Tuesday, July 18, 2006

I'm back! It took me more than a week but I'm finally settled back in Houston. I will be starting my internship back at Sports Radio 610 on Wednesday so that should be fun. What do I have on tap for the internship? a lot of early morning Texans Training Camps at oh how about 6 a.m.! I will do my best to pass information about the Texans from what I see.

A lot to talk about so Let's get started.

Barry Bonds:
Many newspapers are now reporting that Barry Bonds will be indicted soon from the Grand Jury leak to tax evasion. Here is my take on Bonds: where there is smoke, there is fire. Look, there is no way that a fabricated story about Bonds taking steroids could be going as far as him being indicted by the feds. Even if someone started a rumor that Bonds took steroids, there is no way in hell that a rumor would have gotten this far! He obviously took some steroids because every day more and more witnesses are found. Could those witnesses be lying to get Bonds back? Probably, but I believe the feds the can weed out the liars in cases as serious as this. Until more information is passed down about this, we will not know what really happened. I believe that Bonds did use enhancers.

T.O.: the media portrayed me as a selfish player
Before I give me opinion about this, I would like to let every reader know that I own a Terrell Owens jersey. I own a jersey because I enjoy watching T.O. on the field. I am not going to sit here and defend T.O. and what he does off the field. For T.O. to blame the media for his portrayal as a selfish player is like saying Saturday Night Live is responsible for the downfall of Ashlee Simpson's career. The media did not make T.O. rip McNabb, even though it might have been deserved. The media did not make T.O. call a press conference in his drive way and make him do sit-ups in his drive way. The media did not make you call one of your other quarterbacks in San Fran a "fag." The media did not make you sign Drew Rosenhaus and make you hold out. T.O. is a tremendous talent on the field but his antics off the field might be what his career might be defined as from now until he retires.

Allen Iverson---Why not to the Jazz?
I have been an Iverson fan since he played at Georgetown. I was rooting for him before he became the MVP in 2001. I was rooting for him before it was okay to root for the bad guy. I was with him when his sneakers only cost $89 and not $109.99. I was with A.I. when he almost became a Detroit Piston before the 2001 season. I am with A.I. today when he is unsure of his future, like every summer in his career. Before A.I., the 76ers were a horrible franchise in the mid 90's. Iverson single handedly resurrected that franchise and took them to the playoffs and the Finals in 2001. He made the 76ers the hottest ticket in basketball for a few years. What the 76ers are doing to Allen Iverson should be the story. Every summer they put him on the trading block to thank him for playing every game like it is his last. Iverson is getting better with age, look at his stats. Last season he put up 33 points, 7.4 assists and shot 44.7 percent from the field (the second highest in his career). All of his critics say he is getting old and his body is breaking down, he only missed 10 games this year. Allen Iverson is still a top 5 to top 10 talent but is getting treated like Shane Battier.
The 76ers need to trade him or shut up and admit a bad trade and get Chris Webber out of Philly. Trade Webb, open up some cap room and bring in some real help for AI. In my mind, the perfect situation for A.I. would be getting traded to a coach that would enjoy him and help him get to the finals again, that team? The UTAH JAZZ! Think about it, Jerry Sloan loves players who play hard nose basketball. Sure, the Jazz might not want him but if I could see AI with one coach right now, I want to see him with potential hall of fame coach Jerry Sloan. Sloan has always loved players who leave it on the floor and knows how to manage hall of fame players. Sure Utah might not be the best social environment for AI but maybe being away from a big loud city might help A.I. Iverson probably won't be traded to the Jazz because he won’t want to be there, but in my mind that is the perfect fit.

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