Quick Hits

In the Daily yesterday there was an article discussing the rule stating that kids must be one year removed from graduating high school to become eligible for the NBA Draft. There is a quote from David Stern saying:

“I would gather that by the end of the [NCAA men’s basketball tournament] our teams will have seen some extraordinary young men play against accelerated talent and be able to make good judgments.” Stern added the players will also have “grown in confidence both on and off court, and acquired skills that will make them better able to do their jobs"

Who is Stern trying to protect? The players themselves or the owners who get horny when they see the latest high school prospect and can't resist. Because for every LeBron James there are three Martell Webster's. But I have to give Stern credit because on the opening day of the tournament the top sport story was the Dallas/Phoenix game from the night before. You know Stern scheduled that on purpose.

In other news March Madness On-Demand has highlights of a ton of old games. Including Syracuse beating Georgia and Syracuse winning the National Title. If I didn't find that I would be even more miserable today. Stupid Snow. I will also watch Adam Morrison cry over and over again. Today's games better be good.

It's never a good sign when the highlight of my day is opening my fridge and opening the vegetable drawer and finding a single Wild Cherry Capri Sun. I literally cheered when I saw it. Actually now that I look at it the expiration date, February 6, 2007, I realize how long this must have been sitting in the fridge. Oh well, it still tastes great!

So I was thinking about doing a March Madness post, but that is kind of cliche. Ok the real reason is that I was lazy, there are you happy. Anywho, I picked UCLA over Kansas in the National Semifinal. For a number of reasons, but mostly due to this.

After that movie was done I followed a few more links and stumbled across YouTube Gold. This clip had me dying. 1) It features a joyous Syracuse after beating Kansas to make it into the Final Four way back in 1996. 2) It features a "drunk" Al Maguire "dancing" 3) Look over Boeheim's left shoulder when they interview him. You can catch a famous Syracuse Alum making Reche Caldwell eyes. Maybe that explains why he couldn't beat the Patriots. Put Brady in that position and he is no where near the camera. By the time CBS went off the air he would have already impregnated both teams' cheerleaders. Priceless.


Ahhhhhh The Masters. A tradition like no other.