Friday

Not much to report today. Maybe a little vino after work.

A couple of Sports items.

The gal anchor on The Golf Channel got suspended for two weeks for making a non-politically-correct comment on the air about how some guys should jump Tiger in the alley before the tournament and "lynch" him. By the time the media had blown the story into a tempest in a teapot, our good friend, the Rev. Al Sharpton, had jumped in, the TGC caved, and the anchor went to the sidelines. Just goes to show you how sensitive the media is to the race card.

Then you have Dallas quarterback Tony Romo hung out in the breeze by a lot of Cowboys fans because he's dating Jessica Simpson, and not concentrating as hard as he should on the next game. I thought one of the reasons that you played sports was to get the girls. I hope he wins this weekend to quiet the critics.

Sports Illustrated last week had a story about the little-known Chaminade basketball team from Hawaii beating Virginia in a huge upset back in the 1970's when Virginia had Ralph Sampson. Interesting reading. That game pre-dated the wall-to-wall TV coverage that now exists in sports, and the only film of the game is from a hand-held camera in the stands. Relatively, that game makes the Appalachian State upset of Michigan last Fall less dramatic. I mean Chaminade was the equivalent of a junior college.

Ralph Sampson never made much of himself athletically, and he had lots of problems financially and socially. 8 kids by 6 women, I think the story said. Jail time. (But a couple of the Chaminade players had dark lives as well. You don't need to be famous to screw up.)

Off to sample a little Tuscan red.

Have a great evening. I'll be broadcasting tomorrow AM from SB's.

BCOT