Dink & Dunk's

Some Random thoughts as i catch up on the blog.

* Zidane doesn't deserve golden ball. If you look at the voting two italians split votes and zidane took the rest. Pooling the italian votes together they would have beaten zidane. His bald bull imitation on Sunday should dismiss him from any awards

* Mediocre final to an otherwise grand Cup.

* Allstar Game. I'm all for one representative from every team going. Sports Talk shows are agast that we would have a no-name royal or devil ray on the all-star team. They are not allstars the hosts bemoan. They keep off other deserving players goes the battle cry. They are correct arguments but are made from teh sport's junkies perspective taht opperates under the assumption that the US wants to watch the best possible game. This, is untrue. I had one concern in the mid 80's. The phillies were beyond pittiful but you better believe i couldn't wait to see Von Hayes or Juan Samuel wave to teh camera as they were shown as the token Phil on the roster. Got me to watch a game i wouldn't have watched otherwise and made me a baseball fan that now concerns myself on what deserving players got shafted.

* Larry Bird exemption -- greatest thing to happen to salary caps.

* Jim Valvano speach at first ESPY's. If you haven't listened to it you have missed something special in life.

* Sports Center made me cry again this week. Kid with sycal cell wanting to coach the Eagle's for a day. His joy, coupled with the class of the Eagle's organization made for a touching moment.

I"ll be back to espy's in near future.