Blurbs!

• Adding to the list of 'Stupid Things to Say if You are a Famous Sports Figure', Clinton Portis basically said that "dog fighting isn't bad". Hmmm, let us think about how many letters that PETA and it's many supporters will be sending to Portis. I don't care if you want to share your personal views, I don't care if you don't want to throw the book at Vick before anything is proven, but if you don't want to be under mass media pressure by saying something completely anti-mainstream, SHUT UP!


• A backup linebacker gets kicked off the team, a third-string wideout tests positive, a receiver that would be lucky to make it out of training camp gets charged with assault, as does a kick returner. You can name each and every one of those players off the top of your heads. But then I say that a star wide receiver set up a scholarship fund of over $1 million dollars for kids that excel in school but their families don't excel financially, and you stumble over yourself thinking of who it is. Draw your own conclusions.


• King James' is more like a figurehead. Sure, he works hard and makes sacrifices, but when it comes down to crunch time, he leaves it to his cronies. Cas and point happened last night against the Pistons. Twice LeBron had passed up a chance to get a tie. Not only with the drive-and-pass to Donyell Marshall in the corner 5.9 seconds left, but dishing it to the center, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, to take a jumper with 15.8 ticks on the clock. If the Cavs lose this series, game 1 could go down as a defining moment in King James' career.


• And the Celtics woe continues. Not like I personally care, they did it to themselves. Nothing worse could've happened then losing the lottery and dropping to the fifth pick, where if they go with a center, their only option is Yi Jianlin, another Chinese import. Jianlin is a much better fit at power forward, but the 7'2" is supposedly going to return to college and Spencer Hawes may be a reach at 5. They could always try to trade up for Oden, but that might take 10 years worth of first round picks.