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With the 42nd pick, the Denver Broncos select: Pat Sims, DT, Auburn This is the first step to addressing Denver's desperate need for some semblance of a run defence. While not an elite talent like Dorsey or Ellis, Sims is strong and a good tackler, and with time and some good coaching, should help shore up a woeful defensive line that finished 30th against the run in 2007.

Finally! New episodes in two weeks. St. Patrick's Day can't come soon enough.

Biggest drop-off from first to second season ever. Wow, was that first season ever awesome, though. A classic.

Kobe set the NBA season high with 52 points this afternoon. I can't believe there've only been three guys who've gone for 50 this season. Not only that, they left him open for a game-tying 3 at the end of OT as well, but he threw up an airball.

I actually thought of Steve Carlton, but I drew the line at last names.

It was CityTV, so I wasn't expecting much.

HHH vs. TAKA Michinoku

The Blue Jays are on TV today. It almost feels like spring. Of course, it'd feel a lot more like spring without the four feet of snow on the ground, but you take what you can get, I guess.

I know I've seen a noon game before, but I can't for the life of me remember when or who it was.

Totally forgot, LOL. Says something about his career. OK, scratch Delgado and put Malone in.

What? He's very reliable. When you need an extra pylon for skating drills, he's your man.

Peter Moylan, RP AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OY OY OY!

The Montreal-New Jersey game tonight has turned into a really important one. The Habs can rise to first overall with a win, or drop to a tie for fourth with Pittsburgh with a loss. Curtis Joesph is making his third start of the season for the Flames tonight against Phoenix.

Syracuse blew an 11 point lead with under four minutes to play to lose at home to Pitt. Barring a very deep tournament run, they're probably headed for the NIT.

It is still the fastest-growing city in the U.S., but there's a big limit to how much it can grow in the future, being in a valley. I flew home on the red-eye the last time I was there, and looking out the window, it's really striking how the lights just suddenly end at the mountains. It also has no decent-sized surrounding towns that would help make it a larger market. I was surprised to learn that Las Vegas-Paradise-Pahrump is now the 25th largest combined statistical area in the U.S., though. As for the sports betting issue, the easy solution is simply to take any games involving the local team off the board. That what the casinos currently do whenever UNLV plays in college football and basketball. The stigma comes mostly from the days when a lot of the casinos had mob ties, which is no longer the case. The casinos are very diligent about making sure things are above board. With all the money the casinos now make legitimately, they don't want there to be even a hint of funny business.

No. Setting aside the sports betting issue, which is easily handled, Vegas isn't a large market, and there's too much else competing for tourists' attention. There won't be support for a publicly-financed arena, and nobody is going to want to build a stadium that will probably lose money when they could build a casino that will probably make money. Someone give me a real answer for my last question. I'm going to try to get the image of the five smiling demons out of my memory.

Carl Lewis Carlton Fisk Carl Yastrzemski Roberto Carlos Carlos Delgado Who are the top 5 greatest sports announcers (TV or radio) that you have ever heard?

Second.

Bah, I was joking. I know the Flyers are good. After the Sens' next win, I'm expecting a fan of whatever team it happens to be to say, "My God, we can't even beat the Senators."

My God, we can't even beat the Flyers. Hey, I know this is going to be hard to believe, but Martin Havlat is out for the rest of the season.

Ubaldo Jimenez, SP

The reason I think Kobe won't get it is because everyone's going to point to that nationally televised Lakers/Cavs game from a few weeks ago, where LeBron outplayed Kobe down the stretch, and say they can't put Kobe ahead of LeBron on that basis. Which is bullshit, but there you go.

I'm excited about this. 1986 was the one complete set of cards I had for Statis Pro Baseball when I was a kid.

Montreal Royals.

I was hoping for an election so things at work would calm down. All big projects are halted following an election call.