Public Knowledge

Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.  -Winston Churchill

Public Knowledge:

1.  Triple double.  Triple trouble.  No, not Jason Kidd.  The Mamba and Kung Pau each had at least 10 field goals, 10 free throws and 10 rebounds last night.  Yowza!  The last pair of NBA teammates to each record that kind of triple-double in a non-overtime game was Nascar pitch man Brad Daugherty and 3-Time NBA All-Star 1984 NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion Larry Nance back on January 12, 1991. 

2.  Brett Favre retires.  For good.  We think.  Oh, yes, they call him the Streak.  Look at that, look at that.  He likes to show off his physique.  Look at that, look at that.  If there’s an audience to be found, he’ll be streakin’ around.  Invitin’ public critique.  Brett’s streak is the most incredible run in all of sports.  Makes Cal look like a sissy.  Favre won a Super Bowl.  Favre won three MVPs.  Favre completed more passes than anyone in history.  But it is the streak that will be his legacy.  253.  275 if you include the post-season.  Like 56.  Like 2,632.  Like those numbers there, only tougher.  Brett Favre, the toughest quarterback who ever lived.  Now that’s a legacy.

3.  Craig Anderson is hot.  En fuego.  En Flambe.  Craig Anderson, goalie for the Florida Panthers is scorching.  Craig Anderson set an NHL record on Sunday by making 53 saves in a shutout vs. the Islanders.  He followed that with a 40-save shutout performance last night against my Big Bad Bruins.  Well folks, that’s another NHL record.  Set another NHL record by facing 93 shots over a two-game span without allowing a goal.  Goodness!  The old record was held by the Dominator.  Hasek faced 75 shots over consecutive games without allowing a goal in 1997. 

4.  Hasta la vista Warren Sapp.  Sapp made seven Pro Bowls, won the 1999 Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year award, and led Tampa Bay’s dominant defense that won the Super Bowl after the 2002 season.  He also smokes a lot of pot.   Aloha, Mr. hand.  Aloha, Warren Sapp. 

5.  The Supersonics to Oklahoma City just got closer.   Oklahoma City voters approved a sales tax extension Tuesday to fund $121.6 million in improvements to a downtown arena and build a practice facility in hopes of luring an NBA team.  I just don’t like it.  I don’t like it one bit.

6.  Paging Mr. Herman.  Mr. Pee Wee Herman.  Pee Wee Herman is a Boston Red Sox Scout.  Who knew?

7.  Pat Summitt, you’re the next coach of the New York Knicks.  Not really.  But that would be something.  Wouldn’t it?

8.  Giving up that brotherly love.  How bout them 76ers?  How bout that Andre Miller?  How bout that Eastern Conference’s Player of the Week for the second time in a month?  Last week, Miller averaged 23.0 points.  Last week, Miller averaged 77 cents.  Last week, Miller averaged 5.3 rebounds and two steals.  Holy Cow!  He outscored the opposing point 69-27.  Outscored Boom Dizzle.  Outscored Steve Nash.   He recorded his fifth double-double in his last 14 games.  Play-offs baby.  Play-offs.  Celtics.  Pistons.  Sixers.  These are the good ole days. 

9.  Can I kick it?  Yes you can.  Not anymore you can’t.  El Duque says he either has to alter the knee-to-chin portion of his windup or eliminate it completely if he wants to continue to pitch in the major leagues.  That’s a dirty rotten crying shame.  One of the great wind-ups in all of baseball.  Signature motion.  Everybody’s doin’ a brand new dance now.  C’mon baby do the loco-motion.  Do the loco-motion with me.  Loco-motion like El Tiante.  Loco-motion like Dontrelle Willis.  Loco-motion like Fernando Valenzuela.  Loco-motion like Vida Blue.  So come on, come on.  Do the loco-motion with me.

10.  Yankees still suck!

Peace out homies.  Six two and even!

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