Yeah, the Rocket was at that infamous party thrown by Canseco.  Now, he paid him off to lie and the FBI is  going to get to the truth of the matter in short order.  The Rocket is in lot more trouble than Barry.  Expect Jose to break down any day now and repent for his unlawful ways.

Oh, the shame, the shame, ... bringing his wife into it.  What's next?  Are his kids going to be steroid monsters as well?

Even Sir Charles, a harsh critic of Kobe Bryant in the past, has come around lately and now proclaims the Laker as his choice for MVP.  The play of the Lakers over the last 3 games is getting Kobe more votes and opening eyes ...  OK, I'm impressed.

Still, my vote for MVP is for LeBron and here is why:  Below is my response to a post by Kahn Games.

I have one disagreement: in the other professional sports like MLB for example, play of last year does factor into the voting.  Look at Pujols in baseball who won MVP for his play the year before.

I give MVP to LeBron for his play last year.

Still, the Lakers last 3 victories without Gasol are very impressive.

Several sportscasters have chimed in on comments of Curt Schilling and most of them come to bury him.  I come to praise him.  Schilling has valid points and should be heard regardless of  his verbosity.

Let us take a look at Marion Jones.  Lady MJ offered to return her medals.  She did and someday her career will be rehabilitated to some degree.  Still, not only does the Olympic folks strip cheaters of their medals and records, they also want the medals back from teammates in events such as the relays. 

Cycling and the Tour De France  stripped Floyd Landis.  And, they certainly wanted to do the same for our man Lance.

College football wants to strip Reggie Bush of his Heisman and take away the National Championship of USC in which he was a major factor.  It’s not like they haven’t done it before … How is this situation different from MLB and Clemens?  It may have been Reggie’s parents who cheated.  Still, it is he and USC who will suffer … not to mention his teammates.

So then, to suggest that Clemens be stripped of his many awards is not without merit.  Or, is MLB somehow better than the Olympics and other sports?

An LA Times article compares Clemens to Pete Rose, saying that “we didn’t take anything away “ from him when he was banned.  So how can we consider taking awards and records away from the Rocket?  Well the comparison is faulty.  Peter Rose broke MLB rules as a manager not as a player.  I am one who believes Charlie Hustle should have been let in the hall as a player.  But, in his case there is just too much dark water under the bridge now.

Clemens is every bit the steroid monster that Barry Bonds is and neither one of them deserves to be in the hall or to keep their records after using the juice.  Many sportswriters have already said they will not vote Clemens into the hall unless he brings something substantial to the table in response to the Mitchell Report. 

Now, if his steroid use keeps him out of the hall of fame, how or why does he get to keep his Cy Young Awards after the fact?  Does MLB know something the Olympics does not?

Georgia could be in a world of hurt. There has never been anything like the Warriors of Hawaii. And, what happens if Hawaii wins? Will they have a ligitimate claim to the national title?

What we have and have always had is a mythical national title.  A lot of schools got hosed this year ... namely, Mizzou, Georgia, Kansas, Hawaii?  It's been happening for many years ... before the BCS.

Still, it's Hawaii who gets to scream foul if they should take out Georgia.  Georgia is not in the national title game because its 2 losses were conference losses ... big deal.  The Bulldogs beat some real good teams and didn't lose to any patsy (USC).   They had strong schedule, unlike Kansas.  Hawaii did what Kansas could not do: win the game that counts despite your weak schedule.  The win against Washington was just awesome!

The Sugar Bowl is where it's at!  We got 2 teams with something to prove.  We got 2 teams who can talk the talk long after the season with a win.