Tuesday, April 25, 2006

The House Reggie Built

Just days before the NFL draft, the family of USC running back Reggie Bush is homeless. Actually, no one knows where they are right now after they abruptly left the 3,000-square-foot house place they had been living in the past year in Spring Valley, CA after a reported asked a seemingly innocent question about how they could afford the $800,000 home.

Unfortunately for Bush, Yahoo! Sports starting asking questions about the real owner of the home, Michael Michaels, a man who alleged tried to get Reggie to sign with a certain agent and who also appears to have ties a sports marketing company. Oops. The result of that questioning has USC asking the Pacific-10 Conference for an investigation. If it turns out that Bush got the house from a booster, it's possible that USC would have to forfeit all 12 games they one that he played in during 2005.

Bears CB Manning Arrested

Ricky Manning Jr. joined the Chicago Bears a day after the cornerback was arrested on suspicion of assault following a fight at a restaurant in Los Angeles.

"Unfortunately, I can't talk about any legal business," Manning said during a conference call after the Carolina Panthers declined to match the Bears' offer sheet. "I was advised by my agent that I can't talk about any legal business or what happened Sunday morning. But when things are sorted out, I'll be more than happy to tell my side of the story so you can find out what happened."