Random thoughts while wondering whatever happened to Billy Jo Robidoux:

I Have a Dream Dept.:  Somehow this Tim Hardaway's comments on homosexuals has morphed into comparisons to the plight of pre-civil rights African Americans.  Huh?

Many African-American players have come out saying that Tim Hardaway, as a black man, should understand discrimination.  Last time I looked, Tim Hardaway did not choose to be black, he was born that way.  Hardaway belongs to a race of people; homosexuality is not a race, it is a lifestyle.  If Tim Hardaway came out and said "I hate Nazis, skin heads and the KKK!" or "I hate people that smoke cigarettes! "would this have even been a story?  Of course not because those are groups, not entire races of people. And unpopular ones at that, especially among the media.

And, by the way, the publisher of the book "Man in the Middle" is ESPN, who will ride this horse until it drops to help sell books.  Just wait until tomorrow morning on "Outside the Lines" and the "Sports Reporters" as Hardaway is vilified and books roll off the press.

You can't begin to compare what blacks in this country went through as opposed to gays.  I have never seen a homosexual forced to the back of a bus because a straight guy wanted to sit down.  I have never seen a gay guy forced to use a bathroom specially designated for homosexuals.  I have never seen restaurants maked "straight only, fagots keep out."  I assume when I see a water fountain anyone can use it, gay or straight. 

To suggest that homosexuals have gone through what African-Americans have is an embellishment.  And it is totally apples to oranges. 

For the Love of the Game Dept.:  The most telling comments in John Amaechi's book are about how playing NBA basketball  was a means to an end for most of these guys and how most of them really didn't care. 
We all knew that was the deepest, darkest, secret in sports, we just didn't want to admit it to ourselves and we certainly don't like to see it in print from a guy who played the game.

I was in a store yesterday and two people were having a conversation about sports.  One person said "I like college sports better because I think those guys try harder and really enjoy the game."  Yes, they do.  They try harder because they want the NBA pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Sports is, admit it or not, all about the Benjamins.
 
Left Hand of God Dept.: Me thinks Mark Buerlhe should shut up and win 18 games this year or all of this crap about a contract will be moot.

Truth Be Told Dept.: The real reason that Britney Spears checked out of rehab so fast?  Meet her roomate.

All My Rowdy Friends Dept.: Are you ready for some lawyers?

Sly Move Dept.: The reason we detained you, Mr. Stallone, is because we had to ask you what were you thinking when you thought could you make a new Rocky movie at your age?

Tubes Tied Dept.: Another winning piece of legislation from Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), the man who thought the Internet was comprised of tubes.  Ted wants to censor what your kids can get on the Internet at school, including useful things like Wikipedia. 

Ted, while it is obvious that you think the term "broadband" describes the Andrews Sisters or that a laptop is something you get at a strip club, we have individual school districts that do this.  So sit down, open your can of salmon and have a nice lunch.  Please.

Phone Home Dept.: While your cell phone may be able to download videos, surf the Internet, serve as an address book and take pictures, it still can't unlock your car.

Let Them Eat Cake Dept.: If you are drunk and urinating in New Mexico, it's okay.  You are hearing voices.