Omaha native Brad Dickson reviews this week in sports. Dickson is a former writer for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
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Tom Osborne is taking a stand against the Big 12 being pulled toward Texas. At the conference meetings he spoke out against proclamation 18, which would give Bevo a vote.
As usual, the Big 12 meetings closed when all the members joined hands for the singing of “The Eyes Of Texas.”
Commissioner Dan Beebe said the league needs to have frank discussions about who's going to be on the Big 12 plane when it takes off. It's looking more and more like that plane will be a Piper Cub.
Beebe also said, “I need to know what apples are in the cart before we go to market.” It feels like we have Big 12 Commissioner Jed Clampett.
At this rate, by the time the Big Ten makes a decision Beebe will have used up all the good homilies. He'll be reduced to “I wanna figure out how many strips of bacon are in the fryin' pan before breakfast starts a-cookin', or else we're gonna have to go with sausages.”
The latest report has six Big 12 schools possibly leaving for the Pac-10. Colorado football coaches said they plan to keep Nebraska as their designated rival even if they never play Nebraska.
The Super Bowl was awarded to a cold-weather locale. This is expected to greatly enhance Daytona's odds of hosting the 2014 Iditarod.
The Jets-Giants were awarded the Super Bowl because they have a new $1.6 billion stadium. Hey, if the NFL is looking for Super Bowl locales with cold weather and overpriced stadiums, I have to think Omaha has a shot.
The Lincoln police spokeswoman who reported that Niles Paul was ticketed for urinating in public is named Katie Flood. I have nothing to add.
Turner Gill is trying to change the environment at Kansas. He said, “If anyone starts talking about the past, we end the conversation,” endearing himself to members of the faculty who don't teach history.
Kansas chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little ordered a review of Athletic Director Lew Perkins' acceptance of thousands of dollars of exercise equipment. This is why Kansas should've kept Mark Mangino around; nobody had to worry about him accepting exercise equipment.
This exercise equipment thing is the biggest scandal to strike KU athletics in almost 12 hours.
The 64-team NCAA baseball tournament field includes Mercer, Bucknell, Florida International, Stony Brook and Bethune-Cookman. It sounds more like a Nebraska basketball nonconference schedule.
One of the last teams dropped from consideration for the 64-team field was Pittsburgh. Thank goodness. If the final image of the last CWS at Rosenblatt is Pittsburgh A.D. Steve Pederson hoisting the championship trophy, it would basically be the end of life as we know it.
Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga lost a perfect game when the umpire blew a call at first base. Umpire Jim Joyce made such a poor decision Detroit immediately named him the new CEO of General Motors.
After hitting a game-winning grand slam, the Angels' Kendry Morales broke his leg during the celebration. This is where the Kansas City Royals are genius. To avoid injury they do very little worth celebrating.
In a stunning upset, Hawaii defeated Alabama to advance to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. History was made. This is the first time anyone who lives in Hawaii has been excited about a trip to Oklahoma.
LeBron James shot baskets on a playground with CNN host Larry King. I saw James playing with a 76-year-old man — for a second I thought LeBron had signed with the Celtics.
After filing bankruptcy, former NBA player Antoine Walker is back at the University of Kentucky honing his game. Walker hopes to stay at Kentucky for a few weeks, then get an NBA try-out. So he's just like every freshman enrolling at Kentucky.
When Memphis basketball coach Josh Pastner's wife went into labor, he brought a cellphone into the delivery room to stay in touch with recruits. “Honey, please! I'll cut the cord after I'm done talking to my point guard.”
The Indy 500 was won by Dario Franchitti who stretched his final gas fill up to last a record 37 laps. I didn't even know Prius sponsored an IndyCar.
At the French Open, Venus Williams suffered a wardrobe malfunction. Her outfit slipped and covered her private parts. She immediately corrected it.
All the Americans were eliminated from the French Open by last Wednesday. With every American gone the hosts called this “the greatest event in the history of French sport.”
ESPN's Chris Berman is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Berman is excited because his star will be near those of Elizabeth “Get Me To The Church On Time” Taylor and W.C. “Outstanding In His” Fields.
About 130,000 people attended the second UFC Fan Expo in Las Vegas. Fans of Ultimate Fighting got to dance around an Octagon, learn how to do an arm bar and knock out Kimbo Slice.
In Omaha a “nude housecleaning” service has opened. You know you're getting older if your first reaction is, “They do windows?”
The G-20 Economic Summit is taking place. Of course, the next time 20 leaders get together will be the Big Ten spring meetings.
ESPN3.com aired early rounds of the National Spelling Bee. Because it was on a computer website, all the kids got to use spell check.
I wish ESPN3 would stick to airing traditional sports like the Italian Hula Hoop Finals and the Greenland Marble Championships.
Nebraska's first dog Snickers has his own blog featuring regular updates. I got pretty depressed when I realized Snickers' life is more eventful than mine.
Ice Box was the favorite going into Saturday's Belmont Stakes. I believe Ice Box would be the first rap star to ever win a horse race.
And finally: Officials at the London Marathon disqualified a 69-year-old man who won his age division for taking a 10-mile shortcut. Nitpickers!
— Dickson, and Omaha native, is a former writer for “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.”
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