Flawless Thoughts

Now that Tiki Barber has filed paperwork to return to the NFL I want Rachel Nichols camped out on his front lawn with around the clock news about his decision. Good luck to teams looking into signing him, as Cadillac Williams' knees may prove more stable than whichever locker room Tiki joins (beef with Coughlin, Strahan, and Eli).

If by "curse" Dan Gilbert meant a five game losing streak for the Heat that included a report of tears, he might have been right. Though I wouldn't want to be the Cavs, quietly breaking records that the worst teams in NBA history had a hard time setting. Then again, it's just a losing streak and it's strange to see fans so excited about the crying reports, when most of us would say that the College game is where all the passion and emotion is. It makes me think that more passion may be in the Pro game when I see the elbows that Dwight Howard has been dishing out lately.

Forty years ago today, one of the most talked about boxing matches of all time was held, and that really reminds me of how terrible heavyweight boxing has become. Say all you will about the NHL becoming irrelevant after a long period of success, but what has happened to heavyweight boxing is downright unfathomable. When I was growing up, if sports were being talked about, heavyweight boxing was bound to be involved, now all that remains is a show about Mike Tyson's pigeons and a great indoor grill.