Weekly Rundown: Ozzie Guillen, J-Macverine, Sarasota

Weekly Rundown is a combination of links and brief comments on stories and topics that I couldn't get to during the week. If there's something important that I missed, don't hesitate to send an email or leave a comment.

• Mike Florio thinks that Michael Vick is, right now, better than Jason Campbell and 11 other starting quarterbacks around the NFL. [Pro Football Talk]


• Earlier this week, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen made the decision to demote outfielder Brian Anderson instead of Dewayne Wise, and some poeple apparently think Guillen is a racist. Wait, what? [FanHouse]


• After seven years, Bill Simmons "retires" from writing his ESPN The Magazine column. [ESPN]


• J.A. Adande says that the NBA powers only got stronger this offseason. But what about the Wizards, J.A.? [ESPN]


• Dan Steinberg gives a glimpse of some of the Wizards fans in Las Vegas for the NBA's Summer League. [D.C. Sports Bog]


• The Orioles reached a deal to move their spring training home to Sarasota. [Herald Tribune]


• The NFL Draft will now be a three-day event, with the first round airing in prime time on Thursday. For what it's worth, I'm not a fan of the time change. [Awful Announcing]


• Peter Schmuck didn't appreciate Matt Wieters striking out looking on a 3-2 fastball on Saturday. [The Schmuck Stops Here]


• Jason Reid will now be the main contributor to the Redskins Insider blog at The Washington Post. [Redskins Insider]


• Chris Tillman is officially coming to Baltimore to make his first start on Wednesday. But whose spot will he take in the rotation? [Camden Crazies]


• Rob Neyer doesn't seem to be drinking the Billy Beane kool-aid anymore. [SweetSpot]


• The Wizards signed Fabricio Oberto, and he seems like a pretty good fit. [Bullets Forever]


• JaVale McGee, aka "J-Macverine," is a rather odd dude. [Truth About It]


• Yet another entertaining installment in the "Livin' Large" series. If you haven't checked these out, you should. [Basketbawful]


• And finally, John Calipari has a new website. Eamonn Brennan is right on the money: "Sometimes being a basketball coach has very little to do with coaching basketball." [The Dagger]

Weekly Rundown: Selena Roberts, Sam Huff, Matt Millen

Weekly Rundown is a combination of links and brief comments on stories and topics that I couldn't get to during the week. If there's something important that I missed, don't hesitate to send an email or leave a comment.

I've been kind of busy lately, but here's a few quick links that I should have posted on Sunday.

• Malcolm Gladwell writes a really long article that basically comes to this conclusion: A team has a better chance to win if it presses its opponent. The piece is definitely worth a read and is intriguing, but I disagree. That strategy might be successful in women's youth basketball or work if executed properly at the right level, but basketball isn't that simple. Good ball-handling teams just don't throw the ball to the other team for no reason or struggle that mightily in breaking a press. [The New Yorker]


• Jason Whitlock isn't a fan of Selena Roberts or her journalistic ethics -- or lack thereof. [Kansas City Star]


• Bill Simmons discusses the difficulties the media currently has in getting in-depth stories and information on athletes with technology such as Twitter, Facebook, and individual blogs that allow athletes to connect directly to their fans without the middlemen. [ESPN]


• Michael Lee breaks down the risk involved when trading a top-three draft pick. [Wizards Insider]


• Sam Huff doesn't really care for Michael Vick: "I think they ought to turn him loose with the dogs. That's what I think of Michael Vick." [Charlotte Observer]


• Need a potential NFL player to root for? Here's one. [Shutdown Corner]


• So Dan Snyder might actually be a good guy? Now that's hard to believe. [Washingtonian]


• Are you a Matt Millen fan? Me neither. But it sure looks like he's going to stick around for a while:
  

  
  Former NFL player, executive and broadcaster Matt Millen is joining ESPN's football coverage as a game and studio analyst.
  
  Millen will work as a college football game analyst and will contribute to ESPN's NFL studio coverage throughout the year, appearing on "Monday Night Countdown," "NFL Live," "SportsCenter," ESPNEWS and other programs.
  
  As part of Millen's NFL studio responsibilities, he will travel to the site of each week's "Monday Night Football" game, where he will appear on "Monday Night Countdown" and the pre- and postgame editions of "SportsCenter."
  

  
  Well, that's just great. Is it too late to get Emmitt Smith back? [ESPN]