BRANDON JACOBS RUNS FOR DAYLIGHT?

How can you play for an NFL team that wins two Super Bowls in the seven years you play for them and then you jump ship for another team where you are an alternate second string or backup? Brandon Jacobs did, signing on with the San Francisco 49er’s!

29-year-old Jacobs ran for 571 yards and seven touchdowns last season as a backup to Ahmad Bradshaw He is the fourth-leading rusher in the franchise history of the New York Giants with 4,849 yards, but saw his role diminish with the emergence of Bradshaw.

But the question again: why the move from the biggest city in the NFL as a backup to be someone else’s backup? He may be getting more money, and maybe he is making a point, but can’t you look to be a starter somewhere? Selling yourself as #2 anything is not a good career move.

Maybe he figured he would miss Mario Manningham who along with Randy Moss signed on with San Francisco and upgraded the receiver’s corps.

RICK PITINO

Little Napoleon is back! Back to the Final Four that is, as it should be. One of the best college coaches out there, or ever for that matter, Providence, Louisville and Kentucky, each has had the benefit of the Pitino genius that is so legendary. The only other college coach to be considered in his league is Dean Smith of UNC, who ranks at the top because of not only his record, but the fact that all he achieved he did in Chapel Hill.

In 25 years of coaching, Pitino has been to six Final Four’s, and a National NCAA Championship title in 1996.

It seems wherever Rick Pitino goes, the level and quality of its college basketball program grows. So all is well with the world of Final Four’s, little Napoleon is back!

MAGIC AND GUGGENHEIM

The Guggenheim group, led by Magic Johnson has paid an awful lot of money for the Los Angeles Dodgers. First off, awful best describes the price as in too much, and secondly, I don’t think the Yankees are worth that much.

Of course, the idea of selling the parking lots as part of the deal is that Los Angeles is not a city in the true sense, but really a super-suburb without a major city. There are a few countries in this world that combined, don’t have national budgets at $2 billion! What does this do to the costs of any group looking to buy a franchise today? Will the Yankees be at say: $2.75 Billion, and does that include the subway line that runs to it?

DODGERS GOING LARGE

In gangster talk that means a lot of money. How much is a lot you ask? $2 Billion!

That’s a lot!

That’s what an LA group, led by Magic Johnson are willing to pay for the LA Dodgers, and acceptable in a bidding by Frank McCort.

If the bankruptcy courts in Delaware and judge Kevin Gross approve, that is. Of course there is a lot at stake for everyone here. First Mr. McCort has a filing date of April 30 to pay his divorce off: and then there is the final filling date that the sale of the team, the transplanted Brooklyn Dodgers, now Los Angeles Dodgers have to be sold, which happens to be: April 30^th! There is the messy business of who is paying how much to who and what the debt will be and what money will be left for development of the team and the future rights to local TV revenues and the ballpark parking lots.

MAGIC JOHNSON JOINING THE DODGERS?

But let me ask this-do you really care?

Magic Johnson is leading this group in, and the question becomes will the group have staying power or will the Dodgers be in bigger trouble if this sale doesn’t happen? If it does, it will be the most any one or group has paid for a major league team in any sport, anywhere in the world!

TEBOW AND SANCHEZ: FUN-FUN-FUN!

That’s what they say, they being Mr. Tebow and Mr. Sanchez.

Let me ask you-if you have a job, and it is the only job that someone does in your company, and all of a sudden, your boss brings in someone else to do the job too, what do you think: more time off? Come in later? Take longer weekends? I don’t think so. I would be looking in the ‘Want ads’ and taking lots of notes on resume writing.

Of the two phonies we are talking about, the least sincere is Mr. Sanchez, because he knows what is really going on. Recently I wrote that the Jets might pull off a trade for Tebow for a quality player, it could even come out of Sanchez being traded for the same reason. I just don’t see this happening where they will get along. One wants to keep his job and one wants the job.

