A former Nuggets ball boy apparently got into the team’s locker room, took Kenyon Martin’s car keys and filled his Range Rover’s white interior with buttered popcorn. “How ’bout if I don’t play in the playoffs until somebody tells me who did it,” Martin said more than once. Real mature, Kenyon.

Maybe this isn’t the most innocent prank, because it brings all kinds of security issues into question. This kid could’ve done a lot worse if he wanted to, because nobody was there to stop him. Still, the prank itself is anything to get all bent out of shape over. Apparently, Kenyon Martin thinks differently.

It’s not that K-Mart deserved this, but this is the same guy who nearly fought with Alonzo Mourning after making fun of his life-threatening kidney disease. This is the guy who exceeded the flagrant foul mark and was suspended and fined as a result. Oh, and that was all before he arrived in Denver. With the Nuggets, he’s been suspended for “conduct detrimental to the team”, gone after George Karl for not playing him enough, and…we must be missing something more. Someone fill us in! We’re not saying you deserved this Kenyon, but, we can’t exactly take your side either…fugazi.

Speaking of April Fools, it’s amazing how many people fell for the Sidd Finch prank. This year marks the 25th anniversary of “The Curious Case of Sidd Finch”, George Plimpton’s article that was published in Sports Illustrated in 1985. Apparently, the Mets had discovered a pitcher who could throw 168 miles per hour. 168? Where did this guy come from? How did he go undiscovered for so long? Did anyone actually buy into this?

The cool thing about the whole farce is that even the Mets played along. The story originally included pictures of “Finch” with members of the team. The prank wasn’t announced as a hoax until two weeks later. By the way, take a look at the article. The first letter of each word of the subtitle spells out, “Happy April Fools Day- ah fib.”