And the A-Hole of the year goes to...

After a two week hiatus, the blog is back in full swing.  And, luckily there's no shortage of topics to touch on.  The months of April, and May are a busy time in the world of sports, with both the NHL and NBA playoffs getting underway, the Masters, the NFL draft, and oh yea, baseball season(meh, talk to me in six months, it's too early for baseball).  There is a story, however, that has been nawing at me for several weeks that I simply have to vent over, it's the Ben Roethlisberger incident.  First, in an attempt to make myself feel better, I have chosen a few alternative names for Mr. Reothlisberger, I hope you enjoy.  About 8 weeks ago, the Steelers quarterback was accused of sexually assaulting a 20 year old girl in a nightclub bathroom, in the college town of Milledgville, GA.  Not sure what the 29 year old Ratlburger is doing in a college town to begin with, but we're clearly not dealing with a normal individual, and I'm assuming this low-life loser still gets a woody over the "hey, it's Ben Roethlisberger" rumbllngs he hears whenever he arrives with his entourage.  Maybe it's understandable for a guy with a face only a mother could love, or knowing that if he couldn't throw a damn footall he'd be pumping gas in some red-neck town in Arkansas.  if I looked in the mirror and saw that deformed mutant face lookin back at me I'd make sure I had a special talent too.  Anyways, the commisioner of the league recently suspended Ruthlessburger, despite the lack of actual criminal charges being pressed.  Good move, Roger, because if you hadn't, this could have turned into a racial issue, if one of your star quarterbacks, who happens to be white(surprise-surprise) is treated differently than the likes of Pac-Man Jones, Chris Henry, etc.  And, this is clearly not about race, but about entitlement, and a young woman will have to live with endless amounts of shame for the rest of her life.  If there's any justice in the world, this scumbag will have 4 beautiful daughters, so he can spend 20+ years praying that some jerk(like him) doesn't prey on them.  But, then again, justice is often absent in these situations, especially when money and power come into play.  It's funny, a few days ago I saw one-time Duke point-guard, and former #1 overall pick, Jason Williams on ESPN, working as an NBA analyist.  Several years ago, both Williams, and Ruthlessburger were injured in motorcycle accidents.  Jason, who is, by all accounts, a very good person, never played another game again.  Ben, on the other hand, walked away virtually unscathed, and went on to win two superbowls.  I guess God works in mysterious ways, it's just sometimes really hard to figure out.  Of course, Ratburger has since said all the right things, and vowed to be a better person.  Sorry, but you can't teach an old dog new tricks, and once a scumbag, always a scumbag, period.  That goes for you too, Tiger.  You'll be back at it real soon, hitting on everything from strippers, to the waitresses at Waffle House.  And nice work using your dead father in an advertisement to sell golf clubs.  I know you've lost some endorsements, but are you really that strapped for cash?  Hopefully, the galleries at some of your upcoming tournaments will start heckling you, unlike the ball-washers at Augusta.  What a joke, both of these guys are bad people, and sometimes it's alright to seperate the athlete from his personal life, but that's not my style.