I think I may have found the perfect job. The title? Ombudsman. What exactly is an ombudsman, you ask? Webster's defines one as "a public official appointed to investigate a citizen's complaints against local or national government agencies that may be infringing on the rights of individuals." In other words, a watchdog. What can be better than that? Providing critique without having...

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I rule the blog, the blog doesn't rule me.Russ Salzberg is awful on these post-game wrap-ups on My9. And Ed Randall as a Yankee analyst? Terribly uninspired. Who's the suit that hired these two clowns? Note to BHO: Time to lead. More later. I'm pacing myself.

It was inevitable. Like death, taxes and the cancellation of the Jay Leno Show, the Rangers' Marion Gaborik got hurt. That was the knock on Gaborik's otherwise brilliant career: that he couldn't stay healthy during a full season. And as is customary with this star-crossed franchise, the incident occurred not during a game but at practice.(Quick, someone cue up Allen Iverson's "we...

CBS pregame jailhouse interview with Bill Cowher and Plaxico Burress was outrageous. Why are we giving airtime to this thug? Where's Chris Henry's 15 minutes? How about Mike Vick if you want "redemption stories?" Plax hasn't even served his time yet. Kudos to Boomer Esiason who noted, "I hope this piece serves a public service announcement as to why all athletes should stop carrying...

I'm a fan of The Who. Always have been. I saw them in 1989 at Foxboro in the rain. Great show. John Entwistle was still alive and Daltrey was still in good voice. But let me be clear: I in no way want to see Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey prance through 15 minutes of My Generation, Baba O'Reilly and Who Are You this Sunday. It will be painful to watch and judging by last year's...

Editor's note: In an effort to salvage a disappointing season, the New York Rangers traded Ales Kotalik and Christopher Higgins to the Calgary Flames for Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust. Will it work to propel the slumping team or does it amount to rearranging the Titanic's deck chairs, our author examines the trade.By Joe D'AngelisAccording to hockey maven Stan Fischler, the New...

For the record, this is something which might happen to me. Here's the story from USA Today.....An important Picasso painting accidentally damaged by a visitor last week will be repaired in time for a large exhibition of the artist's works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in April, the museum said Monday."The Actor," a painting from Picasso's rose period, will be restored at the...

Did anyone else catch Obama's slam directed at the U.S. Supreme Court justices during his State Of The Union speech last night? Obama had taken the unusual step of scolding the high court. "With all due deference to the separation of powers," he began, the court last week "reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests - including foreign...

Conan's Classy Last Words...Those expecting a tear-jearker for Conan O'Brien's final Tonight Show were likely disappointed. Though the show didn't rival Carson's 1992 tear-jerker ("I bid you a very fond good night.") , it was heartfelt. I loved all the bits (Steve Carell doing an exit interview, Tom Hanks, beluga caviar sprayed on a Picasso) save for Will Ferrell's forced bit at...

It’s sick out there and getting sicker……Like it or not the National Enquirer deserves kudos for its coverage of the John Edwards scandal. By now everyone knows the story of the former presidential candidate denied fathering a child with a campaign staffer. Yesterday, in a desperate attempt to tell his own story before an upcoming book, Edwards admitted to it. So the Enquirer...

On last night's Jay Leno Show, Jay used the post monologue segment to weigh in on the late night fiasco. Leno explained to the viewing audience his side of the story going back to the 2004 decision to give the Tonight Show to Conan. His candor was admirable and seemed genuinely concerned with the well-being of 175 people who work with him. More important, he acknowledged his low...

What a strange week. 10.) It has come to this: Local Fox news anchors took to wearing yellow neckties to promote the Simpson's 20th anniversary special. Can you imagine being in the marketing meeting touting this ridiculous concept? 9.) Word has it that Tiger Woods is donating money toward Haiti earthquake relief. I don't care if it's $3 or $300 million, this comes off as hollow...

