This week, doctors get props while baseball looks terrible...
Chuck Norris paid me a visit last week, in the form of Clemson University, to double-roundhouse kick me in the face. Notice the word “double.” The travesty that was National Signing Day had me burning incense and performing ritual voodoo sacrifices in order to lure top recruits to our football team, but to no avail. No top 150 prospects signed with Virginia. Not one. The Tigers netted 10, including the top player overall, defensive end DaQuan Bowers. Say what you want about Tommy Bowden, but the man can recruit. As if it wasn’t enough to see my brother’s team sign top recruits while we landed near the cellar as far as the class of 2008 is concerned, the Tigers came into JPJ on Thursday and blew us out by 31 points. The 1-point loss to North Carolina only made me angrier. We had an absurdly low scoring percentage from the field and couldn’t finish the job. I’m not sure what to think about Leitao’s squad, although I did enjoy seeing Lars guard Tyler Hansbrough: our big white guy against their big white guy. The Showdown of The Big White Guys. I’m just begging the football team to give me back some of my dignity next season when Clemson pays a visit to Scott Stadium. Please, guys?
On to a completely different topic. When I was little, I always wondered if anyone ever got cut by a skate while playing ice hockey. I don’t pay enough attention to hockey to know if it has ever actually happened before, but if you haven’t heard about Richard Zednik of the Florida Panthers, it just happened to him. The man nearly had his carotid artery severed by a teammate’s skate during a match last Sunday. It was like something from a horror movie. The carotid carries blood to the brain, and Zednik skated over to the bench leaving a red trail behind him after his was sliced. He is now in stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery. This week’s Champ of the Week, therefore, is the medical staff, whose quick action saved his life.
This week’s Champ of the Week, therefore, is the medical staff, whose quick action saved his life. 
Much like the incident with Kevin Everett of the Buffalo Bills, the skill of Zednik’s doctors prevented a catastrophe.
Professional baseball has turned into a game of lies, double-dealing, illegality, and secrets. Nothing personifies this more than the ongoing media circus that is the Clemens/McNamee hearing that is going on as we speak on Capitol Hill. I’m not sure who is telling the truth, if either of them are doing so. They are probably both lying to some extent, although Roger Clemens has more to lose in this whole debacle, including his reputation and his legacy in the MLB. So, Clemens, McNamee, baseball, Commissioner Selig, you name it – we have a few Chumps of the Week.
Clemens, McNamee, baseball, Commissioner Selig, you name it – we have a few Chumps of the Week.
What’s happened to professional sports lately? We’ve got HGH/steroids in the MLB, Spygate in the NFL…and didn’t we just see a scandal with the refs in the NBA? Is it the sports themselves that have changed, or the rapid spread of information that has allowed everyone to learn about these transgressions? Suddenly, everyone looks guilty: from the players themselves, to the coaches, to the commissioners.
On a lighter note, I point-blank refuse to believe that Brady Quinn was ever involved in any kind of New Year’s Eve gay bashing. Just say it ain’t so, Brady. Don’t go the way of the other Brady and become an insufferable jerk. It’s not worth it. |
