Emmitt Smith, formerly of the NFL, has agreed to terms with the Arizona Cardinals. When Emmitt left the Cowboys, he said he'd choose where he'd play next year based on the chance of winning, playing time and money. Arizona would be a perfect place for Emmitt, except of course for that whole winning thing. Not only do the Cardinals have plenty of salary cap room, Emmitt would be assured of getting plenty of playing time. In fact, it looks like Arizona may want him to play quarterback and receiver, too.

In a move that will surely endear them to their legions of fans in Frankfurt, the NFL has decided to proceed with this year's NFL Europe season. The NFL was worried about putting their players into a city where American football players might be in danger, like Philadelphia.

I saw an article where the MLB Players Union has not yet decided to accept baseball's proposal to give the All-Star Game winner's league home-field advantage in the World Series. It seems like this idea has been on the table for months now, and they still haven't thought it over yet? That's par for the course for baseball, folks. The MLB Players Association is so slow-acting, they haven't decided to accept a ban on ephedra because they won't confirm Steve Bechler is dead yet.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have waived their highest-paid player, dropping Greg Vaughn and his 9.25 million dollar salary. With the money saved, the D-Rays bought a box of balls, a new bat rack, and the Detroit Tigers.

The Montreal Expos have traded for Livan Hernandez, reuniting him with his half-brother Orlando. Nice move here by Major League Baseball. Rather than allow the team to spend enough money to be competitive, they can just start cornering the market on Hernandezes.

Cincinnati won't be welcoming the Hit King back for opening day. Pete Rose said he won't be attending the Opening Day game at Great American Ball Park in spite of an invitation from the mayor. Through his business manager, Rose said he declined the offer, and also that he would make "Johnny Bench a 3:1 favorite to take his spot."

The NBA rivalry between the Lakers and Kings got even more heated this week. Shaquille O'Neal scored his 20,000th point in Sacramento, then found someone had desecrated the ball with an expletive before he could get it after the game. O'Neal suspects Chris Webber may have been the culprit, since the graffiti included a note from an attorney.

The seventh-place Boston Bruins fired coach Robbie Ftorek with just thirteen games left in the season. Some hockey fans will remind you when Ftorek was fired by the Devils late in the season, they went on to win the Stanley Cup. Some hockey fans are grasping at straws, aren't they?

And finally, Tiger Woods won the Bay Hill Invitational by eleven strokes last week, playing through a plate of bad pasta that made him sick all weekend. This begins the "Tiger Challenge 2003," where Tiger Woods faces a different setback every week and still wins by double-digit strokes. Tiger's either recovering from surgery, or vomiting from food poisoning while playing through a rainstorm, or teeing off with one hand blindfolded while the gallery sets off air horns. Next week, they make Tiger play without clubs just to make it fair.