Good Choice

Cowboys rookie running back Tashard Choice (pictured) had some fun doing some role playing at the NFL rookie symposium. As you can see in the video here (it's worth checking out), Choice is ready to deal with those dreaded hangers on who come begging for tickets. Well, at least he can when it's somebody pretending to be his boy.

But what is he going to do when it's his own teammates hitting him up for tickets?

Former Cowboys defensive tackle Chad Henning had his Super Bowl tickets stolen from him prior to Super Bowl 27. And this was a guy who served in Desert Storm. Former Cowboys tight end Eric Bjornson actually turned down tickets to Super Bowl 30 before the veterans admonished him for doing so because they can make a lot of money selling them. (Yes, that's how the brokers get them. The curtain is pulled back.)

Vikings defensive end Jared Allen made a good point in this video. Great players like Allen and Adam Jones will get a second chance when they mess up. Chris Henry and Willie Andrews won't.

But come on, give Andrews a break. Some chicks feel that having a gun pointed at them is merely foreplay. The point is, though, Allen and Jones would be unemployed if they were of just average talent.

Will this symposium reach everybody in attendance? Probably not. But hopefully a few of these knuckleheads will get the message. But this smacks of the same kind of insincere message as those anti-hazing symposiums most fraternities go through every spring.

Good One, Baron

Esteemed point guard Baron Davis has longed to play in Los Angeles and now his motivation has become perfectly clear. He wants to be a comedian. Or at least his agent does, if you believe his quote in the Los Angeles Times.

"From a basketball standpoint it's always been about winning for Baron," agent Todd Ramasar said.

He realizes that he agreed to terms with the Clippers, right?

Davis opted out of a contract that would have paid him close to $18 million next year (which would have ranked 12th highest in the league).

To play for the Clippers.

Maybe Davis is illiterate. Or color blind. Or maybe both.

Now the optimists, like the fresh-off-the-boat coworkers who haven�t lived up close with the Clippers, believe that this could be a very good Clippers team. Dopes.

They will have Baron, Elton Brand and Chris Kaman will be a great team. That this is the team that will deliver the Clippers to the promised land.

We have seen this before.

The Clippers have been on the verge before and each season ends like the previous � out of the playoffs. And here Baron Davis is giving up a lot of money to join that legacy of misguided souls that include Danny Manning, Dominique Wilkins, Tom Chambers, Ron Harper, Mark Jackson, Marques Johnson, Norm Nixon, Ken Norman, Glen Rice, Doc Rivers, and Bill Walton.

Welcome to the club, Baron.

andreikirilenkotattoo on TV: 'Mad Men' DVD review

As previously mentioned, I'm going computer-free for a few days, but by the time this post goes live, you should be able to click over to NJ.com to readto read my column reviewing the "Mad Men" season one DVD, which is quite nifty (just look at that picture) but perhaps goes overboard on the bonus features after a point.

I've now seen the first episode of season two, and I'm quite pleased. Beyond that, I shall say no more until much closer to the July 27 season premiere. If you need to sate your curiosity further, Mo Ryan posted a bunch of pictures of the cast as they look in season two.