Of course, the Urlacher drama finally comes full circle. Urlacher can’t handle not being the most popular player in Chicago anymore, so he has to attack his new teammate, who could possibly be the savior of his career. I mean, if I got an awesome player on my team, my first thought is obviously to attack his manliness and credibility. Give me a break Urlacher. You’re still the pseudo-leader of the defense, and “savior” (dubbed by Chicagoans) Cutler can’t ever take that away for you. What happened to the Brian Urlacher who when he stood among Sayers and Butkus at the defensive legends of Chicago event, said he felt “embarassed”. Gone is that humble farm boy, and replaced is someone who is a little too comfortable with his success.

The real question here, is don’t you want a ring Brian? Maybe if you do you can stop causing ridiculous drama like a teenage girl and put your eyes on the real prize, a superbowl for Chicago.

Reflections on McNair murder/suicide.

Yes, Steve McNair was a great quarterback. Yes, Steve McNair was a well respected member of the Tennessee community, and as the announcer for Titan’s football (as heard on 670 The Score Chicago around 9:45am) put it, “One of the founding father’s of football in Tennessee.” However, the way that I think he will be remembered is as a man who was cheating on his wife, and who gave in to the desire of lust that led him down an eventual road to his death. A person’s legacy is possibly one of the most important things in life, and all of McNair’s great stats and contributions to the community will be overlooked because he was found killed with his 20 year old girlfriend, who he had bought a condo for, who his wife knew nothing about, and who his niece said was the reason for a divorce that McNair was about to initiate.

Think of all the consequences of this situation: mother outlives her son, four boys grow up without a father, a wife learns that her husband was cheating in the worst possible way, ex-teammates are emotionally affected (Eddie George broke down during an interview), and the whole community in Tennessee is deeply saddened. All of this because McNair made a choice, to not be faithful as he promised to himself and God, and honestly once he made this (see: selfish) choice, it ended up not only affecting but destroying and devastating many of the lives around him.

Our society is so selfish, which I think is really bred by capitalism, with the divorce rate over 60%, with everyone striving for the ‘idealistic’ image, sometimes it becomes hard to differentiate between what is right and what is wrong. Just remember, trust your initial judgement, and you won’t go wrong.

Hossa had 40 goals and 31 assists last year with the Red Wings, although he didn’t play very well during the playoffs (15 points total over 23 games). Hopefully this means Havlat will be bye-bye since they probably won’t have cap room to keep him.

On a personal note, I can’t WAIT for the Bulls to trade Ben Gordon. I think he’s a selfish player who holds on to the ball much too long and takes low probability shots consistently. He does give you game winning potential, but I think that potential is outweighed by how much he hurts you by throwing up bricks consistently.

Thanks to 670 The Score Chicago for breaking the story.

“I have smoked dope one time in my life and it didn’t do a damn thing for me, and I never tried it again. I’m fortunate for that, but a lot of people do, I mean you can buy it in California, from a pharmacy…ah what do I know..”

I’ll post the sound bite once I find it somewhere on the web….utterly hilarious.

UPDATE****
Here’s the sound bite for your enjoyment. Find the whole clip on espn.com, looks like I broke the story before them
Lou Piniella Smoke Dope

BTW…..WHO CARES!!! It’s just pot. This is being blown way out of proportion. Anyways…