Soggy Sports

In only two weeks since baseball season began, there have been 18 postponed games due to rain and cold. Granted this is an unusual nor’easter, but this is just one more reason why football is one of my favorite sports. Football never gets rained or snowed out. Players would have to be facing a tornado or some other potentially deathly scenario for football to cancel or postpone a game.

60th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s Major League Debut

After the much heated discussions regarding Imus last week, it is refreshing that we’re all talking about celebrating the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s major league debut. All over the League, players are wearing number 42 in honor of Robinson. I was moved all weekend long hearing the many stories of Robinson’s opening day in the Brooklyn Dodgers clubhouse. One story that I read in the New York Times told of a death threat in 1951 when the Dodgers came to Cincinnati to play. The Players were so supportive of Robinson that they joked that they should all wear number 42 on the field that day so the potential shooter wouldn’t know which one was Robinson. Hearing stories like this makes Jackie Robinson day even more meaningful.

Steffi Graf gets hit

Two of the best tennis superstars that just happen to be married to each other, need to be a little more careful playing tennis with each other. Graf needed three stitches after Agassi accidentally hit her in the face with his racquet during a fund-raiser following the U.S. Clay Court Championships. There’s a lesson in how to prevent this from happening again. Don’t hold hands while trying to rally. It’s the truth (even though it’s kind of cute) they were holding hands while rallying with a couple of young Kids when Agassi’s racket hit Graf.

Do you want to fight?

That was what the official, Joey Crawford, apparently kept saying to Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs last night in an emotional game against the Dallas Mavericks for seeding in the Western Conference Championship. Duncan received two technical fouls in the third quarter, one of which was given to him as he was sitting on the bench laughing. After the second technical, Duncan was immediately ejected from the game. Should Crawford be punished for this “unlawful ejection”? Or, did Crawford do the right thing and should Duncan have been more respectful?