All age-old questions but only one seems to have our attention this summer.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to downplay extraterrestrials, just in case they’re reading this and want to probe me on their next trip zippin around the galaxy or Ricky Martins Menudoesqe rise and fall to fame, again, due to his zombie-like 15-year stroll out of the closet.  LeBron James’s signing in Miami for 6 years in the summer of 2010 will go down as both the greatest signing and pairing in professional sports history or…I’ll say it:

The biggest bust ever.In any sport.
Ever.
Bigger than Ryan Leaf and Sam Bowie.  Combined. Times infinity. Plus one.

Both Miami and their Tri-fuego (like that?  that’s mine. copyright 2010. not really), will bring in 3, if not 4 rings out of the next 6 or Cleveland will be rejoicing and pointing the finger saying, “our freakishly loud-mouthed owner was right after all!”.  You think the Yankees have expectations every year?  All eyes will be on Miami for the next 6.

So what if the Tri-fuego doesn’t win even one?
What if?

Now I don’t necessarily hate LeBron James, in reality I hate everyone, but to keep this article going, he’s a tremendous basketball player.  Of his era.  First off, he can’t hold a can of shoe polish to Mike’s, Magic’s, Larry’s, Bill’s or Wilt’s shoes.  The nice ones with the Italian leather.  It’s only been 7 years.  Then again all these guys won rings in their first seven.  Some had multiple.

Secondly, what has LeBron done?  Really?  Take a look at my thoughts below.

MVP?

I'll trade ya

LeBron has 2 MVP’s in his first 7 years.  That’s not bad.  One of only other 9 guys to do it.  And the other 9 are already Hall of Famers with 2 soon-to-be’s once they hang’m up in Steve Nash and Timmy D.  But in all honesty do we really care about the MVP?  Really?  I could honestly care less about it.  It’s kind of like being an All-Star now a days.  I bet Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Sir Charles and AI would give theirs up for 1 championship ring.  Karl Malone would hand over both for a chance to raise the Larry O’Brien trophy once.  For just a few minutes.

How many times do we hear about how the big names in any sport, Malone, Marino, Barkley, Bonds, and how they never won a championship?  That’s all you hear about their career.  You never hear about Malone’s 2 MVP’s or him scoring more career points than Jordan.  You hear, “He doesn’t have a ring”.  Marino has all those records but…doesn’t have a ring.  It’s a lot more than just having a ring though; I’ll get into that a little later.

Really? These are the next Jordan, Magic and Kobe?

Also look at LeBrons competition during his 2 MVP years.  He was up against an aging Kobe, Duncan and Shaq, a near rookie in Kevin Durant and oft-injured Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony.  Dwayne Wade deserved it in 09 but his Heat team won 23 less games than LeBrons Cavs.  Is that the same as the 80′s battles of Magic, Bird, Isaiah, Barkley, Kareem and Drexler?  The 90′s of Jordan, Olajuwon, Malone, Pippen, Ewing and Robinson?  Or the early 2000′s with Kobe, Shaq, Duncan, Iverson, Garnett and Kidd?  Can you even compare that competition?  Other than Wade and Melo, who’s there now?

Winner?
I already clarified that he hasn’t won a championship but is he a winner in places that are more important?  To focus on the last few weeks, I say with my resounding burning bush voice, “NO”.  He’s proven to be a loser when it comes to handling his exit out of Cleveland.  Seven years as a leader of a team, a 2-time MVP and the face of a city and that’s how you go out?  I know it’s a business but there is also respect in business.  I don’t believe in the, “it’s all business” mentality.  People that say that are those that will rip your heart out on Monday and then ask why you weren’t into work on Tuesday.  It’s never “all business.”  There’s a personal part to every job, story and friendship.  When you’re the next face of a multi-billion dollar league, the best player in the game and oh… it’s your home town club that’s done everything by YOUR book it’s especially true.

Do you blame'm?

I know he doesn’t “technically” owe them anything but how hard would it be to make good on your send off?  It’s that difficult?  He could have paid me a handful of cash and a package of gummy worms and I could have written up about 5-6 exit strategies with class.

What if he left Cleveland with class?  What if?

We would of all go our separate ways saying he wanted to win a championship and he’s a nice guy.  Now he’s the bad boy and I’ll get to that a bit later. It was an ego trip.  A way to put himself above everyone else, like he needs to know that, and say, it’s about me.  Not you.  Me. Do you honestly think the so-called greatest free-agent in the last 20 years does not know where he’s going with only a day left?  You’re kidding me?

Here comes 3 months of my salary

It’s the prime years of his basketball life and he’s going to leave it up to the day before “The Decision”?  What a joke. He knew where he was going all along, so did Wade and Bosh.  They’re great friends and talk all the time.  My friends know if I’m not diggin a job or have plans on doing a side project and I have a handful of friends and my salary is equal to LeBron scoring 7 points.  For the season.

What if he handled it better?

Luke 6?
I don’t think LeBron grew up like me or my wife where the Word has a lot of bearing on your life.  I’m not here to preach or get all up in the Bible since this is a sports column not a religious article.   Making amends goes a long ways in the world and a simple word like “loyalty” is met with respect and fanfare. It’s said in many ways all over the world:

Do to others as you would have them do to you.
What goes around comes around.
Treat people like you would want to be treated.
Good Karma. Bad Karma.
You got my back?
Don’t stab me in the back.
What? Yo Tony, lest get’m.

He could have still been “the chosen one” instead of “the evil one”.  Think about all the players you followed in sports that have handled these situations in the same way as LeBron.  Just one example.

He just doesn't look right in purple eh?

Brett Farve. The guy everyone loves to hate.  He did it to himself just like LeBron.  Toying with us every year whether he’d hang’m up or not.  Than 4 years ago you left Green Bay while making a mockery of your legacy by getting a legal layover in NY then onto the Packers arch nemesis, The Vikings.  That’s like Superman joining forces with Lex Luther.  Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster would light themselves on fire it they wrote that on paper.  Then hate themselves enough to light the paper on fire while being on fire.

LeBron did just that.  He treated Cleveland like you would an old female friend you liked that turned you down for the high school prom 15 years ago and now you want to rub in your seven figure salary, model wife and brand new Lexus LS Hybrid.  You hate those guys don’t you? He could just handle it with respect and class, but no.  Now you just want it to come back at him like a tornado to a trailer park.  Lose his job, wife leaves him with everything and his Lexus breaks down in a really bad area of Cleveland.

Loyalty goes a long way in a legacy.  Especially in sports.
What if Jordan left Chicago for Detroit before the second three-peat?
What if Sidney Crosby left the Penguins for the Flyers after his cup raising?

So, what if he never wins another MVP?
What if he left Cleveland with class?
What if he gets what he’s done back on him?

But back to the first…last…question, what happens if LeBron never wins a championship in Miami?
I mean the odds are unlikely but what if?

Well…

What if the #199 pick in the 2000 NFL draft wins 3 Super Bowls?
What if the Third pick, not the First, in the 1984 NBA draft becomes the greatest player ever?
What if a skinny kid from Ontario that everyone said was too small and thin to play in the big leagues didn’t account for 61 NHL records?

Anything can happen.
My answers are clear.

No. FBI took her and her film. Refer to question one. Pass.
I don’t care since it’s really not all about championships.
More importantly LeBron, be sure to watch out when you’re driving your Lexus through Cleveland.

To Cleveland Fans

I’m sorry. You didn’t deserve this. Your city has endured enough. While LeBron was in Cleveland you were nothing but supportive and loyal. There’s nothing that can be said that will take away the sting of this, but let me offer you a few pieces of advice. Don’t follow Dan Gilbert’s lead. You’re better than that. Try not to blame LeBron for leaving. The Cavs management had plenty of chances to do what was necessary to keep him around but they didn’t. That’s not LeBron’s fault.

To Dan Gilbert

Give it up. You failed. You drove LeBron away. And every time you say or write something stupid, or pull some bullshit prank you’re just reminding everyone why LeBron left, and reassuring him that he made the right decision. Right now you have two options. Keep acting like a child. Or get your act together and start building the championship-calibur roster that you were never able to assemble while LeBron was in Cleveland. Art Rooney would never pull this crap.

To the Cavalier Players and Organization

Don’t be surprised. You knew this was coming. If he wanted to stay in Cleveland he would’ve said “I’m going to become a free agent but I hope to stay in Cleveland,” like so many other players have. But you the organization didn’t do their job putting a decent squad together, and you the players didn’t play well enough to be competitive. Danny Ferry, this is as much your fault as anyone else’s. Mo, if you can’t average more than 5 assists a game with LeBron on your squad, then we’ve got a problem. And if you’re not going to average more than 5 assists then you sure as hell better score more than 15 points per game. Antawn, I know you came in late, but you were an embarrassment in the Conference Semifinals. You were brought in to get the Cavs over the hump and you failed, miserably. Varejao, cut your hair. Shaq and Z, get younger. Delonte, we all know what you did. Not cool, man. Not cool.

To LeBron

You made the right decision. Don’t second-guess that for a minute. But you went about it in the worst way possible. From here on out you will be judged on two planes. First, your success. You must win multiple championships in Miami or this All-Star experiment will be viewed as a failure. But you knew that already. Second, how you handle yourself. You’ve done well by remaining pretty quiet on most topics. But that doesn’t change the fact that you shit all over the fans in Cleveland by leaving the way you did. And you need to make that up to them as best you can. You need to apologize publicly. You need to take out ads in Ohio newspapers. You need to make donations to charities and you need to continue to hold off-season events in Ohio if you wish to rebuild the damage you’ve done to your reputation.

To Maverick Carter

You’re new to this game, we get it. But you messed up big. Now is the time to come out and say so. Your client is taking all the heat (no pun intended). No step up like a man and take some responsibility. And because we know you’re new at this, we also know you have exactly zero experience handling PR nightmares. This one is up there as far as how bad they can get. Probably behind BP but ahead of Tiger Woods on the PR disaster rankings for recent history. So hire someone to help your client and clean this up. You could probably learn a thing or two in the process.

To Dwyane Wade

If you haven’t already, you need to thank LeBron. He has given you a great gift, and is taking all of the heat for it. He’s being chastised for being weak and not a leader because he’s going to play with you. But no one is saying anything about you asking him and Chris to come play with you. Play like we know you can, and make sure LeBron gets at least a couple of rings in Miami.

To Chris Bosh

You selfish bastard. You know you’re the weak link here. Everyone knows it. You had better have career years every year you’re in Miami. Because if you make LeBron look like an ass for coming to Miami to play with you and D-Wade, you will be the goat to end all goats. The Three Kings title is a joke. Everyone knows it’s really Two Kings and a Princess. So it would be in your best interest to put down your tiarra for a moment and tighten up your game.

To NBA Fans and the Sports Media

You asked for this, so I don’t know what you’re complaining about. You wanted a 1-hour LeBron special, and you got it. You wanted a trio of superstars to unite in one city (NY, Chicago, Miami, etc.) for sports greatness, and you got it.

In the week leading up to his decision, LeBron was faced with two basic choices. Chase the money or chase the rings. The entire world was preparing to tear LeBron apart in the event that he chased the money. He would be called greedy, and selfish, a quitter, a second-class athlete for not making winning a priority. Instead, he did what every sports fan wanted him to. He chose to chase the rings. And even now he’s getting blasted for it.

LeBron deserves to be criticized for how he let his advisors play out this free-agency like they did. But any other criticism is completely unwarranted and unfounded. To question his personality, integrity, competitiveness, desire to win and leadership is ludicrous. There’s more to being a leader than thumping your chest and telling everyone you’re the best. That’s just being an asshole. And despite “The Decision”, anyone being objective knows that that is not what LeBron is.

But ultimately, what can you do? Haters gonna hate.

Editor’s Note: No typefaces or type designers were hurt in the making of this letter.

105 million viewers watched the Colts and the Saints go at it in Super Bowl 44.

116 million viewed the Yanks and Phillies during their 6 game battles in the World Series in 09.

About 120 million viewed the 7 games the Celts and Lakers played in 2010, with over 18 million viewing game 7.

700 million viewed the World Cup Final live worldwide in 2006.  700, and…Get this…

The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany had a total cumulative television audience of 26.29 billion (24.2 billion in-home and 2.1 billion out-of-home viewers).

That’s a B as in Billion.

So when I’m asked why I’m a soccer guy, I honestly don’t really know why.  Just always have been.  Always will be.  My dad played basketball and swam in college and my mom can cook.  I don’t think they had competitive eating when my moms was a youngin’, you just always finished your plate.  I just had a knack for soccer.  I played other sports and excelled in them as well it was the game of soccer that had a spell on me.  So this is my time of year…well my time every 4 years.

The Beautiful Game.  Futbol. Football. Soccer.  Whatever you call it, it’s the sport of the world proven by the outrageous global stats of viewing and playing and now its time for it to shine during the World Cup.

An estimated 3.5 billion have some interest in football, either playing or watching it.

Again, that’s a B as in Billion.

Now in the United States that’s hard to grasp since you hear about soccer being popular but no one really believes it or sees it.  How many times have we heard that soccer is the fastest growing sport in the US?  But do we see it happening?  Not really.  It’s still left in the dust to football, baseball and basketball.  But all you have to do in the next few weeks is turn on the TV and you’ll see that it’s pretty popular.  Bigger than Yao Ming in China.  Bigger than LeBron in Akron.  And oh yes…bigger than Jordan in Chicago.

I have three reasons why football, yes the real football, is not popular in the US.  Now I have nothing against people thinking the way they want, just get your facts straight before you open your pie hole.

6'7" Jan Koller. If you couldn't figure it out, he's on the right.

1. Soccer is soft and not physical.
I’ve heard this my whole life and career from non-soccer players.  In part it’s true.  I was 5’9″, 150 in my playing days.  I’m pretty sure any NFL player would destroy me.  In THEIR sport.  We’re used to American football.  Barbarians on the gridiron and big, large men that can kill you with a single blow.  I’m not doubting their ability to do so, but comparing me and the beautiful game to these freakishly large men is a little below the belt.  Soccer is not made for short bursts of power every 3-4 seconds.  It’s not built for more weight and power the better.  Don’t get me wrong some soccer players are big men in their own right.  Sol Campbell, 6-3, 200. Oguchi Onyewu, 6-4, 215.  Jan Koller, 6-7, 225.  Now that’s not the same as Ray Lewis, 6-1, 250 or mighty mite Shaun Rodgers at 6-4, 350 but it’s a different goal of the sport.  A different training.  Soccer players don’t just do a 40m dash, play for 3-4 second bursts, get TV timeouts or get breaks for offense and defense.  They run multiple 30-40 yard dashes during a game while also maintaining 90 plus minutes of endurance while always playing offense and defense at all times.  Try just jogging for 90 minutes with a 10 minute break in between just one time.  Now put that into a game situation where you’re sprinting, tracking players of your same skill level and where one lapse in speed, endurance or mental accuracy can cost you a game.

The 6-3, 200, Campbell, a premier striker in his day, had one of his sprints clocked once at 22.50mph.  Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s record setting 100m was clocked at a top speed of 24.04mph.  And i’m pretty sure he had to keep running and playing.  Not just one sprint and you get a break for even 2 minutes.  Little English striker Michael Owen once ran a sub 10sec 100m but also run a 5k in under 16 minutes.  Speed. Endurance. Skill.

I think. I broke. My face.

Its not just the endurance and speed though, its physical.  It’s not the full on baby calf like tackling we’re used to in American football but you have physical play in soccer.  Tackling, grabbing, pushing, shoving and shoulder to shoulder on the ball play.  It’s tears apart your core and lower body since its all done with your feet but if you’re not strong up top you’ll get pushed right off the ball.  Keep the ball in possession while keeping balanced and moving while you’re pushed and kicked by opponents.  If you go down and the whistle doesn’t blow you keep playing.  You don’t go into a huddle or get subbed out.  You keep going.

I also think the growing problem with diving gives soccer a rep that it is soft.  Players go down holding their leg as if it was just broken and their up running on it after 20 seconds.  A player gets hit in the leg with a cleat and he holds his face while having a seizure on the ground.  These players are showing disrespect to the game just like the same actors in American football and basketball.  I’ve seen Kobe get hit and it looks like he’s dying from the foul or Derek Fisher flop on a charge.  I’ve seen Peyton Manning go down on his own for a sack so he wouldn’t get hit.  It’s a problem in every sport just on different levels, except for you Aussie Rules Football guys.  You’re real men *cough*and psychos*cough*.

See? Awkward.

2. Feet.
We’re not born doing things with our feet unless we’re Christy Brown.  We learn to crawl on our hands before we walk on our feet.  We play with rattles and suck on our hands as infants.  We throw things before we kick things.  It’s awkward for us to do.  Soccer is probably the only sport where 99% of play is done by your feet.  Basketball, baseball and football are all played 99% of the time with our hands.  Tennis (big and small) and hockey are an extension of our hands. Horseshoes, disc golf (my new guilty pleasure), bowling, darts, checkers, chess, rowing, gymnastics, curling and boxing. Hands, hands, hands…well you get the point.

It’s hard for those brought up in America, where soccer isn’t very big, to get used to doing something that is the exact opposite of what Dad may have taught us.  Throw and catch the ball.  Don’t kick it because kickers aren’t football players.  That’s for you Mark Schlereth.

3. We’re America. We’re always the best.
We have this mindset in America that we’re the best.  The most powerful nation.  The richest.  The best.  Now in some ways that may be true and in other ways it’s a bit ego driven.  In the MLB, NFL and NBA they call their champions the “World Champions”.  Isn’t that a little ego driven?  Are they really the world champs or just the champs of the US made league?

Did the USA win the World Baseball Classic last year?   Nope. Or in 2006? No.

Do we win the Ryder Cup every time?   Nada.  Actually since it went to the Europe vs. US format in ’79, Europe has one more title than we.

Did we win the gold in the 2004 Olympics or the 2006 World Championship of basketball?  Not close and the 2008 Gold medal basketball game wasn’t a cakewalk either considering Spain had only 4 NBA players on their roster and it was a 4 point game with 2 minutes left.

I actually reread articles about the 2008 Olympic Gold medal win by the US men’s basketball team and many writers stated that, “Order was restored in international basketball.”  Huh? Order?

Right in front of global power Serbia

The simple fact is the US soccer team is not on par with the rest of the world and honestly, that pisses us off.  We don’t like that.  We don’t like being second best.  We have to win.  I love the Olympics but the US has to win the most medals in all Olympic Games.  We love seeing the medal count of the US having more total medals even though in 2008 China had 15 more golds than we did.  All we saw was total medals.  We have to be the best at everything.  Well we’re not in soccer.  We’re 14^th in the world according to FIFA rankings.  Not 2^nd.  Not 4^th.  Not even top 10.

So when you’re watching the World Cup in all its glory for the next couple weeks don’t nitpick the diving or acting on the field, don’t think its wimpy or soft, don’t think it’s stupid not to use your hands and don’t think we’re the best and get your hopes up that the US will go far.  Soccer IS the world’s game and billions of people from every nation and country are watching just like you.  You have something in common with almost half the people on earth.  That’s pretty amazing when you think about it.

We’re one of the 3 plus billion and we’re all watching the same game.

That’s a B as in Beautiful.

Reporter: What do you think is happening to the team?
Richardson: The ship be sinking.
Reporter: How far can it sink?
Richardson: Sky’s the limit.

The sky is the limit indeed.

Hank Gathers

20 years ago today, Hank Gathers took his last dunk, his last shot, and collapsed on the court against Portland.  There have been many articles written about Hank, and even a movie.  I was only 10 years old at the time, and it didn’t quite sit in what had happened.  Why such a great athlete in great shape passed out and died right there on the court.  One of the most memorable scenes for me was when LMU made the NCAA tournament and Bo Kimble, with a heavy heart, shot every one of his first free throws left handed as tribute.  To this day that image sticks with me.

NCAA Tournament- Long Beach, CA. Bo Kimble in action, shooting a free throw with his left hand in honor of Hank Gathers, 3/16/90.

Hank’s death gives us one of the ultimate “what if’s”.  Think for a second the ramifications of his passing and let’s play “what if Hank did not die”:

• Would the LMU vs UNLV game be one of the most exciting, highest scoring games ever?!
• Would LMU win the NCAA tournament, knock off eventual Champ UNLV and then take care of Duke? (or would Duke win and carry a dynasty forward with 3 straight wins -they already won in ’91 and ’92)
• Does Hank go first overall and change the destiny of the NJ Nets? (no more Derrick Coleman)
• Was Hank a product of Westhead’s “System”, or was he really that dominant?  Personally I think he was that dominant.  In ’88-’89 he averaged 32.7 pts and 13.7 rebs a game, leading the nation.  In 1990 before he passed away he put up 48pts and 13rebs against LSU’s Shaquille O’Neal.
• Does Len Bias and then Hank Gather’s death (only 4 years apart) change the NBA landscape? Does Jordan win all those rings?  Do we have 2 torches to carry us through the 90′s to the Kobe, LBJ, Wade era?

