Top 10 Losers in the World of Sports in 2006

Starting in early February with Super Bowl XL, there is a definite Detroit flavor to the list with an event held in Detroit, and two members of the Lion organization. Not to pick on the Motor City, but the city itself was a winner of sorts, falling to #2 in the crime rate, to St. Louis of all places.

10. Mark McGwire, formerly of the Oakland A's and St. Louis Cardinals, but don't expect McGwire to join the team at Cooperstown any time soon. the Baseball Hall of Fame ballots are not in yet, but McGwire's chances of election are only slightly better than Michael Richards' chances of winning election to anything, other than Grand Kleagle of the Klan, maybe, and that's if the pointy hat would fit over his 'do. With Mark McGwire's reliance on andro proven for at least one year, coincidently the year he hit 70 Home Runs, and his vague mumbling "I'm not here to talk about the past" when testifying before Congress, he won't "get enough votes to wad a shotgun" as they used to say in the South in the days of paper ballots. And that was before "Deadeye Dick" Cheney.

9. The Oakland Raiders. Let's see here. They hire a Coach who's been out of coaching for years, he hires an Offensive Coordinator who's been running a Bed and Breakfast in Idaho for several years.Hmmm. Was the Bates Motel in Idaho and have you ever seen Tom Walsh and his Mother in the same place? They signed a Quarterback who was run out of New Orleans and he didn't even work for FEMA, they have a receiver who plays when he "feels like it", which isn't often these days, the offensive line can't block a hat. The defense is pretty good, but staying on the field 60% of the game is enough to wear any defense down. At 2-10, the only thing the Raiders are playing for is the First pick in next spring's draft.