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YES it's been sort of a slow sports month, outside of college basketball. However, Uni Watch weighs in with an excellent critique of the uniforms pro sports leagues dress their players in for their all-star games. (Did February always have so much all-star crap? And did anybody besides Doctor S actually watch the Pro Bowl? Doctor S would have watched the NHL All-Star Game, but there was a "Barbarians" marathon on the History Channel that day. And yes, the Doctor did watch the NBA All-Star Game, but only because he's a huge Michael McDonald fan.

Meanwhile, here's a few other thoughts ... The most overused phrase in sports this year? "It is what it is." That's dumb and redundant. Unless you're Bill Clinton and seeking a legal definition of the word "is." If you don't have anything to say, keep your mouth shut. ... Some commercials on TV and radio that Doctor S can do without: Those creepy Enzyte commercials, the ones with the stolen garden gnome and anything to do with erectile dysfunction. Speaking of commericials, the Daytona 500 was a clear winner over the Super Bowl in ads, if you keep up with that sort of thing. Thankfully, Budweiser kept the farting horse at home. ... Speaking of NASCAR, funny how a sport that was seen as a Southern sideshow as recently as 15 years ago is now No. 2 behind the NFL. One reason has to be that NASCAR has done a better job of marketing its ####### competitors than either major league baseball or the NBA. Many players in MLB and the NBA appear to have a misplaced sense of entitlement. Ditto for many of the owners. ... Memo to the owner of any pro sports team: Nobody gives a damn if you're losing money. Most of the owners in baseball, for example, who are crying poverty are taking their profit-sharing money from the payroll luxury tax and putting it in their pockets rather than using it to pay players. If you can't afford a pro sports teams, sell it. There are plenty of other millionaires out there ready to buy. Unless, of course, you own a WNBA or WUSA team, in which case nobody's buying. ... Finally, anybody catch "Bad Apple" on TNT? It was a funny crime movie (FBI vs. the Mob) and was the best non-sports thing Doctor S has seen on TV in some time.