It's shaping up to be quite a year for women in sports.
Danica Patrick became the first female winner in Indycar history Sunday, winning the Indy Japan 300.
(Actually this is a landmark victory because she and I are both 26 and up until late Saturday night I could always say something like "well, what's she ever done? We're the same age and neither of us have won an Indy race. I don't see the big deal in her." So I'm kinda upset I've lost that chauvenistic ammunition.)
Lorena Ochoa became the first LPGA Tour player in 45 years to win four tournaments in consecutive weeks. It's also her fifth victory in six starts this year.
(Actually, this is a landmark victory because she and I are both 26 and up until Sunday morning I could always say something like, "well, what's Lorena Ochoa ever done? we're both the same age and neither of us have ever won four straight LPGA tournaments.")
Just a few weeks back (Not on April 1 mind you) our very own Mike Freeman penned a landmark column about how the women's college 
basketball game is better than the men's.
Pat Summitt won her eighth national title, is approaching 1K wins and is featured in her own 
ESPN commercial with Kenny Mayne.
Speaking of ESPN, Dana Jacobson is probably a better drinker than Chris Berman.
Hillary Clinton is probably a better bowler than Barack Obama.
Let's ask now touring Chris Rock what he thinks of Hillary as president:
"I think America's ready for a woman president . . . just not that woman. Being married to somebody doesn't make you good at their job. I've been with my wife 10 years now. If she got up here right now, y'all wouldn't laugh. At all. You get on a plane tomorrow, you want the pilot's wife flying you?"
Thanks, Chris.
Reading the Washington Post on the plane this morning, I noticed a section devoted to the NBA. I looked closer and found a W in front of the word, "NBA." Yep, women have their own league.
And co-ed sports are all the rage.
How about 'dem cranberries?
On to the best four blogs ... around!
I didn't the read the whole thing (it's really, really long), but The Bong Zone begins a tremendous read/debate on the idea of quarterbacks. I'll be printing it out and taking it to my, uh, office later. Speaking of Dave Krieg, here's a Facebook group devoted to him.
The Blog to End All Blogs watched some basketball this past weekend and came to this conclusion: The Lakers are the only team that plays "team ball."
It may sound weird, but the Cubs are getting some good starting pitching this season. It's Gonna Happen in 2008 breaks down week 3 in Cubs Nation.
If you really like Week 3 analysis, don't stop reading with the Cubs. Check in on the Yankees after three weeks courtesy of It's up to you....
Klick of the Day
Found this great clip of karate expert Bob Jackson (In Living Color) while surfing on YouTube. Jim Carrey used to be real, real funny.