You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me
– B.B. King - You Upset My Baby

9. Nothing can stop me now i’m the Duke of Earl. Actually, one Duke got stopped and most hoops fans are giddy like little schoolgirls at this development. In case you missed it, the Duke Blue Devils lost a late game thriller to Virginia Commonwealth, 79-77. When you get right down to it, Duke arguably shouldn’t have been seeded as high as they were because their season has been mediocre at best. This makes hoops fans even giddier that an oversight by the NCAA’s “Blue Ribbon Panel of Experts” (better known as the Selection Committee) was righted with this Duke defeat. The sad thing is, we’ll be seeing Coach Krzyzewski in commercials till the end of the tournament for varying products.

It gives Dick Vitale a reason to keep watching, though.

8. Going to the pokey isn’t a fun time. Tank Johnson, the troubled defensive lineman of the Chicago Bears, was thrown into the tank of a different kind on Thursday, getting a 120-day sentence for violating a probation order from a 2005 gun case. This and PacMan Jones’ dalliances with the continuing fracturing of laws might just push the NFL executives to come up with some harsher on-field sanctions against players whom are repeated offenders.

If you want to know how comical this whole thing has become, check out ProFootballTalk.com’s ‘Turd Watch’, which tabulates points for teams whose players get arrested and charged with crimes. Check here for the latest addition to the ‘Watch’, Jerramy Stevens.

More after the jump »

News and notes while rolling out of bed to grab a Guinness….

Report: Rangers’ forward Hollweg won’t press charges against Islanders’ Simon (AP/USA Today)  It would have been another black eye for the league had he done so, which means the league probably talked him out of it.

And the First 2007 NCAA Tournament Choke Belongs Too … Illinois! (The Big Lead) The Big Lead really laments the loss of Illinois against Virginia Tech. A nice little choke job.

Mark Mulder’s new ride: A St. Louis Cardinals chopper (Bird Land Blog) Derrick Goold reports a ‘Chopper’ that St. Louis pitcher Mark Mulder had commishioned is to be auctioned for charity and pics are included.

Kobe’s 65 lifts Lakers in OT, end Lakers’ dry spell (AP/ESPN) Kobe’s about the only thing exciting in LA these days when it comes to hoops.

Cactus: Rockies’ Francis, Hurdle suspended (AP/ESPN) Francis intentionally threw at San Diego’s Kevin Kouzmanoff in a spring training game.

Blue Jays’ Chacin arrested for DUI (SI.com) SI’s John Donovan reports that Toronto pitcher Gustavo Chacin on a misdemeanor account of driving under the influence. He and Sidney Ponson should never hang out.

Prior commitment (Yahoo! Sports) Yahoo! columnist Tim Brown chronicles the emotionally-fragile and former Cubs wunderkind, Mark Prior.