Welcome to the first of many weekly ramblings.
Today, I start a new column that will be published on Saturdays each week appropriately called, “The Sports Fan.”
I’ll wait for your applause.
The title is appropriate because while this is my job,  I am a sports fan to its truest form.
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I am passionate about my teams and the love the absurdity in the wonderful world of college and professional sports.
And if you’re not following me on Twitter (@basports), the question should be, “why not?”
My main goal with this column is to entice reader interaction on a number of levels from your daily local sports scene to the professional scene.
I love comments, tweets and e-mails. And who knows, maybe your tweet will show up in this column some day.
You don’t always have to agree with me — and I know some of you don’t — but, the idea is to be read. That’s all we really want.  Well, that and a BMW.
So without further adieu, lets get the ball rolling.

• AP takes back Cushing’s award only to give it right back: The Brian Cushing fiasco is keeping my peeps in the Houston sports media very busy.The Associated Press revoked the Houston Texans linebacker’s Defensive Rookie of the Year award after Cushing failed a drug test where he tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. But that didn’t last too long. When they did a re-vote for the award, Cushing won it again, being voted on by the same people that took it away from him. This just goes to show you that in football it’s more about winning than it is about the integrity of the sport, which is the opposite of baseball. Barry Bonds was chastised for allegedly using steroids when he broke Hank Aaron’s home run record. Talk about a double standard.

• The Lebron sweepstakes begins: Lebron James’ fat egg he laid in Game 5 of the Celtics-Cavaliers playoff series sparked the great debate about how the free agency will play itself out with the NBA’s best player. My take… James either stays in Cleveland or heads to Chicago. He wants to win a championship and I think Cleveland is dedicated to make every effort possible to see that King James wins his ring. If not, Chicago looks to be the best fit for James.

• NCAA adds two more bowl games: This is the most absurd thing I have ever heard. There are now 35 postseason games in college football, which means 70 of the 120 Division I-A football teams will make the postseason. For those that are not good at math, that’s 58 percent of the teams in the postseason. Yes, a team with a losing record will get to a bowl game. Compare that with the basketball postseason where just 20 percent of Division I teams make the NCAA Tournament. Total absurdity.

• Ken Griffey Jr. gets caught asleep on the job: The Tacoma News Tribune reported that Ken Griffey Jr. was found by two teammates asleep in the locker room during the Seattle Mariners game a week ago. Really? Griffey is 40 years old and a future hall of famer. Enough said.

• 22-year-old man poses as student: Guerdwich Montimere, a 22 year old who posed as Jerry Joseph and played with Odessa-Permian, was arrested Tuesday for failure to identify himself to a police officer in Ector County. A Florida basketball coach familiar with Montimere recognized him at an AAU Tournament in Little Rock, Ark. How does this happen? On a side note, you can catch me in January playing soccer for Bastrop High School under the name of John White.

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Happy Birthday: Former Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith is 40 today and baseball Hall of Famer George Brett is 56.
Flop of  the week: My Pittsburgh Penguins, who failed to put away Montreal in Game 7 of the NHL Eastern Conference semifinals on home ice.
Stat of the Week: Bastrop is 29-34-4 all-time in football against Smithville.

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