If I was Mr. Tebow, I’d pray that no one has screwed up my career. (Oh, I forgot, he does pray.)

CARMELO ANTHONY FRANCHISE PLAYER

Who are the Knicks looking to, to lead them to the promise land? Carmelo Anthony: great self-less leader and defender of the basket. All we need to do is get HIM on board with it. With Amar’e Stoudemire out with a bulging disk, there is no marquee player to step up unless Melo changes his dance steps. With $85 Million of Mr. Dolan’s money, that is the least he can do for the rest of the pauper’s who play around with him.

That’s all I wrote, folks!

NEW YORK, NEW YORK-OUCH!

It seems playing in the city of New York, the world wants to emulate you, then beat you! If you look at the glory that is the Big City, Gotham, the Big Apple, you see champions that come to play. They play mostly on the Yankees and Giants, but other teams have had their share too. The biggest problem in NY sports is the health factor, or so it seems.

The Knicks are on a run for a playoff and possible division lead, when what happens in a crucial juncture? One of their best players Amar’e Stoudemire goes down possibly for the rest of the season with a disc that is bulging.

Look at the Yankees, they lose Joba Chamberlain to a freakish accident on a trampoline, and it doesn’t look good for at least July. The Mets, Santana hasn’t pitched since 2010, David Wright is hoping to come back from a torn oblique muscle, and Chris Young another casualty that ended his season early last year, continues to plague the team.

Now can Carmelo Anthony step up and lead the team?

PARCELLS RETURNS

In his quest to coach every team in the NFL and maybe Canada, Bill Parcells has the world wondering what city is next on his itinerary? Looks like New Orleans is next, as the coach and leadership awaits the end of suspensions for coaches and GM hiring hit-men with contracts out on opposing quarterbacks and running backs.

Do the Saints need his genius to stay competitive this coming season? My guess is they really don’t, that somehow, things will work out.

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

The UNC March Madness march has ended! The parade has halted before the end of the route. Another ‘pick’ is unpicked and deposited in the over-ripened heap. Like Syracuse and Michigan State and not to mention Duke, there are no real ‘faves’ for the March Madness. In this competition, this second season, things will happen. Cinderella stories can come true.

That’s all I wrote, folks!

KOBE: THE BENCH WARMER.

KOBE BRYANT

The weather in LA must have been brutal as coach Mike Brown thought the bench was starting to freeze over! So he sent his best man in Kobe Bryant to keep the splinters warm in the fourth quarter!

Metta World Peace, his butt freezing from sitting there on the bench had to be awakened to go out for Kobe, not once but twice.

The Grizzlies, busy dunking and rebounding, were so busy they didn’t even notice the change!

BEWARE OF SLEEPING GIANTS

TIGER WOODY

Tiger Woods forgot himself, and won the PGA Arnold Palmer at Bay Hill Club, his first PGA tour victory since a certain Thanksgiving sex scandal a few years ago precipitated the big downfall!

The Masters is two weeks away, where will Tiger be, acting like a tiger, or in the woods?

Woods closed with a 2-under 70 and won by five shots over Graeme McDowell.

"It's not like winning a major championship or anything," Woods said. "But it certainly feels really good."

CHASE UTLEY

CHASE BEING CHASE

“It’s important to get everything around my knees working correctly,” Utley told a throng of reporters. “And I think it’s going to take a little bit of time. I’m disappointed. I’m upset. I’m not happy that I’m in this situation right now, but I’m not going to let that deter me and get me down. “It’s not bad enough to have microfracture surgery. It’s not bad enough to end my career. It’s an issue I’m going to have to deal with.”

Along with being upset and disappointed, he has to sit and count all the millions they will pay him while he is sitting. Obviously you readers have never experienced this, but believe him, it is tough.

That’s all I wrote, Folks!

