Quickies

- Aaron Brooks was named the T-Mobile Rookie of the Month in the NBA. Are you serious? Man, he must be making a huge impact on the Houston Rockets! Oh, what? The season hasn't started yet? Oh, what? The regular season doesn't start until November? Thanks T-Mobile. Thanks NBA. Can't wait to find out who the next Rookie of the Month is.

- Also in the NBA, a couple of tidbits that describe where my beloved Boston Celtics are:

Allred makes noise: Celt’s 75 percent deaf

Is Danny Ainge sure that Allred didn't contract deafness from him?

- Speaking of deafness, Kevin McHale likes the Ray Allen deal.

If the guy who's basically suffocated Kevin Garnett with one cap-crippling, draft-pick-draining trade after another likes your trade, you're toast.

- The benevolent use of the N-word by a university benefactor. "We really need a more diverse board folks. We really need more [N-words] on the board." Oops. "What else can I do? Kill myself?" Ralph Papitto said in response to the controversy.

Good question. He is already 80.

- Michael Moore v. Sanjay Gupta: much ado about nothing.

- The death of accountability spread to my San Francisco Giants. Three losing seasons. Perfect time to throw the future all-time homerun champ for all the old players Brian Sabean has signed. Perfect time to sign Sabean to an extension.

Did I mention that in this age of sabermetrics, OPS and 30 year-old statistician GMs, Sabean reportedly doesn't use email?

- And finally, from Flight of the Conchords, "If you're into it."