Friday, May 13, 2011

Dimes, dunks, errors and birdies

- Name a Royals player in recent memory who has caused the excitement of Eric Hosmer? That's right--you can't.

- Mike Anderson will benefit at Arkansas from the recruiting class assembled by fired coach John Pelphrey.

- This weekend's Players Championship has long been considered the "fifth major" for PGA Tour players. It's hard, though, to consider this tournament at that level given the DNF of Tiger Woods and the no-shows of Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood.

- DeAndre Daniels, the highest rated uncommitted hoops player in the 2011 class, is down to Duke, Kansas and Texas. Daniels reportedly will make a decision on May 18.

- I wonder what Roy Williams thought of Mark Turgeon taking the head basketball coaching job at Maryland? Roy has long made it publicly known that he doesn't like playing against ex-assistant coaches and/or ex-players.

- Paul Pierce's "rules to lead by," as reported in The Sporting News: "(1) The best leader I've ever played with is Kevin Garnett; (2) A leader's greatest asset is to stay focused and make sure you're out there executing; and (3), The key to a good players-only meeting is to not have them. Sometimes, you want to get together and say what you need to say. But, you shouldn't have to do that too much."

- Is anyone else concerned with the Chiefs number one draft pick, Jonathan Baldwin, and his well-documented attitude issues at Pitt? Dwayne Bowe proved last year that he finally has his head screwed on straight but we all remember the issues with "the Bowe Show" in years one and two.

- Wouldn't it be ironic if Texas A&M hired Doc Sadler from Nebraska? Sadler, who just left the Big 12 would then be coming back to the Big 12.

- I'm looking forward to the Heat-Bulls Eastern Conference finals in the NBA.

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