Olympic Quick Hits

It’s only February 18th, but the idiot move of the year so far goes to Olympian Lindsey Jacobellis.....with the gold medal in her back pocket, Jacobellis decided to "hot dog it" and ended up falling down.....she finished with the silver medal....

By the way, how many gold medals has Cody.....I mean Bode won yet???.....he has been the most annoying person in this Olympics.....he is all hype.....

My money is on Sasha Cohen of the United States to win the gold medal in women’s figure skating.....

Does anyone really care who wins the gold medal in ice hockey now that the NHL players are involved???....

Will the media and people stop picking on the Olympic games.....the media keeps showing how ratings are down for these games and that people don't care about Winter Olympic sports.....chill out people.....the Olympic games are once every four years.....let these athletes have their two weeks in the spotlight without ripping their sport.....the same people who rip on curling, are probably the same ones who sit down at their local beer garden and are in a dart league...

The babe of these games easily goes to U.S. ice dancer Tanith Belbin.....she will be getting many endorsements after these games....and imagine if she ends up with a gold medal....

What is up with Mike Golic from ESPN radio’s Mike and Mike......Golic said ESPN made a mistake by hiring Tony Kornheiser as a color analyst for Monday Night Football because Kornheiser is not a former player....I have two words for Golic – Howard Cosell....

By the way, whatever happened to the Fabulous Sports Blob.....I mean the Fabulous Sports Babe??.....

The marquee basketball game of the day is Connecticut at West Virginia.....UConn is going into a hornet’s nest and may end up getting pittsnogled.....

Indiana head coach Mike Davis made the right move by resigning at the end of the season.....Davis has been whining about the pressures of being the head coach of the Hoosiers....people have to realize that whenever you accept a job at a big name university who is a traditional sports power in a certain sport, there is going to be pressure to win – and rightfully so.....over the last three seasons, the Hoosiers have not made the NCAA tournament and have lost out on some big time recruits from the state of Indiana.....

Of course, former Indiana star and current Iowa head coach Steve Alford is the favorite to land the Indiana job.....but there has been talk in the newspapers and on the internet that Ohio State head coach Thad Matta may have the inside track.....

Why are some baseball players concerned about playing in the first ever World Baseball Classic....these same players who will be representing their country would still be playing in exhibition games as part of spring training....an injury could easily occur whether they are playing in a spring training game or in the Classic....

Doesn’t Hillary Clinton have something better to do than to stir up the pot concerning Dick Cheney’s accidental shooting of his friend last week?.......there was no conspiracy Hillary!!!....

By the way, did I mention that Tanith Belbin is hot!!!.....

Quick Hits

- Michelle Kwan's dream of a gold medal in figure skating ended today after withdrawing from the Olympics because of an injury.....Kwan will go down as one of America's greatest skaters ever, but she will always be missing that Olympic gold medal from her resume....

- What is up with the Cleveland Cavaliers?.....just when it looked like they were making their move by winning seven straight games, they have lost to the Sixers, Wizards, and Warriors in the last week.....the Cavs will make the playoffs this year, but I could see them getting bounced in the first round....they are still not one of the elite teams.....

- Did you know that Lebron James’ favorite breakfast food is Trix cereal and honey-oat granola....

- The Oakland Raiders have sunk to a new low....who would have thought that Louisville’s Bobby Petrino would turn down Oakland’s offer to coach the team.....that just shows what coaches think about that franchise....

- Despite getting the cold shoulder from a number of coaches, I do think Oakland made a safe choice by selecting Art Shell.....this will be Shell’s second stint as head coach of the Raiders....in his previous tenure Shell had the Raiders in the playoffs almost every year.....

- Does anyone care about today’s Pro Bowl???.....

- Just when it looked like the Michigan basketball team was going to be a contender for the Big Ten title, the Maize and Blue came up with three straight clunkers.....last Saturday they got smoked by 30 points to Iowa.....then on Thursday night, Ohio State stuck 12 3-pointers in the first half on their way to another win in Ann Arbor.....then the low point of the season came yesterday when Michigan got beat by 15 points to lowly Purdue....Tommy Amaker’s days in Ann Arbor may be numbered....

- The days are definetly numbered for Indiana's Mike Davis.....

- All I know, Duke’s J.J. Redick has to be on the U.S. Olympic team.....like him or not, this kid could flat out shoot the three ball, which is needed in the Olympics....

- Whatever happened to Cherokee Parks?.....

- It is very possible that both Kentucky and Louisville may not make the Big Dance this year.....both teams are struggling.....

- Right now my Final Four teams are: West Virginia, Duke, Texas, and U.Conn.....Ohio State could be a sleeper....

- Why did Mike Piazza sign with San Diego?....it looks like he is going to try and prove that he can still catch....

- Finally, will the Cleveland Browns fans stop whining about the officiating in the Super Bowl....all week I have heard Browns fans saying the officials gave the Steelers the Super Bowl.....hmmmm, funny the Browns fans are saying that being that their beloved Ohio State Buckeyes won the national title in 2002 over Miami (Fla.) because of an official throwing a flag for pass interference on a fourth down play.....