Public Knowledge

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. – Bertrand Russell 

Public Knowledge:

1.  Ok, folks are calling it Super Bowl 41 and a half.  Folks are calling it the game of the year.  Folks are saying this is the last great rivalry.  I say bologna.  I don’t care that this is the first time unbeatens have faced each other this late in the season since 1921.  I don’t care that people are comparing this rivalry to the Dallas Cowboys-San Francisco 49ers donnybrooks of the ’90s.  I don’t care that people seem to think the Patriots need to avenge the most embarrassing collapse of their glorious run.  The Patriots right now are on different stratosphere.  The Colts do not stand a chance.  This is what the Patriots are going to do to them on Sunday:

2.  I hope the Lakers have Geico because when it comes to Los Angeles, the story ends with Lauren Wallace or somebody else, putting them in the wall.  First Lakers owner Jerry Buss has been suspended for two games and fined $25,000 by NBA commissioner David Stern in conjunction with Buss’ conviction on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge.  Then Lamar Odom’s Mercedes-Benz was totaled and he suffered a slight concussion following a two-car accident Tuesday.  Listen, go-kart track, grocery store, those remote controlled boats; when it comes to the Los Angeles Lakers, the story ends with me putting him in the wall.

3.  Down goes Torre.  Down goes Donny Baseball.  Down goes Georgie?  Hip hip Jor-ge!  The dismantling of the Yankees looks to be continuing.  It appears inevitable that Posada will not sign with the Yankees before Nov. 13, the date that other teams can get involved in the bidding.  So now the Bombers run the risk of another club offering him big money.  Posada to the Mets?  Could be.  Sources say Mets GM Omar Minayacal has identified Posada at the top of the team’s list of free agent targets.  Wouldn’t that be a kick in the head.

4.  It seems I’m on a hockey kick today.  So keeping with the theme, check this out:  Top Goalie Masks.

5.  Mike Cameron is no Doc Ellis.  Sure Cameron was suspended for the first 25 games of 2008 for testing positive to a banned stimulant.  Sure he’s played drunk.  Cameron:  “Shit, I’ve played drunk.  New York City.  I went four for four with two jacks and eight ribbies.  I’m not saying that’s the only day I played drunk, but that was the best one.”  Doc still takes the cake.  No-hitting the San Diego Padres on June 12, 1970 despite being under the influence of LSD throughout the course of the game.  Doc:  “The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn’t.  Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him.  I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances.  I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive.  I jumped, but the ball wasn’t hit hard and never reached me.”

6.  Speaking of hopheads, he’s back.  Todd Marinovich is back.  Back in rehab.  Todd Marinovich pleaded guilty to felony possession of a small amount of methamphetamine and misdemeanor syringe possession and resisting arrest.  The charges against Marinovich stem from his arrest in August near Newport Pier, where he was skateboarding in a prohibited area.  Marinovich had a guitar case which contained speed in a powder form, as well as a spoon and syringe.  That’s almost as good as Maurice Clarett being discovered with  a hatchet, a loaded AK-47, a Hi-Point Pistol and two other loaded handguns in his vehicle along with an open bottle of Grey Goose vodka.  Almost as good.

7.  More hockey talk.  The Eagle has landed.  Eddie the Eagle.  Eddie Belfour.  Veteran goalie Ed Belfour was a winner in his Swedish League debut Wednesday night.  The 42-year-old Belfour stopped 16 of 17 shots as Leksand beat Sundsvall 4-1 before crowd of 7,000 fans.   That’s a long way from 1990.  1990 when he notched 43 victories in 74 games setting both NHL rookie and Blackhawk team records and the Calder, the Veznia and the Jennings trophies. 

8.  If I catch any of you guys in my stuff, I’ll kill you.  And I don’t like nobody touching me. Any of you Romos touch me, and I’ll kill you.  That wasn’t the advice the Big Tuna gave Tony Romo but he did have these words of wisdom:  “Now Tony has two things to be careful with – the football and his money.  Both are equally hard to take care of, and there’s always someone out there trying to strip you of them.  I hope he hangs on tight. The circus never stays in town forever.  Bill should know.

9.  I know they lost.  I know folks don’t like him.  But I do.  Agent Zero.  Agent Zero inbounds the ball from the wing to Antawn Jamison.  Back to Agent Zero.  Tinsley up on him.  Agent Zero fiddles.  Agent Zero diddles.  He goes up.  25 foot J.  No time left.  It’s in!  It’s in!  Agent Zero sends this one into overtime!  Just like last year.  Last year when Agent Zero won four games with shots or free throws as time expired.

10.  OK, I watched the Nets Bulls last night.  If those guys are the competition for the new look Celtics, fuggettabouit.  They don’t stand a chance.  The Boston Celtics.  The PGA Tour.  These guys are good!

Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!

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