Run-Down: To Tell the Truth; Is Kidd's Cake Gone?

Despite today's high drama on Capitol Hill, I must get my sleep. Doing taxes takes a lot out of you, and I need another day to recover. Onward and upward:

1. On Wednesday, Roger Clemens lied his ____ off testified in front of Congress regarding his steroid use, in a game of he said-he said with his former trainer, Brian McNamee, who testified that he gave Clemens the juice on several occasions. There was some high drama during the hearing, of course. I want to go on record as saying that Roger Clemens stole the word "misremembers" from me. A word like that has lawyer written all over it. The Republicans beating up on McNamee was classic. Listening to their tirades (i.e., shouts of "You are a drug dealer!"), these guys sound a lot like disgruntled trial lawyers. This was their chance to show off their "tough cross" skills, and show off they did. All I have to say about this is somebody is clearly lying! And guess who won't be doing time if it turns out he was lying? His name does not rhyme with lemons.

2. You know how you eye that last piece of cake before you leave for work in the morning, dream about the cake all day, Google pictures of the cake and put it on your desktop, come home, eat dinner, get ready to eat the cake . . . and it turns out someone has already eaten it? Well, that's probably something similar to what Jason Kidd is feeling. The afternoon hype was that Kidd was on his way to the Dallas Mavericks, the trade he has been yearning for for a very long time. But alas, when you're part of a package deal, and part of the package doesn't want to go, there goes your deal. That refusing package part is one Devean George, who used his "trump card" allowing him to refuse to be traded. So there goes that deal, for now anyway. I saw George out and about in L.A. one time, I am sure he is not trying to get dumped in dirty jerz, never to be heard from again. So George has dodged a bullet for now but his other teammates may not be so lucky. Mavs' owner Mark Cuban is desperate for a ring. I see one more attempt with some different players before this deal falls through completely.

That's all, folks. I may post mid-day if the feeling strikes me . . .