Plenty of stuff today

Wetzel provides some common sense on what really ails hockey.

Plaschke has a nice piece on UCLA point guard Jordan Farmer

LeBetard on an actual hoops atmosphere at Miami

Writing about Leinart gives Gary Shelton says Domes are bad, albeit a little more eloquently.

Bob Kravitz says the Colts should let Edgerrin go and makes enough points to convince me he's right.

Let me preface this by saying, I like Bill Simmons. When he's staying within his strengths (mailbags, diaries, movie reviews), he's quite good. He's carved out his own niche in sports writing that was previously unoccupied.

That said, he's been brutal this week. His Pats column earlier this week was self-congratulatory garbage, that props himself up as smarter and more insightful than everyone else.

But today's offering disappoints me more than that did. It's a great topic, a Red Sox fan that was in a coma and missed the World Series. In the hands of Jackie MacMullen, Shaughnessy, maybe Tim Kurkjian or a host of others it would have made for a really good read.
But Simmons can't get out of his own way. It's too flippant and weighed down by his incessant need for pop-culture references (Rocky II, SNL).

Martin Frank connects Michael Vick with Allen Iverson.

This is a little scary.

Mike Wise on Gary Williams.

I disagree with Drew Sharp on his take on Joe Crawford's battle with Kentucky.

The San Jose Mercury News looks at the downward spiral of Barrett Robbins.

People will never get tired of the weird "love" story that is Doug and Jackie Christie.

Michael Wilbon discusses the evolution of black quarterbacks and the interest in them on the eve of McNabb v. Vick.