Monday Monologues - October 27, 2008

Regardless of what's going on at any given time, sports is always ripe with conversations pieces and fodder for the proverbial cannon, giving millions of bloggers across the web numerous sources of inspiration with which to pick apart, analyze, or ridicule.

Along the lines of the last option, I present to you the Monday Monologues, my little thoughts on the sports world to help put the past week behind us and get each of us off on the right foot for the perils of the current one.

- Brett Favre has come under a lot of fire recently for possibly leaking information about the Packers to Matt Millen of the Detroit Lions prior to season's start. Any validity to these claims was quickly put to rest when the Packers trounced the Lions took in week 2. Rumor has it that rather than use the information to help the team win, Millen went to owner William Clay Ford with a presentation on why the Lions needed to choose another wide receiver during the 2009 draft.

- Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones recently said that troubled cornerback Adam "Pac-Man" Jones has entered into a alcohol treatment center to help get his life on track. When ask for speculation on Pac-Man's future, Jerry Jones was quoted as saying, "Adam will be given the full chance to return to the Cowboys once his suspension is lifted." After being pressed about the circumstances if he wasn't reinstated, Jones admitted to discussing a deal that would possibly see Pac-Man as the next adopted child of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

- Scott Boras, the agent for soon-to-be free agent, and Red Sox exile, Manny Ramirez, recently told the media that his client would be looking for a 8-year deal, worth approximately $25 million per season. Boras then followed that up by saying that his client would also be asking for a clause allowing himself up to four requests to be traded per season and three "Manny Being Manny" days to be used at any time.

- Four New Orleans Saints players, including running back Deuce McAllister, tested positive for a diuretic medication, which is banned by the NFL. While the pill could be used to mask steroid usage, the NFL believes it is more of a case that these players were trying to lose weight. Running with this alibi, the Player's Association is said to be employing the "Does my a$$ look fat in these pads?" defense.

- Former Knicks coach and Pistons great Isiah Thomas has asked for the media to give the family space while it sorts through a recent overdose of sleeping meds. This way, the family can practice their stories together in case they have to rehash them separately in future interviews with the media or the police. As it stands, they are leaning toward saying the neighbors dog took the lethal dose of Ambien, not Thomas or his daughter as earlier reported.

- The NBA recently announced that they are trimming back on their work force in light of the struggling economic times that we all face. During the announcement, Commissioner Stern mentioned that like the banking industry, which has shown a propensity for bigger entities acquiring smaller or struggling units, the NBA would look into a full acquisition of the NHL, hoping to rebrand both as the game of the future.

And that'll do it for this week's monologues. Have anything you want to see lampooned, ridiculed, or otherwise run through the mud, feel free to comment below and we'll see what we can do.