Josh Q. Public:  Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.  -Carl Sagan

Public Knowledge:

1.  Nobody likes a big mouth.  Who’s a punk now Quentin?  Punks jump up to get beat down!  The Knicks sure did get beat down last night.  The Knicks gave up last night.  They gave up on themselves.  They gave up on their team.  They gave up on their fans.  They gave up on their coach.  There is no turning back.  There is no righting the ship.  Short of firing Isiah Lord Thomas, that is.  The anti-Midas.  Badluck Schleprock.  Everything he touches turns to garbage.  From the CBA to the Raptors.  From the Pacers to the Knicks.  Every day this cat still has a job makes me shake my head in wonderment.  But even if Zeke does go, Dolan will still be there.  And that’s not good news for any self respecting Knicks fan.

2.  Fantasy Nation weeps.  You’re in your 1st week of your fantasy playoffs.  You got Brett Favre going.  Down goes Favre!  Down goes Favre!  Down goes Favre!  And in comes Aaron bleepin Rogers.  There goes the season.  There goes the neighborhood.  Just hope that’s the league you didn’t pay money to play.  You know the one.  The one where half the managers stopped changing their line-ups five weeks ago.  I hate that.  Show some commitment for once in your life.  People are counting you godammit!

3.  I picked the Packers to win outright.  I was wrrrr.  I was wrrrrrr.  I was wrong.  The Cowboys outmuscled, outclassed, outplayed, outeverythinged the Packers.  If they don’t make the Super Bowl it will be shocking.  So don’t touch me.  ‘Cause I’m electric.  And if you touch me you’ll shocked, shocked, shocked.  But then they’ll have to play the Patriots.  And you know as well as I do as well as Clubber Lang does what will happen then:

4.  I was switching back and forth between Celtics and the football.  You got me lookin’ up high.  You got me searchin’ down low.  You got me, I know you know.  You got me jerkin’ back ‘n’ forth.  Jerkin’ back and forth between Marv Albert and Bryant Gumble.  Jerkin’ back and forth between maybe the greatest play by play guy of all time and possibly the worst.  Just some food for thought.  Yessss!  And the foul.

5.  What about Brett Fav… ruh?  Does he play next week.  Or doesn’t he?  Does he keep in tact the most incredible streak of all time in any sport or does he sit this one out for the team.  Sit out and take one for the team.  Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team - no one more important that the other.  Sit it out so he can play in the play-offs.  Sit it so he can he play when it really matters.  My gut says he plays he next week.  My head says he shouldn’t.

6.   The Red Sox have offered pitcher Jon Lester, center fielder Coco Crisp and a couple of minor leaguers for Johann Santana.  The Yankees are willing to offer pitcher Ian Kennedy and an outfielder, and haven’t refused Phil Hughes.  This is win-win for the Sox.  Like my main man Joey LaMotta always says, “You win, you win.  You lose, you still win.”  The Red Sox win the Johann Sweepstakes and their pitching staff becomes the best in baseball for a very long time.  Maybe the best staff ever.  The Yankees sign him, it means the Red Sox have driven up the price so high, it will probably have included some untouchables.  Robinson Cano untouchables.  Joba untouchables.  Guys like that there.  And then the Sox go out and get a guy like Danny Haren and still have the best staff baseball.  You win, you win.  You lose, you still win.  And don’t look now but contract extension talks between the Orioles and Erik Bedard stalled yesterday.  This guy could be on the market as well.  This guy could be the cream of the crop.

7.  More You Tube fun.  This time with Kevin Garnett:

8.  The Mets have traded Lastings Milledge to the Nationals for catcher Brian Schneider and outfielder Ryan Church.  Is the guy that much trouble.  I truly believe Milledge is going to be a superstar in this league.  Superstar.  Live large.  A big house.  Five cars, you’re in charge.  To trade him for that bunch of nothing makes no sense to me.  No sense whatsoever.

Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!

Lancelot Links:

1.  Strike another match, go start anew.  And it’s all over now, Baby Blue.  No it ain’t.  It’s only the beginning.  Home Run Derby

2.  ‘Fire Isiah’ Chant Breaks Out During Knicks’ Front-Office Meeting.  Onion Sports

3.  Had enough of Bonds yet?  HBO hasn’t.  They’re making a movie.  Variety

4.  Thanks to Barry Melrose Rocks:

5.  When 11-2 isn’t good enough.  Tommy Point

6.  Just in case you live in a cave and haven’t seen this yet.  Jason Whitlock

7.  Steve Lavin loves Eric Gordon.  Inside the Hall

8.  All American Profile:  OJ Mayo  Ghost of Wayne Fontes

Peace out homies.  Six Two and Even!

