Friday Farewells

This weeks Friday Farewells are brought to by (insert your name, company, disgruntled spouse here for a nominal fee*).
I am being serious, for once, about these (at least most of them).

Farewell to:

Robbie Hummel - Purdue's star forward and leader out for the year with a torn ACL. Sadly Purdue's Final Four hopes I must also bid farewell without Hummel the Sweet 16 is as far as they get. Heart breaks for the guy and team.

Brotherly Love. Mark McGwire discussed his disappointment and dismay at his brother Jay's upcoming book about Mark's steroid use. Family get-togethers should be fun. I think signed copies for Mark for Christmas might be a nice gesture. Sad stuff brothers should always have your back not stab it.

The Gold Medal Chance for the U.S. Women's Hockey Team. It was always gold or silver for the U.S. and when that is the case silver seems to taste slightly sour. Disappointing for sure.

Canadian Women's Hockey team's Class.  This departed last night when they partied like drunken hooligans and brought their drunken party back on to the ice.  Not all members of the team are legally able to drink. Talk about not being able to handle success.  Stupidity now has names on the back of hockey jerseys to go with its many faces.  Attention a sense of class has left the building.

No U.S. Nordic Gold Medals. Billy Demong won the first nordic gold medal for the U.S. Teammate Spillane added the silver giving him 3 silvers for the games. Pretty Happy.

Plastic Straws. Chewing plastic straws during games is now banned by the NBA.  Caron Butler for the Mavericks chews about 12 a game or should we say chewed.  Doesn't the NBA have bigger problems like the New Jersey Nets?  My heart says no, but my teeth say yes. 

Respect for NBC Olympic Hockey analyst Mike Milbury. Milbury after calling the German's fire hydrants that were getting peed on by the Canadians, the next day he called the Russians, Eurotrash. The king of class Mike is famous as a player for going into the stands and beating a fan with the guys own shoe. We think youro'trash Mike. Hard to feel bad about losing something you really never had.

Lastly to what I am labeling as SUPER SAD SUNDAY. The Winter Games will come to a close this Sunday and my DVR will breathe a big sigh of relief.  The culmination of the games very well could be a US Canada rematch for the Gold Medal in Men's Hockey.  Those of you not interested in international competition, patriotism, love for mankind and basketball will be thrilled that I will get back to work. Until then USA USA USA... Blow your nose in your hanky crying sad.

*Friday Farewells will be sponsored by the highest bidder.  It is not that we are selling out it is just that we are well.... selling up.