there s no way she can play in the nba. it sounds good, the commissioner in basketball said within 10 years there could be a female nba player. you know what, it s much like barack obama giving back 5%. it s a stunt. it s a pr stunt. it s a good thing, but we ll see what happens. my bonus point goes to eric murdock. he played nine years in the nba. he was actually hired by rutgers coach mike rice to be the director of player development. now, mike rice should have hired him to be the director of coaching development. he s the guy that outed the tape to espn to get this guy fired. it should have been done months ago back in november. but good for eric mourdock. he did not get his contract renewed by the coach obviously. shame on him. my bonus point goes to senator from illinois, mark kirk, the second republican in the senate to come out in favor of same sex marriage in the last few weeks. it s particularly pivotal for the state of illinois right now, whose legislature is c
and surprise me. it was a nice event. it was not at all what i expected. cenk: yeah, i don t believe that either. we ll discuss that too. it s go time. [ theme music ] all right, welcome to the young turks. look at this, ben mankiewicz is with me. ben and i did the show together for six years the radio, online etc. we ll have fun and do it together today. cenk, thanks for having me. okay, what re are we doing basketball first? we re doing basketball because it touches on other issues the news today is that rutgers fired their basketball coach mike rice after he engaged in a pattern of behavior that made him resemble bobby knight s more angrier petulant little brother. reporter: what caused coach mike rice his job today. he was fired after this video was released showing him hitting, kicking hurling basketballs at players heads. and behind the bleeps, screaming obscenityies including homophobic words during his first three years of coach. the verbal abuse