I need a hero...

No HEROES tonight?!? NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Oh well, the series premiere of the new FX show, The Riches, is on tonight. I love Eddie Izzard's stand up comedy acts, and I'll definitely be interested to see how he does in a comedy/drama.

- Kobe Bryant was retroactively assessed a flagrant foul for his elbow against Kyle Korver on Friday. As someone pointed out in that article, all three victims of Kobe elbows--Manu Ginobili, Marko Jaric, and now Kyle Korver--have said that they thought the elbows were inadvertent. Nevertheless, I'm very surprised that Kobe was not suspended for multiple games for this latest incident. Laker fans, your team may have just dodged a serious bullet as your playoff hopes start to flicker away...

- Typical of the last few years of the New England Patriots' on again/off again dynasty, the Pats have made a number of moves to strengthen their roster. LB Adalius Thomas, WR Donte Stallworth, and now WR Kelley Washington have been added to the team during this year's free agency period. Now that Tom Brady actually has someone to throw the ball to, and with the Colts regressing this year--losses of Dominic Rhodes, Cato June (soon), Nick Harper (possibly), etc.--it looks like the Patriots might be the early favorites for next year's Super Bowl. That last statement was really hard for me to type, by the way, as I hate the Pats.

- The Knicks' Isiah Thomas got a contract extension today. I'll admit, as horrible of a GM as Thomas has been, he has been pretty good managing his horrible roster of overpaid veterans. So they have four shoot-first PGs, a center that is allergic to rebounding and defense, and a bad first-round pick this year, thanks to the Eddy Curry deal. The Bricks do have one thing going for them: they do play in the (L)Eastern Conference.

(Your regularly scheduled, chock-full-of-bracketology-talk blog posts will resume tomorrow :P)