I'm not running for anything, so I can take a position and stick with it. Besides, it always seemed to work for John Wayne.

FOR The RedSox trading Manny Ramirez and for the Dodgers acquiring him. Win/win. Ramirez will play hard and hit well, if for no other reason than to show up the RedSox. On the other hand, who can blame the BoSox for believing that fruitcake is not a summer delicacy.

AGAINST The sportswriter who criticized Erin Andrews. I suspect there is a fair amount of jealousy involved in that a)nobody has heard of the writer and b)everyone has heard of Andrews. Is Andrews where she is because of her looks? Was Walter Cronkite the anchor at CBS all those years because of his voice? Your gifts get you to the table, your hard work keeps you there. Andrews deserves her place.

FOR Brett Favre playing this season with some team other than the Packers. Thompson and Company were ready for the changing of the guard before Favre had retired and he knew it. If he still wants to play, make the deal. Sixteen seasons and great numbers ought to buy some measure of respect. It's his life and the window of opportunity on his being a football player is closing fast.

AGAINST LeBron James signing with a Greek team as a free agent when his Cavalier contract is up. I know it wasn't going to happen despite the rumors, but I want to go on record. How can I blog about James if he's scoring 50 a night against Kolossus Rodou?

FOR Mandatory drug testing by the NCAA prior to high school players being allowed to sign a scholarship offer. It would be a great positive incentive for high school kids to stay away from drugs at a critical time in their lives, and keep many hard core abusers from coming to school and creating disciplinary problems. (By the way, wonder why absolutely no one even mentions this as an option?)

AGAINST Fantasy football. I'm terrible at it.

FOR Self delusion. The Astros have declared they will "never" be sellers at the trade deadline. That would be the same Houston Astros who thought Shawn Chacon was just the free agent pitcher they needed.

AGAINST Mark Cuban buying the Cubs. He should buy his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates instead. A small market team with a bottomless cup of payroll beats another mega market team with unlimited payroll. (I know the Pirates aren't for sale. But they should be.)

FOR A typhoon hitting the Olympics. The Olympics are to sports what infomercials are to late night TV. Besides, it couldn't happen to a nicer government. Possible downside-the number of meteorologists who will be detained and "reeducated".

AGAINST Terrell Owens missing practice two days in a row. You just know that he's thinking that we're thinking that he's thinking that we're thinking....

FOR Tony Stewart winning a race. Stewart has zero wins. The natural order of the universe has been disturbed.

AGAINST Guys named Busch winning NASCAR races (see above).

FOR College football season starting and with it blogs full of trash talk and rash predictions.

AGAINST Penn State becoming the state pen and the SEC becoming an expansion franchise of the federal prison system.

FOR The NFL returns!