For Father's Day, I took my my Dad to brunch at the Waterstreet Grill. I love the Build Your Own deal that they offer. Eggs, sausage, home fires, French toast, the Breakfast of Champions. It really hits the spot. And it also provides a fairly eclectic group of patrons to gawk at, because it seems to attract a diverse crowd each time I'm there.

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Gary Larson may have been right. A professional video game league is born.

How some medical conditions of Iraqi War vets are treated upon their return. And there are more coming.

Funny bus ads. Some of these are really clever.

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HBO had the boxing card this week. Outside of a brief wire story, I intentionally avoided the post-fight reports on the Miguel Cotto-Zab Judah title fight at Welterweight from last week. Big-time atmosphere in NYC with a record-setting crowd at the Garden. After all, it was the weekend of the Puerto Rican Day Parade. So, Cotto represents Puerto Rico and Judah represents Brooklyn. I am not a Zab fan, by any means, so knowing he did suffer a KO in this fight, I was interested to see how it happened. Lemme say, it was a really good fight.

We had low blows, with Cotto getting a point deducted in the third. Cotto bled from below his lip for most of the fight. We had two accidental headbutts, with cuts above the eyes for both fighters. It was definitely reminiscent of an old-time fight.

The problem Judah had is two-fold. One, with his Dad as trainer, it's gotta be tough for him to sit there and listen to typical corner noise when he can't see and is getting his ass kicked by Cotto. I think another trainer may have thrown in the towel. Second, Cotto was very vulnerable to the left hand. If Zab had thrown more punches, the outcome may have been different. Outside of showing more heart than normal, it was a typical fade near the end performance for Zab. And he was running on empty at the start of the eleventh round.

Cotto, on the other hand, had a tremendous fight. He does not stop throwing punches, switching between conventional and southpaw styles, without missing a beat. Although he left himself open at times, he didn't appear to be seriously hurt. Much like Mayweather last year, Cotto is holding a tremendous hand at the moment.

He has one mandatory fight coming up, but we've seen many fighters throw titles into the trash for the big payday. So, where does he go? He could wait for Oscar, if he goes through with the mandatory. There is Mayweather. And Mosley-Cotto would be entertaining, as well. I would eagerly wait for any of those matchups.

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My Dad, and a Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there.