Then I see where some stupid students have put their guest tickets up for sale on EBay. This is an atrocity.

The guest tickets are sold so you can take your friends to games. They are for you to take family members to games. The student has to have some dignity about them to do just that. That section isn’t for scalpers. It should be filled with Tigers. And there were students who didn’t get to buy guest tickets because slimeballs like that used the privilege to scalp them.
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While many Mid-Southerners were enjoying the final few minutes of hunting season last weekend, Marion, Ark., resident Mark Rose was notching another top-five finish on the pro-fishing circuit - his fourth in 11 months.

Rose caught a four-day total of 20 bass that weighed 61 pounds, 8 ounces and placed fifth in the FLW Series Eastern Division event on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. J.T. Kenny of Port Charlotte, Fla., won the tournament with 68-13.

Rose earned $20,000 for the performance, bringing his career earnings on the FLW Outdoors circuit to a whopping $633,637. FLW Outdoors hosts several tours, including the FLW Series, FLW Tour, Stren Series and Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League (BFL).

Since March 2007, Rose managed the following top-10 finishes:

Second place at the Stren Series Central Division on Bull Shoals Lake ($13,301).

Fourth place at the Stren Series Central Division on the Columbus Pool ($5,970)

First place at the FLW Series Eastern Division on Pickwick Lake ($125,000)

Fifth place at the FLW Series Eastern Division on Lake Okeechobee ($20,000).

Rose now has 14 career top-10 finishes with FLW Outdoors.

He’s scheduled to take part in the FLW Series East/West Fish-Off next week in Del Rio, Texas.

The Grizzlies have suspended Stromile Swift for one game for conduct detrimental to the team. Swift and head coach Marc Iavaroni exchanged words on the bench during the Grizzlies’ loss Monday to the Dallas Mavericks.

Swift stood, leaning over Iavaroni, apparently trying to make his point during the disagreement. Assistant coach Johnny Davis eventually intervened before Swift strolled to the end of the bench. Swift will miss the Grizzlies’ game Wednesday against the Denver Nuggets.

Albeit a player who never fully reached his potential, Swift has never been a knucklehead. So this is clearly a surprise turn of events in what has been a disappointing season for the Griz.

ROSTER MOVE: The Grizzlies will allow Bobby Jones’ second 10-day contract to expire today. He will not be signed for the rest of this season. Jones appeared in nine games for the Griz. He averaged 4.4 points on 39-percent shooting. If the Griz sign another player soon, he likely will be a point guard given Mike Conley’s injury and Damon Stoudamire’s departure via a buyout.