Morning Head: Let's continue to point and laugh at Ohio State ... and the Heat

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So, Jim Tressel admitted that he was informed of the transgressions of his players about a year ago (here are the e-mails), but didn't pass the information along because he felt it was confidential. What he means by thinking the information was confidential is that he was pretty sure if he reported it, his players would be ruled ineligible, and a team that a lot of people thought had a chance to win a national championship would no longer have that chance. Semantics. (Sports By Brooks)

Of course, all of this is horseshit. Tressel knew exactly what he was doing, and now he's hoping that his pristine image will help convince everyone that he's not really all that guilty. But the thing is, anybody not wearing scarlet and gray isn't buying it. There are a lot of great takes on this around the web right now -- Stewart Mandel, Mark Schlabach, Cleveland Plain Dealer -- so I'll direct you to those. My personal feeling is that the NCAA should step in and suspend Tressel for at least as many games as the players got. The NCAA still has to rule on this, so that's definitely possible (so hold off on the outrage toward the NCAA, for now). The two-game suspension is just Ohio State's recommendation. One of my favorite parts of this is that Ohio State fans are now trying to fall back on the fact their football program self reported itself more than anyone else in the last decade, as if that's a good thing. They're the bratty kid on the playground who keeps doing stupid shit but thinks it's OK because he always tells the teacher half the story. Basically, they're Catholic. (Various sites)

The Heat lost again. To the Blazers. Ha. (Miami Herald)

Oakland breezed into the NCAA Tournament by dominating the Summit League Tournament. The Grizzlies closed it out with a 90-76 win against Oral Roberts. They're dangerous. If you remember, they started off the season with some big nonconference wins, so don't be surprised if they come into the tournament as high as a No. 11. Wherever they end up, the team on the other line is going to have its hands full. (Freep)

I don't normally link simply to a Youtube video, but I feel this will do more than any words written on it. Zdeno Chara absolutely destroyed Max Pacioretty last night, with the help of a metal post that separates the benches. The talk on Twitter by hockey writers is whether or not this deserves a suspension or if it was simply a case of poor timing. You be the judge. (Youtube)

Barcelona won the second leg of its Champions League match with Arsenal, 3-1, and will move on with a 4-3 aggregate score. Barcelona is the best team in the world, so it doesn't need any help from the officials. But it got it anyway. Tough pill to swallow for Arsenal fans. (The Spoiler)

James O'Keefe and conservative bloggers are smiling this morning, as the CEO of NPR has resigned following a video "sting" against the company. Vivianne Schiller, the CEO, isn't actually the one that called Tea Party members racist, but she still decided to step down as NPR has been under conservative scrutiny since firing Juan Williams for being a jackass. Republicans are dead-set on cutting funding for public broadcasting, and will use things like the sting to push the cause. (MSNBC)

Your Amazingness isn't that amazing today, but I have to take a shit and am trying to wrap this up: