Artest is at it again

Ron Artest, best known for mobbin' it up in the Motor City last year, has gone prima donna on the Pacers:

Artest for the first time publicly said he wants to be traded..."I think I cause a lot of problems here," said Artest, who has missed the past two games with a wrist injury.

Gee, ya think?

"I'm so demanding of the ball. It's not my fault," he said.

Well, if he ever has to go on a job interview, he's got the "what's your greatest weakness?" question down. Instead of saying something like "I'm a perfectionist" or "I work too hard," he can use, "I'm so demanding of the ball." And of course it isn't his fault. It's never HIS fault.

I love Jermaine O'Neal's response, though:

"I'm not going to answer any more questions about Ron Artest," he said. "Ron doesn't want to be here, so Ron doesn't matter anymore."

I don't think Ron mattered before either, but that's a different story.

In other news, perennial drunk Sidney Ponson was sentenced today:

A judge sentenced former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Sidney Ponson to five days in jail Monday after convicting him of driving while impaired...The judge also fined Ponson $500, plus court costs and fees totaling less than $60. Mann noted Ponson had two previous drunken driving charges, one in 1996 in Maryland and one in January in Florida.
"In light of this, the court cannot conclude anything but that some jail time is needed," Mann said.

THAT's certainly going to teach him a lesson! After all, the eleven days he spent in jail in Aruba seemed to have helped- he hasn't fought on any beaches lately. So maybe these five days in jail will help with the drunk driving, right?

Have I mentioned lately how much I love Ovey? He's so cute, I just want to eat him up with a spoon:

After the Capitals' loss Friday, Alex Ovechkin sought out Pavel Datsyuk, a fellow Russian and former teammate on Moscow Dynamo. After the two spoke for a few minutes, Ovechkin returned to the Capitals' locker room with Datsyuk's hockey stick, which the Detroit star autographed and wrote "Good Luck" on the blade.

Ovechkin said he planned to add it to his collection of hockey memorabilia, which includes 2,000 hockey cards and about a half-dozen sticks from Russian players he admires. He already has autographed sticks from the New York Islanders' Alexei Yashin, the Atlanta Thrashers' Ilya Kovalchuk, the New Jersey Devils' Viktor Kozlov and the Buffalo Sabres' Maxim Afinogenov, among others.

Asked why he only has sticks from Russians, Ovechkin smiled and said: "I don't know. I like how we play."

*sigh* Isn't he dreamy? Oh yeah, and he's an amazing player, too.

Thanks to Eric at Off Wing Opinion for the mention last week! That's quite an honor :-)

On a side note, I think playing Erotic Photo Hunt should count as a sport. Miss M and I tore it up the other night at Harry's. (Not my usual bar, but at least I was able to mock the Dead Things fans. Sorry, Marci.)