Ah, meaningless “Monday Night Football” is back. All is right with the world.
I am so not ready for 1,210 hours of Olympics on TV. And yet, I forge ahead.
I just discovered the big secret around the Athens’ Opening Ceremony: Construction workers come out in bright leotards and finish building the south bleachers.
Whoa, 7-foot-6 Yao Ming will carry the flag for China. That’s not fair.
The U.S. men’s basketball team is so toast. Seriously burnt toast. With no butter or jam. So dry. Makes you gag. Really burnt. OK, you get the point.
Tennis player Anastasia Myskina has sued GQ magazine and others after topless photos of her taken for GQ appeared in a Russian magazine. Anastasia, the very same thing happened to me. Be strong.
Have you been following this NASCAR sponsor slapfest? Me neither. Moving on …
Little League World Series time again: I can’t help but think that somewhere on that field is a future hubbie of Demi Moore.
Baseball teams that fired managers this season: Arizona, Houston, Toronto. Baseball teams that have not called to interview me: Arizona, Houston, Toronto. Baseball teams that will hear from my lawyer: Arizona, Houston, Toronto.
When Larry Walker was traded from Colorado to St. Louis, some Rockies players asked that Walker’s locker be kept as a kind of memorial to the longtime Colorado star. Does that seem odd to anyone else?
Michael Clarke Duncan, Sean Astin, Rob Lowe, James Van Der Beek, Jon Cryer and Robert Wuhl all played in a celebrity softball game at Dodgers Stadium. Wonder if any of them met any celebrities.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers brought in the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning’s coach to talk to the players. If I may, I’d like to call this a … Cup Check.
And if I may not, it’s too late. I already did.
The list
5 best colors of Chuck Taylors (in order, high tops only):
1. off white
2. navy blue
3. white
4. black
5. maroon
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