Best of the week

Was that a legal hold?

Los Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers on the "Lingerie Bowl 2004," a pay-per-view event featuring scantily clad women tackling each other next Feb. 1 -- coincidentally, during halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII:

The "game is being billed as alternative entertainment for those bored with the Super Bowl's traditional lip-synching halftime show and a chance for women to see a lingerie show. (They tell me that's how you explain it to the wife.)"

But is it football?

"Listen," Simers says, "if you've been in a locker room with 22 athletes in lingerie with garter belts and knee pads, you've probably spent time with the Chargers."

The circus life

Bill Lankhof of the Toronto Sun on the Denver Nuggets' No. 1 draft pick: "Carmelo Anthony isn't entering the draft early; he's just running away to join the circus."

Maybe it was an edge

Dan Daly of the Washington Times on Jose Canseco testing positive for steroids: "Does this mean his victory in that bar fight a while back will be declared a no-contest?"

My, they grow up fast

From the satire site SportsPickle.com:"Just two years removed from pitching his Bronx Little League team deep into the Little League World Series, 22-year-old college senior Danny Almonte led Rice University to a national title Monday night. Almonte pitched a complete game five-hitter to win the third and deciding game of the College World Series. Almonte's father, Felipe de Jesus Almonte, said his son will forego the pro ranks and try his hand at the high school level."