You cannot avoid the topic of coversation. It has been the lead story now for the past few years entering into Spring Training. Bonds, BALCO, Giambi, the Mitchell Report, Clemens, Pettitte, and now A-Rod. PED’s continue to be the cloud that hangs over Major League Baseball. Until the league and the union come completely clean about what they already know, it will be the topic surrounding the league each and every year.

Who are the 103 players that test positive? Believe you me, when I tell you that names will start to float around over the next few weeks and months. I am going to venture a guess that a majority of the players that will be listed will not be United States born players.

As Steroidpalooza ‘09 continued into TMA, Mikey showed that nobody is > him.

The A-Roid talks continued in the very next post.

GITC gave us a break with a some laughter from the folks at SNL.

Mikey tried to show us that the best players are not necessarily the best front offices men. But Joe Dumars is the exception. Greatness all around for Joe D. Of course this was interrupted by more news about A-Fraud.

Which bring us here to Happy Hour. What will we be watching, besides the 6pm SportsCenter interview between A-R*d and Peter Gammons? Let’s find out:

ESPN

West Va @ Pitt 7pm

Kansas @ Mizzou 9pm

VS

Rangers @ Devils 7pm

Non-Sports

Presidential News Conference 8pm on all major Networks.

24 9pm on Fox.

Late NBA Studs & Duds:

Studs

1. Kevin Durant – 16/25 FG, 3/4 3PT, 4/5 FT, 7 REB, 4 ATS, 2 BLK, 39 PTS
2. Dwight Howard – 9/13 FG, 16 REB, 3 STL, 2 BLK, 30 PTS
3. Lamar Odom – 13/19 FG, 17 REB (7 OFF), 2 AST, 28 PTS
4. Beno Udrih – 11/14 FG, 4/4 3PT, 3/4 FT, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL, 29 PTS
5. Caron Butler – 12/24 FG, 2/4 3PT, 9/10 FT, 13 REB (5 OFF), 3 AST, 35 PTS

Duds

1. Keyon Dooling – 0/7 FG, 0/2 3PT, 0/1 FT, 2 REB, 3 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TO, 0 PTS, 32 MIN
2. Courtney Lee – 1/5 FG, 0/3 3PT, 0/0 FT, 0 REB, 0 AST, 2 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TO, 5 PF, 2 PTS, 26 MIN
3. Bruce Bowen – 0/2 FG, 0/1 3PT, 0/0 FT, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TO, 2 PF, 0 PTS, 7 MIN
4. Randy Foye – 4/15 FG, 0/6 3PT, 1 REB, 2 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 10 PTS, 35 MIN
5. Mike Dunleavy Jr. – 0/2 FG, 0/1 3PT, 0/0 FT, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TO, 1 PF, 0 PTS, 3 MIN

And congrats to Caron Butler who scored the last 15 Wizards’ points including a buzzer beater to win the game.

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