You're joking, right?

It's 6:00pm. That means sportscenter comes on. BREAKING NEWS they say. Joe Torre is now officially the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. I'm yawning. We've known it was only a matter of time before we heard the announcement for days now. OK, this is over, let's get to some real sports news. Up to the minute type stuff.


But, no. We get to hear about Andy Reid's sons, Britt and Garrett. His kids, both of which are over 18, by the way. Who don't play, coach, or work for a sports franchise. We hear about how the both got in trouble, in separate incidents on January 30. One of his sons was high on heroin, ran a red light and hit another car. Syringes with heroin in them were found in his car, and he admitted to having used that day. The other son pointed a gun at someone after a dispute while in traffic and was arrested on a number of charges, including carrying a firearm without a liscense.

A search of the Reid's house turned up illegal drugs and illegal prescription drugs through out the house.

Today both were sentenced and the judge had some harsh words for the entire family. Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill said, "I'm saying this is a family in crisis...It sounds more or less like a drug emporium there, with the drugs all over the house." A drug emporium? Ouch.

After leaving for court this morning, a search found 89 prescription pills in Garrett Reid's prison cell. He also was quoted as saying, "I liked being the rich kid in that area and having my own high-status life, I could go anywhere in the 'hood. They all knew who I was. I enjoyed it. I liked being a drug dealer."

Both sons have been sentenced to up to 23 months in jail. One got 1 year of probation following his release, while the other got 5.




OK, so now we got that out of the way. Here's my beef with that.

WHO CARES? WHY WAS THIS ON ESPN? They don't play for the Eagles. They don't even work for the Eagles. They are junkies who's father happens to work for the Eagles. This is being covered like it was LeBron James himself, found with a needle in his arm. They keep saying what effect does this have on Andy Reid's future?

My answer: Less groceries. Kick them out. They are bringing down your family. They are well over 18, one is 22 and the other is 24. The parents should have no responsibility here. Yes, the drugs were in their house, and they were stupid for letting it go on. But at the end of the day, these MEN are being treated like 14 year olds. An admitted drug dealer's parents are catching flack for his actions? HUH? Me no understand.


This was on SportsCenter before Martina Hingis, a women's tennis superstar, who retired today amidst allegations of cocaine use. That should be breaking news. This is a woman who's been in professional sports for more than 10 years. A drug test she took over the summer at Wembeldon came up positive for cocaine. Her "b" sample also came up positive. She claims she's 100% inncocent and has submitted hair samples for further testing.

Let's talk about why the Dodgers were granted exemption from MLB's policy of interviewing minority candidates. Because why? They wanted to hire Joe Torre and didn't want to conduct 'false interviews'? What happens if you find someone you like better than Joe Torre? What happens if you interview someone and go, "you know, we like you, but we want to give the manager position to Joe Torre. But, what we could do is offer you a scout position, or a coaching position and consider you again when the time comes up."

Let's talk about the press confrence to officialy introduce Joe Girardi as the manager of the Yankees, which got into the show for 2 minutes, 40 minutes in.

I can't believe I'm about to say this, but let's talk about Kobe Bryant flexing his no trade clause and turning down a trade.

Let's talk about the biggest regular season NFL game, since, well, maybe ever.

Let's not dedicate 10 of the first 12 minutes of the show to two people who shouldn't get more than a couple minutes on local television.