Here is a good mock draft through all seven rounds.
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Here are some things happening on and around the TV networks.
1. Chris Berman, whose contract is up this year at ESPN, is reportedly thinking of jumping to the NFL Network.
2. With Danica Patrick racing this weekend in the NASCAR Nationwide race, ESPN is adding coverage of the event from practice to qualifying to the prerace show. A lot is riding on her success.
3. It took nearly 30 years but MASH's finale is no longer the most watched show in TV history. Super Bowl XXIV had more than 106 million viewers.
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The folks who run Quicken Loans Arena have taken a lot of heat the past few days as word got out that water fountains have been removed to prevent the passing of illness and with worries of H1N1.
Some just see this as a money grab, forcing $4 water bottles on the patrons.
Marla Ridenour will taking a look at Watergate at the Q with a story coming later on Ohio.com and in the Tuesday Beacon Journal.
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Odd questions follow sports teams all of the time. One of my favorites is the theory that a team only has so much good baseball or football or basketball to play in one season.
That question is starting to be heard about the Cavs. Have they peaked too early or are the peeking down the road? I am not even sure what that means. Should they not try to win every game?
I think as long as coach Mike Brown is not playing his starters 48 minutes per game, you win every game you can.
I think some times good teams get on rolls that make them think they are a great team, but with the leadership the Cavs have in LeBron and Shaq, I don't think this will be problem.
Even during this winning streak, the Cavs have had a few duds.
So it is probably more accurate to say that the Cavs can play even better. And that can't make the rest of the league very comfortable.
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Danica Patrick is talking with crew chief Tony Eury Jr.
Danica Patrick will race the No.7 godaddy.com Chevy in her first NASCAR race this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. The race is on SPEED, Ch. 607 on DirectTv. And it is in the 300s on the Time Warner.
Patrick is starting in the ARCA series and qualified in the 12th spot. That series is a little wild with lots of crashes.
If things go well, she might race in the Nationwide Series next weekend. The plan is to race in 12 Nationwide races this year.
This is the biggest race in the history of the ARCA series.
Could be interesting. And if it works out she will be the face of NASCAR within a couple of years.
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With a huge snowstorm expected here and even more east of Ohio, look for the TV ratings for the Super Bowl to be very high.
Washington DC is expecting nearly two feet of snow and Philadelphia and Baltimore something similar. Pittsburgh is expecting about a foot.
I still like the Colts but don't be surprised if the Saints pull off the upset. They like to force turnovers and if the Colts oblige, the Saints can win this game. I will stick with my earlier prediction of 31-17 Colts, mainly, if not solely, due to Peyton Manning. He is on an express trip to Canton.
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It seems from a quick viewing around the Web that most expect the Browns to take cornerback Joe Haden.
What do you all think? What about a quarterback early? Got to figure that Jimmy Clausen or Sam Bradford might catch the eye of Mike Holmgren.
Marla Ridenour our Browns beat reporter expects the scouting combine to play a big part in whatever decision is made by the new brain trust.
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NASCAR is back on the track today getting ready for qualifying for the Daytona 500 on Saturday and the running of the Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night.
I have been a NASCAR fan since I was young, mainly because my dad was into it. He was a truck driver and was a fan of David Pearson.
I lost track of the sport during college but jumped back on the bandwagon during the beginning of the Jeff Gordon era.
My boys like it too. Although all of us at home have lost interest the past couple of years.
NASCAR is supposedly taking the reins off the drivers this year and they also are letting the cars go a little faster the next two weeks in Daytona.
I hope this works to get the engines roaring again. It can be fun to watch when the drivers are allowed to drive.
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Those of you who view this on your iPhone and some other smart phones can now view this blog easier on your mobile web browser. Software has been added to this site. Just put the URL on your mobile browser and it should load in a much easier screen to view.
Enjoy
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The Detroit Pistons are likely going to be for sale in the near future. That prompted one of the Detroit columnist, Drew Sharp, to put out there the possibility of the Pistons moving to Pittsburgh or Kansas City.
Why those two cities? New arenas. K.C. has been trying to get a pro tenant for a couple of years at the Sprint Center. And Sharp speculated that the new Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, set to open this fall, might be looking for a second tenant to go along with the Penguins of the NHL.
I can tell you that the thought among the Pittsburgh media is that there is not enough people to support four pro teams and a major university.
Here is a story by the Post-Gazette on the unlikely chances
So I don't foresee another Pittsburgh-Cleveland rivalry in pro basketball. But never say never, I guess.
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