Heels, Sox & Steelers

Random Havoc

Affleck, J.Lo & the Sox
Bill Simmons writes on Page 2 that all is not lost for Red Sox fans in '04. He gives 33 reasons why there is still hope, including my favorite (#20):

"Another silver lining: This A-Rod fiasco made us realize that Ben Affleck needs to be stopped. I loved "Good Will Hunting" as much as anyone, but did you see him ranting and raving at the Daytona 500? Since when did Ben Affleck become The Voice of Red Sox Fans? Who nominated him? Would a true Sox fan ever propose to a chick with a big ass from the Bronx? In a million years? I really think we should vote on this -- let's have an election and everything. Ben Affleck needs to be stopped. I'm not kidding.

(And really, who is Affleck to lecture us about someone ruining the sport of baseball? Isn't this the same guy who sold out with "Reindeer Games," "Paycheck," "Pearl Harbor," "Armageddon," "Gigli" and everything else? Has any actor cashed in as gleefully and gratuitously as Ben Affleck? How is this different than A-Rod weaseling his way to New York? And when you think about it, isn't working for the Weinsteins basically the Hollywood equivalent of playing for the Yankees? I thought so.)"

Doherty finds work
On Saturday, the Raleigh News & Observer reported a Matt Doherty sighting--in the Dean Dome no less--with Dean Smith.

NFL Combines
Steelers.com has an extensive list of invitees to the upcoming combines. While the Steelers haven't intimated what they might do in the April draft, several mock draft sites have them picking among the likes of RBs Kevin Jones and Steven Jackson, CBs Chris Gamble and Deangelo Hall and QB Philip Rivers. Kendrell Bell also talks about his experience at the combines in 2001.