PELFREY LOOKS READY

PELFREY

Judging by his performance Saturday against the Cardinals, Mike Pelfrey looks to be in mid-season form. Getting smacked all over the lot, giving up one lead after another, I just know Wilpon is happy to see the $5.6 million Pelfrey makes this year will be well, spent.

Mr. Pelfrey to his credit, after how many years in the majors is looking to find himself. Changing his pitching delivery he did find himself, in one jam then another, time after time.

My feeling is he peaked too soon, and from here on in or out or where ever we go from here, it is down hill.

ORANGE JUICED

COACH BOEHEIM

Syracuse got a good squeezing form Ohio State, and waltzed right out of the March madness and tournament play. I was kind of expecting Ohio State to just stay on the bench and wait for the clock to run out by the way the media gushed over Syracuse. Jim Boeheim was just short of the Final Four by one game, and now will probably try to erase the memory of Jared Sullinger from his mind. Too bad, the team had a great run and everyone in the East was looking to see them go to the final dance.

They got Sullinger in foul trouble early, yet couldn’t finish him off, and so the long hot summer starts early in Syracuse.

GET YOUR OWN KNICK PICTURES

KNICKS FEEL THEIR PAIN

Jared Jeffries will be sidelined for two weeks as his surgically repaired knee cools down from inflammation that an MRI revealed. Playing like Detroit in Detroit making turnover after turnover, and causing confusion for the local fans, they still managed to beat Detroit.

But there are injuries, nagging injuries and they won’t go away. In the 101-79 rout of the Pistons, Amar’e with a sore lower back and Jeremy Lin with a sore left knee sat out the final quarter.

That’s all I wrote, folks!

THE JOBA RULES

The Joba rules are quite clear, yet need not be stated:

“Stay off of trampolines, fat boy!”

Anyone who signs a major league or professional sports contract knows that that is a no-no. It should be considered a violation and disregard of a signed contract. A broken agreement that suspends a team from paying while you heal. If there is insurance to cover medical, it should be paid by the offender. If the Yankees don’t tear up the contract, they are fools. What Joba did was hurt the chances of his team mates to win.

What Joba has done is put his career in jeopardy by doing anything that is dangerous and unnecessary. That was a boneheaded decision, even though he was spending time with his kid.

PEYTON MANNING

Isn’t it interesting what a ripple effect the signing by the Broncos of Manning has done to the rest of the league? The Jets and now even the Indianapolis Colts have felt the effects of the signing.

MANNY REMIREZ

Can Manny rely on his reputation for much longer? Can he still play for Oakland this time, and will he sit out his suspension for 50 games? He claims he loves the game, but he is sitting down because first he opted to retire rather than face suspension, for 50 games because he tanked himself with performance enhancing drugs. He’ll soon be 40, and frankly, he is a cancer in the clubhouse. I guess he’ll put fannies in the seats at that dreadful park in Oakland.

First you violate the trust of baseball then you say you love the game.

That's all I wrote, Folks!

SUPPOSITION

The controversy surrounding the Tim Tebow trade to the NY Jets makes me wonder if there isn’t something more going on. Why would anyone want a quarterback that can’t throw, especially the Jets since they already have one?

Throw into the mix that Sanchez’ marks are slightly better than Tebow’s and the conflict it would make in the locker room and rebellion on the field. Some of the players don’t even want Tebow on their team.

I wonder if the Jets traded for Tebow because he is a hot property, and a proven winner, and might look to trade HIM for a high draft pick or top of the line player. That would make a lot of sense to me.

PETE ROSE

When will the ban of Pete Rose be lifted? This has been going on a long time, and frankly, 4,256 is a number that MLB recognizes, that number of course is the number of hits in Rose’s career, the all-time record.

Maybe Petey should suspend his numbers from the record books since he can’t be part of baseball.

PETINO

Why is it such a big shock that Michigan State lost to Louisville? I mean, look who the coach is, look at the fine tradition at Louisville, and these games draw the best out of players.

