• Ongoing NHL lockout has now erased the first two weeks of the regular season. I hear there’s been a major development, though. Owners and players agreed Friday that fans have every right to be angry.
• Heat players are to visit the Great Wall of China while there for two exhibitions this week. Just once — once! — I’d like famous visitors to say, “Nah, no interest,” and eschew the rote Great Wall photo op.
• Charles Barkley said he thinks LeBron James could be better than Michael Jordan. You ever notice that Barkley periodically seems to say things just to say things?
• The NBA is cracking down on players flopping. Too bad golf didn’t crack down on the U.S. Ryder Cup team flopping against Europe.
• Shaquille O’Neal called Andrew Bynum and Brook Lopez better pure centers than Dwight Howard, to which Howard told Shaq to be quiet. I haven’t found Dwight this likable in years!
• The WNBA playoffs have reached the conference finals, with the Miami Sol up two games to one in the East. (Just wanted to see if you were paying attention.)
• A dog grabbed Paul Casey’s golf ball in its mouth off the 12th green at a tournament in Scotland. Does that qualify as playing out of the ruff?
• The Fort Lauderdale Strikers failed to advance to the NASL semifinals, disappointing both fans.
• I’m grappling with which is sadder: That financially strapped Curt Schilling might have to sell his famous bloody sock. Or that somebody out there will want to buy a bloody sock.
• One comment on the ESPN documentary Broke: Is there anyone who inspires less sympathy than a professional athlete who blows his millions on stupid, extravagant spending?
• Parting thought: Told you last week about the Miami Spice of the planned Bikini Basketball Association. If teams in that league have a merchandise sale and the signs read, “All Our Clothing 75 Percent Off” — they mean it.
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