I said it before and I'll say it again, the USA Mens Olympic team is in more jeopardy of coming up short on a Gold Medal than most people and journalist are willing to admit. The Americans have a lack of on-court continuity not to mention a scarcity of frontline tall bodies to compete with the elite European teams. Don't be surprised if Spain and Greece, respectively, finish in front of America when its all said and done

The NFL Training Camp sessions are here...YEAH! Which means the season is not to far off, to bad we all have to be witness to this ugly love/hate war between Brett Favre and the Green Packers. I'm like most of you, I'm sick and tired of hearing about it. I don't get the uproar thats being massaged each and every day. The Packers have decided to move on without Favre, so what, for all the great accomplishments Brett has had on the field wearing the green and gold he's also been responsible for a ton of heartache and headache. For every touchdown and wacky/amazing play he's orchestrated (in particular the last 5 plus years) he's turned around the following week and thrown 3 or 4 interceptions that cost the team dearly during the regular and/or early playoff exit.  I'm sure the Packer front office has made there share of communication mistakes along the way but I can't help but side with mgt/ownership because of their willingness the last 4 years to hang at the mercy of Favre's ego and wait to hear till the last minute if he decided he wanted to retire or not. This year mgt said enough is enough, your retired, good--happy trails, we're moving on with our potential qb of the future Aaron Rodgers...see you in 5 years at the Pro Football Hall of Fame

The best out of conference football rivalry in the history of the NFL will resume this season, in December, when the Dallas Cowboys visit Heinz Field and the Pittsburgh Steelers for the first time ever. Expect a lot of fireworks and Fan-Nation Ego thumping. The Cowboys continue to hold the AMERICA'S TEAM banner but 'Burgh fanz will tell you, even if u don't ask, that there's no deeper fan base in America professional sports than the Steelers Steel-Nation base. This might be the the first of 2 meetings for the teams, they might meet again during the first weekend of February '09 for the rights to earn their 6th Super Bowl championship

Chicago Bears finally wised up and paid their only true offensive talent on the team when they gave pk/kr Devin Hester a 4 yr. extension and a nice signing bonus. It was well deserved for a player that's already considered, after only 2 years in the league, the best return guy to ever play in the NFL. The Bears sheepishly backed down and re-worked the contract of out-dated and over-rated LB Brian Urlacher, after he complained and moaned all summer about wanting new money. They should of let Urlacher hang out to dry and forced him to honor the mega contract extension he signed 3 years ago (when he was actually an effective player on the field) and then focused their monies and attention on the one and only player people watch Bears game to see 'Fast-Flash Hester'...he's worth the contract extension and 2 prices of game-day admission

The panic in Steeler Nation over the potential sale of the storied Pittsbugh Steelers is greatly exxagerated. Even if the Rooneys have to give up majority ownership of the club they will continue to be the front crew for the team and will continue to code of excellence on and off the field. New Steeler ownership might be good for the team long-term, they could potentially have more monies to pull from when it comes time to re-sign their own players

I applaud Annika Sorenstam for once again dissing/criticizing fellow ladies golfer Michelle Wie. Wie has decided to enter another Men's PGA tournament this weekend instead of play in the more celebrated and gender correct Womens British Open. Annika pointed out that Wie continues to apply for PGA tourny's when she's yet to make the cut at any of seven PGA's she entered and on top of that for every LPGA tourney she has entered she's yet to come close to winning one of them. Michelle Wie is an average golfer who gets the attention from the media for all the wrong reasons, the notoriety should be about her yet to be discovered winning accomplishments, but instead its always about her brave attitude of taking on the mens golfers even as she continues to be overwhelmed by the courses. She might be highly talented but thats where the buck stops, she has nothing going for herself, she's not even the best lady golfer in her age class