Here's What I'm Burning On

Ok, so after that 'Ode To Jim Rome'...
Today, in olympic coverage I read that Michelle Kwan may be withdrawing from the figure skating competition because of a groin pull. This groin pull she has was what caused her to have to sit out of the National Championship and Trials. If she knew prior to today that this was going to be a problem, she should have withdrawn consideration for being on the team. She became a grievance before the Trials because she wants to win the gold so badly...well, who wouldn't? This is where Emily Hughes should be, not sitting back waiting for Michelle to sit it out. This should tarnish the reputation and great image that Kwan made in winning the US championships for a few years in a row there. I don't want to go as far as calling her a "has been", but she needs to be responsible and know that injuries of her nature need time and with all the striding and jumps she has to do in skating, she should have sat out, even if it means she would never get the gold. I mean how many of us recreational athletes have dreamed at one time or another of being an Olympian and winning the gold?

Another burn is all the whining from the Colts camp because they didn't win their first playoff game...so they struggled. It happens, get over it and move on. At least now you know that Peyton Manning is an overpriced QB who hasn't really known how to win since he led Tennessee to the national title back in 1997. They are like the Red Sox of the NFL. They do everything to buy or keep a winning team, but they can't seem to win when it counts. (Though I give credit to the Sox, at least they have won a title, in my lifetime.)

I'm also tired of hearing the debate for J.J. Redick vs. Adam Morrison as National Player of the Year in College Basketball. They are both overrated players who can win as long as the team revolves around them. Once either one experiences some defense on them, they freeze up and don't make or create the shots that give them so many 30+ point games. They aren't quality for talk of Player of the Year yet...they have conference tourneys and NCAA Tourney games to still play. Let the debate begin once they get to the first round of the NCAA tourney. Even if it is only the Eastern Seaboard Production Network (Thanks, Sports Radio 670 The Score) that keeps that debate going cause they can't create relevant stories for the current week or the way a team like the Indiana Hoosiers are playing. Granted alot of the Hoosier talk is still bitterness at Myles Brand for firing Bobby Knight. Hey Indiana, Bobby Knight might be a great coach and Myles Brand might be an idiot but, GROW UP!

And that fans is what I'm burning on...Goodnight!