Josh Q. Public:  Knowledge is love and light and vision.  -Helen Keller

Public Knowledge:

1.  First, Texas A&M made its quick hire of Mike Sherman.  Then Ole Miss hired Houston Nutt virtually sight unseen.  Now this is still America after all, and you can hire whomever you like.  Just eat food, try not to be crude or rude, kill the attitude, chill the serious mood, and doowutchyalike.  But c’mon.  Only seven of 119 Division I-A teams have been led this season by minority coaches.  If you don’t see something wrong with that, I can’t help you.

2.  I like Brett Favre.  I like the Pack.  Go, you Packers, go and get ‘em.  Go, you fighting fools upset ‘em.  I know the defense is decimated with injuries.  I just think they have it.  You know.  It.  It’s in the game!  Call it character.  Call it intangibles.  Call it a certain je ne sais quoi.  Call it whatever you like.  Just act a fool, it’s okay if you drool, ’cause everybody’s gonna strip, and jump in the pool.  And doowhatwelike, yeah, and doowhatwelike.  I like the Packers to win outright tonight.  Whether I’m able to see it or not.

3.  I’m all caught up in Jimmy V week.  Never give up!  Last night I watched the UMass/Syracuse game.  Holy cow!  Runnin’ and gunnin’.  Paul Westhead style.  The Minutemen made their Carrier Dome debut a memorable one.  They scored more points against the Orange than any opponent since the building opened in 1980.  Goodness!  Jonny Flynn is a stud.  No question about it.  But the cat who impressed me the most was UMass’ Ricky Harris.  The New Microwave.  Hitting a three here.  Hustling there.  That kid’s a gamer.  As UMass adjusts to life without Stephan Lasme in the post and continue learning this fast break offense, they will be a force to be reckoned with in the A-10.

4.  The Devil Rays and Twins finish 6-player deal that essentially breaks down to Delmon Young for Matt Garza.  I still like that bat throwing madman Delmon Young in this one.  A five tool athlete.  If this kid can just keep his stuff together, he has the ability to put up some incredible numbers.  Remarkable numbers.  Monster numbers.  Freddy Lynn numbers.  Look for this kid to hit about .290.  Look for this kid to smash thirty to thirty five bombs.  Look for this kid to drive in one hundred runs.  Look for this kid to win an MVP one day.

5.  Knicks/Celtics tonight.  Quentin Richardson says “it’s no big deal.”  Quentin Richardson says, “they’re not that deep of a team.”  Quentin Richardson says, “the last time we played them, we beat them in the preseason in a game.”  Quentin Richardson better shut his mouth.  This is what the Celtics are going to do the Knicks tonight:

6.  Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has agreed to set aside close to $1 million to pay for the care of the 54 pit bulls seized from his dogfighting operation.  A day late and a dollar short.

7.  The Twins just traded their shortstop. The Mets have Jose Reyes.  The Mets are in the Johann Sweepstakes.  But still.  I don’t see it.  As much as I value pitching, pitching wins championships, you’re only as good as your next starter, all that.  I still don’t see it.  Reyes had an off year for Reyes, but an everyday, leadoff batter of his magnitude, that would be a very bitter pill to swallow. 

8.  If you’re a fantasy nut like me, you have a fantasy hockey team.  If you have a fantasy like me and you drafted Ray Emery like me, very high like me, you cannot be happy like me.  What to do, what to do?  Last year Martin Gerber was hated by the fans.  They wanted him shipped out of town.  This year, he turns his game around, and now the same fans want Emery gone instead.  For my sake, I hope the Sens heed the fans requests.  This cat is just too good not to be getting ice time.  And besides, what am I supposed to do?  Cut Ray Emery?  Inconceivable.

9.  Tim Tebow has to win the Heisman right?  I know McFadden is breaking records set by Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson.  I know he is the only reason Arkansas won the West in 2006 and beat LSU in 2007.  I know he is the only reason Houston Nutt still has a job.  But how can you not vote for Tebow.  Tim Tebow is a monster.  He is the only player in the history of college football to rush for 20 touchdowns and pass for over 20 touchdowns.  Holy Cow!  He is a sophomore, but who cares?  This award goes to the best player.  Tim Tebow is the best football player this year.  I am I am Superman and I know what’s happening.  I am I am I am Superman and I can do anything.

10.  Yankees still suck!

Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!