Record Flood, Floyd the Cheat, Poker Face

• Dowling Catholic's Katie Flood is amazing. Fastest high school 3000 meters in the nation. Flood's a nice role model for girls too. She's not an 85 pound stick; she looks athletic and healthy.
• Harrison Barnes finished fifth in the high jump (6'4"). Hey, can't win everything.
• Do you still believe Lance Armstrong's clean? Is it possible in the most corrupt doping sport in the world, the guy who was the best, was virtually the only one not cheating? I want to believe him, I really do.
• Tour De France winner Floyd Landis denied doping so emphatically, he convinced many skeptics he must be telling the truth. He wasn't. It took years, but Landis now admits he was cheating his butt off. It was just like Pete Rose, only insert doping for gambling.
• Love that Hall-of-Famers Andre Dawson and Tony Perez got right in Hanley Ramirez' face and told him he crossed the line. More legends need to do this. Fines don't work when a player makes $70 million.
• "Kurt Warner Night" should fill The Well Friday night. Not sure which has happened more, Barnstormers retiring Warner's 13, or Brett Favre unretiring, but both seem to work out.
• Warner will work the NFL Network broadcast booth with the guy Iowa recruited ahead of Warner back in the day, Paul Burmeister. You couldn't start a TV career next to a better guy than Paul, and Kurt will be a natural.
• Remember Butterbean? He's now an MMA promoter.
• Gale Sayers called out the Bears and Brian Urlacher didn't like it. Too bad. He's Gale Freaking Sayers.
• If the Lakers and Celtics both sweep, they'll wait a week and a half between games.
• 3-on-3 basketball could be come an Olympic sport. Really.
• World Cup odds: Spain, the favorite, at 5-1, Brazil 6-1, USA 75-1.
• Southwest Airlines sees a surge in business thanks to its "Bags Fly Free" campaign. Are you paying attention other airlines?
• Lost in all the Leno-bashing is the fact that since returning he's taken NBC back to #1 in late night, and easily outpaced Conan's ratings.
• Am I the only one who thinks it's ridiculous that poker players are allowed to wear sunglasses? Shouldn't a top tell come from someone's eyes? Dumb. Page Lady Gaga.
• Maybe you've heard... our newscasts are now in HD. As readers of this blog know, I try not to watch anything not in HD, so I'm happy we're able to deliver the local news, weather, and most importantly, SPORTS!, in high definition. Once you see the difference, it's hard to settle for anything less. We're even going high def on SoundOFF. That could be a mistake.