Here's my list:

1. Michael Vick is speaking out against the anti-dog fighting crowd. Someday they'll come around and fight dogs like everyone else.

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2. Pac-Man Jones is speaking out against laws in general. Who's got time to earn millions of dollars when there is anarchy waiting to be created?

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3. Kobe Bryant is rebelling against adulthood. Who needs it? Just act like a child every day and you'll never feel old.

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4. Jason Giambi is speaking up about doing certain things that you shouldn't do. Things that are bad and can't be named. You know..."that stuff".

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5. Michelle Wie is rebelling against sexism in golf. Women deserve to play on the same tour as men. Isn't it obvious with her domination of the women's tour that she deserves...errrrr...wait a sec...

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6. Sports media has taken a stand against any sport that is not football. Basketball and hockey? Borrrrriinnnnnnnnggggg. Baseball? Tainted with steroids! We can’t trust these stats! Football? Look at all these awesome sacks by Shawne Merriman! He’s got my pro-bowl vote!

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7. Anderson Varejao has dispelled the myth that athletes cannot be good actors too.

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8. J.R. Smith has rebelled against seat-belts and stop signs. Too soon?

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9. Vince Young has proven to the sports world that you don’t have to be “Smarter Than a 5th Grader” to make it as an NFL quarterback. When did football fans believe that NFL players were intelligent to begin with? When Houston passed on Young on draft day, he could be heard mumbling under his breath, “Wonderlic my balls”.

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10. Barbaro, the horse that won hearts all over the country, has ended the tradition of putting a horse down when it severely breaks it’s leg. Instead, the common practice will now be to keep the horse alive as long as possible, no matter how much pain it is in, and harvest as much sperm as you can before it dies. Here’s the equation:

     Fast Horse’s Sperm  >  Horse Ethics

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11. Speaking of Barbaro, Chad Johnson has proven that humans can beat horses in a foot-race. (That is, of course, if the human in question gets a wicked long head start). So while Ali was fighting the government during Vietnam, who was out there racing the quadrupeds? Who, I ask you!

Sports media needs to drop this story ASAP. Is this really newsworthy? Rodriguez volunteered that he and Jeter are no longer the close friends that they once were, but remain friends that don't hang out much anymore. Stop the presses! We have a friendship that is not as close as it once was.

I need more than two hands to count how many friends of mine have become less a part of my life over the years for various reasons; none of which involve conflict. People come and go in all of our lives. Best friends can change like the seasons. And now the media is scutinizing the friendship of two high profile baseball players? It's been scrutinized in the past, and said to be far worse than it is. Then A-Rod comes out and says they aren't best friends, but still get along great. And that's news? Call me when they actually DON'T get along and I'll love to read about it.

Didn't we have the NBA All-Star weekend? The Daytona 500? Coaching moves in the NFL? Not even a slow news day and writers have to create something out of nothing. Kudos.

Fellow Yankee fans, I do not understand you at all. Why do you boo this guy so much? It's obvious that he is an incredibly sensitive guy who wants nothing more than to help his team win. It even looks like he may break into tears sometimes during home games. The bottom line is that the booing is making him play worse. We are in a pennant race and none of you are helping our chances by getting on one of the guys we need most. Whether he has a bad game or a good game, you need to support him and stand behind him. Besides, his numbers aren't that far off from his carreer averages, and last I heard, he was among the league leaders in game-winning RBI's.