Mental Wanderings for 12/18/08

I had a couple of random things I wanted to comment on, but nothing worth writing a whole post about.

--Last night, Chris Paul got a steal in his 106th straight regular season game, setting an NBA record. As a Chris Paul fan, I think that’s great. But, seriously, who keeps track of these kinds of stats? Even Paul said it was a weird record to have. On a related note, I hear Kevin Garnett is closing in on an NBA record for most regular season games in a row where he made a teammate cry.

--I read online that Tom Coughlin did some jumping jacks at his press conference the other day. But, something tells me that Coughlin’s the kind of guy that would call those “side straddle hops” instead of jumping jacks.

--So, apparently Tiger Woods’ caddie had some disparaging words to say about Phil Mickelson earlier this week. This morning on Sportscenter, Linda Cohn actually referred to this as “Caddygate”. As if I needed another reason to dislike Linda Cohn.

--Charles Barkley says racism is to blame for Auburn hiring Gene Chizik, who is white, instead of Turner Gill, who is black. I’m not one to question the wisdom of Charles Barkley, but I wonder what’s to blame for Auburn not hiring any of the other half dozen or so more qualified white dudes they interviewed.

--I think it’s time the NFL lifts its ban and allows centaurs to play in the league.

--Now that Reggie Theus was fired as head coach of the Sacramento Kings, I wonder if he’s going try to get his old job back as head coach of that high school team from “Hang Time”. No word as of yet if the Kings are going to replace Theus with Dick Butkus.

--A coach for Ole Miss was arrested recently for allegedly punching a cab driver and yelling racial slurs at him. Frankly, I find it hard to believe this guy would shout racial slurs at anyone.

And that's about all my brain can handle for now.

On a scale of one to Gus Johnson, I think this rates a Pat Summerall.