Second Thoughts

Interviewer taunts Rousey, leaves broken

FILE - In this July 4, 2014, file photo, Ronda Rousey stands on the scale during a weigh-in for the UFC 175 mixed martial arts event at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Rousey has dominated every challenger in her two-year reign as the UFC's only women's bantamweight champion. Cat Zingano still believes she has a legitimate shot at Rousey's belt in UFC 184 on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
FILE - In this July 4, 2014, file photo, Ronda Rousey stands on the scale during a weigh-in for the UFC 175 mixed martial arts event at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Rousey has dominated every challenger in her two-year reign as the UFC's only women's bantamweight champion. Cat Zingano still believes she has a legitimate shot at Rousey's belt in UFC 184 on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Don't tell Ronda Rousey that she can't fight a man.

MMA Prime personality Aaron Tru, a white belt himself, told Rousey she wasn't strong enough to "compete with a man" and dared her to throw him.

"You know how to push my buttons," she said, before slamming him to the floor.

Laying motionless and moaning, Tru said: "I felt my ribs break."

"Is this a genuine reaction?" Rousey asked Tru. "I'm sorry."

According to Tru's video description, the stunt left him with "four busted ribs."

Rousey is an Olympic-level judo competitor in addition to being a UFC champion. She won bronze in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and took gold in the 2007 Pan American Games. She most recently defended her UFC title in just 14 seconds versus Cat Zingano.

Banks battle

The funeral home that handled services for Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks has jumped into the legal battle over the estate of the Baseball Hall of Famer with a claim for more than $35,000 it says it has not been paid.

The claim by Donnellan Family Funeral Services was filed Wednesday. It comes amid a legal challenge by Banks' widow, Elizabeth Banks, of a will Banks signed in October -- without her knowledge, she contends -- that leaves all his assets to longtime caregiver Regina Rice and nothing to her or Banks' children.

Last month, after Rice's attorney said a preliminary estimate showed Banks had assets worth just $16,000, a probate judge gave Rice 30 days to provide a full accounting of the estate.

That legal battle involves even the remains of the beloved "Mr. Cub," with Elizabeth Banks filing a petition to prevent Rice from having Banks' remains cremated. The challenge delayed Banks' burial at a cemetery not far from Wrigley Field until a week after his funeral.

In its claim, Donnellan asks to be paid $3,995 for legal fees it incurred "due to dispute over disposition of remains of deceased."

The court file includes a bill dated Feb. 6 -- the day Banks was buried -- that the funeral home sent to Elizabeth Banks. Among other expenses, the funeral home said the casket cost nearly $11,000, flowers cost $6,755, car services amounted to more than $3,000 and there were some $2,700 in staff fees.

Strong speaks

There was quite an overhaul of players on the Texas football roster when Charlie Strong took over the program from Mack Brown last year. It seemed like every day there was a story about another Longhorn transferring or being kicked off the team.

Well, Strong (Batesville, Central Arkansas) said during a recent interview with CBS Sports Radio that nobody was kicked off the team.

"I didn't kick them off," Strong said. "So much was said about, 'He walks in here and he just starts getting rid of guys.' I always look at it like this: With our coaching staff, we've provided you a chance to just get it right and just do what we ask you to do, and that's what it came down to. Any time you take over a program, sometimes you're going to be challenged. I'm one of those coaches where I make it about the players. I want them to always understand that I'm going to do everything I can to make sure they're successful.

"Now, some people don't want to hear the message, and then when they decide that they want to run their own program, then I tell them, 'You know what? This may not be the place for you. There's other schools that would love to have you, so I just think that's probably where you need to go.'"

QUIZ

How old is Ronda Rousey?

ANSWER

28.

Sports on 03/07/2015

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