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I see so many bulletin board postings and hear so many media experts say that Brett Favre's interceptions will cost the Vikings some wins.  That he can't "manage" a game.  To say Brett Favre can't manage a game is like saying a 20 mile marathon runner can't run a 5 mile race.  Of course he can.  If he can run 20 miles he can easily run 5 miles.

The same can be said for Brett Favre's situation.  If his only job is to manage the game, he can easily do it.

Brett Favre was asked by a reporter in 2007 why he threw only 15 ints and had a great a season, at age 37.  He told the guy, "Because we're always winning."  He said, "People always ask me why I don't just throw the ball away or take a sack instead of throwing an interception?  It's because when we're down by 14 in the 4th qtr and it's third and ten, I have to try and make a play.  If I throw the ball away the game's over.  I don't have any choice but to throw it into double coverage to try and get a first down.  Now, if we're up by 14 in the 4th, like we've been a lot this year, then I'll just throw the ball away and we punt."

This does make a lot of sense.  Not to mention that when you're down by 14 in the 4th qtr and passing every down, the defense is playing nickel or dime and the pass rush if fierce on every play.  Your chance of success decreases when the defense knows what you're going to do.

When healthy in 2008, Brett did a lot more than just manage the games for the NY Jets.  He was beating teams in the 4th qtr with his arm.

If the Vikings do what they need to do on defense, they won't lose any games because of Brett Favre.  And when they don't, he'll win a few games for them with his arm too.  The Viking will be fine with Favre....

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Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty Thursday to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub.

Violation of the strict N.Y. city gun laws come with an automatic two-year prison sentence.  Plex pleaded guilty and got it.  It sounds kind of harsh, but unfortunately the law is what it is.

This shows us once again that being a rich successful athlete is both a privilege and a blessing that only one in a million people will ever experience.  If you don't  appreciate it (and act like you don't), you could lose it all overnight.

Note:  I'm seeing a lot of comments on other websites stating Plex is the victim.  No one's mentioning that this is an unregistered gun he bought from who knows where.  How many people reading this article right now bought a gun from someone off the street and walked around town with it stuffed in their jock?  Very few maybe as a teenager.  But this guy is in his thirties!

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Tiger Woods started playing golf as a baby.  Up until a year ago, his entire life was golf, golf and more golf.  He even played golf on his off days.

In a 60 Minutes interview, Tiger said his mother instilled a killer instinct in him.  She taught him that just winning wasn't enough.  He had to destroy his opponents.  And for most of his career, he did.

Over the past two years, Tiger's father passed away, he had major knee surgery, he got married, he had two children and recently spent a lot of time with them, he's been on countless vacations on his carnival cruise-sized yacht, and he had a year off to realize he has almost a billion dollars in assets.

Life for Tiger isn't "just golf" anymore.  No longer is life just hitting a ball, beating your opponent down, and collecting a check.  There's sadness, concern, joy, pain and so many other new experiences that have nothing to do with golf.

How will this impact his golf game?  I believe it already has.  Tiger will eventually win the most majors in golf history, but I don't see him winning 2-3 majors a year like he used to. I don't think he'll win 4-5 tournaments in a row anymore either.  Why should he?  Golf is no longer life to him....

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I just watched the "Shaq vs" show, where Shaquille O'Neal goes head to head against athletes from different sports.  I'm a Shaq fan and I must say the show was pretty boring.

Most of the successful reality shows have at least one loudmouth on the show that F-bombs everyone, or at least does something that adds some tension.  It makes the show interesting.  Shaq is too happy go lucky and the show is way too long.  They could have taken the best of the show and cut it down to an interesting twelve minutes.  I shut it off before the main event even started!

And the episodes are so weak.  Shaq plays volleyball, swims, bowls, darts....  Who wants to see that crap?  I want to see him run out for a pass and have Ray Lewis whack him in the neck full speed.  Shaq's supposed to fight Delahoya in an episode.  What does he weight 155 lbs?  Bring back Mike Tyson and let them fight for 3 minutes or let him fight Klitchko.  Better yet, put him in the octagon with Brock Lesnar.  Something intriging.  Something we might want to see.  No....  They give us Shaq vs Michael Phelps.  Phelps will be done with the race before Shaq turns around in the pool to come back.  Wow.  I can't wait to see that....

Shaq, email The Truth and I'll give you some "vs" we'll want to see!  Otherwise, this show won't make it two more weeks.

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A former girlfriend of Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for violating probation.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Cristal Taylor admitted in court on Monday that she failed to check in with her probation officer in a 12-year-old forgery and theft case. She also acknowledged being arrested twice in Texas in 2000 for misdemeanors.

Ok, let me get this straight.

5 years - for a probation violation.
2 years - for carrying an unregistered gun into a crowded night club and shooting it (at yourself).
Probation - for getting smashed on hard liqour and running someone over and killing them.

What if you pull out a gun and kill "three" people?  The way this list is going, you'd win a prize or something....

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