Hats off to baseball Hall of Fame inductee Cal Ripken Jr., who at ceremonies today proclaimed:  "Like it or not, we are all role models."
Hallelujah–a baseball player who realizes the obvious.  Are you listening, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwyre, Rafael Palmiero, et al.?
Somehow, I doubt it.

…to bash sports figures for their cheatin’ hearts, in steps Barry Bonds to destroy the fun.
Now, you have to have played the game to criticize him, which of course no baseball player is going to do because that puts him into the "rat" category.
Specifically, Bonds reacted to a show by Bob Costas during which the man who [...]

I was going to add cycling to my list yesterday because the lead cyclist in the Tour de France quit because of a positive doping test, but I couldn’t spell the guy’s name.
So please add Alexandre Vinokourov to the demonic list that already includes Barry Bonds, [tagMichael Vick[/tag] and Tim Donaghey.  I got his spelling [...]

The demons of the sporting world all decided to attack at once, sparing virtually no sport.
To wit:  In baseball, a much-hated and suspected steroid-abuser named Barry Bonds is about to break the home run record set by Hank Aaron, close friend and confidant of MLB Commissioner Bud Selig.  Selig ain’t happy.
More:  In football, Atlanta Falcons [...]

Today’s headline:  "Lindsay Lohan leaves rehab, then parties in Las Vegas."
Hmmmm…She’s wearing an alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet, but how long can she resist if her first impulse is back to Vegas and partying?
Anyway, this is just another example of the rich and famous doing what they want.  She’s probably already figured out how to cheat the bracelet.
You’ve [...]

Now, no doubt the entire country is gearing up to celebrate July Fourth in some way, believing that this is the actual date of the birth of our nation with the Declaration of Independence.
Wrong!
Huh?