I did not know Hank Gathers, but from all accounts he sounded like a great kid.  Anytime someone is taken away from us too early it is tragic.  For anyone under the age of 25 that probably doesn’t remember, this is a good article to read and realize how special Hank really was and how the game of basketball lost a great, special player.

I always tried played the sport fairly clean but at times even found myself using the “tricks of the trade” to dominate an opponent. Yes me. Mr. Congeniality. Sorry Mom and Dad, I wasn’t as good as you thought I was without a tug to the shorts or some trash talking mind games. Actually most people hated it because I just laughed and smiled at them while beating them mercifully. But it brings up the age old question, well probably not, but a question none the less… in one sec.

Saying 'I'm sorry' has never meant so little, err so much

Friday, Tiger Woods, the next greatest in the golf world, addressed a small room of reporters with a prepared statement written by guys and gals he is paying millions to do so for him. He admitted to infidelity and says he’s sorry. No questions just a staged hug from his mom.

Ironically one year previous, almost to the date, Alex Rodriguez, the next great baseball king, admitted to using PED’s after years of denying it, still leaving details out of the answers.

Now the question for you is, which cheater would you rather have? Game ruining cheater or family ruining cheetah? or do you even blame them?

In a world full of drug companies pushing pills down our throats or other orifices, putting the high stress level to compete at such a young age and crazy out of their mind parents who go to all ends of the earth for their kid to succeed and millions of dollars to be made in a game, yes a game, do fans really blame Arod for using PEDs?

In that same world where single parents are beginning to outnumber married couples, tv pushing the envelope of how much sex and language they can put on the tube at 5pm, divorce rates above 50%, strip clubs, alcohol and gambling in almost every American city, do viewers really blame Tiger for being unfaithful?

What would you do?

Tiger, what the hell were you thinking?

Now not in your small world of driving your 2003 Toyota Corolla. Not living in your 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath house. Not in your world of your tabby cat wanting to sleep in your bed and being out voted 2-1 by your wife in that regard. How does the cat get a vote? Not in the world of worrying about your retirement plan being at risk every day or how are you gonna pay for your kids college tuition before he’s even born. Actually not even in the world where you don’t even get to play baseball for fun or have models hit on you. The last is a stretch for me but have to make my point.

Think of millions of dollars if you perform on the field or beautiful women all over you. Think of going to any restaurant you want and get in or… have beautiful women all over you. Now I know for these guys its both of them, but amuse me and pick one.

Which one do you want? More so, which one are you? You have to be one of them when you think about your life since its born in us to rebel and cheat since Eve ate the apple and Adam lied about it.

My guess is, that most of America would forgive Tiger before Arod. Not because of his name but because of the deed. I don’t think most Americans are surprised by it nor do most of them blink at it anymore. David Letterman. Kobe Bryant. Bill Clinton. John McCain. Mick Jagger. Hell even LeeAnn Rimes and Prince Edward are in the den of cheetahs. The idea of everyone cheats and just get something better if you have to is not an afterthought, its already in their mind when they say “I do”.

So which are you?

I’m the first one. For one, my beautiful and adoring wife is reading this article. Second brought up an athlete in a game that most girls hated i’m confounded to the first type of cheater. My mom was the only woman cheering for me by her “BOOT IT! YEAHHHH” chants in the stands. In all honestly I wouldn’t know what I would do if I put myself in Arods shoes. Take’m or not to take’m?

Doesn’t matter though since I’m already married to a model… but then again so was Tiger… hmm. Love you Hunny!

Note: This is a guest post by Kevin Tyburski, aka “The Hoff”. You can read more from The Hoff at Sports With The Hoff.

Who Dat? no really...who Dat?!

Chuck is allowing his Super Bowl date to take his place in the photo this week:

Who knew Drew Brees was this sick of an athlete.

Carl Nicks, you just won the Super Bowl, where you going?

Nothing like a lil Tecmo Bowl recap of the pick-6.

Norleans police are cracking down on what makes the city great….such a shame.

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris is not hung like a horse…horse’s are hung like Chuck Norris.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.

A few links this week before the Big game:

Who knew bobsledders wore thongs?

Your friend, his favorite, Mark Titus has a sweet retro video.

Now we know how Greg Oden spends his free time…breaking it down house party style.

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.