Today's Best 11.14.07

5. Ricky Williams - Maybe third times a charm. Ricky Williams has been reinstated once again to the NFL after serving his second ban for marijuana use. The 0-8 Miami Dolphins have an interesting decision to make now that the former bruising back is available. The Dolphins have already indicated that they are entering operation 0-16 full steam ahead by announcing that they will be starting rookie QB John Beck out ofBYU for the last 7 games I personally believe that if you're going to be in super tank mode, you have no choice but to hire slackers.Overacheivers in this case, are far to detrimental to progress. With Beck's immaturity under center and Ricky taking weed-naps in the backfield the Fish as a franchise are a lock to have both an undefeated and a win-less team.

4. Golden State Warriors - The Sonics and the T-Wolves just set the Warriors up for some serious bragging rights in the future. Both teams snapped their long winless streaks last night with the Sonics riding a balanced effort to overthrow the woeful heat in Dwayne Wade's first game back from shoulder surgery and the Timberwolves feeding off of Rashard McCants 33 point detonation to spoil Ron Artest's return engagement after suspension. Now when the Warriors, get Stephen Jackson back from suspension, realize that their team is loaded with talent and begin their playoff surge starting with a potentially therapeutic East coast road trip, they can feed off of the fact that they were the NBA's last winless team this year.

3. Cowboys, Texans and Horses - Before coaching his team to a victory against the Rockets, Phil Jackson reacting to the swarm of controversy that came about from his calling the Laker's loss to the Spurs a "Brokeback Mountain Game" due to the amount of penetration and kickouts, made a complete mockery of the politically correct apology. Phil said that if he had offended any "Cowboys, Texans or Horses or anybody else that would be offended by the comments, I'd like to apologize." Cowboys, Texans and Horses got their apology and Phil was able to bring levity to the situation due to the fact that the same crowd of reporters laughing hysterically at his comments when they were said would presumably be the group that bands together to persecute him in the media.

2. Lebron James - With his monster 39 point 13 rebound and 13 assist game in an overtime loss against the Magic, Lebron James became the first player to record that many points, rebounds and assists in a game since Wilt Chamberlain in 1968. Lebron has to do everything himself in order for this team to remain competitive. Although I couldn't find any information on the stats that Wilt accrued in the game that he got more points, rebounds and assists, i found some interesting things that Lebron can do to match Wilt that would be equally amazing, yet doable for someone of Lebron's talent. He could get a double triple double, which consists of having 20 or more points, rebounds and assists, or he could have a double quadruple, meaning he could get 40 or more points along with 40 or more rebounds. Or Lebron should just go for the glory and match Wilt's 20,000 number.

1. Tennessee - With top programs falling left and right to inferior competition across the college basketball landscape, it is refreshing to see a good old fashioned stomping out by one of the nations top-ranked schools. The Volunteers, led by transfer Tyler Smith delivered a 57 point (101-44) white-washing of the Arkansas-Monticello Boll Weevils, a division two program, in the first round of the StubHub Legends classic. I suspect that Tennessee coach. Bruce Pearl made threats to his team along the lines of coaching every game in full body paint or having Pat Summit be head cheerleader at all home games to get his team motivated, an example of a coaching being a process, carried over from year to year.