Sports Links, 5.16.08

+Gary Parrish on the new style of recruiting: pounce on verbally committed recruits when there's a coaching change through the AAU and high school coaches, aka the back channels.

+Allegations that Kansas' Darrell Arthur shouldn't have been eligible due to changed grades in high school, which could mean Kansas would be in danger of losing basketball title... in the most silly of worlds. Yeah, I'm sure no other school has players who'd had their high school grades changed. I know it's hard to tell on a blog post, but that's sarcasm.

+Dear athletes: how many times do I have to say this? Wear a $%^#@!!! CONDOM.

+Billy Wagner sure likes to talk. And in New York, talk is taken seriously. Will the other players stick around for the tough questions after being called out (again) by the team's closer?

+The New York Times is going to love the quotable D'Antoni. He's intelligent, political, contemplative, contrary, argumentative, and competitive; he's a great news story.

+More on Kevin Parrom: Adam Zagoria indicates the incident was a fight about the team in general. Here's hoping he goes to a prep or Catholic school with a decent relationship with St. John's.

+A South African double-amputee, Oscar Pistorius ("the fastest man on no legs"), can compete to qualify for this summer's Olympic games with his carbon fiber legs (below the knee). I bet he'll be stripped of any medals if he gets to the games and wins. Especially if the bionic man sound can be heard on the track.

Video of Pistorius: