Speaking of the Olympics, actress Geena Davis came up short in her bid to qualify for the American archery team. According to her publicist, Davis didn't wanna shoot guns and so took up bow and arrow instead. Sammy Sosa locked and loaded at 51 and counting. Cardinal McGwire locked and loaded at 50 and counting. Stretch run of Home Run Derby, The Sequel is about to commence.
Horses are nervous everywhere.
Not only is their hoops program in tatters from Papergate, now it seems the athletic department official in charge of sexual violence awareness training has a coupla solicitation busts on his rap sheet. Yes, a cliche but most appropriate. The Little League World Series, one of the most refreshing sports events of any year, is underway again with my childhood homeboys, defending champ Toms River, NJ, back for a repeat shot. Teams from Indiana, Alabama, Idaho, Canada, Germany, Japan, and Puerto Rico complete the field and will try to knock off the champs who are just the third team in 52 years of World Series play to earn a second try. C'mon, boys, bring it on home.