WHERE'D THE YEAR GO... MAY

In our continuing quest to secure a lower rung on the inferno, Out of Left Field looks back at the wild 'n' nutty month of May.

The Ottawa Senators blow five leads in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal against the Buffalo Sabres. Don't worry, Ottawa... it's gonna be OK.

Until Jason Pominville happened in Game 5 overtime, and Ottawa Mayor Bob Chiarelli got pranked, big-time. Wouldn't the "slightly dented" Dwayne Roloson have looked awfully good in a Senators uniform, though?

You always knew there was this weird Six Degrees of Separation thing going on with Bill (Spaceman) Lee, Bill Murray, David Letterman, Warren Zevon, Andre Dawson and Hunter S. Thompson.

Out of several hockey experts, only Jacques Demers foresees an Edmonton-Carolina Stanley Cup final.

Rumours of Ricky Williams joining the Toronto Argonauts pick up. "Someone's been smoking something," say legions of sport fans whose outlook on life would be better if they sampled some what they presume the rest of us are smoking.

That goes double for Joe Theismann, who became Stupid Joe for his brain-dead rant about Ricky.

Hey, it's the Sizemore Girls, who one presumes love Cleveland centre-fielder Grady Sizemore for his high on-base percentage. "Wow, they love everything mainstream. Dinner's on, ladies," one of my friends comments.

The Toronto Raptors unexpectedly win the No. 1 choice in the NBA draft. Some in the Toronto media put a negative spin on that, since there's no drop-dead consensus No. 1 pick, just this guy in Italy whose first name is a girl's name in North America.

At times, the Stanley Cup playoffs did make a good argument for 4-for-4 hockey.

That's all for now. Send your thoughts to neatesager@yahoo.ca.