After Cleveland lost Game one of the Eastern Conference Finals you could feel the Rock-City shockwave from here. If Lebron couldn't get to the finals after getting the best record in the league he's sure to jump ship in the 2010 free agent summer of love, right? The speculation about him going with Jay Z to the Nets or the Dolans with the Knicks was hot and heavy until it looked like Cleveland might win a title. Now, it's open season until he inks a deal in 13 months or so.

We don't talk college baseball much (may be should) but what went down at Reckling Park Saturday was amazing. Two high school teamates going at it on the hill, racking up pitch counts that would make Nolan Ryan proud. Kansas State's A.J. Morris threw 144 pitches and beat Ryan Berry's 125 pitch performance. The two played together in Humble. And Texas beating Boston College in 25 innings was fantastic stuff. The 7th inning stretch "cubed" in the middle of the 21st inning is worth noting in addition to all the other record smashing details.

The VanderKid enjoyed his first Dynamo game on Saturday and now assumes all soccer teams score three goals in a five minute span. The atmosphere at a Dynamo game is fun and lively. There's not a bad seat at Robertson. It's affordable and all the trimmings, if not the game, will hold the kids' attention for a couple of hours. Vanderboy's best friend's mother, Danica Dawn Johnston sang the anthem and Oh Canada. I lobbied with Dynamo brass for her to become the Kate Smith of the team.

I love NFL off season coverage as much as anyone but the big networks have to get a clue and go deeper into their stories. I don't need 20 minutes of footage of Tom Brady throwing a football to no one in particular. And another Brett Favre non story is only slightly more entertaining than a Rachel Ray re-run. How about something on how Jacksonville plans to bounce back? Is San Francisco going to be any good? Does Arizona have any business being mentioned as a contender again? Will New Orleans play defense? I find this info interesting. I like a juicy Tom-Giselle story as much as anyone but don't necessarily need to know what they had for breakfast.