I will never understand these people. These reporters that make huge stories out of understood topics. They make villians out of villians, cheaters out of cheaters, liars out of liars and it's two days past old. We all have Sports Term Memory. It's a phrase I started using when I realized WWE announce teams make the same statements about different situations involving the same person as if it's never been said before. For instance, at WrestleMania 3, Hulk Hogan never faced an obstacle like Andre the Giant. The same thing was said when wrestled Zeus, The Undertaker, The Ultimate Warrior, The Giant aka The Big Show, Goldberg, The Rock etc. Plain and simple, reporters have the habit of telling us something we already knew, something they've already told us but pumping it up as if it's fresh. It's as if they forgot they've already reported these stories or they think we have bad Sports Term Memories and don't remember that we've heard/read these stories years ago.

Why are people so upset with Gary Sheffield? I don't get it. So he gives his opinion as to why there are more Latin players than Black players (not completely intelligent yet not completely ignorant) and some people want him burned at the stake. But Sheff saying something that rubs people the wrong way is nothing new. For 20 years he's been a major league jerk so why should I be disgusted with him now. Better yet, why should I even pay him attention knowing who he is and how he is? If Ken Griffey, Jr said it then we'd have a story.

So A-Rod likes strip clubs and well-endowed blondes? Where exactly is the shock value? I don't know any heterosexual male that doesn't find well-endowed blondes at least somewhat appealing. So what he's married? I'm not saying it's cool to cheat on your spouse but it isn't exactly a breaking story when we hear of infidelity from the rich and famous. Seeing pictures of A-Rod out with another woman only interested me because she was easy on the eyes. Now if Tony Dungy is spotted with Whyte Chocolate after a road game against the Falcons, let me know.

So Kobe is selfish? Ummm...this was obvious about 10 years ago. No doubt he's my favorite player but he's not exactly Ghandi. I think he was completely justified in asking to be traded. I don't think he had as much to do with Shaq being traded as everybody thinks although I know he didn't shed a tear when it happened. I think he's absolutely right about Jerry Buss, Jerry West and the Lakers front office as a whole. But a superstar athlete wanting/demanding out of a bad situation is not rare at all. The Kevin Garnett's of the world are the oddities. Should Kobe have gone public? Absolutely not. But this is 2007. There's no such thing as "internal" in sports anyway.

I know Lou Pinella is insane. I know Curt Schilling is a hypocrit. I know Barry Bonds doesn't care about the game. I know Roger Clemens' is a diva. What I want to know is how will this scar tissue affect his performance because my Yanks are suckin wind right now and need all the help they can get.

Just don't tell me this is the greatest obstacle he's ever faced...again.