More sports shorts.

Ever since Tiger Woods won The Masters in 1997, Augusta national has been trying to "Tigerproof" the course. Well making it longer ain't the way to do it. By lengthening the course so that par 3's are now 250 yards, you eliminate a lot of the shorter, more accurate players, such as Fred Funk and Mike Weir, and give an enormous advantage to big hitters like Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, and yes, Tiger. In other words Augusta has furthered the advantage Tiger has over the field. Make the fairways narrower, the course shorter, and you make it tougher for Tiger whose driving these days is among the worst on tour.

David Schoenfield tackles the myth that a salary cap is required to ensure "competitive balance" in sports. As he points out, ask the fans of the Arizona Cardinals, New Orleans Saints, and Los Angeles Clippers how competitive a cap has made their teams.

Former University of Cincinnati basketball coach Bob Huggins has been named as the new head coach at Kansas State. This guy ran a dirtier program than Jerry Tarkanian did at UNLV. That might be harder to do at K St. though. I think it will be harder to recruit future criminals and dropouts to the campus in Manhattan Kansas.

Major League Baseball is going to look into the steroids issue. While it is ostensibly supposed to be looking into the problem as a whole, as I've said before it should if such a probe is to be conducted, does anyone really think this is not just going to turn into a Barry Bonds witch hunt? Yes, he's a jerk, yes, he took 'roids, no, he shouldn't be the only one investigated.