What the Crap, Ed?! Upstaged on Mother's Day, Bono turns 50.

• Andy Fales has a new favorite athlete. Paddy O'Prado. Andy's following Paddy like Shawn Terrell follows Pearl Jam. Next stop: The Preakness Stakes (for Andy and Paddy, not Shawn and PJ).  I don't think the Preakness is even on Andy's bucket list, but after the great job he and photojournalist James Searls did at the Kentucky Derby, they were bound to get another assignment. Also headed to Baltimore, one of the country's premier writers on horse racing, Dan Johnson of the Des Moines Register. Not heading to Baltimore, a World Series.
• Greg McDermott went right to work on discipline. McD booted P'Allen Stinnett off the Creighton team. No surprise. Hopefully, P'Allen calls Mike Taylor and learns it can be a good thing.
• What the crap, Ed?! More yucky weather. The I-Cubs game Monday is rained out. Cubs don't return home until May 20th. Hopefully it will be at least 60 degrees by then.
• What a Mother's Day moment from Dallas Braden! The A's pitcher tosses a no-hitter in front of the grandmother who raised him after his mother died of cancer. Just awesome. Braden did it against a good team too, the Rays.
• I bought my mom that huge Oprah book by Kitty Kelly, and a chick flick DVD, "Definitely, Maybe". I was completely upstaged. My wife gave my mom one of her paintings, and this one should be titled "immediately forgetting Oprah book and whatever that DVD is called". It is a sweet painting.
• Is the Yankees-Red Sox game over yet? I had to go to bed at 2 a.m.
• A-Rod tied Frank Robinson for 7th on the all-time home run list with 586. Of all the many ways I despise what steroids have done to baseball, nothing makes me sadder, or madder, than a guy like A-Rod cheating his way to a once hallowed number like 586.
• Good to see West Des Moines' Tim McClelland run Yankees manager Joe Girardi. No additional comment. I just like seeing the Yankees manager tossed.
• You knew it was only a matter of time before the tasing went too far. Now a drunk fan is tased for heckling Tiger Woods? Giving Tiger an earful and running on the field (or course) are not the same thing. 
• Are you buying Tiger's neck injury? I don't doubt he's in pain---physical and emotional---but if Tiger were in contention, there is ZERO percent chance he withdraws. Suddenly passing Jack's 18 majors doesn't look like a lock. Tiger just isn't intimidating any longer.
• I'm getting into these NBA playoffs. Sunday was another great day. Rajon Rondo completely outplays LeBron James, a guy whose elbow only seems to be a problem when he's playing poorly. Over in San Antonio, the Suns swept away the Spurs, and the great Steve Nash looked like Rocky Balboa before Rock said, "You gotta cut me, Mick."
• Should newspapers cheerlead? The NY Daily News has a column aimed at LeBron and why he should sign with the Knicks.
•  Sunday night on SoundOFF, the 'Who's In Your 5" featured my favorite superheroes. At #3, I listed Superman. Our wonderful graphics artist, Jennifer Allison, who does an amazing job, used a picture of the late Christopher Reeve as Superman. We immediately received a fun email from Brandon Routh's parents asking why we didn't use the local guy. Love it.
• Our big ol' family went to Honey Creek Resort on Rathbun Lake for a couple days. We had a great time, as we always do, but this time there was something different: people! It was sold out, and when we tried to book a cabin for a week in the summer, those were full too. I'm really happy to see the place doing well. It's received some bad pub, and we've always had a positive experience with really nice local people working hard.
• At a cancer fundraiser Saturday night, the city of Albia presented me with a big petition to bring RVTV to the beautiful town square. Andy and I think it's time to retire RVTV, but if we're talked into it, Albia would be a perfect place to stop.
• I'm not sure why the Barnstormers don't have the buzz they did the past two years, but back-to-back crowds of 8,000 confirms it. It's surprising since the Stormers stepped up to a better league, and this week entered with a two game winning streak on a Saturday night with cold weather. I hope the crowds return with the warmer weather.
• It's not uncommon for refs to talk to soccer players about not playing dead to sell a penalty, but recently in Croatia, a player drew a yellow card for playing dead, and he was... dead. Heart attack.
• Bono is 50?! The man remains cool, and more relevant than ever. Justin Bieber, you have 36 years to keep up. Good luck.
• All weekend, I continued getting feedback on when it's appropriate for a grown man to wear a sports jersey. Lot of passion on this topic.