Breaking rumors today say Shaquille O`Neil could be coming to the Cavs for Sasha Pavolic and Ben Wallace. I think if Wallace decides to retire this year, this deal will  happen. It works like  this: Wallace agrees to go to the Suns and retires 24 hours later. The Suns save 15 million in salary. It’s a no brainer for both teams. Lebron and Shaq on the same team would be the hottest ticket in basketball. 17 points  and 8 rebounds a night won’t hurt either. Let’s hope it happens. If it does happen, the Cavs still aren’t done shopping though. We need one more big guy and a point.

Rubber game between St Louis  and the Indians tonight on  national TV. The first two games were very good and I’m expecting more of the same between former Cy Young award winners, Carpenter and Lee. Keep the ball away from Pujols.

Mini camp for the Browns ended Saturday and it looks like the team is buying  into Mangini’s scheme. They better. I still don’t like all the secrecy surrounding injuries and player updates. They act like they’re protecting Fort Knox. Otherwise, team discipline and added toughness is welcomed after the Romeo Crennell experiment/fiasco, though.

I was saddened to see that Woody Held died last week. He was one of my favorite Indians growing up. A class act and good player. Took me back to the days of Max Alvis, Rocky Colavito, Tito Francona,  Fred Winfield and Gary Bell. Rest in peace, Woody!                Nick