The NFL
"Tank" Johnson, Michael Vick, "Pacman" Jones, Chris Henry. Along with that Matt Leinart and Tom Brady getting their girlfriends pregnant and then leaving them.
Wow, just a wonderful collection of upstanding gentlemen and bright decision makers.
MLB
Barry Bonds' home run chase of Hank Aaron. Bud Selig attempting to take the high road and appear angelic. Steroids, steroids and more steroids. The owners knew, the media knew, the fans knew on some level and we all turned a blind eye. Hey guess what clean the slate start testing and we'll clean up the game and hopefully it will bring salaries back to a reasonable level so that ballpark prices get affordable for the ordinary fan once again.
The NBA
The Portland Trailgangsters are finally in the distant past as is the uproar in Detroit. But the Indiana Pacers, and Ron Artest are still bringing to the forefront bad behavior amongst NBA players. Oh yeah and Kobe Bryant may be a great player but he's still a cheater of a spouse. Then on top of it all David Stern is "shocked" and insists that Donaghy was a "rogue" ref and acted alone. Yet in the same interview Stern admitted he knew nothing until June 20th and Donaghy resigned on July 9th. Truth appears to be that Stern doesn't know anymore than the rest of us about who's fixing or not fixing games. This next year for the NBA will be crucial to their success.
The REST
Golf players on steroids, Gary Player says it's happening. He has nothing to gain by saying this so it has more credibility.
David Beckham will make soccer interesting for a while but he won't make it a headline sport.
The Tour De France has more riders dropping due to doping and the inability to pass drug/blood tests.
Who would have thought that the NHL would be the cleanest and one sport with the least amount of controvery impacting it.
WOW and it's only the end of July.
