Berry Tramel

San Antonio guard Tony Parker drove the lane Wednesday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Nick Collison delivered a moderately hard foul and all kinds of brimstone ensued.

Parker took umbrage, Spurs teammate Antonio McDyess shoved Collison, and Kevin Durant and Tim Duncan received off-setting superstar technicals.

Hey, Tony. You thought that was a hard foul? Wait til the next time you enter Thunder paint, which could come this May in the Western Conference playoffs.

A Pac-16 draws ever nearer -- a looming deadline to save the Big 12; Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott granted authority Sunday to expand his conference -- and out in the desert, Mike Stoops thinks it's just swell.

You're offered a job. Your dream job. The profession you've always wanted.

Only one catch. Well, OK, three or four catches.

Before Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford even returned from the halftime locker room Saturday night, his shoulder harnessed, the speculation began.Did Slingin' Sammy B. make the wrong decision in returning to college football after winning the Heisman Trophy?NFL riches awaited Bradford had he declared for the draft. Now, after what amounts to a shoulder separation, Bradford's status for the 2010 draft, not to mention the rest of the 2009 season, drifts into cloudiness.