Sports Stuff

And Also: Marci Hamilton (a conservative), in an essay discussing an opt-out lawsuit involving the morning after pill notes that the controversy "is not a case of religion versus secularism, but rather, as usual in the United States, believer versus believer." Very true. The law in question requires a pharmacy to have at least one person without a problem supplying the stuff on call, even though some think they should allow referrals to a different pharmacy. The latter technique is my ideal plan, but it probably would run into supply problems in many areas. We are talking about time sensitive drugs here as well.

Like all the clothes at Steve & Barry's, everything in the Eleven line costs under $20. There are graphic T-shirts, down jackets, jeans, sport socks, visors and gym bags in all shapes and colors.

-- Venus Williams' affordable line of sports clothing hits store

Venus Williams was on Dave a month or so ago promoting her new sports line, EleVen, the name coming from her childhood address. The low price reflects her humble origins, and is a nice expansion of another athlete who promotes an under $20 sneaker. Too many teens are told "stylish" means spending more than they have for overpriced stuff. She should mix in the cheap prices with a "use some of the money you saved for 'x' (charity, college, mom, etc.)."

On the other hand, A-Rod will get his big paycheck ... $275, that is, from the Yanks for a ten year contract. So, it seems. The Yanks appeared to say that if he tested free agency, or tried to opt out of his contract, they would be done with him. But, such was not the case apparently, and now we are stuck with him. Well, that is how I look upon it, even if he is the "best player out there," etc. I'm tired of all these superstars on the team and recall the last time the Yanks got to the World Series, it was with another guy at third. Besides, he comes off as a jerk.

And, in the world of football, I caught the NFL Network replay of the Colts/Chargers game. The replay is an edited version with after game comments and stats sprinkled in. Two useful things mentioned. First, a NFL official explained why the Colts were charged with a false start at the key 4th Down play at the end. Second, Tony Dungy noted that after the call, he called a time out mostly for "spite," to argue with the officials. He noted that this was a problem, since the time out turned out to be rather important -- it would have gave the team almost forty more seconds to get into field goal range.

Of course, he thought -- along with most people -- that the field goal would be made. Like a key time about a decade ago when a never miss kicker missed, leading to the Falcons getting to the Super Bowl (where they were blown out), we live to see assumptions like that fall. Not quite the case with A-Rod, except that his agent didn't quite get the chance to be totally greedy.