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So I was working all morning, scrambling to find a file that we needed ASAP and I missed the entire David Stern press conference.  I’m going to try to catch it later.  I doubt that it will be worth posting anything by that time, because I am certain that everyone else out there in the blog world will have beaten the issue to death. 

In other federal indictment news, Michael Vick will not even need to heed my advice and take a ‘voluntary’ leave of absence, because Roger Goodell just told him to avoid showing up for camp altogether while this whole affair is analyzed under the player conduct policy of the NFL.  For Tim Donaghy, what is the over-under on games Vick will be suspended?  (Was that in bad taste?) 

For now, get caught up on the Legend.  He even made the cover of the mysanantonio.com coverage for the Dallas Cowboys camp.

Fox Sports had an excellent posting discussing the amounts of calls that Tim Donaghy made in relation to other officials.  Sorry, I don’t have the link yet, but you can easily find it at their website.  It was worth noting that the other official at the top of all of the statistics was NBA henchman, Dick Bavetta!!  I’m joking of course, but Bavetta has always been the guy quickly accosted in the “NBA is fixed” rumors. 

I know that the NFL keeps very detailed statistics about the impact of calls during a game, and hopefully some of you out there will be able to let me know if the NBA keeps similar statistics about the timing of fouls called.  Most teams frequently get to the bonus during games, but it would be interesting to see if Donaghy’s few extra calls were able to speed that process up as a means to add points with the clock stopped.

Urban Watch: In some totally unrelated, and actually positive football news, my man the Legend is getting ready to start Dallas Cowboys camp this week.  I will be watching the depth chart intently for his hopeful ascension up the receiver depth chart.  He is also stealing a Rosey move by trying to become the holder.  A good holder is essential, as Cowboy fans well know by now.  (In order to feel good that there are still some great people in professional sports, take a look at an older article about the Legend when he was a Seahawk.