It is easy to lose something in the big blur of news at this time, so I'm here to round up everything for your easy viewing.
- Hey Birmingham, Larry Langford did something right! It has been about a year and a half since Larry Langford took office in Birmingham. During that time, he has managed to propose a new Fair Park, demolish the Birmingham International Raceway, re-pave about 27 miles of downtown streets for the Davis Cup, and, the icing, proposing the Olympics for 2020 in Birmingham. However, today news broke that the Birmingham City Council has approved funds to refurbish Rickwood Field and build a Negro Baseball Leagues museum. The museum will house information about players such as Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, and Satchel Paige from their years playing for teams like the Birmingham Black Barons. Rickwood Field, the oldest stadium in America, housed all of these players, including others such as Babe Ruth, Frank Thomas, and Reggie Jackson. Who knows, maybe La-La will be able to see it before he is carted off the jail.
- Serena Williams makes Stephen A. Smith look humble. Some rankings are purely speculative, such as polls in college sports or power rankings on ESPN or SI. Others, such as the WTA world rankings, are based on performance. So when Serena Williams was dropped from No. 1 for the first time in years for Dinara Safina, it surprised some folks. However, Serena swears that she is still the world's number one player. "We all know who the real number one is," Williams said last week. Yea, we do, and its Safina, not you. She didn't lose to the No. 100 player in the world in the first round a few weeks ago. Maybe that Aneres tennis skirt, which showcases all of the muscles I never knew existed, could loosen up your game and get you back to number one if you gave it the chance. When you finally decide to let LeBron James be the most muscular sports figure in sleeveless attire, we might revisit this argument.
- Did you hear, A-Rod took steroids. OMG. Thanks to Selena Roberts, this is now back in the news, along with pitch tipping, use in high school, and many other lives of Alex. Her new book, The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, hit shelves a week early on Monday to let everyone know all the latest gossip about the world's best baseball player. Apparently passing notes is now taboo and it was too long to put on the local message board. It is one thing if this book had any new information, but Roberts is just jumping on the hot topic for a quick buck, just like the Stanky Legg and Snuggies. Congrats, you are just a step above prostitution, Selena, how does it feel?
- Brett Favre is retired, so we know what that means. Late last week, Favre asked the Jets to release him from the retired vets list, so the team from New York granted this wish. Then, he hired a trainer, but answered any questions about coming back with an emphatic "No." So, of course that means that him and Brad Childress will be meeting later this week to discuss possibilities. Brett is flying up to Minnesota later this week, where he will discuss replacing Larry(Tarvaris Jackson), Moe(Sage Rosenfels), or Curly(Gus Frerotte) on the current Vikings roster. No matter what, if Brett does come back, he will be a step up, no matter who used to be number one on the charts. It would also be the first Vikings QB who wouldn't make you laugh when you heard their name.
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I too am sick of A-Rod, if for no other reason than he plays, when he plays, for the Yankees. Pitch tipping would bother me more than the roids, we already know about that. I would debate the best player tag. Maybe highest profile, I would not consider him the best. Last few years Pujols has been playing better ball than A-roid. But then, as a REDSOX fan, no one will ever top TED or Capt Carl, three triple crowns between them with a war between two of Ted's. Now that is playing ball!
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