Sunday reads...

Woj has a great story on a Ramapo College basketball player, who turned his life and career around after a stint in Iraq.
In his Sunday column he says Owens should play if he wants to and is capable.

The city of Philadelphia would unflinchingly trade a Super Bowl XXXIX upset of New England for five more Pro Bowl seasons out of its wide receiver. Injected with truth serum, so would the Eagles' management, coaches and players. I'm not a doctor, and I sure don't pretend to play one in the newspaper, but Owens has the right to risk his career for the glory of a Super Bowl victory.

As it has turned out, Owens isn't as much of a risk with his ankle as Freddie "Death Wish" Mitchell is with his mouth. Calling out the Patriots' Rodney Harrison? There's dumb in this world, and now there's Freddie Mitchell dumb.
It was one thing for Mitchell to get on television and insist that he didn't know the names of the Patriots' defensive backs, but it took some kind of self-destructive streak to declare that he had something for the hard-hitting Harrison.
The Eagles' receiver has invited a whole lot of hurt on himself, and if there's someone the doctors should be uneasy about clearing for the Super Bowl, it's that clown.

Kevin Blackistone disagrees with his take on Owens

ESPN has top 10o Super Bowl Moments. Here's the top 10.

Boswell on the curious marriage of Sosa and the Orioles.

It was Plaschke's turn to write that nobody cares that the NHL isn't playing


Joe Posnanski is there as Willie Mays visits the Negro League Museum. If you ever get to KC, I strongly recommend it.

Bianchi is running off at the typewriter (his line not mine) again. There are some funny lines including his crackbacks on Nashville.

Dan LeBetard says Belichick looks homeless and isn't a genius.

Ian O'Connor doesn't like the Super Bowl.

Oddly, Saint Joseph's is a big column topic this weekend. John Feinstein and Bob Ford both wrote about the Hawks.

ESPN has a decent (B-) story about Boston fans finally getting to be happy. Does this column really need a reference to Lindsay Lohan breasts?

Phil Sheridan has more Freddie Mitchell shenanigans. He's becoming this year's He Hate Me.


Sally Jenkins looks at the difference in the way men and women view sports.

Pete Thamel has a story on the Patriots receivers.

T.J. Simers analyzes Derek Lowe's golf game. I'm not kidding.