It's getting ugly. How much time passes before NBC – which is getting clobbered -- says enough is enough. Here are last night’s zingers…. Tonight, ABCs Jimmy Kimmel, who did his entire show the other night in a bad Leno chin and wig, guests on Leno at 10. Should be fun (and slightly awkward.)The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienHi, I’m Conan O’Brien, and I’ve been practicing...

Conan O'Brien says he will not do "The Tonight Show" if it airs at 12:05 a.m. He released the following statement Tuesday afternoon:People of Earth:In the last few days, I've been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I've been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world...

Glad to see the NYT’s Maureen Dowd playing it down the middle. In her Sunday Times Op-Ed column, she dared to question BHO’s leadership: “No Drama Obama is reticent about displays of emotion,” Dowd writes. “The Spock in him needs to exert mental and emotional control. That is why he stubbornly insists on staying aloof and setting his own deliberate pace for responding�...

Following yesterday's announcement that NBC had cancelled the Jay Leno Show at 10:00 --and moving him back into his old late night slot--the gloves came off. On last night's Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and Late Show with David Letterman, large portions of the opening monologue were devoted to the news. Typically, you wouldn't hear so much inside baseball about...

Jay Leno's low ratings are causing NBC big trouble. And finally, it seems that the network is bowing to serious pressure from station affiliates. NBC says its retooling its late-night lineup, Leno's show is going on hiatus until after NBC's coverage of the Olympics. Another scenario under discussion is to give the 10 p.m. hour back to the stations for news while shifting the rest...

His nickname is the Big Unit, but a more apt name for Randy Johnson could have been Freak of Nature. A lefty, Johnson stood 6 feet 10 inches tall. Yankee fans will not soon forget how the Unit twice came out of the bullpen in 1995 (for Seattle) and 2001(for Arizona) to slam the door shut on the Yankees. A few years later, an aging Randy Johnson eventually came to the Yankees winning...

So 2010 is here. With apologies to SI's Peter King, here are some things I think I think.For starters, some people have chastised me for not updating the blog on a more regular basis. I have one rule: I rule the blog, the blog doesn't rule me. The blogosphere doesn't need one more voice railing about Tiger. Although I raised more than eyebrow when I saw the comments of golfer Jesper...

10.) Lou Dobbs leaves CNN. A suprise to no one, Dobbs seemed to go off the rails promulgating the Obama birthers story long-after his own network dropped it. 9.) Normally straight-down-the middle Brian Williams really made me cringe by closing his broadcast with a softball interview with Jon Bon Jovi as someone who made a difference. Please. So the singer gives of his time and money...

Time to get off my Snackwells ass and start writing. I went up to the attic and rediscovered my baseball card collection. I have more common cards than any one person should be allowed. And I have tens of thousands. I can remember buying a Topps wax pack for $0.27 cents in 1979. I've never thrown them out nor has my mother (thanks Mom). Much of what I've collected, however, is worthless...

10.)Each player on the winning team gets one day with the Stanley Cup.9.)Th ere are two Cups: a house Cup, which resides at the Hockey Hall of Fame and a presentation Cup awarded to the players. 8.)Here's how you can tell the difference: to prevent damage the presentation Cup given to the players was augmented with nickel which is sturdier than the all-silver house Cup. Nickel also...

The Good. Last night's retrospective on 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt did not disappoint. However, there were a few surprises. Morely Safer fronted the open and called his old boss a pain-in-the-ass. From there, I knew we were in store for some good stuff. There was plenty of historical footage and Hewitt at work in the editing studio. The special left me with some questions, such...

Don Hewitt, the legendary television news pioneer who created "60 Minutes" and spanned Edward R. Murrow to Walter Cronkite to Mike Wallace, died this morning at the age of 86. For you Philistines who don't know Hewitt, here are ten reasons you should know him: 10.) He originated cue cards for news readers.9.) He was the first to superimpose words on a television screen for a news...