Cleveland Adult Entertainment: A Good Night for the Old Guard
There is celebrating at Iowa State with the hiring of Fred Hoiberg as basketball coach, despite the fact that he has never actually coached before. In Ames, they are just happy to have the Mayor back. And with any luck he will not eventually join the wave of coaches suing the schools that fired them.
The day’s most head-scratching news comes from the N.F.L., where Miami General Manager Jeff Ireland is apologizing for having asked receiver Dez Bryant, during his predraft interview, if his mother was a prostitute. In a realm where tactless questions have become commonplace, writes Michael Silver of Yahoo.com, Ireland has nonetheless reached a new low. In a disturbing story in the distracted-driving category, Washington tight end Chris Cooley was pulled over by the police while being interviewed on a radio show. After mentioning the officer by name in the interview — which Cooley continued through the traffic stop — he did not receive a ticket.