To Believe Or Not To Believe...

Some things in life are fun to believe in, but if you still believe in them in your adult life, you're pretty much a moron. Take Santa Claus for example. (If you never had the Santa talk, I'd advise you to not read the rest.) Once you reach adulthood, if you're waiting up to see the jolly old man come down your chimney, well, you need help.

It's easy to see why Santa would be fun to believe in as kids though. Anticipating the sleigh to land on the roof of your house as you make cookies (not knowing your parents will eat them when you're bed) must be fun.

There was never a time when I believed in Santa, but as sports fans, we are often ignorant and believe things because we want to believe in them simply because it would be fun. Last year marked 100 years since the Cubs last won the World Series and you constantly heard about how great it would be for them to break the long streak right at 100.

Did anyone other than a Cubs fan believe that would happen? They were swept in the first round of the playoffs.

Occasionally though, the world of sports provides reason to believe. We experience upsets, underdogs, dynasties, rivalries and comebacks. Then we have the laughing stocks of sports. The Clippers wish they were the other LA team and those playing for the Knicks wish they weren't.

When your team is getting blown out, you try to convince yourself there's hope of a comeback even if you know darn well there's not. You set up different scenarios in your head like "If we can just score here, get the two point conversion, recover the onside kick and score another touchdown and go for two again, then we're still in this.
Yes, one of the things that makes sports great is the possibility of a miracle but miracles wouldn't be miracles if they happened all the time. If you're a telling yourself the Nationals will win the World Series, then, well again, you're pretty much a moron.

Although, I will say, the chances of Santa answering your letter is just as likely, even this time of the year. Why don't you go look for him? I think he'll ride in on a UFO with Bigfoot this year.

Tweet 85

While you log online during the game to check your fantasy scores, you can actually catch his immediate reactions to the last play as Chad Eight Five will be Tweeting from the sidelines. Is it possible to care any less? You'd think a team player would be more into the game and not texting things like "lol, u cant catch me." or "Carson yelled at me in the huddle and the ref told me not 2 txt on field NE more."

The question is, how long will it be before Chad tells tweets the next play as the defensive coordinator on the other sideline is a follower of the wide receiver. It won't be until he gets fined for complaining about the officiating or tries to claim he thought the press conference was via twitter. Maybe he'll even try to get be a part of Sports Center's make a wish as he thinks a little boy's dream comes true when he gets a message from Eight Five.

Through twitter, he challenged Mike Golic to a fight and actually claimed the passing of Michael Jackson was as bad as 9-11. After comments like that, I don't think he should be allowed communication with the outside world.

At Jackson's funeral, Magic Johnson said Jackson made it possible for him to be a better ball player and allowed his jerseys to be sold. Yeah, not quite sure what he was saying by that. Kobe was also there but he wasn't yet joined by his new teammate Ron Artest who chose No. 37 because it that's the number of weeks a song or album of Jackson stayed on top. Alright seriously please, enough with Jackson.

Speaking of other NBA moves, the Mavs acquired Shawn Marion. Not a bad move but they really need a good young point guard, like the one playing for the Knicks. The Rangers are actually playing well right now as their barely hanging in to their first place lead. We'll see if they can hold it after all star break. Too bad Ian Kinsler got shafted. He should have been there. Maybe Chad will be following them on Twitter.

Remember the Titan

The nickname "Air McNair" is only appropriate for Steve McNair as is "the Titan" seeing as he was quarterbacking the team during the transition from Houston to Tennessee.

He was drafted out of Alcorn State by the Oilers in 1995 and spent 13 seasons with the organization before playing his last two years in Baltimore. He led the Titans to the Super Bowl in 1999 where his team fell a yard short to the Rams. He was also split the MVP award with Peyton Manning in 2003. He is No. 5 all time in rushing for a quarterback.

One of many definitions of the word Titan is "a person or thing of enormous size, strength, power and influence". McNair wasn't a huge man physically but I'd say all the others applied.Throughout his career he fought through injury after injury and put up season MVP numbers and still helped lead his team to the post season and Super Bowl.

The tragic news of his death was shocking to everyone. The 36-year old recently retired from the game of football and was missed on the field by fans everywhere, now fans will by mourning the loss of a man of character that goes beyond football. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends.