Vick you deserved it do the crime do the time.  Now we'll be bombarded for the rest of the year with up to the second reporst on Vicks sentencing living arangements and future in the NFL.  Well I for one couldn't give a ####.  Another athlete with great potential jacing their own life up with stupid choices.  Enough with Vick go to your cell and rot you should never be allowed to play in the NFL again.  How about those Yankees?   I love when all these so called MLB "experts"  (Rosenthal, Perry to name a couple) said the Yanks were through are 49-25 lately and they don't seem to be slowing down.  Red Sox fans you're right when you believe you can't compare this to '78, because that team was much, much stronger.  That Gagne trade has turned out pretty good so far.  I hope you guys make the playoffs just so we can knock you out in the ALCS.  To the Dolphins: what are you doing that Lemon kid looked better, well at least you've got a solid backup when Trent Green goes down!  And could the Chiefs look any worse now?  They don't have a number a #1  QB and Larry Johnson is still holding out, not to mention Priest Holmes is trying to get out.  If you go 6-10 be happy.  Hey Herm it's looking like a great career move leaving the Jets now huh?  Charley Rosen the question you have posed is can the US catch up with  the world in roundball when the question you should be asking is:  Does anyone really care?  Honestly everyday people who didn't follow sports can tell you who were on the original dream teams, now it's more of a story who isn't there.  They style of play in the NBA doesn't lend itself to international ball, so just send the college kids out there, let them see what teams really look like and send them off to the NBA.  Speaking of the NBA, is it really a shock that games are slightly fixed?  Anyone who watched(or played)  the NBA in the 90's could have told you that.  The rules changes that went into effect?  No hand checking ( the  Knick rule), don't breathe in Michael Jordans area (the NBA money making rule).  there are numerous plays(assaults) that were preformed by Jordan and Co. that were never called.  The Charles Smith game in '93.  Games 6 4th quarter against Pheonix in the '93 Finals.  Games 5 against the Hornets in Jordans comeback (half)season in '95. And not least of all the Hand of God "moving" Byron Russell damn near into the stands in '98.  Right there was no fixing in the league before  Tim Donaghy . That leads me in to my final comment did anyone hear the interview on Dan Patricks show with the Commisioner of the NBA David Stern ,it was hopeless and pathetic maybe it's time to step aside if we can't get the job done.