| In every sport, All-Star Games have long since | | | | Yawn. No thanks. Let the fellas party it up in Vegas |
| outlived their usefulness. Need proof? Do you think | | | | this weekend. I'll be busy cleaning the gutters and |
| the basketball world is abuzz because its constituents | | | | eating Velveeta on toast. Now that's living. |
| are thrilled to be playing the NBA All-Star Game in the | | | | What do you think of the Wade Phillips hiring by the |
| Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of | | | | Dallas Cowboys? Are you as under-whelmed as much |
| UNLV? Does the drinking water at that venue taste | | | | of the rest of the sporting world? |
| particularly good there? Uh, no. | | | | BoDog Bookmakers, BoDog.com: It was worth a big |
| The NBA is dancing in the streets because its stars | | | | yawn at most. It seems that Wade Phillips is likely |
| and its celebrity hangers-on get to rub elbows in a | | | | just holding this spot for Jason Garrett. |
| city where sin is the norm. Since most of these | | | | Duke lost its fourth straight game, against Maryland, |
| multimillionaires already live their lives adorned by | | | | on Sunday evening. Obviously, they'll make the |
| ostentatious jewelry, grotesque tattoos, $10,000 | | | | NCAAs, but do you see them as a candidate for a |
| sunglasses, bottomless bottles of Kristal, and | | | | first-round upset? Why? |
| hot-and-cold running women, this just means that | | | | BDB, BoDog.com: Considering the results they've |
| these guys can finally debauch in a city that reflects | | | | been getting lately, Duke could go out in the first |
| their true values. What happens in Vegas stays in | | | | round. Coach K has done a tremendous job bringing in |
| Vegas, except when an NBA player leaves. Then it | | | | new recruits and maximizing their potential; however |
| travels around with him like a three-ring circus, per | | | | this may be the year that he looks like somewhat |
| usual. | | | | less of a genius. |
| The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, a.k.a. the | | | | I may have written a stupid piece about how the |
| Midsummer Classic, used to be the only chance we | | | | Colts couldn't win the Super Bowl, but I also wrote |
| got to see stars from the AL and NL bang heads, | | | | an NBA preview piece telling folks that the Boston |
| but inter-league play has ruined that. The Pro Bowl | | | | Celtics would be the worst team in basketball. Do |
| happens one week after the Super Bowl, and is so | | | | you think they go on to top the worst losing streak |
| anticlimactic, Godfather 3 looks entertaining by | | | | ever? They're at 19, and the record is 23. |
| comparison. Hockey's All-Star Game allegedly took | | | | BDB, BoDog.com: Boston plays the Bucks and then |
| place a couple weeks ago, but that's just a rumor. | | | | starts a trip out west. They'll be hard-pressed to |
| Meanwhile, Michael Wilbon jokingly refers to the NBA | | | | come up with a streak-breaking win on the road. |
| All-Star Game as "black Thanksgiving," but given that | | | | They almost had it in Minnesota, but former Celtic |
| the game will take place in Sin City this year, it should | | | | Ricky Davis hit a game-winner to hand the Celts yet |
| probably be called "Saturday." The drunken nonsense, | | | | another loss. I'm predicting the losing stops |
| the booty-squeezing, the limo-cruising, the | | | | Wednesday against Milwaukee. |
| exclusive-nightclub hanging, the | | | | Sunday is the Daytona 500, the "Super Bowl" of |
| Playboy-Bunny-schtupping, the all-hours partying...why, | | | | NASCAR. Is this an event you'll see a lot of action |
| that's exactly what these guys do on an average | | | | on? Whom do the bettors favor most? |
| weekend, right? What's so special? Okay, so Shaq | | | | BDB, BoDog.com: The Daytona 500 is the one race |
| gets to live it up with Gilbert Arenas and Kevin | | | | where non NASCAR bettors will put some serious |
| Garnett, an opportunity regularly afforded these guys | | | | action on the race. We expect to have record handle |
| only in the offseason. But rookie Tyrus Thomas has | | | | on the 500 this year. Casual fans will follow the |
| already come out and said the Slam Dunk Contest is | | | | drivers with whom they're familiar: the Dale Jr.s and |
| only interesting because of the money it'll pay him, | | | | Jeff Gordons. However, the avid fan will do there |
| and the game itself will feature about as much | | | | research and make the best choice based on their |
| defense as the French army on the way to Paris. | | | | findings. |