Myles Brand, NBA Refs, Braves, etc...

Just a quick peak into the sporting world this morning....Note: I'll be traveling this weekend with questionable wi-fi (i.e. I have no idea what it'll be) so if I don't get a full football preview up...I'll have thoughts on twitter @browismyhero going all weekend...

• Myles Brand, the current NCAA President who was most famous for the Bobby Knight implosion situation while he was the president at Indiana, died at 67 of Pancreatic cancer....it's pretty crazy that the head of an organization such as the NCAA would die while in office...basically the equivalent to Roger Goodell or Bud Selig dying and that would be bigger news.... he seemed to be rather heavy-handed but universally respected....RIP
• The NBA refs are on the verge of a strike situation....and no one seems to care even as the season approaches...they are currently preparing a counter-offer to their current labor agreement...but replacement refs? yikes...the real ones are bad enough as it is...that could be a travesty
• The Braves are living and breathing....6 wins in a row...that being said, Colorado has to play below .500 baseball the rest of the way AND the Braves need to finish 13-4 ish from here on out...I don't see it...but the pitching has been flat-out awesome lately and the Hanson/Jurrjens combo is an electrifying foundation...
• Georgia Tech and Miami on ESPN tonight....this may be the most watchable game in the ACC this year...2 contrasting styles...tons of speed on both sides...maybe the best RB in the nation in Jonathan Dwyer (apologies to Jahvid Best who I think is better, but hey), Jacory Harris and his nerves of steal...a potentially crazy, old-school throwback Miami crowd...and 2 of the top 3 teams in the conference....on their own platform....tune in
  
• Gilbert Arenas apparently wants out of Washington....ummm...Gil? Really!???! You have a $100+ million contract that you haven't earned a dime of so far...your production doesn't match the level and youre fleecing them by being at least 30% overpaid....I think you have this one backward sir...

More later...