Free Running*

1. We can finally put a fork in Dwyane Wade because this time he's really done. The Miami Heat have been done for much longer. They're actually tough to chew.

2. I knew I was forgetting something from last week. Harvard University, that esteemed Ivy League institution, is being accused of engaging in some NCAA recruiting violations. We knew Tommy Amaker was a winner, and we knew he had one heck of a recruiting class (one that beat Michigan, no less) but now we know why. Nothing like paying the players or any of that stuff, but setting up practices for recruits with guys, and that guy ends up being an assistant coach on your team. And that kid ends up at your program. Come on, Harvard, if you're going to break an NCAA rule, then you gotta come better than this.

3. And now Harvard is giving special gym time to the ladies because of six Muslim women so they don't have to cover up at the gym. The hours are two hour blocks three days a week but they are at peak times (8 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m.). If I were the guys, I would probably be a tad pissed by this, which they are. Even the Crimson gave them the biz, saying this shows "a readiness to put minority interests ahead of the entire community." I'm not sure that I like or agree with the implications of that statement (made by a female reporter), but it seems that they could have certainly made a more reasonable accommodation for such a small minority of the school.

4. The New Jersey Nets broke the Houston Rockets winning streak. HA. No, not really. But what did happen that was of interest was pointed out by my friend. Apparently Richard Jefferson took it upon himself to dunk on 52 year old Dikembe Mutumbo and then do Mutumbo's signature finger wag, which merited Jefferson a technical foul from the officials. They say it was for taunting, I say he gets one for just being really, really whack.

5. 74 points in the first half in an Eastern Conference game? That's what the Orlando Magic put on the Atlanta Hawks. And this team, the Hawks, is still going to make the playoffs? Quote of the day, maybe the week: "If you can't stop anybody at any point in the game, you're not going to win," courtesy of Hawks head coach Mike Woodson. Truer words have never been spoken.

* This sport I keep seeing the commercial for but was not familiar . . . until now.