NY RANGERS

And still they win, and beat everybody while staying in first place and having the best record in the NHL. Of course the St. Louis Blues have something to say, and it could be their year also.

That’s all I wrote, folks!

MIAMI-THE LAND OF IRELAND…

JEFF IRELAND

but maybe not for long. The Dolphins GM, Jeff Ireland is under fire. The Miami fans are tired of waiting for over ten years for the team to be rebuilt. The fans organized a protest outside the team’s practice facility recently.

The recent protest by about 25 fans was to press the team to fire Ireland. The Dolphins' unsuccessful courtships of coaches Jim Harbaugh and Jeff Fisher and failure to sign big-name free agents one of which is Peyton Manning has fueled the protest. It has also caused many free agents to shun the Miami franchise because of Ireland as well as players on the team not trusting him. Sounds like a real run at the Super Bowl in Miami this year!

MAJOR LEAGUE EXTORTION!

Lance Berkman, a 12-year veteran of the Houston Astros, claims that Bud Selig the Commish, extorted the Stroes to allow the sale of the team in November they have to move the franchise to the American League as part of the new re-alignment.

Nasty business or good business sense?

Berkman says it’s a travesty, that the team has been in the National League since: its inception in the early sixties when they were know as the Colt 45’s.

MICKEY LOOMIS

SAINTS THAT AIN’T

The New Orleans Saints seem to have the Godfather running the team. Putting out contracts for game ending injuries, broken bones you get a bonus!

New Orleans head coach Sean Payton was suspended without pay for the 2012 season by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was banned indefinitely because the team’s players were paid bounties for big hits on opponents from 2009-11.

Goodell also banned Saints general manager Mickey Loomis for the first eight regular-season games next season, and assistant coach Joe Vitt for the first six games.

I wonder who will play Mickey Godfather Loomis in the movie. HEY THEY DO WEAR BLACK!

TEBOWING ONCE AGAIN

Now that Peyton Manning has signed on with Denver, why DID Denver want to trade a great second-string quarterback? The Jets seem to think he is, and he just may bring some excitement back to the green in the MetLife Stadium!

I thought that he would go as the backup and mascot to the New Orleans Saints: he can kneel on the sidelines and pray during the 4^th quarter of a comeback drive.Now he does come to New York, and loses out once again to a Manning.

INJURIES

Seems the injury bug is plaguing every team to some degree this spring. Now the Phillies are dealing with the issue of Chase Utley, Ron Howard and now even a Michael Martinez has gotten into the act of being injured.

WARD RETIRES

After being released by the Pittsburg Steelers for salary cap reasons, Hines Ward has decided to step aside and not seek free agency or even consider playing for another team.  Ward holds every significant franchise receiving record, including receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns. His 1,000 career catches rank eighth all time and he is one of two players with at least 1,000 receptions and two Super Bowl rings.

Football is losing a great contributor to the excitement and excellence of the NFL!

MIKE WOODSON MIRACLE MAKER?

Getting Carmelo Anthony to play both ends of the court and Amare Stoudemire to hustle 100%. All in the same game is a miracle, let alone 4 games. The new coach who took over for D’Antonio has the team on a roll, and will seek to avenge the Philly loss 12 days ago as of last night. Is this real or mirrors?

He’s also got the team playing as a whole on all cylinders and he is casting a challenge down on them to step up for the whole game, not just some of it.

That’s all I wrote, folks!

WHAT THE FANS EXPECT

Minnesota Twins Ryan Braun has been the victim of the fan’s disgust with what is wrong with sports. The accusation of taking the juice and winning an MVP title combine for an explosive mixture. Being booed all through spring training, the Twins have kept him at the home field for games and not the road. His spring has not been good, and I wonder if the booing is doing it or the lack of juice he took.

Soon he leaves with the team for Minnesota and the home fans. What will their reaction be? Will he be booed and because of it affects his game? Time will tell, but there is definite backlash to what has so far transpired, the fans are angry, and so am I. Enough with these bums who cheat. Throw them out and banish them from the sport.

