Wow, it has been a very busy August.  I can't remember a busier school opening, and this is why I have been absent of late.  I may not be on here as much this semester, but I can always stay active in Fox Sports through my fantasy teams.  One in which I always enjoy is the Fox Pro Football Pick'em.  I created a league for us at Fox Sports.  Join up and let's all match our wits each week and play for bragging rights.

Team ID:  53100

Password: Foxsports

On to my rants:

Michael Vick:  He is guilty.  He will serve time, and he will return to football.  Someone will pick him up and I doubt Goodell will suspend him permanently from the NFL.  I also believe he should be allowed back in one day, but if I were an owner I would not pick him up.  Lucky for Vick, there is a God, or better yet an Al Davis.

Eric Gagne:  Suddenly this move doesn't look so brilliant.  The Red Sox do have a good closing staff without Gagne, but if the Yankees make it in as the Wild Card it's all over for Boston.  A-Rod may get his ring this year.

NFL:  Is anyone else ready for some football?  Preseason is too long.  I'm ready for the real action where the stars play.  LT sits out in San Diego every year and I am ready to see how the Chargers will do this year.  They have the talent to win the whole thing, but they have one little problem; it's called their head coach.  Norv Turner has never won anything in his life, except the privilege of being a head football coach.  That privilege should have been revoked after his horrible stints in Washington and Dallas, but alas the Chargers fire a guy who went 14-2 to hire Norv.  The stars must have been aligned when Norv was born because no one inherits a team with such talent with a record like his.  Good luck Norv!

Michelle Wie:  Another season comes and goes and we here less and less about Wie.  It's too bad she could have been really good.

Tiger Woods:  Another major and another great season.  I still do not think Woods will surpass Nicklaus in major wins, but has anyone ever played in fewer events each season and still wins 40% of those they enter?  Fatherhood, marriage, and a new coach haven't slowed him down, so maybe he will pass Jack up.  If he does, how far will he go?

Barry Bonds:  Now that Aaron's record is in the rear view mirror, all the sports reporters have seemed to stop covering Barry.  Meanwhile, he just keeps on hitting home runs.  He may get to 770 this year, and if he does, I think he will play one more season to try and reach 800.  Still no indictment in the foreseable future, so the only thing that can stop him is if he refuses to play.  I sure hope he lands in a Yankees uniform next year and gets a ring before he retires. 

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