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01/15/2007: "Look ... Up In The Sky - It's The Sports Rant!!"
It was so cold in LA this weekend, I thought I might have to burn the TV for warmth. Fortunately, I found I could just bearhug it and stay warm while enjoying the weekend's sports up close and personal ...
- A full slate of NFL playoff games went down this weekend, and it was definitely a tale of two days. Saturday saw the Colts pull out a win in a mighty hostile environment (the Colts returning to Baltimore in a win-or-go-home game hostile? Say it ain't so ... 
) against the best defense in the league. The Ravens D kept Peyton and Co out of the end zone, but 5 Adam Vinatieri field goals reminded everyone why his signing might have been the biggest of the off season. Seeing Tony Dungy mouth "money" after the winning kick was a huge contrast to last year, when Mike Vanderjagt's shank against Pittsburgh ended the Colts' season.
- We learned two things watching the Saints top the Eagles. First, they're for real - we can officially stop thinking of them as the "feel-good story" of the year. Second, Reggie Bush is going to be just fine in the NFL. People said he wasn't big enough or tough enough to survive against the real men of the league, but after taking the biggest hit I've ever seen - one that left him on all fours for a few seconds - he came back to combine with Deuce McAllister to run all over Philly. His touchdown run that started being piled up in the middle and ended up in the corner of the endzone after a turn-on-a-dime cut was classic Bush.
- Good news, Chicago fans ... Rex didn't lose the game for you. For once, he recognized his own limitations and did just enough to propel the Bears over the amazingly tough Seahawks. He's still the biggest liability in the playoffs, though - a live hand grenade just looking to go off at the worst possible moment.
- The Chargers got a valuable lesson yesterday: Playoff experience counts. Coming into this game, all everyone wanted to talk about was LT and Philip Rivers and their 14-2 record. The Patriots limped into the playoffs and had to an extra game on Wild Card Weekend. No one gave them much chance against the Bolts in San Diego. Big mistake. Here's the number you should have really been looking at: 11-1. That's the record for Tom Brady in the post-season coming into this game. Brady isn't the greatest QB the game has ever seen - he just figures out how to win, and he did it again yesterday. The Chargers will hopefully take a valuable lesson from this bitter experience; meanwhile, the Patriots get another date with the Colts in the Dome ...
- Breaking News: Hawaiian teenager plays all four days in the Sony Open! I know what you thinking, but no - it wasn't Michelle Wie. It was 16-yr amateur Tadd Fujikawa, all 5-1 of him. Not only did he make the cut, but a birdie on the 72nd hole gave him a T-20 finish and an amazing walk up the 18th green. Oh, and Wie? Yeah, she was there - again - and she went 78-76 to miss the cut - again. Someone please stop her before she hurts herself ...
- You probably thought the biggest war of words right now is between Rosie O and The Donald. That's nothing compared to the animosity developing between David Beckham and his soon-to-be-ex-team Real Madrid. RM has relegated Becks to the bench for much of the season, but after his signing with the Galaxy of the MLS last week, Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello declared that Beckham would never again play for his squad. He'll practice with the team, but can watch from the owner's box. Becks' people are trying to take the high road, but the Spanish press are running with this like it was a shot of a pantyless Britney Spears. The Galaxy would love to see Beckham released early from his contract to join the LA squad before August, but don't hold your breath. Meanwhile, Posh is in town searching for homes and schools. Paparazzi, start your shutters ... 
