I'll Never Trust Kevin Hart Again
On Tuesday of this week, I wrote about Kevin Hart and how he had been tricked into thinking he was being recruited by Cal and Oregon. The kid held a press conference in his small hometown of Fernley, Nevada to announce his decision.
Then a few days later Hart found out that it was all just a prank somebody was pulling on him. At least, that's what he told us. As it turns out, Hart was making the whole thing up.
Well, I understand how I was duped. I don't live in Nevada, and I've never seen the kid play, so how could I know? What I don't get is how his coaches couldn't figure it out. They see him play every day, shouldn't they have realized there was no way that Division I schools were recruiting him?The Kevin Hart recruiting saga came to an abrupt end this afternoon when the Fernley offensive lineman admitted the entire process was a fraud.
“I wanted to play D-I ball more than anything. When I realized that wasn’t going to happen, I made up what I wanted to be reality,” read a statement sent out by Teri White, assistant superintendent of the Lyon County School District, on behalf of Hart. “I am sorry for disappointing and embarrassing my family, coaches, Fernley High School, the involved universities and reporters covering the story.”
Reached Wednesday afternoon, White said the district continues to conduct its internal investigation into how so many people were duped by the high school senior.
Still, even after finding all of this out, I still feel bad for Hart. Obviously at first I felt bad for the kid because I thought he'd been tricked. Now I feel bad for the kid because there's obviously something wrong if he went through all this trouble to try and convince the entire town he was going to Cal.I guess he just never thought about what would happen this fall when he was supposed to leave for school.
To make matters worse for Hart, all of this could get him into a bit of legal trouble as well.
Lyon County sheriff's detective Lt. Rob Hall received the case Wednesday morning. By late afternoon, he was relieved to hear of Hart's confession.Not to worry though, if he does somehow end up having to do some time in prison, he can just tell his family he's taking that recruiting trip to Texas A&M.
"What I am intending to do is request Kevin sit down with me," Hall said, adding he wants to know more details of Hart's web of deceit.
From there, Hall said he will write a report and forward it to the district attorney.
"The district attorney will see if charges (filing a false report) will be filed," Hall said.
Foul Balls
Pedro Martinez Loves Cockfighting - While Mike Vick is currently serving two years for running a dog-fighting operation, Pedro Martinez is smart enough to leave the country before he partakes in any animal fisticuffs.
A video surfaced on Home Run Derby yesterday of Pedro Martinez in the Dominican Republic with another former pitching great, Juan Marichal, as the two attended a cockfight. Actually, they weren't attending the cockfight as much as Pedro's cock was taking on Marichal's cock in a poultry battle to decide who the greatest pitcher in the history of the Dominican really is.
The video has since been taken down by YouTube, though SportsbyBrooks has an animated GIF of some of the scenes from the video.
I'm not exactly a fan of cockfighting, as I prefer my bloodsports to involve people, but it's important to point out that in the Dominican this is all perfectly legal, so Pedro did nothing wrong.
Still, if I'm Pedro I'm probably going to be a little more careful when I attend these things. With the way this country reacted to the Vick story, I'm not sure having video on the internet of you participating in cockfights is the best way to make new fans here in the States.
And We Wait On Terrelle Pryor - As I'm sure you're all completely aware of, yesterday was national signing day in college football when recruits from all over the country put on fake press conferences to announce they're going to schools that didn't recruit them.No wait, that's just Kevin Hart. Everybody else means it.
Of course, the one player that everybody's been waiting on to see where he's going, quarterback Terrelle Pryor, came out and said he hadn't made his mind up yet. Which is generally pissing everybody off except for his father, and Penn State fans.
Most people seemed to figure that Pryor was either going to Ohio State or Michigan, but now Penn State has jumped back to the top of Pryor's list, and he'd like more time to consider them and also Oregon, where his father's a coach.
I'd like to personally tell Terrelle to take all the time he needs to make up his mind, and weigh all the options because it's a big choice. Then, when you're done doing all that, hold a press conference to tell us all you've chosen Penn State. Thanks.
Also, for those of you wondering, Notre Dame had a pretty good day yesterday, as their recruiting class has been ranked 2nd in the nation. Illinois came in at #23.
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