Lazy days of summer

I've fallen back on this blog for some reason. Oh, wait, I know what it is ... I'm lazy.
I don't have much local to talk about. It's the typical summer. The elite high school athletes are busting their humps while the mediocre ones lay up under the air conditioning munching on Cheetos.
The same names will be in the newspaper once school starts and the same parents will be complaining because their kid with Cheetos on his or her fingers can't seem to get any recognition.
I actually find myself getting a little self-conscious. I look in the paper and it's Rickitha Hicks or Courtney Lowe or Stetson Billings or Wendell Thompson or Vincent Pierce. I start to wonder if I'm shining too much of a spotlight on them.
The thing is, they're always doing something. Hicks is at a track meet every weekend. Lowe is competing in a national softball tournament every weekend. Billings is competing in a national basketball tournament every weekend and Thompson has been in about five or six huge football camps.
After a kid has done so much, do I start to ignore them?
Then there's the kid who is doing something but nobody tells me about it. That's a tough one because the mom always waits until she sees a story about another kid. Then, she emails me and complains, "what about my son?" I say, "what about him?"
We don't have summer schedules for every athlete. If I know someone is doing something big, I'll make an effort to get that information. But, if I don't know about it, ain't much for me to do.
I suppose parents think we have some sort of wire in our bodies that spits out electricity whenever a kid in our area does something special.
As much as I love the summer, I won't be too sad to see it end.

Way to go, WNBA

I've been trying to figure out why the WNBA can't seem to get any footing in the sports entertainment industry. The product is good and getting better and better. It's played during the middle of summer, where competition is at its lowest.
Yet, for some reason, no one watches or cares about the league.
I think I've figured it out.
The people who operate the league don't want anyone to watch it.
What other explanation could they have for scheduling a grand total of six games over a 7-day period in early-July?
It's unbelievable.
I'm one of the precious few people who actually look for WNBA games. Trust me, it was easier tracking down Bin Laden.
You have to have a computer and then you have to join WNBA.com, because that's where the majority of games are shown.
That's okay. Hey, I want to see the games so that's not a problem. I can handle that.
The only downside to this is logging onto WNBA.com, checking the schedule and seeing, nobody's playing.
Saturday, July 2 - zero games. Sunday - one game (the freaking Mystics and Seattle without Lauren Jackson). Monday - zero games. Tuesday - three games. Wednesday - zero games. Thursday - zero games. Friday - two games.
Okay, why would you not have games in the middle of the week? That's when the sports entertainment competition is at its weakest. People starving for sports might stop at the WNBA simply because it's the only thing on. Yet, the WNBA has no games on during the week. It's as if they really do want to go head-to-head with more established events.
You know what, I give up. I've been preaching to all the WNBA haters out there for years about how the game has improved. The players are really good and there are some teams that are fun to watch. Yeah, the officiating isn't great and the people who broadcast the games are so God-awful bad they're comical. But, the play on the court, when the cameras actually show it, is really good.
But, that's it. I won't try to convert any more non-believers. If the people who run the WNBA don't believe in their own sport enough to actually have games available to be watched, then why should I?