Random Sports Ramblings

There are a lot of things going on in sports right now, so I'd just like to clear the pileup caused by my train of thought:

• Where are all these old guys coming from at the British Open? Seriously Greg Norman? I thought he was in a care home drinking Arnold Palmers. Tiger leaves, and everyone just decides to awaken? Either that or now people aren't scared and hiding anymore.
  
• It was already written about here, but I really have to say, Brett Favre needs to stop with his on-again-off-again mid-life crisis. He's double the age of most other NFL quarterbacks, and even if he is useful, what exactly does he want to prove? He's already outdone Michael Jordan on the fake retirement ridiculousness and has most likely broken the record for most cortisone shots taken in one season. America loves you Brett, don't tarnish it.
• C.C. Sabathia is gigantic. He's been stellar with two straight gems, but how many more complete games can that guy healthily chug out? I'm sure the stress isn't good for him.
• Sometimes you've gotta feel sorry for Lamar Odom. Every offseason without fail, he's been in multiple trade rumors. Yearly stories are posted about how close he is to being traded (for Shawn Marion, for Richard Jefferson, for Kevin Garnett, etc.), with the latest incarnation, actually reincarnation, as a trade to the Sacramento Kings for Ron Artest. From the Lakers standpoint, if Artest can keep his head on straight and play Dennis Rodman Jr. for at least 3 years, this could be great. If the Ron-Ron of Auburn Hills comes out, then you can only hope that Jack Nicholson doesn't have a courtside heart attack. Honestly however, Odom is a great player who just either got outplayed by a better player (KG) or bullied by a buffer troll-looking man (Perkins) in the Finals. If Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol stay alive, having Odom as the willing fourth option behind the both of them and Kobe Bryant could work out much better than having Ron Artest actively forcing himself into the first mate role.
• As a casual boxing fan, I must admit that seeing a Manny Pacquiao vs. Oscar De La Hoya matchup would make my year. The newly heralded pound-for-pound king facing off against the aging Golden Boy could be the most entertainingly brutal passing of the guard ever seen. Well if Oscar has any gas left in his tank, because otherwise Pac-man will demolish him.
• After watching the Josh Hamilton Derby, it got me to reminiscing. MTV and its Rock N' Jock basketball, baseball, and football were the sh*t. Tim Hardaway draining 50 point shots, Nelly nabbing passes from Dan Marino while he was chilling in a Laz-e-boy, Ken Griffey Jr. hitting bombs into gigantic metal gloves... why did this all stop? They were so entertaining. By the way, the home run and the half-court-buzzer-beating shot are two of the most overhyped things in sports. Home runs are ludicrously common nowadays, while those last second heaves make way too many top 10 countdowns over actually legitimately better plays. Maybe add in one per month, because of another one pushes out a clip of Kobe posterizing someone, I will flip out.

See you all next week for more random ramblings.