In My Humble Opinion, Roger Goodell Is a Man Of Integrity!

• Kudos to NFL Commish Roger Goodell, who proved yesterday that he's a man of principle and that he's not afraid to rule with an iron fist. Just because the legal system let Donte Stallworth off with a slap on the wrist didn't mean he had to. The suspension leveed by Goodell gives Stallworth plenty of time to deeply regret killing an innocent pedestrian and is far more of a blow to Stallworth then 30 days behind bars. Well done sir, I salute you!
• Okay, Phil Jackson is a great coach. No coach wins 10 titles in any sport entirely due to luck. However, I still have my doubts that he'd  be as successful as he is without Jordan, Pippen, O'Neal, and Bryant. That's why I can't honestly say he's the greatest coach of all time.
• The Yankees should play Charlie Brown's baseball team next to earn back their self respect. Losing 2 of 3 to the Nationals at home is a bitter pill for anyone to swallow.
• There's a great article in Sporting News this week about Dolphins QB Chad Pennington's long road to success. It made me admire the man more than I did after I finished reading it.
  
• Speaking of other articles, fellow BR columnist Michael Nasti did a great piece on the worst announcers in New York sports. I couldn't agree more with his choice of Suzyn Waldman as No. 1. That woman is a redundant, annoying, and uninformed fool who is an embarrassment to professional sports announcing. She must be really tight with the Steinbrenners.
• Happy trails Kevin McHale. The best trade you ever made as Timberwolves GM was for the Celtics. Perhaps you can go back to counting the floorboards in the famous parquet floor as you wait for another job.
• Thank you NHL for honoring Claude Julien as the coach of the year, mainly because I don't have eat crow by shaving my head.
• Congratulations Pittsburgh, with the best football and hockey teams in the land, you are now experiencing a sports nirvana few cities have had before.
• I tend to doubt that Matt Holiday will end the season with the A's. I see him replacing the pop of Carlos Delgardo with the Mets.
• It's hard not to admire the accomplishments of Bruins goalie Tim Thomas, who's gone from a hockey vagabond to the best in the NHL in only a few short years.
• Kobe Bryant is the defining player of his generation.
• Last week's quiz answer: Rick Monday, current Dodger radio man, was selected first overall in the inaugural MLB draft in 1965.
• This week's question: way back when the Falcons traded a young man named Brett Favre in 1991, who was their starting QB?
• I feel for Manny Acta. The Nationals aren't going anywhere but yet they're already preparing to make a managerial change. Why not let Acta finish the year out and let him leave peacefully with his dignity intact?
• If PETA is giving President Obama some flack about killing a fly in front of reporters, they clearly have too much time on their hands. If they had their way, dogs would rule the world, and we'd be the ones begging for treats!