After nearly 20 blogs, I have decided to hang up the old keyboard. I want to thank the readers who have read my blogs, and showed support. On second thought, maybe there's still something left in this blogger. I feel like maybe I've got a view good blogs left in me. But then again, my wrists hurt from years of typing, and I don't want to blog if I can't type at 100%. Nah, screw it, I'm back in.

Yes, this is a Brett Favre blog. This guy has jerked around football fans for the past 6 years, and now rumors of his THIRD retirement have surfaced. And now comes reports that the Vikings are offering more money in an effort to keep Favre around for another year, and reports of his retirement may have been premature (GASP).

Say what you will about LeBron murdering a fan base on national television. Farve is a serial killer of fan bases. Green Bay, New York, and now Minnesota have all fallen victim to Favre's game. He holds ESPN hostage each summer with the news of retirement. And each time, we have to hear the stories of Favre's legend. The consecutive games started streak. The Monday Night Football performance in the wake of his father's death. The Super Bowl ring. His three MVP awards. And the time he fell the entire California redwood forest when he threw a laser beam pass to Babe, his blue ox. Wait, the last one was Paul Bunyan? My bad.

Let's face facts, Favre is not the greatest ever. He holds many of his records be default. When you play that many games in a row, you're bound to rack up some record along the way. Is he top 10 all-time? Yes. Greatest ever? I would take Montana, Peyton Manning, John Elway, and Dan Marino over Favre any day. (Yes, I know Patriots fans will protest Tom Brady not being mentioned, but anyone could be a great quarterback when your coach knows exactly what the other defense is calling)

Alright Connecticut, who else is tired of Favre's annual retirement talks?

Regardless of your team affiliation, this has been a sad week for all of baseball. On Sunday, "the Voice of God", Bob Sheppard passed away at the age of 99, and just this morning "The Boss" George Steinbrenner passed away at 80. Both men left unforgettable marks on the national pastime.

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You're in Southern Florida and your favorite team needs a jump-start. The owner spends big bucks to bring in high-priced talent to win a championship -- Is this Miami in 1997 or 2011?

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Growing up, I was always told don't knock something until you try it. Well, I tried soccer, and I am prepared to knock it.

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There is a whole lotta moving and shaking and rumbling going on in college sports, and it has nothing to do with who's throwing, catching or kicking a ball. Schools are changing conferences and some of the moves could be dramatic. Consider the Pac 10. Or as it is right now the Pac 11.

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In the history of Major League Baseball, there have only been 20 perfect games thrown. That number should be 21.

Last night, Detroit Tiger's pitcher Armando Galarraga stood on the mound in the top of the ninth, having retired 26 of 26 batters. Indians short stop Jason Donald stepped up to the plate, and hit a ground ball between 1st and 2nd. Galarraga sprinted over to 1st to cover the bag, caught the ball, stepped on the base, and was shocked to find out Donald was safe, thus ruining the perfect game.

At the time of the play, Galaragga just smiled. He thought Donald was safe too. Only after the close play was replayed, did everyone find out the truth. Jason Donald was out. Umpire Jim Joyce blew the call, and robbed Galarraga of his moment at immortality.

Joyce has apologized, and spoken to Galaragga, who is surprisingly calm about the incident. He understands mistakes happen, and Major League Baseball is going to review the play further. However, many people are using this case to make a bigger push for instant replay in baseball.

Baseball has long wrestled with the concept of instant replay. Only a couple of years ago was it permitted on home run calls, and a lot of people feel it should be expanded upon to include close calls on the base paths.

I am of the opinion that instant replay has no business in baseball. Players make mistakes, umpires make mistakes, managers make mistakes. It's a part of the game. To try and take the element of human error out of the game is an impossible task, and replay will do nothing more than slow down the games even further.

At the end of the game last night, the Tigers still won, and Galaragga got the next batter out for the win. The Tigers managed to gain a game on the first place Twins.

The ONLY reason this blown call is being such a big deal is because a perfect game was on the line. If this play happened during any other game last night, we wouldn't have known about it. But the circumstances are allowing for analysts, fans, and players to use this play as the perfect excuse to bring in full blown instant replay.

So, should there be replay in baseball?

It's troubling to see those live images (that can be seen 24/7 on the cable news channels) from beneath the Gulf of Mexico of the fuel spewing out of the pipe that was once attached to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

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The NFL has decided New York will get the Super Bowl in 2014. Well, New Jersey to be a little more accurate.

After a vote of league owners, the new 1.6 billion dollar Meadowlands stadium beat out Tampa and south Florida for Super Bowl XLVIII. Many of you may not know, but there are actually several criteria a city must meet before requesting to host a Super Bowl.

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