Quick Hits

It’s that time of year, Mel Kiper released his first mock draft of the season....Kiper has the Texans taking Reggie Bush, the Saints nabbing Matt Leinart, and the Titans taking Vincent Young....A.J. Hawk is penciled in at number six to Oakland....with his long hair and last name, the Raiders would be a good fit....

- Kiper has the Browns, at number 12, taking Iowa linebacker Chad Greenway.....

- According to Kiper, the Joey Harrington experiment is over in Detroit, he also has the Lions, at number 9, taking quarterback Jay Cutler from Vanderbilt.....

- Kiper also has Dallas taking defensive back Jimmy Williams from Virginia Tech.....

- College basketball fans are in for a treat this Monday night when number one ranked Tennessee Lady Vols deal with the Cameron Crazies and take on the Duke Lady Blue Devils....the Dukies are ranked number two in the nation.....

- ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrew is hot....

- Why weren't there more African-American coaches hired in the NFL this off-season?.....

- The New York Times was not high on the Jets hiring of Eric Mangini....it wasn’t anything against Mangini.....the Times just felt that he would also be on that revolving door of head coaches that the Jets cannot hold onto.....

- It took two months, but finally Alex Rodriguez decided to represent the United States in the World Baseball Class.....A. Rod needs to quit worrying about his image and what people think.....

- I was disappointed that Shaq and Kobe have kissed and made up.....it was good drama to have a heated rivalry.....

- Where does New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin get off saying that New Orleans will always be a "chocolate city"......if New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the Big Apple would always be a "vanilla city," he would have Jesse Jackson asking for his head.....