Tuesday night thinking...

Another day has passed, here is what's going down....

- The Steelers' James Harrison was suspended for one game by the NFL for his hit on Browns QB Colt McCoy Thursday night. While I like the hard-nosed play that Harrison likes to show and the fact it is old-school football, sometimes he goes a bit over the line. He won't learn but don't change your game, big guy. You are one of the few left who actually doesn't tippy-toe around.
- More details of the new MLB labor deal have become public and some interesting things come out of it. The fact divisional teams can now play before the league championship series is great. Means Red Sox-Yankees won't always be for the AL Title. Also, the All-Star break will be extended to four days with the chance the game could be moved to Wednesday in some years with the Home Run Derby on Tuesday. Different I must say, I like the longer break but don't move the game. Just play Tuesday and start games again on Friday.
- NBA players are not happy and now at least one is speaking out. The Celtics' Kevin Garnett has called out Commish David Stern for a "rushed" training camp. There is no doubt Garnett has a point, just 16 days from the start of training camp to the beginning of the season. Not enough time you would figure but the NBA needed games on Christmas for them to have any chance of keeping fans for what will be a roller coaster 66-game season.
- I usually don't bring up golf but you have to give props to Luke Donald for not only winning the PGA money title but the European Tour money tour as well. That's impressive to say the least....
- A little more NFL for you and especially to you fantasy football types, go pick up Felix Jones and especially James Jones from the Packers. Just saying...
- I'm a media guy and when I heard Craig James had decided to run for a Senate seat in Texas, I couldn't be more happy. ESPN would be better off without him anyway. Go pollute something else with your ideas on Boise State and the fact you ranked them 24th in your last vote.

That's all for tonight, more in the morning.....

Deep Thoughts with....

As we prepare for Thanksgiving during this my last post until Monday, I give you some things to think about...

- Lions will beat the Packers Thursday. It has happened before to a 10-0 Packer team in Detroit for the holiday. History repeats itself.
- LSU wins in OT over Arkansas. The Tigers finish the regular season strong on their march to New Orleans...not a long march but a march.
- Auburn beats Alabama. Begin the BCS mess, who will play LSU in this scenario? Who knows...
- I encourage you to use the ESPN Playoff Machine, pick every game the rest of the season to figure out what the playoff matchups will be. Fun times.
- We got a new labor agreement in MLB. Hope you took notes, NBA.

Now I go to eat and watch football.....great thoughts coming Monday.

The Midweek Report

We have made it to Wednesday, busy times in sports. Let's dive in...

- The Penn State situation seems to get worse and worse by the moment. I've watched a lot of coverage on this and it is going to have to be a clean sweep of everyone involved with the program since 1999. The ship is sinking in Happy Valley and the bottom of the ocean is a long way down.
- The Kansas City Royals appear to want to be competitive in 2012 I guess. Now GM Dayton Moore is discussing trading for Cubs P Carlos Zambrano. If the Cubs can get a prospect and will pay over $10 million of Big Z's 17 million contract for 2012, move him along with KC.
- I guess the Bengals didn't need Carson Palmer after all as rookie Andy Dalton has led Cincy to five straight wins and a 6-2 record going into Sunday's matchup with the Steelers. There are some great matchups this week in the NFL but we'll discuss that as the weekend approaches.
- The World Series of Poker finished Tuesday night with ESPN showing it live or almost live with a 15-minute delay. Is this the future of poker? I don't know if you can find enough people willing to sit for 6-7 hours straight waiting for that special hand to happen.
- Speaking of ESPN, the time has come to get rid of four of their people. When the folks in Bristol decide to help us from having to listen to Chris Berman, Stuart Scott, Colin Cowherd and Skip Bayless, the world will be a better place. The names from Berman and the "cool as the other side of the pillow" from Scott must leave. Cowherd and Bayless are just two loudmouths who would be great to have on a show together on ESPN5 at about 4AM.
- My predictions went 7-6 this week with a 1-1 mark on the upset specials. Ummm.....got some work to do there.

Fantasy Player of the Day: Red Wings F Johan Franzen
Franzen scored three times as Detroit took home a 5-2 win over Colorado. The Red Wings have now won two straight after losing six in a row.

Matchup to Watch: Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. (CT), Versus
The sports schedule is light on a Wednesday with no NBA so enjoy the Flyers and Lightning get it on. Philly leads the NHL in goals scored this season while Tampa looks for their first five-game home winning streak since 2007-08.

This Date in History: Nov. 9, 1961
50 years ago today, the PGA ended their "caucasians only" rule. This opened the door for players like Charlie Sifford, Lee Elder and eventually Tiger Woods.