From Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag. It's unlikely to every happen, but these things are fun to throw around. Soriano to the Giants for Barry Zito. Years and salary are about equal I think. Giants need offense. Zito could balance the Cubs starting rotation and allow them to trade Rich Harden. It would open up a spot for Jake Fox to play quite a bit so we can see what he can do. If he doesn't work out, then it can be a showcase to trade him in the offseason. -- Jim F., Morris, Ill. That certainly qualifies as a wacky trade, and swapping a disappointing player with nine-figure contract for another disappointing player with nine-figure contract is appealing. But Zito will probably never recover, while Soriano is bound to get better at some point this year, right?

TO is going to be getting his own reality show on Vh1.  Will you watch?

 

Terrell Owens is joining the celebreality roster at VH1. The Dallas Cowboys star is being filmed for a new show on VH1, the cable network announced on Tuesday.

“We are thrilled to bring such a great athlete, who is one of the biggest names and personalities in all the world of sports to VH1 for a surprising high octane look inside his superstar life off the field,” Jeff Olde, EVP Original Programming and Production for VH1, said in a statement.

Terrell’s show, which will be filmed in the off-season, will also feature two of Terrell’s pals, Monique Jackson and Kita Williams, as “matchmakers and therapists” for the NFL star.

 

Could we, would we have another basketball team in the Bay?

Poll

Where do you support the Warriors from?

20%

East Bay

74 votes

32%

San Francisco/Peninsula

116 votes

21%

South Bay

78 votes

6%

North Bay

25 votes

4%

Northern California, but not the Bay Area

17 votes

13%

Somewhere else

48 votes

358 votes | Poll has closed

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In his weekly MMQB Peter King says an NFL team should hire Texas Tech's Mike Leach.

2. I think if I were an NFL owner looking for a new coach in January, I'd want to interview Texas Tech coachMike Leach. Every NFL team is using a version of the spread offense already, and this guy's got his doctorate in it. His football brain is obviously way ahead of its time, and he might be the next big thing in coaching. What would San Francisco, St. Louis, Cincinnati or Detroit -- or any number of other teams who might make a change -- have to lose?

Think he would be good for the 'niners?  Maybe he could get Alex Smith right.

According to this Forbes article, the niners are the most likely NFL team to move, and #6 most likely pro sports franchise to move.

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I still think Alex Smith can be a decent NFL quarterback but we all know it won't be with the 49ers, at least not next year.  Since he won't be here, where do you think he could go to succeed?  Tim Keown of ESPN and formerly of the Chronicle had an interesting idea in his recent article If you need a quarterback, you probably shouldn't draft one.  He said that a team like the Colts with a solid starter like Peyton should pick him up, let Alex sit and learn for a few years under a single offense and coordinator and see how he ends up then.  Your thoughts?