It’s official: Ricky Williams filed his NFL retirement papers, and I found it appropriate that he turned them in all rolled up.
For the record, I need no substance to make me crave brownies.
No Sox or Cubs games Monday. Good. More time to catch up on my Major League Soccer fantasy stats.
Speaking of fantasy sports, a lot of geeks are planning NFL fantasy drafts. Do they bring fantasy dates to the fantasy drafts?
Never understood why Olympic swimming gets the eyeballs. Then a female friend said four words: Small swimsuits and abs. My education continues.
Everyone’s projecting Olympic medalists. If you can nail the 1-2-3 in the Olympic Yngling, quit the day job and get to Vegas.
It’s not a typo, it’s a form of sailing. So quick to judge today, huh? Maybe try decaf.
Looks like Nike’s CEO got a 47 percent raise. Now he can afford to buy Nike shoes.
Our Smarty Jones has retired. He sent a two-word fax to reporters: “I’m out.”
Smarty will now move to a farm and get paid to have sex. And he doesn’t even have to live in Nevada.
The Mets dumped Scott Erickson (husband of model Lisa Guerrero) and got Kris Benson (husband of model Anna Benson). It’s a youth movement.
If the Yankees move to a new stadium, they go from the “House That Ruth Built” to the “Park A-Rod Funded With His ATM Card.”
The list
Five recent NFL training camp cliches:
– “I’m looking to continue to improve my skills.”–Torry Holt, Rams
– “When next year comes, I’ll worry about next year.”–Edgerrin James, Colts
– “It’s fun to be out here and start working.”–Roy Wiliams, Lions
– “Last year’s camp was harder on me because I was so thin.”–Terrence Edwards, Falcons
– “I’m just going to come out here and play my hardest.”–Igor Olshansky, Chargers
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