One of my sons asked whether Yao will come to L.A.. I don't know whether Buss (or his successor) will pony up that kind of dough considering that the big money has to go to Kobe. Now if the Lakers could get a Dirk Nowitzski clone, maybe there'd be a ring awaiting.

But Wade...woof!...what a player!

And Thursday is the big day for the U.S. in the World Cup. They need to beat Ghana by about a jillion goals to get to the next round. If the U.S. loses, well, the next version will have Freddy Adu on board and maybe he can make some magic.

I did catch the first half of the England-Sweden game. Yep, Rooney was worth waiting for to watch. He didn't score but he gave Sweden fits.