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Da'Sean Butler Spends Time Contemplating Some Of Life's Big Questions

It's a slow time of year for sports if you're a football or basketball sports blogger.  I guess the same can be said if you're the Miami Heat's second round draft pick, Da'Sean Butler.  The former Mountaineer hoops star took to Twitter today to ponder some of life's random questions, such as:

• How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
• What type of animal is Snuffaluffagus?
• Are children that act in rated 'R' movies allowed to see them?
• Do you wake up or open your eyes first?
• Why do people never say "It's only a game" when they're winning?
• Why does the Easter Bunny carry eggs?  Rabbits don't lay eggs.
• If money doesn't grow on trees, then why do banks have branches?
• How can something be "new and improved"? If it's new, what was it improving on?

No, it's not news.  Yes, it is entertaining.  Good luck to Da' with the rehab.

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by Aaron Hawley • Jul 21, 2010 4:36 PM EDT

Penn State To Host Navy in 2012

Only weeks after announcing Penn State will play Syracuse at the Meadowlands in 2013 and as part of a home and home series in 2020 and 2021, Penn State announced today it will host Navy at Beaver Stadium in 2012.

Penn State Director of Athletics Tim Curley and Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk announced today that Nittany Lions and Midshipmen will meet on Sept. 15, 2012 in Beaver Stadium. Penn State and Navy have played 37 times previously, but the squads will be meeting for the first time since 1974.

The previously announced Temple at Penn State game in 2012 has been moved to Sept. 22. The Nittany Lions will visit Virginia on Sept. 8, 2012.

With the struggles Virginia has run into recently, it was essential that Penn State beef up the 2012 schedule with a respectable opponent to join MACrifices Temple and Ohio. Curley and the athletic department have sure done that here. While Navy is hardly a powerhouse, it's been the best of the independents in recent years and should give critics little to sneeze at when evaluating the Penn State schedule.

With the addition, the 2012 out of conference schedule is now complete, and thankfully includes no FCS programs in the mold of Youngstown State or Eastern Illinois. The slate is by no means a killer, but it's certainly better than some of the other schedules Nittany Lion fans have been saddled with in recent years.

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by Adam Bittner • Jul 21, 2010 3:44 PM EDT

Jose Tabata's Wife Pleads Guilty To Kidnapping, Faces Life In Prison

Jose Tabata's wife, Amalia Tabata Pereira, has pled guilty to kidnapping a newborn, and she faces life in prison. 

Prosecutors said Amalia Tabata-Pereira took the 2-month-old baby while posing as an immigration official. She had threatened the parents with deportation.

Pereira had faked a pregnancy and presented the child to her husband, professional baseball player, as their own.

Not much to add here - this story is weird, but it isn't particularly funny. Jose Tabata's solid play over the past year suggests this hasn't affected his play, and let's hope that continues to be the case. The real victims here are the child and her parents, of course, but Tabata thought he was a father when, in reality, the whole thing was a ruse. I wouldn't want to go through that.

More details on this story here.

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by Charlie Wilmoth • Jul 21, 2010 1:24 PM EDT

Pitt Forward Dante Taylor Absent From Greentree Summer League Playoffs

Dante Taylor was absent from Monday’s Greentree Summer League playoff games. No reason has yet been reported for his absence.

Meanwhile, other Pitt players made headlines – most notably, the incoming freshmen. J.J. Moore led players on all four teams in scoring with 25 points and also collected 10 rebounds. But it wasn’t enough to overcome the performance of fellow freshman Cameron Wright. Wright led his team to a six-point victory, scoring 20 points:

“My mid-range game was on point, so [Lamar Patterson] just told me to keep going to it,” Wright said. “That’s what I kept doing, and it was falling so I kept shooting.”

Fans really should be encouraged by the play of both Moore and Wright during the Summer League games. Pitt’s third incoming freshman, Isaiah Epps, is not yet here and is expected to contribute to the team in the Fall.

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by Anson Whaley • Jul 20, 2010 9:53 PM EDT