Sorry for the lack of recent posts, but this summer has been hectic with deadlines, household projects and swim lessons for my four-year old son (I won't even get into the fact that my 20-month old has slept through about six nights in the past six months). I'll try to post more in the coming weeks and should have a ton of content after I get back from The National.

Anyway, the much anticipated Hunt DHL All-Star Fanfest auction topped the $5.3 million mark for its two-day event. The Gehrig jacket that was used the day he pulled himself from the lineup sold for $373,000, which made it the single highest item in the auction.

Following the sage of high-school phenom Brandon Jennings, the No. 1 high school player in the land last year is headed for Europe to play next year. I'm getting irritated at all the message boards calling him dumb or stupid though. First, as my son repeats every time I use the word stupid, "we don't use the word stupid, daddy." Enough said. To set the record straight, he failed his first SAT attempt, passed his second attempt but the NCAA red-flagged him because of the jump in scores and forced him to take it a third time. I've never heard how he did on his third attempt because he signed on with a team in Italy before the scores were released. According to several articles, he also maintained a 3.5 GPA in high school.

Let's not feel sorry for Jennings or label him a dummy though. He'll do well playing ball in Italy next year, make some solid cash and then be a top 10 pick in the 2009 NBA Draft.