* To some it was glitzless and boring. Imagine, the biggest college football game–on the national championship RayJay stage–and halftime did not include A-List entertainment. No Beyonce. No Bruce. Mercifully, no Pitbull. Nothing but the Alabama and Clemson marching bands at halftime. How old school. How collegiate. How appropriate.
* If Steve Yzerman, who was unfairly and unconscionably scapegoated, can move on and congratulate Marty St. Louis on his Tampa Bay Lightning jersey-retirement night, so can the rest of us. But, yeah, that semi-hug looked understandably awkward.
There will be no elephant in the room next year when the Lightning likely will retire the jersey of Vinny Lecavalier.
* How good is the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team? Well, a very good, nationally-ranked USF team lost to Uconn recently, 102-37. No, that’s not a misprint. No team in any sport has arguably ever been this dominant.
* Former Buccaneer–and now outspoken Seattle Seahawk defensive end–Michael Bennett raised some brows recently when he referenced Detroit Lions running back Zach Zenner as “the best (white running back) right now.” It’s a topic–in a league that is predominantly black–that isn’t commented on in public. Even as a compliment. It’s locker room talk–like wondering where all the black long snappers, holders and place kickers are.