THE YU DARVISH WATCH

The Texas Rangers must be having second thoughts about their spending over $150 million on Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish, who was great in Japan then being posted this past winter. His recent outing was a sign that there should be cause for concern. Throwing 61 pitches over three innings, and issuing four-pitch walks four different times.

Like I stated before here on this blog, it could be a bad move, since he never faced major league hitting before.

ANDY PETITTE IS BACK

The Yankees have a great starting rotation, and added on Petitte out of retirement. The problem I see is that the Yankees take one young pitcher and he doesn’t develop on time, while the old guy who hasn’t pitched since 2010 is given a starting job!

Can Petitte handle the grind anymore of 32 starts, and if so what’s was in his head when he retired that isn’t there now? When you are of retirement age in sports and you do retire, it is usually because you think you are losing your skills. Petitte never really lost his skills and in 2010 had a pretty good record going 11 – 3 and a 3.28 ERA! But how will his presence impact the starters?

My thinking is one of the new acquisitions the Yankees made this winter will not pan out in the person of Michael Pineda, and Petitte will step in very nicely with Nova, Beckett and C.C. Sabatia.

That’s all I wrote, folks!

TIBOW TRADED TO NYJETS FOR FOURTH ROUND PICK!

ESPN is reporting former UF quarterback Tim Tebow has been traded from the Denver Broncos to the New York Jets for a fourth-round draft choice.
Tebow became the subject of trade rumors as soon as the Broncos signed free agent Peyton Manning to a five-year, $96 million contract, even though Tebow led the Broncos to the playoffs last season.


IS THIS GOOD NEWS?

The Mets get off the hook on paying a billion in punitive damages and payback, and so I have to wonder, is this good for Mets fans? If Sterling Equities had been made to pay up, the hope was that the Wilpons would sell the team to an interested owner looking to win. Now the fans are stuck with the same management, and years of futility. Maybe, just maybe they can change things.

The issue is the attitude now, what will they do to bring back the fans? Already the injury bug has hit and there seems to be no end to their losing, even in spring training. In their first 14 games they are 3-11, not a good sign even for spring training. Pelfrey seems lost out there as no one seems to know what to work on, more speed on his fast all or his changeup.

SHORTENED SEASON RUNNING SHORT

There’s only about 16 to 18 games left for most teams in the NBA in a shortened season growing shorter. The Atlantic division looks uncertain, as the 76er’s, Celtics and yes, even the Knicks look like they could win this division!

In the Southeast division, Orlando and Miami both look like the only winners with Miami holding the lead by a healthy 5 games or so.

The Southwest with San Antonio Memphis and Dallas all looking pretty, this one is unsettled too.

The Pacific looks the most exciting with the Lakers, Clippers and Phoenix Suns all in the running.

CONGRATULATIONS NY RANGERS!

Beating their cross-river rivals the New Jersey Devils, the Rangers clinched the first play-off spot in the NHL. They are the class of the league and the Garden may be seeing another Stanley Cup!

That’s all I wrote, folks!

I'M BACK

MANNING SIGNS WITH DENVER

$95,000,000.00 MAN

I’m sorry, but I still don’t get it. $95 MILLION contract to a 36 year old quarterback who missed last year with a neck injury, and no guarantee that he is who he once was, AND structure your free agency and team makeup over this guy. Not to stop amazing me, then go ahead and trade off your current quarterback!

Once the i’s are dotted and the t’s crossed, will Elway just sit back and claim the next 5 Super Bowls based on this signing? Of course the Broncos have a great defense

and play in a weak division, but do they have the personnel that suits Manning? Does this signing mean a whole retooling of the offense?

