I hope you realize the Indians are in last place. Geez, we are down there with a bunch of Sad Sacks, aren't we? The Nationals, Giants, Padres, and Mariners! Ouch!

But the front office suggests all we need is a "tweak". Last year, all of the area sports teams did well. Expectations were raised. Then the Cavs failed. Now the Indians. Next up are the Browns, whom one respected writer has in the Super Bowl. Then it's Cleveland State, where I have to believe they will be the preseason favorite in the Horizon League. We'll see.

Meal of Links

That Anthrax suspect died and everyone wants the case closed. His scientist friends say he isn't the guy.

Toyota made themselves a Winglet. It's slower than a Segway.

That Greyhound bus attack keeps getting weirder. That was one messed-up dude.

Exercise Yard

Lots of boxing to choose from last night, as both HBO and Showtime had cards. The key fight was the replay of Cotto-Margarito at Welterweight on HBO. Everything that had been said about the bout was true. It was a modern classic. You know, as Cotto had been marching through everyone to remain unbeaten, he had been getting hit quite a lot. Same thing happened in this fight. The difference is that Margarito never lets up, he just keeps coming in. So, Cotto would do some nice combinations, but he never got a break. I thought even in the the tenth round, the fight was still within his grasp. After that round, he asked how many more rounds there were and when the answer came back as two, I think he knew inside, he couldn't take it for two more rounds. He ended up taking a knee twice and it was over.

So, Margarito is now king of the hill. With Kelly Pavlik, that's an awesome 1-2 punch for Home Box. With Cotto's loss, he gets eliminated from the Oscar de la Hoya Last Fight Sweepstakes. No way he takes on Margarito. Have him fight Manny Pacquiao for billions of dollars. We'd all show up for that one.

I don't care for Zab Judah, so I skipped that fight. Joshua Clottey was ahead on points when there was an accidental butt in the ninth round, so he got the decision.

On Showtime, it was old favorite Vic Darchinyan, the baddest Armenian on the planet. He made quick work of Dmitri "Baby" Kirilov,knocking him out in the fifth. He's already signed to meet Christian Mijares at Super-Bantams in October. That should be a good one.

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None, another beautiful Sunday.