Left Coast Sports Babe

Two more Ohio State starters have been suspended for the first game of the season, bringing the total to three (two arrests, one unspecified violation of team rules.) Gosh, this ought to bring the spread against Buffalo down under six touchdowns.

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Three posslble responses to the NY Jets’ QB controversy: 1. Mark Sanchez should start. 2. Geno Smith should start. 3. WTF does it matter, the Jets won’t make the postseason anyway.

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There’s a petition to recall San Diego mayor Bob Filner. Wouldn’t it be easier just to lure him out of the mayor’s office by telling him there are women interested in him, and then change the locks.

Well, no one will accuse them of being subtle. The NY Post, not endorsing Eliot Spitzer for comptroller: “New Yorkers will choose between two candidates for city comptroller in the Democratic primary. One is Scott Stringer, a conventional Manhattan liberal. The other is a completely unhinged Manhattan liberal.”

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By a 53 % to 18 % margin, Americans said there is not enough supervision over the NSA’s collection of telephone and Internet data, with Republicans more likely to say it’s an unnecessary intrusion. Of course, I am sure those same Republicans believe the NSA was doing its job correctly under George W. Bush.

–Another week of NFL preseason games down. Have to feel sorry for season ticket holders who shelled out money to watch something as meaningless as a pay-per-view of Kim Kardarshian and Kris Humphries’ wedding ceremony.

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Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, an IOC ambassdor, now says she was “misunderstood” over anti-gay remarks, saying that people should respect the laws of other countries when they are guests… But let me state in the strongest terms that I am opposed to any discrimination against gay people on the grounds of their sexuality, which is against the Olympic charter” Sounds like a joint statement written by a lawyer and a publicist.

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Not the Onion: Pepsi-flavored Cheetos are being sold in Japan. No, they aren’t available in the U.S., yet, but guessing the first state they are available will be somewhere they sell medical marijuana.

Miguel Tejada has been suspended 105 games, allegedly for an ADD drug. Sounds like what he was really suspended for was being too stupid to get a prescription.

40 ball pythons were confiscated from a single motel room on last week outside of Toronto. So was someone planning a possible sequel to “Snakes on a Plane?”

NCAA football hasn’t been like basketball with the “One and done” phenomenon for their stars. But looks like Johnny Manziel may have figured out a way to accomplish it.

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