp inspire grandson…”
I don’t know how she fixated on the Holocaust, but she has over fifteen books on the shelf recounting the events, along with books on the Armenian Genocide, lots of books on the murders of Nikolai, Anastasia etc of the Royal Russian family, etc. Guess it’s a fascination with the downtrodden, or unfairly used people in life, or those with just plain dumb luck. Dunno.
Regarding the newsbit, I selfishly focus on the “inspiration” this filmmaker experienced. When I think of my lineage, late 1800s shitty life peasants, so awful their sons came to America to spend the next sincerely happy 50 years in coalmines, I barely muster the energy to delve into the totalitarian forces that exploited their lives. I mean c’mon, isn’t it time to tape over “Schindler’s List” with episodes of Baywatch? Or perhaps ridiculing in good fun the whole “It Gets Better” homophobic bully movement is the right approach. Either way, I Shamefully Self-Promote! And take tits over “Help, I’m being repressed” stories most anyday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_1bzaj2fw