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-Greg Oden has already signed his contract with the Trail Blazers only one week after the NBA draft. This is one of the few areas where I think the NFL could take a lesson from the NBA. In the NBA, all rookie contracts are pre-determined based on draft position. So basically, as soon as a player is drafted he knows how much money he stands to make during the first few years of his career. In the NFL, there is no such system, which is why a rookie first round draft pick is often one of the highest paid players on the team. It also leads to rookies holding out for bigger contracts and missing training camp. It’s not fair to teams to have to pay all that money for an unproven commodity. As we all know, for every Peyton Manning a team might find, there is a Ryan Leaf out there just waiting to ruin an entire franchise!

-Derek Fisher has left the NBA in order to take care of his 11-month old daughter who has cancer. For those who don’t know, Fisher was the point guard for the Lakers when they had their three-peat from 2000 to 2002. He was known for his ability to always make big plays in the clutch. This past season, he helped lead a young Utah Jazz team to the Western Conference Finals. He has always shown tons of class on and off the court and I would just like to wish him and his family the best.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-jazz-fisher&prov=ap&type=lgns

-Researchers at Harvard have developed a new drug that supposedly helps people forget bad memories such as a traumatic event or a past heartache. I wonder if I could get some prescribed to me to help me forget the Atlanta Falcons 2005 and 2006 seasons!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070703/sc_livescience/newdrugdeletesbadmemories;_ylt=AmxOfDVFhQmw6hzsVn635wbMWM0F

-T.I.’s latest cd dropped today. Even if you don’t go out and buy it, at least do yourself a favor and download the song “Dopeman.” It is one of his best songs ever.

-It looks like License to Wed has gotten pretty much unanimous negative reviews from the critic. It’s a shame, because I am a big John Krasinski fan. He is terrific as Jim on The Office.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809698217/critic

-Oh John Stamos, how far has your star fallen? This is bizarre. Watch:

-Check out my girl Sheena’s blog at http://sheenasadler.blogspot.com/ . She has some pretty strong opinions and she doesn’t hesitate to tell it like it is.

-Only 2 more weeks ‘til NCAA Football 08. I can’t wait! I am currently ranked 489 in the world on NCAA 07. You do not want to see me on that game on Xbox Live.

seth