Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez, Tom Izzo, Rocky Lockridge, etc.

Sorry about lack of blogging today. I'll try to give you enough in this post to keep you occupied for a while.

Thanks to Syosset's own Jimmy Traina of SI.com's Hot Clicks for a couple of excellent video links today.

One is above. The other can be found via Hot Clicks here, in which Tom Izzo discusses modern media and LeBron James in a fascinating news conference at Michigan State.

I'm going to go back to Switzerland-Spain now. (Oh, my!) But don't forget to watch "June 17, 1994," on ESPN Wednesday night and Game 7 of Celtics-Lakers on ABC Thursday.

The last time the Celtics and Lakers played in a Game 7, I blew off the Rocky Lockridge vs. Tae-Jin Moon bout in Anchorage - at which I think I was supposed to write a sidebar or something - to watch the basketball game on TV.

My editor was unamused. But I was young and reckless.