Random Links-March 23, 2006

• The new book, Game of Shadows, about Barry Bonds and his alleged steroid use came out today. I ordered myself a copy, and when I'm finished reading it I'll give a little review for you. There was an excerpt from the book in a recent Sports Illustrated with some pretty damning evidence. Bonds of course did his part today to help sell more copies of it. He doesn't want the authors to make any money from it. Good luck with that Barry. Of course if you want a copy of it there's a link to it through Amazon.com on the right of the page.
• Chicago Bears cornerback Jerry Azumah retired today. It's a shame that injury is going to cut his career short, he made some huge plays for the Bears over the last few seasons. As far as the Bears are concerned, it's not too damaging. Azumah wasn't expected back next season anyway.
• Well so much for that Vanderjagt vs Peyton AFC Championship dream of mine. That "drunk kicker" should fit right in. Hopefully I'll be able to move on with my life.
• Well there will no doubt be more talk about the NFL potential of Vince Young since everybody finally got so see him work out. Now we get a 40 time to go with the Wonderlic score. People can argue about whether he's good enough or not, the simple fact is we'll never know til he actually plays in an NFL game. I know one thing though, the guy can lead a football team. Anybody who saw the Rose Bowl can tell you that.
• Most of you have probably heard of Candace Parker by now. She's the basketball player for Tennessee who dunked twice in a game last week. There's been a ton of hype about this. Between it being a great accomplishment, to others debating whether Parker ever really dunked at all. Whether she did or not Jason Whitlock has a pretty insightful take on it.