Black is Back, Iowa is Late, Bacon is Good

Megan Black is a good wrestler. Not a good wrestler for a girl. A good wrestler...

Megan Black. (Photo by Des Moines Register)

John Meeks is 165-0. Staggering...

John Meeks (Photo by Des Moines Register)

Parents of a 9-year old hockey player in Massachusetts are getting legal representation because they're upset the league wouldn't stop a game to honor their son when he scored his 200th goal. This kid doesn't have a chance...

LeBron James says he can see himself playing for Cleveland again. LeBron must be tired of Jeremy Lin getting all the attention...

Iowa finally woke up and started playing at Penn State, but it was too late. Not even five straight threes by Matt Gatens could overcome a 16 point deficit. Gatens deserves a postseason. Looking less likely he'll get one...

Hard to believe Gary Carter is gone, and gone way too soon at 57. My first thought of Carter is always the '86 World Series. I wanted the Red Sox to win, but the Mets would not go away...

RIP Gary Carter

I'm supposed to design a pizza for a Gusto bracket contest. I love Canadian bacon and sauerkraut, but no way that's winning...

The Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival sold out in less than 20 minutes. That's nearly 5,000 tickets for Saturday's big event. Brooks Reynolds dropped by some bacon today---delicious---and some bacon flavored gelato. It kind of tasted almond flavored. Not bad, but if I want bacon flavor, I want it from bacon, not ice cream...

I saw Brian Brown at my son's basketball game. Drake Relays is lucky to have Brian. He's busy right now too. Olympic year...

Brian Brown