Red storm

It's February, pro football players are still cleaning mud off their cleats, spring training has barely begun and the local media is already filled with stories about the Red Sox. Dice-K, Manny and now Curt Schilling, who is, as always, shooting his mouth off. Props to Dan Shaugnessy, who today refers to Schilling as "The Big Blowhard." Shaughnessy notes that he is never at a loss of material when reporting on the Sox: "Covering this team is like doing layup drills on an 8-foot rim." In other words, you can't miss.

I've been quite disillusioned with professional sports for years now, only really giving my attention -- and only a bit of it -- to the Sox. There are too many other interesting, cool, funny, engaging and important things going on in the world, so it is hard for me to watch grown men acting like fools, whether owners or players.