THE ROUNDUP

Oh, what would we do without the antics of Jose Canseco. Somehow, Mr. 40/40 managed to test positive for steroids, a year after retiring from baseball, while under house arrest. Can we get him and Lawrence Taylor on a special edition of Celebrity Boxing?

In an interview airing tonight, Bob Costas asked LeBron James whether his allegiance will be towards the Cavs or Nike. LeBron, who still has a lot to learn about media politics, answered "I think it's going to be 50-50." I guess it's understandable given that his Nike contract will be five times as lucrative as his NBA one. So I guess this means Michael Jordan is going to be calling him saying "LeBron, the shoes aren't selling well in Detroit. We need you to give us three windmill dunks against the Pistons."

I don't follow boxing much, but I think I'm going to check out the Lewis-Klitschko fight tomorrow. Since this is the rare fight not on pay-per-view (and since I still get HBO), this is a good opportunity to observe the ridiculous hoopla surrounding a heavyweight fight. I'll watch pretty much any sporting event if the stakes are high. Plus, the good thing about boxing is that it's the only sport where the entire match is sudden-death.