You don’t realize how much you love a sport until you stare at your computer screen at 10 am in the morning, thinking, “What the hell am I going to blog about?”

It just takes a look at some ESPN stories that are almost as interesting as Britney Spears getting addicted to drugs or something then going in sane and trying to kill herself.

Look at the ESPN lead stories, and try to think, “Boy, that’s amazingly interesting.” Take a look at these sleep-inducers:

Spector arranging Goodell meeting for next week

Gee, a power-hungry senator, the same one who tried getting Congress to investigate the Eagles for anti-trust violations when they suspended T.O., is trying to get Goodell investigated for the Patriots spy scandal. The Pats scandal was much worse than T.O.’s suspension–maybe it has a little bit of merit for anti-trust–but seriously, why would I care.

There are two ways to think about this. Either: Congress is wasting their time! This is such an outrage! Let’s talk about the war and rising gas prices!

Or: Hmm… Congress just spent $800,000 on a single restroom for Mt. McKinley, $11 million for a “pleasure boat harbor” in Cleveland, and $250,000 to “study TV lighting” in Senate chambers. I’m glad they’re interrogating Roger Goodell and not having sex in a bathroom.

I’m inclined to go with the later. The less Congress does, the better.

Clemens meets with Congress about steroids

See above. (By the way, ESPN, we already know Clemens took steroids. And that he was going in front of Congress. It was reported a while ago.)

Jeter settles tax case with New York state

Nothing more interesting than taxes!

Gasol expected to make Laker debut

A report on how many points he scores during his debut might be just a little more interesting and little more relevant.

Rodriguez trying to keep WVU suit in federal court

More legal jargon no one understands just like in the A-Rod article.

Record 97.5 million view the Super Bowl

Mildly entertaining, but you really don’t need to read the article. Once you read the headline, you know it was a popular Super Bowl. What did you expect with a team going for perfection?

Patriots’ Andrews arrested on marijuana charges

You mean I don’t care if a classmate is caught with marijuana, but I’m supposed to be so interested when it’s a scrub football player?

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