LeBron James was fouled, but the Cavs can't wait to take the last shot. Go for the throat! … Danica Patrick will win an IndyCar Series race but not this weekend's Indy 500. … The Indians, Tigers, Angels and Red Sox will be the playoff teams in the American League. … Charlie Frye will be the starting quarterback for the Browns, and Brady Quinn will sit unless Frye and Derek Anderson get hurt. … Jamal Lewis is an ancient 27 and will show it this season. … Kent State football will make a run at the MAC title game. … Jimmie Johnson will win the Coca-Cola 600 because he does just about every year. … Expect the David Beckham talk to pick up after the holiday. His arrival to MLS is two months away. … The Yankees are done, and Joe Torre will not survive the season.

Ottawa will beat Anaheim in six games to win the Stanley Cup. … David Stern had to cringe when his next two potential superstars ended up in the Northwest with the Trail Blazers and SuperSonics winning the draft lottery's top two spots. Greg Oden will go to the Blazers and Kevin Durant to the Sonics. … Will anybody see them play? … Despite all of the offseason moves, the Patriots will not win the Super Bowl. No team has bought the Super Bowl, like you can a World Series. … Barry Bonds won't break Aaron's mark until late July at the earliest. … C.C. Sabathia will sign with the Dodgers after next season for $140 million over seven seasons. … Travis Hafner will sign a contract with the Indians, something like $75 million for five years, maybe more. … USC despite having so many players back will not win the BCS title. … Tiger Woods will win the U.S. Open next month at Oakmont C.C., near Pittsburgh. … Wait until you all see the changes to that great course.

Just yesterday, I wrote that the NBA should publicize their punishments or fines for officials. Guess what they did today? David Stern and the Association announced that official Joey Crawford was suspended indefinitely — at least through the playoffs.

Kudos. It shows the public that not only the players and coaches are held accountable for their actions.

Pat Forde of ESPN has a good column on the subject that would interest Ohio State fans, too.

Did you see the NBA referee who ejected Tim Duncan for laughing? Duncan also said the referee challenged him to a fight. It is sad that these type of individuals are allowed to referee NBA games. I think we all know the individual that Duncan is. If David Stern doesn't figure out how to get the referees to be invisible, the league is going to have a problem. Another NBA referee gives Allen Iverson a techincal foul in every game they are on the court together. It would be nice if the reprimands that officials receive would be public. It would help the fans, the players and the officials to stay calm during the games. Right now, the officials have too much power and it is taking away from the game.