Boise Wins Fiesta AGAIN!!! Antoine Turner Gets A Ring

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Bryan Harsin, the new Boise State head coach, went into the Chris Peterson playbook for a good dose of irony in their 38-30 win over Arizona in Glendale on New Year's Eve.

He even pulled out the reverse "Statue of Liberty" play for a TD in a handoff to Jay Ajayi for ther second of his three runs for score on the day.

The point was made that Boise is the Gonzaga of college football- it doesn't matter who they play, the Broncos get their pounds of flesh in whatever bowl game they play, regardless of opponent.

But one of the cool stories for Boise is that of Antoine Turner- the homeless junior college star that ended up getting a competitive waiver from the NCAA to be able to have a roof over his head, enroll in school and get playing for the university.

A great young man and a greater story...

Here's the interview with Turner off the win at the end of the longest season of football he has ever had...

Boise Gets To Help Homeless Future Football Player After All

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Antoine Turner is, for all intents and purposes, homeless- and he has to be...

Or, to be more accurate thankfully, "had" to be...

He is set to graduate from Fullerton (CA) College in a week or so and was going to head to Boise State to play football. But, because of the antiquated NCAA rules (who knew, right...?), he could not get any kind of advanced aid from Boise State University- his future home for education and football. Fans or boosters couldn't give him any kind of aid, either, because it would be construed as an improper benefit.

To recap: he lost his mom from cancer at the age of 4. His dad was no help and he got involved in the gangs in New Orleans. He was a runner for a while, but found football as an escape. He got a scholarship to play JuCo football in California, slept on park benches, and eventually found a roof over his head with his girlfriend's uncle.

But, once he got his scholarship to Boise, he has to leave the government-subsidized housing. He would either sleep in a motel when his girlfriend's family had money or in her car.

Here's the initial feature done by KTVB on Turner.

Public outcry and a profound lack of common sense in the situation got the NCAA to look at the 6-week gap in school transitions and, FINALLY, grant a waiver...

Jim Tust gets to show us that logic occasionally even gets to the NCAA

The HQ would like to thank the NCAA...

For everything...

Donald Sterling Gives The Wrong Answer And Hasn't Fulfilled Charity Promises

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There isn't a whole lot to this particular update, so we'll just let Sandra Mitchell tell you...


That's not the right answer to give unless we're looking at a man who feels that he doesn't have a whole lot to lose at this point... and that quote is the money quote for the May issue of "DuJour Magazine"

And the NBC Los Angeles Investigative Unit has come across something else that may be dogging the current Los Angeles Clippers owner. Joel Grover talks about a $50-million idea that hasn't even left the ground floor...


The HQ gets the feeling that the LA media senses blood in the water and isn't going to give up soon...

Rockets Jones Pleads Not Guilty To Stomping

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Houston Rockets forward Terrence Jones pleaded not guilty to harassment after he was arrested for stomping on a sleeping homeless man.

Early Wednesday morning around 2AM (and we'll remind you what we say about early morning stuff...), a police officer said he saw a group of people leaving a local Portland nightclub.

The officer watched Jones walk by a doorway where two homeless men were sleeping. The officer said Jones yelled “wake up” and then stomped on one of the men’s legs. Police contacted Jones and took him into custody.

The victim, 46-year-old Daniel Kellerher, had a minor leg injury, but didn't need any further medical attention.
Jones appeared in court Wednesday afternoon where he pleaded not guilty...

Here's the latest out of Portland...

Way to go, genius...
Allegedly...