I feel bad for...

By Justin Albers
Basketballss132002@yahoo.com
CLEVELAND-
Aaron Harang (Cincinnati Reds)
What, who? Exactly. Harang is the ace of the Reds pitching staff, but few know who he is because he is on one of the worst teams in the league. Harang has a 10-2 record with a 3.45 ERA, and oh yeah his team is 42-58. He has accounted for almost 25 percent of his team’s wins, and just last night, he pitched 10 innings and didn’t even get the win. He would be a Cy Young candidate and eventual winner if he was somewhere else, but that is just the reason I feel sorry for him.
Roger Goodell (NFL Commissioner)
He had just finished taking care of Pacman Jones, Chris Henry, and Tank Johnson, and was probably feeling pretty good about himself. But then it got a whole lot worse: Michael Vick, an icon in his league, was indicted for dogfighting. I don’t know that any commissioner has had more to deal with in his tenure then Goodell has had to deal with in his last two years. It is completely unfair, but he is doing an outstanding job- at least to this point.
Phoenix Suns
If you read my column yesterday (first of all, thank you), then you know about Tim Donaghy and the NBA scandal. Well, after I wrote that column I went to ESPN.com and read a story written by Bill Simmons. It was extremely well written and pointed me in the direction of YouTube. YouTube is a video site where any person in the world can post a video about any topic. There was a video on there that showed Tim Donaghy clearly blowing calls to help the Spurs and hurt the Suns during Game 3 of that series. It was absolutely pitiful, and totally blatant.


NOTE: ESPN’s Bill Simmons made a great point in his Sports Guy column, something all basketball fans need to think about. When next season rolls around and a bad call is made against your team, you are going to wonder if it is fixed. Tim Donaghy has ruined the NBA as we knew it.