Jock itch

Sooooo, I haven't written a damn thing on here since my Welcome to the Blog posting about a month ago. I've been busy with my three (or is it four?) jobs, but no excuses. There's so much happening in the sports world...Summer Olympics, MLB pennant race, NFL training camp, the college football season is looming, PGA Championship, the impending U.S. Open in tennis (which I may check out since I live in NYC), the list goes on.

One of my favorite stories lately is an all-time great among football training camps: The Southern Cal football team is suffering from jock itch. Yep, new compression shorts that the team is wearing underneath its football pants has rubbed some fellas the wrong way. In fact, up to 25 percent of the team's players are suffering from the uncomfortable, and somewhat awkward, "injury." I can only hope this team epidemic continues since it's the only thing that can keep SC from continuing its Los Angeles dominance in college football. I'm a UCLA fan, and, well, the Bruins' season looks somewhat lost with their two top quarterbacks hurt.

Anyway, my favorite quote from the SC jock story (which you can find here) comes from running back Stafon Johnson, who's remained itch-free. When asked what was afflicting his teammates, Johnson noted, "I don't know what it is, but I'm staying away from it." Wait, if you don't know what it is, how do you know to stay away from it? I'll just leave you with that.