Some Champ Quick Hits

IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME
So DGROSS announced his latest aberration last week. Apparently some private developers have approached the Syracuse University Athletic Director with the idea of building a new football stadium. So let me get this straight, the waiting list is so long for season tickets on the hill that a new stadium is needed? The Carrier Dome is outdated? C’mon Daryl, you can do better than that. On the long list of needs for the football program, where exactly does a new stadium rank?

JUST A BIT INSIDE....

While Tuesday night will be remembered as the night Big Head Barry broke the all-time homerun record, I personally will remember it as the night the Yankees got some of their swagger back, courtesy of the Rocket Man’s plucking of Alex Rios. It’s refreshing to finally see some fire in this team. While still 5 games back of the Boston 86ers, they are legitimately back in the playoff race (thanks to a soft post all-star game schedule, but hey, we Yankee fans will take it). Personally, I think they would have been back in the race a long time ago had they only brought back their Assistant to the Traveling Secretary.

PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999....
Finally, Rick Pitino knew what he was talking about in one of the all-time greatest sports meltdowns. "Larry Bird is not walking through that door, fans. Kevin McHale is not walking through that door, and Robert Parish is not walking through that door.” But Reggie Miller might be. Three Idiots is also reporting the 76ers are bringing in Dolph Schayes for a look.