The Drive:
        I think it says something about how America has come to feel about the rich and powerful, as the divide grows ever wider between the blue collar common man and the mega-wealthy athlete. Lebron has become the calling card for the rich athlete who only cares about himself. So would say…8 years is long enough, he deserves a shot to win something. Cleveland wasn’t providing him with the quality supporting cast to get it done. The others…hate the loyalty jettisoned, they take it personally, and they want the selfish to fail. Regardless of what you feel, the results are obvious—the majority of the US cannot relate to Lebron taking his skills to South Beach..so they want him to lose—-to ANY TEAM. It just so happens the Mavericks get that shot.

  The Fairway:
          All that said…from a basketball standpoint it appears the Mavericks have more pieces to the puzzle. Seriously.  The Heat have the bigger talents in the Big 3..but that Mavericks have one Superstar and a whole bunch of really good, veteran basketball players who I think will win this series. I write this..with the Series tied 2-2 and game five coming to the half..a pretty close ballgame. Dallas has more..the Jason Terry’s will get it done. Just one guy’s opinion.

The Green:
          Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers has done it all..and see it twice. The best player in college football out of South Carolina in the 1980 season, Rogers was the top overall pick in 1981 to the Saints. He played seven seasons including the last couple with the Redskins. He was in town for the Ferrum football fundraiser golf tournament and I asked him about current South Carolina coach leading the cry to pay the traveling squad of 70 players in college football 300 bucks apiece, to try and stop the deluge of petty NCAA violations which stem from kids from poor families not having any walking around money. This makes them easy marks for alumni and agents who have questionable…if not overzealous intentions. Rogers has frank and to the point—saying..absolutely they should..so they can stay out of trouble..not get into it. He also is most interested in the current NFL-labor mess because the NFL pension is among the issues they are trying to get fixed as they argue about splitting up the multi-billion dollar pie. Personable, approachable, well versed and quite a character, George Rogers is one of the good guys who won the stiff-arm trophy and never looked back.

The Jar:
      “It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you’re free to do anything.”  Tyler Durden—-Fight Club.