Fall from Grace

Did you hear why Dick Cheney took so long to come clean on the story of his shooting someone while hunting? He says it is becuase the last time someone got shot in the face at the White House and dick was involved, impeachment followed....

What is going on with college basketball? In less than a week, we have had three big name coaches relieved of their duties for one reason or another. The most shocking of these has to be Eddie Sutton, who a week ago seemed a mortal lock to reach 800 wins, and now is just another unemployed drunk guy. And look at what happened to Mike Davis. Two months ago, he looked like he had a top-10 team, that they would be back in the NCAA tournament this year, and he would stay for the foreseeable future. Now his team has collapsed, partly thanks to teh Indiana fans being so brutal on Davis, and he is out of work like Re-Run after What's Happening got cancelled. As for my man Quin, clearly a change will be good for both Missouri and for Quin, and I hope that he bounces back (after the inevitable year off and stint on espn) and gets his career back on track. However, a couple people who nkow that I am a Quin backer, sent me the following pictures which I thought were too funny not to post, so enjoy...

O.K., I tried, I have watched some of the Olympics, and they are just not that exciting. Although do you think maybe Bode Miller is sitting in his redneck motor home, thinking "maybe if I was going to choke in my first two events and not even medal, I would have been better off NOT making remarks about how I have been drunk and/or hungover while on the mountain before." I did kind of enjoy the downhill skiing and the sheer speed involved, and even though she did not medal, I was rooting for Lindsey Kildow, the American who took a vicious fall, spent 24 hours in the hospital, and then somehow came back to compete in her event 48 hours later. Gutsy!

Just as a lot of college hoops coaches are falling from grace, there are a few other athletes besides Bode Miller whose star has fallen faster than Katrina after she "Walked on Sunshine." To wit:

• Daunte Culpepper. Less than a year ago, he owned Minnesota, was powerful enough to help orchestrate the trade of Randy Moss, and was mentioned as perhaps the best QB in the league. Now he is being shopped by the Vikings, who are willing to go with 73 year old, and former Viking cap casualty, Brad Johnson. Ouch. Probably did not help that Culpepper, coming off a complete disaster of a season and recovering from major surgery, is asking for a raise!
• Darko Milicic. The guy who less than three years ago was picked before Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, and Chris Bosh, was traded for three cups of coffee, some used office furniture, a redline stapler, and the right to Brian Dilsheimer. Not good times.
• Sammy Sosa. This clown cannot even get a guaranteed contract. Despite 588 home runs, his popularity dipped faster than Steve artman's in Chicago after the corked bat incident followed by a productivity swoon not seen since blogging started. On a personal note, I think McGwire and Sosa belong in the Hall, only if they pay for tickets as a visitor. They have made a mockery of the game and its integrity.