The Clog

Because nobody cares about anything more than they care aboout backup goalies, a brief farewell to those eliminated, and an  almost equally brief mazel tov to those who remain. 

Years after his last moments of basketball relevance, Steve Francis is back on the scene. If "the scene" is a place where a former NBA guard kind of raps about his nice vacations in a faintly Ja Rule-ian style and then makes a video with his kids in it. Is that the scene?

It may be some time before we see instant replay in baseball. But a type of instant replay is already in place in cricket. It's already changing the way the game is played, and could offer some hints of how instant replay could change the way baseball gets played and thought about in the bigs.

The Soccer Pal is not your friend. Wrapping your feet in rubber is not an improvement over tying one's shoelaces properly. And so on: journey, if you dare, into the wonderful world of useless soccer training products.