Trivial minutaie on this Tuesday afternoon of no particular distinction, as you thought of 50 O. Henry-esque ways to die for that really cool oompahpah band that was into hip-hop.
- This is schadenfreude writ large: Duke's do-no-wrong basketball star, J.J. Redick, was arrested and charged with impaired driving in the early hours of today. This comes as no surprise to anyone who saw Redick play over the past four years: we all know he can't drive. Scott Carefoot, who was first to this, jokes, "What the story doesn't mention is that Dick Vitale posted bail." Deadspin is all over this, as you might expect.
- So Josh Towers, will not, I repeat, will not, be starting for the Jays tomorrow against the Orioles. He's staying in The 'Cuse, as Richard Griffin reports. And no, wise guy, they haven't come up with a way for Roy Halladay to pitch two games in a row. Scott Downs will take Gustavo Chacin's place.
- Can't keep this Dick down: World Anti-Doping Agency Dick Pound has slammed the NHL's boasts that there's no use of performance-enhancers among its players. Pound noted that (a) the league doesn't test in the off-season and (b) doesn't test player after the games. We all know any test can reveal whatever the tester wants revealed. Or concealed, as this case may be. The crux of the grievance here isn't that performance-enhancing drugs may be prevalent in the NHL -- you don't know, and I don't know -- but that the league would act like the public is that naive to believe it would buy whatever party line it peddles.
- Raptor draft scuttlebutt: It still says here that Adam Morrison will not be drafted by the Raptors. Carefoot says he could live with it, though. The Toronto Star's basketball beat writer, Doug Smith, says he likes Morrison, but not "enough to suggest Toronto draft him unless they move back to No. 3 in a deal with Charlotte and Andrea Bargnani is gone."
That's all for now. Send your thoughts to neatesager@yahoo.ca.
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