First off, I think every month should be Black History Month, or history of any other colour, race, orientation or creed…but being as I don’t make the rules, let’s all remember that in the world of sports, nobody suffered more than Jackie Robinson, pictured above…Of course, most people associate Robinson breaking the colour barrier in baseball with his playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947…in reality, he broke the colour barrier as a member of the Montreal Royals the year before and always spoke fondly of his time amongst us canucks…

Wow…what a game…Chris Bosh’s two free throws with 2.1 seconds left saved the Raps from a blown 12 point 4th quarter lead to beat the Chicago Bulls 112-111. Bosh finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds whie Andrea Bargnani added 22 points… Bargnani 1st half was remarkable as he went 6-for-7 from the field, including 3 threes and a very nice two foot one handed dunk for 17 points at the half…
Bosh had 12 first-quarter points and the Raptors surged to a 33-26 lead.

By now I’m sure you’ve heard/read the reports of Gonzaga forwards Josh Heytvelt and Theo Davis being arrested for possession of pot and mushrooms…I don’t know much about Heyvelt, other than he is a key player for the Zags, but Theo Davis’ promising NCAA career seems to stall every few years…My favourite part of the police report ands subsequent AP article is that this was the evidence from the scene: A strong odour of burnt marijuana and a small used roach found in Davis’ pocket…A bag of psychedelic mushroom caps and stems… Also in the bag were "three foil-wrapped brownie muffins" that the officer contended contained hallucinogenic mushrooms…The items have been sent to the state crime lab for analysis….

Do we really have to call the mushrooms psychedelic? What is this the sixties? I think we get the point, and why do the mushrooms need to be classified as caps and stems? Is the whole mushroom somehow a more egregious offence? And are they brownies or muffins? Brownies I’ve heard of, but muffins would be creative for sure…and do we really have to send these to the lab for analysis? I’m thinking we save a whole lot of taxpayer money by just trying them…heck, we could get Portland F Zach Randolph to do it, he’s a “pro” in more ways than just basketball…OK I’ll stop now…

I include this link just to torture Rob K, a noted Celtics fan…

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/chris_mannix/02/13/state.of.the.celtics/index.html

Not sure what to make of this…Apparently Spurs forward Bruce Bowen gave line-dancing lessons to 15 elementary students last week to celebrate the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo…

The new Prez…Utah guard Derek Fisher will take over from the retired Kendra…oops I mean Antonio Davis as president of the NBA Players Association…

The Replacements: Seattle's Ray Allen and Utah's Mehmet Okur were chosen Tuesday by commissioner David Stern as injury replacements for the All-Star game. They are replacing Suns PG Steve Nash and Nuggets SG Allen Iverson…Okur over Zach Randolph (24 PPG and 10 RPG) is tough to swallow…

Golden State PG Baron Davis will undergo surgery on his left knee Tuesday to “…clean out some debris in his left knee.” The over/under on how fat he’ll get is around 20 pounds…

Yawn…The San Antonio Spurs traded former Raptors malcontent SF Eric Williams and a draft pick to Charlotte for PF/C Melvin Ely…