Daniel Gibson is out of Cleveland's line up as a result of a seperated shoulder.  It's too bad for both he and the Cavs as he was a bright spot for the team in last year's Finals run.  It looks like they'll need some magic to keep from being eliminated by the Celtics on Friday.  On a side note, does LeBron always refer to himself in the third person?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3397791

Obviously, i'm a Longhorn fan, and I have a ton of respect for Mack, as a football coach and a person.  I also currently go to Penn State, and JoePa has really grown on me.  His house is right near the law school, and I see him pretty frequently leaving his house - he never fails to wave and flash a smile. 

Point being, I read that JoePa was flying to Austin on Friday to have dinner with Mack (in the espn article about Joe going to the hospital yesterday).  I have heard random tidbits here and there over the years about how they were friends, but was wondering if some of you could shed some light on their relationship.  Did they coach together at some point?  Just mutual respect between great coaches? 

I personally think the Texas football will be better at positions in which players decided to go pro. I know the defense will be better without some the past starters (Killabrew, Derry, Jackson, etc.) and a great defensive coordinator.

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It looks like another solid commitment for the 2009 class!  Does anyone think this could affect Jamarkus' decision?  I know we're pretty thin at DT so it might not but please let me know if you have any information. 

Also, are we completely out of the running for Russell Shepard?  It seems as though we are...and if so, who, besides Jarmarkus, are our main remaining targets?  I'm not even sure what we need because we are cleaning up shop in a lot of areas with this class!  I think we definitely need another DT.

Michael Lewis' incredible college football book The Blind Side tells the amazing true story of professional footballs talent search for someone capable of blocking Lawrence Taylor. This search leads to inner city Memphis, where an incredibly athletically gifted young man who has been in and out of foster care and from the most difficult possible of circumstances improbably gets the opportunity to attend a private school and is adopted by a wealthy family. If Michael can get eligible to play college football, he will probably earn millions protecting the quarterback's blind side in the NFL.

The Blind Side is put into the context of the debate over IQ and education reform here:

http://jaypgreene.com/2008/05/10/charles-murray-vs-michael-oher/

  Last season, we saw the rise of the South Florida Bulls and with their success came alot of exposure.  I remember many of us being a little bothered that they adopted our hand sign \m/ as their own.   As awesome as it was (and is) to see everybody throwing up their horns, they need to be reminded that their hand sign looks more like the "i love you" sign in sign language.  Let's hope Orakpo got a chance to educate his fellow Playboy All-American after this picture.  Hook 'em!!

Anyone here at the Wilco show last night at Stubb's?  Probably the best I've seen them, and the varied setlists they have been trotting out have been incredible...pulling equally from all of their albums and reworking some of the older classics.

I had to drive back to Fort Worth after the show, so I'll be missing their second performance tonight.  I would highly suggest to anyone that they try to find tickets.

The tech guys finished the new search system for BON and it. is. sweet.

Wells, this will save your life. Probably your marriage, too.

Among the new capabilities:

- Improved UI: clean, open search page designed for ease of scanning results and to quickly find what you're looking for

- Comments are searchable again

- With one search you can view the number of results for all content: front-page stories, FanPost, FanShots and comments. One click to view those results.

- Relevant excerpts with highlighted keyword matches are displayed with very result

- You can sort by date or by relevancy

- Pages for matching players, events and teams, including quick links to stats, rosters, news and schedule are displayed in results

- Power search allows you to fine tune your query, show more results per page and filter your search by user or date

- Easily increase the scope of your search by including results from the league or the entire SB Nation network with the tabs at the top

- If you're looking for something posted by a particular user, just click their name anywhere on the network and use the search box on their profile to automatically filter results by their name.

Mother's Day is a lovely day for golf...on TV.  I could not get out on the course myself on Sunday as I was cooking brunch for my lovely wife.  Instead, I tuned into television coverage of The Players Championship.  About ten minutes before Paul Goydos teed off, they aired an interview betwixt the defeated once-leader and our favorite 'little fella' of sports broadcasting: Bob Costas.  I could immediately sense a great deal of over-confidence from Goydos.  His interview demeanor belied his beleif that he had this thing wrapped up. 

Anyway, his matter-of-fact smart-ass remarks about the course and his game-plan planted a seed of doom, as we witnessed him 1.) Blow his lead and very-possible win in regulation by choking on a donkey dong on 18. So we go to playoff hole one (17th, very short) and he 2.) Double-Bogies. 

Paul Goydos, a real jackass, sealed his own fate by being a primmadonna with Costas before his round.

Oh yeah, nice collar-less, lime-green jersey.  Real classy.

Have a nice week.

AN

top tv-summer-offseason television shows to watch.

1. Deadliest Catch (ive become addicted after this mother's day marathon)

2.  Top Chef (you can add hell's kitchen here, if you'd rather dumb line cooking down)

3. The Soup (the show that puts reality television in its place)

4. The Office Reruns

5. 30Rock Reruns

6. Verminators (dale from king of the hill was given a documentary. nuff said)

7. Renting the better british comedies i.e. Peep Show

8. MLB

edit: i know thats eight, but its to get things started.