For $19 million a year, he has chosen Denver, when he could have chosen San Francisco, or Tennessee, but it’s not for the money. Like Hell! He’ll take his $95 million and slowly fade away from football, when he was offered $10 million from the 49er’s and could have gotten to the Super Bowl for sure.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Dolphins trade for Tebow. Brandon Marshall is gone, and rumors circulate that Alex Smith is gone from the 49er’s and may be considering the Dolphins, but I can’t imagine anyone wanting to play there right now, even for a whole pot of millions.

GOT YOUR
ATTENTION?

PATRIOTS

With the signing of Lloyd and Gonzalez at wide receiver, is there a need anymore for Ochocinco? Having only 15 catches and 1 touchdown, Ochocinco had a poor year even as a backup goes. Why bother with his contract when you can cut him and have salary space for another need?

That’s all I wrote, folks!

D’ANTONI RESIGNS

MIKE D'ANTONI

I can’t say I told you so, but I can say it doesn’t surprise me that Coach D’Antoni resigned, on his own.

The question here is why?

The answer here is Dolan, not Carmelo Anthony. Since June the Knicks have lost both Donnie Walsh and now D’Antoni, and all because the media has had a frenzy on the Isiah Thomas rumors that he would be back as GM, a complete disaster but supported by Dolan, who also interfered with the management that Dolan hired to run the team by interfering and trading away a great core for Carmelo Anthony, strictly for the Marque value.

The patience it took to build a team and mold it to your coaching philosophy takes months and sometimes even years. You select certain talent based on the philosophy of offensive ball movement, and

CARMELO ANTHONY

the defense to support it. You go get only certain types of players to fit the mold.

Once they are mostly in place like the Knicks had, struggling with the salary cap, and some bonehead comes along and upsets that chemistry, taking away key part like Daniello Gallinari who was fitting into the scheme.

As far as the rumor that Carmelo Anthony wants to be traded, don’t be fooled, D’Antonio is gone, he wants to be James Dolan’s baby, he’s going nowhere at least until the contract is up.

That’s all I wrote, folks!

Will return on the 20th.

13 TEAMS

DOTEL

New York … Houston … Oakland … New York again … Kansas City … Atlanta … Chicago … Pittsburgh … Los Angeles … Colorado … Toronto … St. Louis and Detroit!

Octavio Dotel  has played for 13 different teams in his career, setting a record for one player. Talk about journeymen, this guy has seen it all on both coasts and the heart land of America.

"I've been all over the place," he says. "I've been in every league. Every division, too: West, Central, East. National League -- boom, boom, boom. American League -- boom, boom, boom."

He’s been traded six times and changed teams as a free agent the other six times.

ANTHONY

TRADE MELO

The papers are all talking about trading Carmelo Anthony because there seems to be no chemistry on the floor with Lin. That is a lesson boys and girls to be learned when you trade for someone and you are the owner, not the GM or even the coach. It’s not Carmelo’s fault that there is no chemistry, it doesn’t work, it is James Dolan’s. Can you trade an owner?

NY RANGERS

The Rangers continue to dominate the league, standing alone in their division and with the second most points in the NHL. Only the St. Louis Blues hold more total points. The key to success on the ice is, once you get there, you play no matter who owns the building, and the rangers prove that with a excellent record on the road at: 20-11-5!

What I miss the most is that the Bruins play in the Northeast Division, and so the rivalry is not what is used to be. It was great for hockey and great for the fans. Frankly, the Atlantic Division would be better if they took Pittsburg out and put the Bruins in.

VANCOUVER

Canucks hockey seems to have taken off, as they seem to be on their way to perhaps a Stanley Cup. Mired in a slump right now, the Vancouver Canucks have probably not earned a day off, but they could use one. So coach Alain Vigneault did the smart thing and gave them two following Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.

The Canucks have only two wins in their past seven games.

That’s all I wrote, folks!

LIN-GUINE

I guess the Knicks ran out of miracles from Mr. Lin, he's been playing like a wet noodle! Six straight loses, and danger of falling out of the playoff hunt! It makes it difficult to Mike D’Antonio to maintain his composure when the Dolan imposed that trade last year. Makes you wonder why Walsh really left the team. Maybe he should have Melo’d out.

