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Monday musings

October 9, 2006

Ricky Williams suffered a gash on his left heel last week when a locker room door slammed shut behind him.

Team doctors said Williams is in stable condition but strangely is still asking for medicinal marijuana.

NBA commissioner David Stern received a proposal last week to expand the league to Europe in the near future.

The sticking point: How would Dwyane Wade's 30 free throws a game translate into euros?

The Miami Dolphins started former Detroit Lion Joey Harrington at quarterback Sunday in place of the struggling Daunte Culpepper.

Not to be outdone, the Lions pulled their starting quarterback and replaced him with Scott Mitchell.

New Hampshire wide receiver David Ball caught his 51st career touchdown pass Saturday, breaking Jerry Rice's NCAA Division I-AA record.

Still safe: Marcus Vick's NCAA career arrests record.

The Detroit Tigers wrapped up an American League Divisional Series victory on Saturday — their first playoff series win since 1984.

In a touching tribute, Tigers closer Todd Jones was wearing the same pair of underwear he had on the last time Detroit won a playoff series.

After that loss, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner wants manager Joe Torre fired, according to media reports.

The leading candidate for Steinbrenner to replace Torre with: A big bag of money.

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