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This Sooner is glad to say later, dude
Kansas State's Brandon Banks was a thorn in Bob Stoops' side.
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The Seattle Times
For Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, sending Brandon Banks a graduation present might be worth the NCAA sanctions.
Banks, Kansas State's 5-foot-7, 150-pound pinball, burned the Sooners for 351 all-purpose yards last Saturday — including a 98-yard kickoff return — and 301 receiving yards the past two seasons, so Stoops made it a point to seek him out afterward.
"I put my arm around him and said, 'You're a senior, aren't you?' " Stoops told the Salina (Kan.) Journal. "And he said, 'Yeah.' And I said, 'I'm glad. I'm tired of watching you return kicks.'
"I held my breath every time last week."
Spinach cider?
Popeye Jones, a player development coach for the Dallas Mavericks, was arrested and accused of drunken driving in Richardson, Texas.
Basketball fans were utterly shocked — that a guy named Popeye wasn't the team's strength coach.
That's shoe biz
Adidas will discontinue its sponsorship deal with Central Florida after UCF freshman Marcus Jordan, son of Michael, insisted on wearing Nike Air Jordan sneakers.
A resumption of Jordan Rules, or a classic case of the tail wagging the dog? You make the call.
Numbers game
Yankees manager Joe Girardi wore No. 27 this season — and the team won its 27th World Series title.
And in a related story, Don Wakamatsu just put in first dibs on Mariners jersey No. 1 for 2010.
Talking the talk
• Times reader Charlie Gay, on Packers fans encouraged to wear flip-flops for Brett Favre's return: "Why didn't they give women the option of wearing fake pumps or heels?"
• Times reader Bob Moliter, after ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy had to finish out his 15-month sentence to jail because he was busted for being AWOL from his halfway house: "Sounds like a traveling violation to me."
Airtight defense
Giants ace Tim Lincecum is facing misdemeanor pot charges after a traffic stop in Hazel Dell, Wash., but what jury could possibly convict him of inhaling?
As opposing hitters have muttered for years, the guy's smoke is nigh unhittable.
Dwight Perry: 206-464-8250 or dperry@seattletimes.com
