Today, we cut through the crap and get to the important stuff. The links. Oh, and a little pithy commentary from me.

It’s time to fit Ed McCaskey for a McCasket.

That was rude and insensitive of me. And yet, it made me laugh out loud. So there.

Groucho with more on the idea that John Paxson and BJ Armstrong will share the GM duties. Here’s the thing. If Paxson and BJ are “sharing”, yet John is making the decisions, they aren’t sharing. John’s the GM and BJ’s the flunky. This is fine. But don’t say they’re sharing.

Rosey with some good stuff, including news that Lisa Guererro is leaving the “Best Damn Sports Show Period” to pursue acting. So many jokes…

Let’s use them, and we’ll break them up with shots of Lisa.

1) Hasn’t she already been acting like a sportscaster for three years?

2) Is this female-sportscaster to actress trend going to catch on? What’s next, Andrea Kramer getting the lead role in the Willie Shoemaker story?

3) Time to add the word “Guerrero” to the TiVo search right after “Passion’s Cove.”

Tom Knott of The Washington Times with a good one on exactly what Michael Jordan and Doug Collins accomplished with the Wiz. Pretty much…nothing.

And we want this guy running the Bulls?

Mariotti puts down the doughnut to criticize Jerry Reinsdorf for not kissing MJ’s tushy. Jay, even for you this is lame. Just shut up.

The Wizard of Roz wonders where Bill Cartwright fits in. I hope he fits in on a list that already has names like Stan Albeck, Doug Collins and Tim Floyd on it. “Fired Bulls Coaches.”

Please, please, please! The end of the WNBA is in sight! Martha Burk should be all over this. Just how bright are these WNBA ladies? They get paid to play in a league that nobody cares about, one that has franchises gasping for breath, one that can’t market itself the way it wants because it’s too busy trying to pretend it’s not a predominantly gay entity, and yet, they want more money! Brilliant.

The good news is that next year you’ll be able to see your favorite WNBA player saying, “Would you like a cart?” at the local Wal-Mart.

Think Roy Williams has a little clout at Kansas? They fired the AD today because it increases the chances that Roy won’t leave. Any chance we can get him to threaten to leave Kansas if the Cubs won’t fire Chip Caray?

I like Bill Simmons, but this is not his forte. (Not even his Joe Forte.) He wastes lots of paragraphs trying to paint pictures with his words. We get it, pigeons can fly. Yikes.

Just go home, Rickey. Just go home. I can’t wait for the press conference when he signs with Newark. “I’m Rickey Hendy, how you doin’? It’s always been my dream to play for the Exit 311 Bears.”

Tom Verducci open his mailbag over there at SI.com. One of the questions brings up a New York Times Magazine piece on A’s GM Billy Beane. It is good. In fact…

…here it is. Oh, never mind. It’s been two weeks, now the Times wants you to pay for it. Screw that.

Say what you want about Tommy and Pammy Lee, but they knew how to throw a pool party!

Rodney Dangerfield had brain surgery and he released a statement with jokes in it. This, is why we love Rodney.

Gary Hart thinks he might run for president. Of what?

Let’s say if someone offered you a “Basra spa treatment” you’d have wanted to say “No thanks.”

You watch, Al Jazeera will figure out some way to act like the Marines who yanked down the big Saddam statue crushed some innocent Iraqis to death.

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