I was going to write about the constitutional ramifications of the Mitchell investigation. Then I thought, no, it has to be something of substance, something to make people think.

Cheerleaders. What's on their minds. Their intellect. Their point of view. Yeah, that's the ticket.

This picture was taken after the Laker girls spotted the inventor of the Thighmaster in the stands at a recent game...

Becoming transfixed by a shiny object over her head, the Golden State Warrior's cheerleader on the left eventually had to be distracted and led off the court. The one on the right is trying to figure out how to tell her parents she dropped out of med school. Britany Spears (center) was trying to remember where she left the kids.

Preparing to be interviewed by Isiah Thomas for the vacant Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Operations position, she checks to see if she has missed anything.

"Date a guy who played in the CBA, you must be kidding."

"What do you mean, use my natural smile. This IS my natural smile, now just take the @#!( picutre."

At halftime Buffy would perform stunts the Rocket players could only dream of. Sadly, the Houston GM normally spent halftime at the Orange Julius stand in the concourse.

Back from a convention of Michael Jackson biker fans...

Waiting for the girl with the banner that said "You" to show up. Good times, good times.

Maybe she shouldn't have said it, maybe she could have let it pass. But just after this photo was taken, things took a very ugly turn.

"OK, but I don't see what any of this has to do with debit ledgers. I keep telling you, I'm here about the job in accounting. When I said I was flexible, this is NOT what I had in mind"

One final NBA note. David Stern today threatened to burn the city of Seattle to the ground, enslave the entire population, and dump atomic waste in Eliott Bay if taxpayers refused to build a new arena for the Sonics. In other basketball news, store owners in Miami have mounted a protest against Stern's most recent increase in their protection payments, and the Mayor of Charlotte has asked that Stern release his children now that the new arena is open.