The New Fam-a-lee

So Ohio beat Pennsylvania in the Big 33 game over the weekend.  Although I have the game recorded on my DVR I haven’t yet watched it (and much to my chagrin I missed the last half hour as the game ran past the time on the menu!).  However, I saw the highlights on the news and it looks like a typical, high-flying aerial attack type game that most high-school all-star games are.  I wish coaches in the western half of the state would take heed at this style of play.  I’m not saying you have to put the ball up like a Sto-Rox or Seton-LaSalle or run a shotgun, spread attack but a little balance doesn’t hurt anyone.  Remember a few years back when Woodland Hills was in the PIAA final against Neshamminy?  Steve Breaston went down with an injury and their backup QB came in the passing game looked like they hadn’t gone over it since August practice.  The run and pass should be mixed up enough so that they set each other up.

The Pirates brought out the brooms yesterday afternoon after sweeping the Reds during turn-back-the-clock weekend.  I’ll be the first to say the uniforms were great looking and they should wear them more often.  With all things cyclical in sports fashion it’s only a matter of time before the mix-and-match comes back in an update style, perhaps button downs and belts. 

I can’t wait until this Kris Benson trade goes through because I’m so tired of the speculation about it.  Either sh*t or get off the pot!

Last night on KDKA’s #1 Cochran Sports Showdown, or what I like to call “The Weekly A$$clown Sports Half Hour”, the question was posed as to whether or not the Pirates should retire the #24 that Barry Bonds wore during his time in Pittsburgh.  This should be a no brainer; on the field Bonds may be the greatest of all time.  I doubt that this will happen though, because too many fans and media have made it the city’s unofficial pastime of “Barry-hatin’”  I know he spent the bulk of his career in SF and compiled most of his stats there, but he did have a start to his career here.  Regardless of the playoff choking, he did win two MVP in a Pirates uniform, the only player to do so.  Not Roberto, not Pops, not Parker, etc, etc.  For the record, the panel was split 50-50 on the issue. 

Wow, did Ricky Williams pull off the “Barry Sanders” or what?  Good riddance, this guy’s heart was NEVER in it.  He in essence ended Mike Ditka’s coaching career after he went bust in New Orleans after Ditka traded the entire draft the Saints had that year to get him.  I wonder what the morons in Philly that booed when the Eagles passed on him to pick some guy named McNabb are thinking this morning!

Lance wins!  Lance wins!  Lance wins!  What else can I say, it’s bicycle racing?  Hey, I gave it a shot, trying to watch it and all and just couldn’t do it.

Racing recap:  Here’s some around the horn type stuff on that great day of auto racing that was yesterday.  Schumi again in F1, even Speed’s coverage team is getting bored with him, spending most of the second half of the race discussing the battles for second back to the last point, which was fine by me because there was some good racing going on back there.  Juan Pablo Montoya really disappointed me with that terrible start, especially after the hype of him and Michael on the first row, darn near four cars overtook him BEFORE turn one.  How about Ferrari’s pit team, changing Ruben’s front wing in 10.3 seconds after his lap one instance.  10.3 seconds!!!  Also, what was up with Kimi’s rear wing just disintegrating on him?  McLaren should be embarrassed at a technical mishap like that happening. 

Paul Tracy won yet another Champ Car race yesterday in Vancouver.  He’s clearly the cream of the crop in that depleted series.  The Champ Cars are off to Road America.

Look, I’m as big a fan of looking at Ashley Judd as the next guy but is she really the first person you go to for comment after Dario wins the IRL race in Milwaukee yesterday?!  In her defense, she does really sound knowledgeable about the sport but come on, how about a team owner, crew chief, someone else!  It’s still not as bad as Jim Gray going to Jack Nicholson after the Lakers beat Indiana in the finals though.

Kurt Busch got his first Nextel Cup victory of the season yesterday in Loudon, the flattest and one of the more boring tracks in the circuit.  They need to get rid of that track for the NYC race. 

The Democratic National Convention begins tonight, unfortunately, I’m not one of the lucky bloggers that got to go to Boston to cover it!  I’ll have to watch at home and comment from afar!