More Peyton Manning

Seems that everybody has mentioned Peyton Manning going to one team or another, and that team giving up their developing QB.  I know Manning was great, but he only won one Super Bowl, yet his baby brother has won more. I still can’t seem to crunch the numbers, and 36 years old is old in sports. How does any of this make any sense? Give up a long future for a short end of a great career, not to mention the millions? It has to be a way of getting fans into the seats, but not for long.

DEREK JETER

Derek Jeter

I happen to like Derek Jeter, as an example of what a gentleman is like, as a great hitting shortstop, but he was not really a great shortstop with a glove on. The way he played that position it looked like when he wore his glove his hand was cold! I don’t mean to take pop shots at him, but some people think he should be in the Hall of Fame! These people are mostly Yankee fans. His hitting was very good, but that shouldn’t rate Hall consideration. He does have the most hits in franchise history and so you can make a case for it with over 2700 hits, and many were game changers? In 17 years he hit 270 homers, which averages out to 15 a year and a .313 Batting average, solid hitting credentials. Baseball unlike football is both an offensive and defensive game, and both offense and defense should be considered, not just one when considering a player for the Hall, just a pet peeve of mine.

ADAM WAINWRIGHT

Cardinal Sins

How well will Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter hold up this coming season? Both are ailing and I have to wonder if they will stay the best one, two combination in baseball. I really doubt that Carlos Beltran is the answer to the loss of Albert Pujols, unless you mean Spanish-speaking millionaires.

ARE YOU MAD?

March mad that is? Here goes for the first round:

Kentucky (NO BRAINER)

Connecticut

Wichita State

Indiana

UNLV

Baylor

Xavier (Something to prove)

Duke (See above)

Michigan State (Sorry LIU Brooklyn)

Memphis

New Mexico

Louisville (It’s a tradition thing)

Murray State

Marquette (The Cinderella story ends here for Iona)

Virginia (I must be crazy but, March madness, right?)

Missouri

Syracuse

Kansas State

Vanderbilt

Wisconsin (Jordan Taylor is why)

Cincinnati

St. Bonaventure (My upset pick)

Gonzaga (Love the name)

Ohio State

UNC (No contest)

Creighton (by 10)

Temple

Michigan

San Diego State

Georgetown

St. Mary’s

Kansas

Some of these picks are iffy, but so is the result for any team that gets invited to the big dance. There are some picks that some people would say is madness, but that is the point, no?

MR. DWIGHT HOWARD

Dwight Howard refuses to cooperate, as the Orlando Magic would like to trade him to Chicago. “Too cold” for Mr. Howard! I guess the NBA needs a dome to play all their games under. For some reason, Derrick Rose AND the cold keep Mr. Howard from playing in Chicago.

He’s Back!

Randy Moss signed a one-year deal to play catch for the San Francisco 49er’s. If you remember the NFC Championship game, no one was catching the ball for the 49er’s!  

That’s all I wrote, Folks!

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG

MARK SANCHEZ

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn’t Mark Sanchez take the New York Jets to 2 AFC title games in his three years with the team? Why is the media in such a rush to get a 36 year-old quarterback who is on the last legs of his career to replace Sanchez?

I wonder why Sanchez bears responsibility for dropped passes, no running game and an offensive line that plays, well… kind of offensively. Did Mark Sanchez stand in the end zone while taking a shellacking at the wings of the Philadelphia Eagles taunting them with an embarrassing late TD? Did Mark find the personnel that constituted the New York Jets in 2011? Are we watching a franchise using a sacrificial lamb for their mistakes?

EXTRA WILDCARD TEAM

I think that the extra wild card team in Major League Baseball is sad. It seems to me we reward a bit of mediocrity that way, and all it does is negate the idea of trying to define who the best team in baseball is. If they want to do what they are doing, create more divisions, 4 in each league, and have the winners square off according to their records. The best can play the worst team record and the two middle teams against each other, the winners face off and go to the World Series.  

