Spurious thoughts and idle musings from the world of sports …

Okay, so some teams want to bring their own food … And some elite long-distance runners don’t wanna run outdoors in the polluted air … And the monks are mad in Tibet … And the torch relay is a daily disaster … Other than that, the Beijing Olympics are in great shape. Just super, thanks for asking. You know, at this point, the only thing worse would be letting Jar Jar Binks light the torch. I got a bad feeling about this.

You can’t have it both ways, Roy. This is big time college basketball. You can’t get rock-chalked into bolivian against your old gig, Kansas, on Final Flop, I mean, Final Four Saturday and then wear a Jayhawk decal on your shirt two days later. Trying to make everybody like you is a noble goal, Roy, but it’s mission impossible. Just ask your revered mentor, Dean Smif. And if he won’t tell you, then I will … Once you leave a no place like home like Kansas, you can’t go back. Just like those first half timeouts you didn’t call … Once you sit on ‘em, they’re puff daddy forever and ever, amen.

Welcome to the 2008 NFL Draft of Mock Drafts … With the first pick, Miami selects Mel Kiper Jr’s mock draft. Mel’s ESPN.com mock draft is well-analyzed, has good depth and balance and ran the mock 40 in a blistering 4.27 mock seconds. Picking second, the Rams select the mock draft of SI.com’s Don Banks. Don’s mock set a new combine record with 34 mock bench reps but his three-page web format with 1-10, 11-20 and 21-32 navigation buttons caused his mock stock to drop just a bit. At the third pick, we have a trade. The Patriots trade their No. 7 mock draft pick (obtained last year from San Francisco) plus their own 3rd round mock draft pick plus a 2009 5th round mock draft pick to the Falcons for their No. 3 mock draft pick this year. The Falcons, of course, are in a major rebuilding mode and need the extra mock draft picks. The Patriots then make a surprise pick taking Chris Steuber’s mock draft from Scout.com. The up-and-coming Steuber was on no one’s mock draft of Draft of Mock Drafts until just a few days ago but now here his mock is the impressive choice of the defending AFC champs. Well done, Chris.

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