Andrea Bargnani. The name will forever be synonymous with being a number one overall pick in the NBA Draft. Will he join the likes of Tim Duncan, Shaquille O' Neal, and Hakeem Olajuwon as NBA cornerstones? Or will he be remembered with the Kwame Browns, Michael Olawokandis, and Pervis Ellisons of the world? My money is on the latter. Remember, for every Dirk Nowitzki, there are a hundred Mirsad Turckans (who?!)-both first rounders in 1998.
With Wimbeldon upon us I'd like to address a very important subject, and it has nothing to do with tennis. Many people have fawned over the young Russian starlet Maria Sharapova. She is ubiquitously considered one of the most beautiful women in sports if not the world. I tend to disagree. Which leads to an important dichotomy created in tennis in terms of female attractiveness. I think you can break most guys into two camps, each based on a "type" shown by a female tennis star. Maria Sharapova versus Serena Williams. Tall and slender versus thick and curvy. I do not find gangly girls like Sharapova attractive; unlike Popeye, I don't dig on Olive Oyl (I'm 5' 11", 230, "football player" build, so I'd look silly with a beanpole.) I am definately a fan of curves and voluptuosness so I give the nod to Williams (remember what Kanye's psychic told him...) For those who do like the Sharapova frame, here's a similar beauty ten times hotter: Stacey Keebler. I've just grown tired of hearing how hot Maria Sharapova is. They say she's like Anna Kournikova except she can actually play. Yes she can play but she is NO Kournikova physically (Maria, Reggie Miller called and he needs his physique back.) War females with curves. [For the record, I think the hottest chick in the game right now is probably Eva Mendes.]
Brazil is out at the World Cup, having been upset by France. Stunner. The final four, as it were, is France, Portugal, Germany, and Italy. I like a final of France versus Germany with the Germans parlaying the home field into a cup. The streets will flow with Beck's and Stroh's. In another Cup note, David Beckham stepped down as England's captain. I didn't realize you could resign such a post. I thought it was given or taken away. Were the responsibilities too demanding as captain? I guess he'll have more time at home with Posh, though, which could never be a bad thing.
As we celebrate the 4th of July this week, may we all remember the freedoms we enjoy as Americans. Let us reflect on the Founding Fathers who composed a document as exquisite as the Declaration of Independence, with it's matchless prose of "inalienable rights" and "all men [being] created equal." This while many of the signers owned slaves and the poor and disenfranchised (blacks, women, and poor whites) in the burgeoning country weren't allowed to vote. Some equality, huh? At least class distinctions died out long ago....
Quote of the Week:
"When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him."-Jonathon Swift, as quoted in A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Toole.
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