Unfortunate Events

Here's what I know, or at least I think I know:

1. I've been a baaaaaad blogger. Shame on me.
2. It's a mistake that Oklahoma baseball coach Larry Cochell resigned for using racial slurs when complimenting one of the black players on his team. Using the slurs was wrong, but I don't think he should lose his job over this. His remarks weren't made in hate, unlike so many other instances in this country. Here's what I think happened. This guy is around players who listen to rap music all the time. Rappers use the word n***er in several of their songs. Blacks use the word all the time and I wouldn't be surprise if some of the white kids on the team used the term when amongst themselves. Maybe he just thought his usage was okay. It wasn't and he apologized for it. The families of the two black players on the team have forgiven him. Why can't the university see all this and make a stand not only against racism by punishing Cochell, but keeping him on the staff as an example of the tolerance everybody is crying out for.
3. I'm about to pull my hair out over all this steroids hysteria. I'm already smacking my head against the wall. Now Bud Selig is adding more fuel the fire. Now he's asking players to agree to a 50-game suspension for first-time steroid offenders and a lifetime ban for a third violation under what he called a "three strikes and you are out approach" to doping. I find it interesting that the stricter standards came about after Paul Tagliabue mentioned before congress that the NFL's policy suspends a player for 1/4 of the season. Congress nodded its head in approval. Bud sees this and proposes a change. Congress is now nodding its head in approval. Bud is such a boob.
4. I'm going to miss Reggie Miller so much. But if the basketball gods are true, the Pacers will beat the Celtics and face the Pistons.
5. It's late and I must go to bed.