Ken Mink, 73, Is America’s Oldest College Basketball Player

Ken Mink, at the age of 73, will be 50 years older than his teammates when they begin the 2008-2009 basketball season.

The 6 foot, 190 pounder will be listed on the weekly roster as a Senior - which seems fitting to be sure. He played high school basketball until 1956 when he was kicked off the team for a shaving cream prank. [Bitten and Bound]

Chris Fowler’s Priceless Reaction to Michael Crabtree’s Game-Winning Catch

According to a reader, this mash-up of photos is making the rounds on college football message boards in Texas.

The dapper man with his mouth agape is ESPN’s Chris Fowler - a pro’s pro; probably one of the Top 5 talents at the network, in our opinion - reacting to Michael Crabtree’s now-legendary tightrope on the sideline with :01 second left Saturday night in Lubbock to stun No. 1 Texas. [Big Lead]

Rutgers Students Launch On Campus Business

With the stock market tumbling and the American financial structure in disarray, a group of Rutgers University students from Phi Beta Lambda, a business organization with approximately 50 members, have managed to launch their own business, called RutgersYOU.com.

RutgersYOU.com President Eric Weinberg, a Rutgers College senior, and others launched RutgersYOU.com’s service this summer, offering customizable promotional products to student groups and organizations on campus. [Daily Targum]

Coming To The Big East In 2010 - Men’s Lacrosse

The Big East conference is forming a new men’s lacrosse league that will include national champion Syracuse.

The league will start competition in the spring of 2010 and will include Syracuse, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Villanova, Notre Dame and Georgetown.

The schools will play each other once.

The conference’s 16 athletic directors unanimously approved the new league during recent meetings. The conference will apply for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Syracuse, which won its 10th NCAA title last month, had played as an independent, while the other schools were scattered in other leagues. [AP]

Former President Clinton Backs Out Of UCLA’s Commencement Ceremony

Former President Bill Clinton won’t be addressing graduates at the UCLA College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony on Friday, June 13, as previously scheduled.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block will deliver keynote remarks to approximately 4,000 graduating seniors and their guests at the event, which is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) asked Clinton and others not to speak at UCLA while its union members are working without a contract and negotiating with the University of California system.

“It’s unfortunate that union activities are affecting a UCLA event intended to celebrate student achievement,” said Judith L. Smith, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education at the UCLA College of Letters and Science. “While we’re disappointed for students and their family members looking forward to hearing a former president speak, we anticipate a joyful mood as we send off graduating seniors with a ceremony filled with colorful traditions.” [UCLA.NewsRoom]

In our last pick on February 14th DA Zeus racked up his 2nd loss as Georgia Tech lost to Clemson 82-67. Gebsta dropped to 1-3 when Boston College beat up on N.C. State. Fenboy fell to a dismal 0-4 as Middle Tennessee State beat South Alabama 76-70 and Bone (1-3-1) pushed when West Virginia beat Rutgers by 18 points, 81-63.

The overall total 6-13-1

Let’s hope the guys can pick some winners tonight because this thing is starting to get real ugly. Read more

Eight months after radio-host Don Imus used racial slurs against the Rutgers Women’s Basketball teams he’s back on the air - and he’s not racist anymore! Promise!

Imus (and the heads at RFD-TV, no doubt) must have thought it would be a great idea to prove his non-racial stance by hiring on not one but two black comedians. (We are only calling attention to their race to prove how “un-racist” we are here at COED.)

Diversity has a name, or two names in this case: comedians Karith Foster and Tony Powell. Foster is a Jewish/African-American/Texan who graduated from Oxford (JACKPOT!) and Powell is…an African-American comedian!

Don Imus, African-American sidekick(s), continued wisecracks and controversy - sounds like the show is extending an olive-branch towards its infamous rival.

Will this act of unity (and comedy) scream heavy-duty marketing or turn this never-ending controversy on its ear? Tune in to WABC-AM (or RFD-TV) and find out.

Everybody thinks they totally understand slutty people. When we hear about a guy or a girl who has a knack for falling into other people’s beds, we all immediately become psychologists.

They don’t like themselves. They’re looking for acceptance, a father figure, someone to mother them. They’re afraid of love, of commitment, of being appreciated—I mean, I could go on for hours.

But what if a lot of our promiscuous peers were just…friendly? Read more