Some Free Throws from Around Sports

I hope you all are getting ready for a run filled sports night. We have the Yankees taking on the White Sox in the final game of a four game series. We have the Mets taking on the Nationals. We have the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. For a link to my mock draft click here. And for a look back at the best and bust picks of each team since 1980 click here. Here are some fun things from around sports today:

- A Dutch football (soccer to us) team, the VVV-Venlo signed a one-year old to a contract. Check out the kid in action here. Of course its a publicity stunt but it makes me wonder what is next.

-Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel is in some hot water with the NCAA and it came out today that some of his player were trading items in exchange for tattoos and the like. Perhaps its time Jim Tressel actually gets punished and takes responsibility for running a seriously unethical football program.

-Bartolo Colon turned back the clock last night and went 8 innings, allowing 1 run and striking out 6. He was able to get out of a bases loaded jam with nobody out without giving up a run. He looks poised and focused out there. Maybe he is just relaxed knowing he doesn't have to face A-Rod anymore.

-I have a feeling that there will be the customary run on quarterbacks in the first round. I don't see any single QB being worth a first rounder but there will be teams going out there and wasting picks. Then, they will rush these young kids into starting roles and boom, they will be done. What a shame.

- If some offensive linemen start to go early I can see a run on them as well. There is a lot of defense in this draft and only 2 wide receivers worthy of first round consideration and there is a shyness from selecting running backs in the first round so if one o-lineman goes it might cause a domino effect.

-The player that makes the most sense for the Giants to draft is Anthony Costanzo. He can slide into a starting job and move David Diehl inside to guard which would also save the Giants $1.3 million in incentives which is due Diehl if he remains a starting tackle.

-Rex Ryan has managed to put his foot in his mouth again (pun possibly intended here) by smack talking the Giants in his new book. He calls the Jets a "better team" and a "big brother" to the Giants. OK, so the past two seasons the Jets have been the better team but a "big brother?" Hey Rex, you haven't won a Super Bowl with the Jets. The Giants have won 3 and been to four since the Jets last went to a Super Bowl. The Jets played in Giants Stadium until last year. The Giants are one of the oldest franchises in the NFL. The Jets a "big brother?" Check your facts Rex. And wait until you win a Super Bowl before you write a damn book, fool.

Well folks, I kept it short and sweet tonight. Enjoy the draft, baseball, or basketball playoffs, or hockey playoffs.