Show Recap - Friday April 02, 2010

Just because he's big, doesn't mean Browns' nose tackle Shaun Rogers is smart. Because trying to get on an airplane with a loaded .45 caliber is anything but. He was booked yesterday for carrying a concealed weapon, a third degree felony. And immediately went with the ‘dog ate my homework' excuse for anyone packing contraband for the TSA…he says he forgot it was there.

Look, as stupid as that sounds, it might be true. Because no one would be dumb enough to think they could walk right through airport security with a loaded gat. Or maybe he did. Maybe he treated his gun like your wife does that expensive bottle of shampoo that she tells you to smuggle through security.

I don't think they're going to ask you to leave your gun on that table off to the side with all the other loaded guns, suntan lotion and pomade. Nor is there a security agent screaming out every ten seconds, put your gat face down, in a separate bin. Guns go in their own bin.

It's not a question of if, but apparently a matter of when the NCAA tournament field is going to expand to a field of 96. Look, there isn't a person anywhere, who isn't getting paid on this, who thinks this is a good idea. And if they do, they're just wrong.

Look, I'm not naïve. The world runs on jack. I get it. It's about getting paid. I can accept that. Or I would, if the guys making the call would stop treating me like an imbecile and just shoot me straight. Just own it, times are tough, there's an out in your contract, and you saw an opportunity to jam the networks up for some huge jack and you're going to do it.

Sure, it will take an already meaningless regular season and render it utterly worthless. And you're going to ruin the best postseason tourney ever, by combining it with one of the worst, the NIT, and completely water down and ruin one of the best events in all of sports. And you really are concerned about all that, and about... More »

Let me ask you all something; if hitting a baseball, really is, the most difficult thing in all of sports to do, how was Bernie Carbo able to hit the biggest pinch hit homer in Red Sox history while whacked out on enough drugs to get the entire city of Boston high?

Of course, I'm talking about this clutch bomb, bottom of the 8th, Game 6 of the 1975 World Series. You come off the bench in that situation and hit that shot; you know you're dialed in. And now we know how: Carbo says "I probably smoked two joints, drank about three or four beers, got to the ballpark, took some (amphetamines), took a pain pill, drank a cup of coffee, chewed some tobacco , had a cigarette and got up to the plate and hit."

Forget making contact, and hitting a bomb, how did this guy not O.D. after going on that bender before the game? I get that every big leaguer has a pre-game routine, but I don't know of anyone who's pregame ritual, consists of burning... More »

Info & Stats: Point Guard Oklahoma Thunder | 2010-11 All Star | Member of two UCLA Bruins Final Four teams | 2008 Pac 10 Defensive Player of the Year.

Photos: NBA, Team USA And College Days

Russell on making his 1st All Star game: “It’s a blessing and I'm just thankful.”

Topics: Making the All Star game for the 1st time | Never worried about the All Star game, just want to win | We could be playing better | Criticism about him being a pure point guard | He’s never doubted his point guard skills | Not promoting himself for the All Star game | Working with Serge Ibaka right now for the Dunk Contest | Has all of his chips on Serge Ibaka to win the Slam Dunk Contest | Loves living in Oklahoma City | Kevin Durant | Durant should be MVP | Durant is a unselfish superstar |

Info & Stats: 8-Time MLB All-Star Pitcher | 1996 National League Cy Young Award Winner | National League Championship Series MVP in 1992 | 16th Pitcher in Major League History to reach 3,000 K's

Photos: Smoltz's Playing Days

John on why he’s not pitching anymore: “I don’t want to be average.”

Topics: 2011 Season | Playing in a PGA Event this week | Los Angeles Dodgers situation | Don Mattingly having to deal with the Dodgers ordeal in his 1st season as manager | Dodger players saying its not a distraction | Atlanta Braves starting rotation back in the day | Philadelphia Phillies rotation | Phillies pitchers getting to now each other | Derek Jeter | Jeter’s struggles | Baseball patience | Players pressing | Has not picked up a baseball since 2009 | Doesn’t miss the aces and pains of playing | Transition to golf | Still could be pitching but doesn’t want to be average | Golf helping him as a pitcher | Bobby Cox allowing us to play golf | Golf was his release while he was playing ball |