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Here are some people in the news who have made some headlines of late. For one reason or another, I think they deserve some notice.<\/p>\n
Mark Cuban<\/em><\/p>\n Sometimes I think Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, makes George Steinbrenner look sane and likeable. His latest run in with the NBA has to do with his criticizing officials (what else is new?) for their officiating of the Denver-Dallas game in which Denver won 103- 101. Cuban complained about the officials through Twitter, an online social networking site. He was angry that the Nuggets\u2019 J.R. Smith was not called for a technical foul after coming off the bench to taunt Antoine Wright after he missed a foul shot. After being fined $25,000 by the NBA, the Mavs\u2019 owner wrote in a post, \u201ccan\u2019t say no one makes money from Twitter. now the nba does.\u201d Remember when he blamed officials for his team\u2019s meltdown a few years ago in the playoffs? Give me a break! The game is the game.<\/p>\n Terrell Owens<\/em><\/p>\n Okay, here\u2019s my problem. The guy is amazingly talented and skilled. Yet, when a team signs him they\u2019re said to be \u201ctaking a chance.\u201d I have no problem with that description but I have a boatload of problems with the fact that a team or anyone has to feel like they\u2019re taking a chance by contracting the guy. I mean someone who brings what he brings to field should be welcomed. But he\u2019s not and it\u2019s his own fault. I really wish he\u2019d learn a life lesson some day and realize that there\u2019s such a thing as being a quality human being.<\/p>\n I know that some folks might say, \u201cHey, he\u2019s a great player; he doesn\u2019t have to be a nice guy.\u201d And I come back with, \u201cIf you\u2019re a lousy player you don\u2019t have to be a nice guy either. It just helps make life go by a bit better for folks if, no matter how good or bad you are, you\u2019re civil to folks.\u201d<\/p>\n And by the way\u2014it does matter obviously if you\u2019re a nice guy to some degree or Owens wouldn\u2019t be such an outcast. I\u2019ve been around sports enough to know that there is such a thing as team chemistry and when it\u2019s good, it helps and when it\u2019s bad, it makes things bad. I wonder what the mix will be like for the Bills of Buffalo in 2009- 2010?<\/p>\n Lou Saban<\/em><\/p>\n Former college and pro football coach Lou Saban passed away on Sunday. Saban was a coach or administrator for nine different college and professional football organizations from 1955 to 1984. He also played for the AAFC Cleveland Browns. As an AFL coach, he guided the Buffalo Bills to championships in 1964 and 1965. Saban was a football guy through and through. As a college coach, he was associated with Northwestern, Western Illinois, Maryland, Miami, Army and UFC. In the pros, he coached the Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills, and Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n Saban, who was very athletic, played his college ball for Indiana University and was an All-Big Ten quarterback one year and an All-Big Ten fullback in another season. In the renegade AAFC, he played for the Cleveland Browns for four seasons. He was voted to the AAFC\u2019s All-Star team twice as a linebacker. In the AFL, his career record as a coach is 95- 99- 7. Saban is the only AFL coach to win two consecutive league titles and he\u2019s the only AFL coach who got his team into the AFL playoffs three years running.<\/p>\n Tiger Woods<\/em><\/p>\n Okay, I am once again impressed with Woods. He got the 66th<\/sup> win of his short career by coming back in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He was down by five shots! He did it by mounting a definitive Tiger Woods\u2019 late charge, making the tough shots and sinking a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole. He won the tourney by one, taking it away from Sean O\u2019Hair.<\/p>\n Woods said, \u201cIt feels good to be back in contention, to feel the rush. It\u2019s been awhile, but God, it felt good.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s great to see such a talented, hardworking, likeable guy get back in the swing of things. Woods looks like he\u2019s back from reconstructive knee surgery, which made him miss eight months of the PGA season. It was the first time that he\u2019s topped the leader board since he won the 19-hole playoff in last year\u2019s U.S. Open.<\/p>\n I was wondering if the old Tiger would come back. He has! Welcome back!<\/p>\n There you have it, going from the bottom of the blog to the top, the good (Woods and Saban), the bad (Owens) and the ugly (Saban).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are some people in the news who have made some headlines of late. For one reason or another, I think they deserve some notice. Mark Cuban Sometimes I think Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, makes George Steinbrenner look sane and likeable. 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