STROS STICK ‘EM UP

The Houston Astros will put the pistol back up on their jerseys for their throwback uniforms, after being banned by the league. The Colt 45 that was on their original uniforms when they were called the Houston Colt 45’s, and because the league changed its mind, it will be restored. All is right with the world once again!

WHAT’S GOING ON?

LENNY DYKSTRA

Lenny Dykstra to jail! What did they get him for, stealing second? Actually he got 3 years for auto theft. Too bad, these guys should put all that money they are all overpaid away, earmarked for when they have kids, instead as fathers they get into trouble and can’t do squat for their children from jail. I guess you can say it is stealing from their kids. The former Met hero and Philadelphia Philly is now a major league disappointment to his fans. I will only remember the thrills and there were many that he gave as a player. Too bad.

UNC

One of the best rivalries in college basketball played itself out recently when the UNC Tar Heels stepped on Duke for the ACC Championship, you might say beating the devil out of them! It didn’t matter that UNC can’t make the 3-pointers, they beat the Blue Devils impressively, 88-70

METS

The courts have established a price ot pay for being stupid, $83 million to be maybe exact. There could be more, but the judge thinks it will be hard to prove Pickard’s case against them. Seems like a lose, lose situation for the Mets, since they do just that. They lose money themselves and have to pay more because of their association with Madoff, and of course they always have the playing field too.

BOBBY VALENTINE

BOBBY VALENTINE

Mention his name and my ears perk up. Bobby Valentine is probably one of the best managers in baseball, and not a very good prognosticator when it comes the booth. During the 1986 World Series, predicted the Red Sox over the Mets, and was almost right. Almost. He was a commentator for the network that covered the series, I believe it was NBC, and as one of the panelist that evening made his prediction. Now he faces the daunting task of turning the Sox into winners after that terrible collapse. I look forward to seeing what he does. The Sox don’t seem that imposing anymore, maybe it is the collapse, maybe that they didn’t do all that much to close the gap between them and the Yankees.

PEYTON MANNING

Why doesn’t Peyton sign on with the Giants? His career is almost over, and he can support his brother, who has more Super Bowl rings than he does?.

That’s all I wrote, folks!

PEYTON MANNING

Seems like everybody is interested in Peyton Manning but the Colts. He’s been down for a while, and he is 36 years old. The question begs: Will Manning want to come to such a dysfunctional team as the Jets?

                        Rating     YDS      TD                  Rating            YDS      TD

Regular Season 78.2       3474      26             Career 73.2            9209    55            M. SANCHEZ

MANNING

There are no comparisons to make with Sanchez and Peyton Manning, but if you are going to give up on Sanchez, get a younger guy.

LIN

LIN

The Knicks got some excitement, but the luster seems to be losing itself, first the Heat and now the Celtics seem to have matched Lin. Is the big excitement over? Do they know how to neutralize him now, and will other teams follow suit, or will the Knick learn how to respond?

REPLEAT THE METS

It seems the Mets have picked up where they left off last season, and they haven’t even played a meaningful game this year. David Wright if on the shelf, Ike Davis has a lung infection and we are all afraid of Santana hurting again.

DUDA

Look for Duda  in right field to blossom this year. He may become the next Ron Howard.

Seems like the only thing normal is Reyes is not in the lineup again.

TIGER IN THE WOODS?

Look for Tiger Woods to continue his comeback. The problem seems he is inconsistent, and too emotional to compete anymore. It’s a shame his personal life got in the way of a great golfers career.

WILT THE STILT

CHAMBERLAIN

For years Wilt Chamberlain was considered the best at his sport, and it was 50 years ago he scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knickerbockers, making him probably the most respected player for consistency, poise and ability, until maybe Michael Jordon.

That’s all I wrote folks!