Well it is another week and another chance for yours truly to rant about sports.

I know I did not run my column last week and for that I apologize. Student health notified me that they had a rise in depression cases due to withdrawal from my column. I’m sorry guys and gals, It won’t happen again.

What is new in the wonderful world of sports this week? Well, the Lady Vols of Tennessee have made it to the final four. Who cares?

The Lady Tigers of LSU will beat the poor Lady Vols like a mob collection agent on Gary Coleman. Boo-hoo all you whiners, the Vols are going down.

In the wonderful world of basketball, players and the NBA are discussing the possibility of age minimums for the league. This is to protect all the high-priced old farts who can’t play anymore from being knocked out of their spot by a high-schooler.

It is bad enough that year after year they pay people, like Karl Malone, who have been washed up for years.

No offense to Malone fans, but when you have to get an I.V. of Geratol during half-time, retire for the love of God. Some of these guys are becoming the Keith Richards of the sports world and frankly it is just plain creepy.

Moving on. It occurred to me that yesterday was “April fools,” but was the story that ESPN ran about a guy paying $1,400 for a tattoo of Dick Vitale covering his entire back the real deal or a joke?

I mean I love Dick Vitale and all, but at least go for a tribal or naked lady if you are getting a tattoo that big. Can you imagine waking up to Dick Vitale’s face everyday for the rest of your life. That would freak me out just a bit.

In the world of Olympic news, Athens had decided that Marijuana is not a performance enhancing drug and therefor athletes found with THC in their system can not be penalized.

Immediately after this decision, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Ice Cube announced sponsorship of the Compton National Olympic Team..

Well that’s all for this week. Hope you have a good one.