5. Lefty - Runner-up for this category is Rasheed Wallace. He shot three jumpers with his off-hand and drained one of them. Plus, Doug Collins claimed he could beat Chris Bosh (who is left-handed) in a left-handed game of H-O-R-S-E. But the real winner was Phil Mickelson, who won for the first time at the Riviera. The LA course is Mickelson’s home away from home, 
one he’s been trying to win at for 20 years. After a one-under round, Phil finished 12-under for the tournament and cruised after runner-up Jeff Quinney bogeyed three straight holes on the back nine. With the Accenture Match Play Championship on tap, Mickelson is one of the four top seeds (Woods, Els, Stricker). The 64-player tournament gives reason to coin the phrase “February Frenzy”.
4. Confusion - As a kid, I was terribly disturbed by a song from The Muppet Show titled "I'm My Own Grampa". Aside from not understanding why a variety show would focus on incest, it was impossible to keep track of the twists and turns of the family tree. But a new headline from ESPN has renewed my lineage-related bewilderment: “Pettitte's father obtained HGH from son's ex-classmate”. Whose son are they talking about, Andy Pettitte’s or Andy Pettitte’s father? Why do they need to emphasize the “ex” in classmate? I have a hard time determining exactly what happened here, so I’m forced to assume that Roger Clemens is somehow behind this.
3. Dwight Howard - An impressive all-around showing during All-Star week established Dwight as the premier young big man in the league. After a mind-blowing performance during the dunk contest, jaws across America are still dropped. A windmill from behind the backboard. An homage to Christopher Reeve. A double tap move that barely makes sense in video games. And a windmill off a mini basket to top it all off. Superman capped his weekend with a perfect showing from the field in the main event. He made all seven of his field goals and led the East with 9 rebounds. His combination of size, explosiveness and creativity proves the old adage: “Dwight makes Right”.
2. War of the Words - The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets are still in spring training, but their trash talk has reached October proportions. Last off-season, MVP Jimmy Rollins proclaimed Philly the team to beat in the NL East, and his team backed it up with a division title. With Johan Santana on board, Carlos Beltran has fired back, saying, “tell Jimmy Rollins we’re the team to beat”. Pitchers Tom Gordon and Brett Myers have responded by saying, “we are a bunch of losers and I can’t believe reporters are actually talking to us.” Then Ryan Howard said, “I struck out 207 times in 147 games last season and my own mother said David Wright is a better hitter than me.”
1. Skip Prosser - The Wake Forest family was rocked this off-season when head basketball coach Skip Prosser died from a heart attack. 
His most famous student, Chris Paul, honored his late coach with his new shoe. The name "Skip" is inscribed on the inside of the tongue and the shoes will be available March 1st. Prosser's influence was also felt in his team's home victory over Duke. With the student section spelling out "WIN 4 SKIP", freshman Jeff Teague and James Johnson scored 26 and 24, while the Demon Deacons forced 21 turnovers and capitalized on poor shooting by the Blue Devils. Ironic that a game played by two types of hell spawns ended with Duke losing, seeing as how that's what I imagine heaven is like.
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