Even though the four letter network suspended one of their clowns for racist comments tweeted about Jeremy Lin and Jason Whitlock still blaming his grandma for playing Richard Pryor albums,there is a leader in the dum dum clubhouse. 

My vote for the most brain dead, racist comment of the year goes to WBC Welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather. Amidst all the hype and deserved praise being showered on Jeremy Lin, the New York Knicks’ Asian-American standout who has taken the NBA by storm the past two weeks, Mayweather was not impressed. He said on Twitter that Lin is just doing what plenty of black players do but is getting more attention because of his Asian heritage. You are an idiot, Floyd. How do you rationalize the fact that Lin scored more points in his first five starts than any player since the ABA-NBA merger in 1976?  That doesn’t appear to be something being done on a day-in, day-out basis. Lin’s out-of-nowhere rise to stardom has sent many in the sports media scrambling for a comparable feel-good story of such stunning success. My top three  would be southpaw pitcher Fernando Valenzuela’s rookie season with the Los Angeles Dodgers,d Kurt Warner’s meteoric rise to a Super Bowl winning quarterback with the St. Louis Rams and Tebowmania. I can’t imagine anybody ever topping what Warner accomplished as a guy out of Northern Iowa that not a single NFL scout thought could play at the highest level.

 Lin, meanwhile, still has to be a difference maker over an extended period to avoid dropping back to flash-in-the-pan status. His biggest obstacle to that may be teammate Carmelo Anthony.

Still can’t help but wonder what IF they kept Jeremey Lin, who was impressive in the exhibition season against the Knicks. Granted no one could have predicted the best feel good story of the year in sports. 

Great to hear Sports Radio 610 Sports Director Robert Henslee this morning from Astros camp in Kissimmee. He will no doubt be checking out some of the young talent that came over from both the Phillies and Braves in the Michael Bourne and Hunter Pence deals. Since 2006 only four, threat s right FOUR Astros draft picks have made it to Minute Maid.

In the words of Charles Barkley TURRIBLE!

But one must be impressed by the track record of new Moneyball GM Jeff Luhnow. During the same period when he was running the Cardinals draft with Walt Jockety, St. Louis drafted 26 who made it to the majors. 

 Houston Rocket Chase Budinger is about to go where few white players have dared to tread — the NBA’s All-Star Game slam dunk contest next weekend. Budinger is the first white player invited to participate since Chris Anderson in 2005. In the history of the contest, there’s only been one white player — Brent Barry in 1996 — who won. Budinger will also be only the fourth Rocket to participate. The others were Ralph Sampson, Kenny Smith and Steve Francis . .

Las Vegas’ take on where Manning winds up has the best odds (17 percent) of him going to the Miami Dolphins. Next best odds are that he doesn’t play at all (15 percent — a $100 bet pays $300). After that, it’s Colts and Arizona Cardinals at 10 percent, the NY Jets at 9 percent and Seattle at 5.5 percent. Interestingly enough, the odds on Manning in Houston have taken the biggest drop; from 75-1 to 20-1.

Rockets  season tickets sold in lower bowl, but where are the fans? While Kevin Mc Hale has done an excellent job in a short period-with no training camp; there is no buzz. And there won’t be unless Daryl Morey trades some of his prized “assets” contracts of stiffs like Haseem Thabeet, Terrance Williams along with either Scola , Lowry or the overrated K Mart. This team will never be anything more than one and done in the playoffs with the present roster. 

Will be good tonight to see former Rocket point guard Lionel Hollins, another in the long line of the Bill Fitch coaches who played under the “General”

Here’s how ridiculous all the conference shuffling in big time college sports has become. The University of Houston is moving into a Big East that will have 12 teams located in four different time zones. Crosstown rival Rice is going the Cougars one better, by playing in a merged Mountain West/Conference USA that will have a minimum of 16 teams that span five time zones. ESPN should.
d be proud of the havoc its money has helped to wreak . . . Hope nobody was shocked with the news this week that four TCU football players were part of a major on-campus marijuana bust. I’d only be shocked to learn there’s a school in Division 1 where marijuana isn’t a factor. The NCAA recently released results of a 2009 survey that had 22.6 percent of all student-athletes admitting to marijuana use. In major college football, the numbers were 26.7 percent for football players and 22 percent for men’s basketball players.

Thus, do not be shocked at the combine this week when several college stars test positive for weed at the combine.  It won’t matter to most teams, especially if their past season went up in smoke.

Maybe the contract will include a few packs of Zig Zag papers!

—chirp—