·        Which would embarrass you more if you were Mike Vanderjagt last Sunday: missing the game-tying kick or being seen on national television wearing that tiny, diamond stud earring?

·        After Alex Rodriguez committed to playing for the United States, he said: “I appreciate the support and understanding of my fellow Dominican players and friends who aided me in making this decision.”  After the Dominican players assured him that it would be OK to play for the U.S. and Rodriguez made his decision, who else thinks that those players immediately started giggling and giving each other high fives?

·        On Inside the NFL, they showed Steve Smith before last week’s game saying to a Chicago player: “Leave me on the island with him so I can torch his #$!%!”  Afterward, Cris Collinsworth correctly observed that Chicago lost this game because of their “arrogance” – they refused to come out of their Cover 2 defense and give Smith more attention.  There’s no reason for Seattle not to double team Smith every play – if Ricky Proehl ends up beating you, so be it.

·        Don’t you hate it when you watch PTI and realize that either Kornheiser or Wilbon aren’t on the show that day?  It’s almost as bad as watching TNT’s Inside the NBA and realizing they let Magic on the set again.  I realize that no one wants to be the person to tell Magic that he’s not welcome any more, so can’t they just stop sending him a paycheck like they did to that mumbling guy on “Office Space” and see if he gets the hint?

·        One of the most intriguing parts of the Colts game was when Peyton Manning waved off the punt team so he could go for it on 4^th down.  I actually felt sorry for Dungy when I saw his face after that happened.   But think of some of the current coaches with a Super Bowl ring – Belichick, Gruden, Billick, Shanahan, Holmgren, Gibbs, Parcells – I can’t imagine any of them letting their quarterback do that.      

·        When Theo Epstein walked back into the Red Sox offices, did everyone stand up and do the slow clap?

·        You’ve probably heard that someone vandalized the house of Pete Morelli, the official who overturned Troy Polamalu’s interception.  I thought the most interesting part of the story was that they weren’t sure if it was related to the call, or because Morelli is a high school principal.  I guess Morelli wasn’t receiving enough abuse at school so he decided to become an NFL referee, too.  Personally, I would have just chosen to be an IRS agent – just as many people hate you, but you only have to work one job and your weekends are free.  Of course, I’m a little lazy.       

·        I’m a Utah Jazz fan so I hope I’m wrong, but I have a feeling that 20 years from now I’ll still be talking about the time the Jazz passed on drafting Chris Paul.

·        If they ever mike up NBA players during the games like they do in the NFL, it would be a travesty if they didn’t include Dikembe Mutombo and Yao Ming talking with each other. 

·        According to Lamar Odom, Kobe Bryant always says: “I never liked Mike (Jordan) growing up.”  If Kobe was ever in a trial again and I was the prosecuting attorney, I would break this quote out.  There’s no way a jury would believe a single word Kobe said after that.