Cautionary tales of social media stardom

Have you seen the video?

The one in which former USC basketball coach Tim Floyd breaks up a fight in a casino food court and nearly gets clocked in the back of the head by a chair-wielding woman?

Have you read Brian Theriot's profile page on Facebook?

The place where Theriot, father of UCLA fullback Trevor Theriot, trashed the UCLA football coaching staff?

We can't say it enough. Whatever you do, wherever you do it, be careful and make sure someone else isn't doing something under your name.

In the "no good deed goes unpunished" category, Floyd said he has become the subject of good-natured ribbing after the spread of the video clip.

Oh, and Floyd said, despite the fact Jim Rome said it was another former USC coach, Henry Bibby, who saved Floyd from being whacked by a chair-wielding woman, "It was not Henry Bibby," Floyd said.

The incident happened last Friday, Floyd said, while he was on his way out of town, moving to New Orleans.

"A friend wanted to say goodbye," Floyd said, "and this was a convenient place to meet."

When the fists started flying, Floyd said, "I waited 20 or 25 seconds for security to come, but no one came. I just thought somebody needed to step in and stop things."

Since the video clip went public, Floyd said, "Friends have been calling suggesting I start applying for jobs as a security guard. That was more physical than anything I saw in the Pac-10."

And it's not only athletes who get in trouble with their spontaneous and unedited comments on social-networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Parents need to be careful too.

Brian Theriot said someone hacked into his Facebook account, although Facebook communications editor Simon Axten said such occurrences "are very infrequent."

Theriot said he had some advice for parents of athletes. "The most important thing is to stay off Twitter," he said. "Twitter is very dangerous." Anybody want to check Theriot's Twitter account?

As for Floyd?

"I guess it's true," he said. "No good deed does go unpunished."

Or untaped.

Military honors

Fox's "NFL Sunday" studio show will be live from Afghanistan. On-base military personnel will demonstrate plays; troops will get to participate in a question-and-answer session with the experts -- Curt Menefee, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson.

It's in honor of Veterans Day, which is Nov. 11.