1. Charles Barkley as general manager » Great on TNT, but can’t imagine him running a basketball operation, not without some sort of training. Not that Kevin McHale received much training. And he did help deliver a title for Boston. Of course, he was Minnesota’s GM at the time.
2. Betting on Tiger Woods » Unless it’s on how many clubs get slammed, curse words uttered on TV or spectators hit. He’s shown zero signs of being ready to win a major this year. But then again, the U.S. Open is at Pebble Beach and he almost always plays well there and, well, he’s still Tiger Woods.
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3. Watching the World Cup — with sound » Yes, this is about the dreaded Vuvuzelas. To make it less annoying we watched the games with the sound off while playing a recording of fingernails on a chalkboard.
4. Trusting Vince Young » We’re stunned that something bad would happen in a strip club at 3 a.m. Just goes against conventional wisdom. But hey, someone flashed an upside-down Hook-em-Horns sign at the former Texas star and, really, what else could he do but punch the man?
5. Paying attention to conference realignments » On Monday, two reports completely clashed and both were rather definitive. One said Texas would go to the Pac-10; the other said the Longhorns would stay in the 10-team Big 12. Even LeBron James is tired of all this talk. In fact, sources close to no one say James was overheard telling someone, “Enough of this expansion talk; what about my realignment?”
