Thursday Morning Dump

Joaquin Pheonix should hang out with Karen Sypher; not a huge Jemele Hill fan, but she has a point here; video game characters inspired by movie characters; who does this on the subway?; the science of one night stands; midget wrestling.

- Josh Selby is making an unofficial visit to UConn.

- Calipari takes a loss on his Memphis house. That's news?

- Jeff Goodman talks to new VCU headman Shaka Smart.

- Kevin Stallings is paying the $100,000 cost for his Vandy team to go to Australia.

- Amber Gray recovering from brain surgery after a stroke.

- Baron Davis sex tape?

- Linas Kleiza signs with Olympiakos in Greece for $12.2 million over two years.

- Wow. Brady Quinn's a d-bag.

- The downfall of Lawrence Phillips.

- Shane Victorino got a beer thrown on him in Wrigley last night. They threw out the wrong guy.

- Victorino can complain about fans when one comes at him with a knife, like in this Copa Sur-america soccer match between Uruguay and Bolivia:



Obama snubbed on a handshake: