Today is a video free zone!

Well, after a week of little -- ok -- no writing, we are back. When we last left off, it was a post July 4th recap. Then, two major things happened this past week. We ran our annual basketball camp (and will again next week) and a team called the Philadelphia 76ers signed a player named Elton Brand. Unfortunately, the first event precluded us from commenting on the second. Spending six hours in a gym coaching kids isn't hard work, but it is tiring. So it was just too easy to post a few videos and tread water during the week. (Quint: "But it's not gonna be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than 3,000 bucks, Chief. I'll find him for three. But I'll catch him and kill him for 10.")

So, on the eve of our one year anniversary, here are some things to ponder:

1. Elton Brand moves the 76ers into the third spot in the NBA East! A starting five of EB42, Thaddeus Young, Samuel Dalembert, Andre Iguodala and Andre Miller won't best the Celtics or (most likely) even the Pistons. But it sure moves them past the Cavaliers (um, tell us again who LeBron gets to pass to?!? Oh, wait, it's, Ben Wallace!) and Orlando Magic. And if they can somehow (In Ed We Trust!) land a shooter, than you can book them for the conference finals against KG and the Celtics.

2. More good Sixers' stuff! Young, who will be an NBA sophomore next season, and the just-drafted Marreese Speights dominated the opening night of the NBA Summer League yesterday. Young had 27 points and 6 rebounds, while Speights had 22 and 13. We have no doubts that Speights will be a major contributor off Mo Cheeks' bench next season. Most "experts" think he will serve a one year apprentice. It says here that by Christmas, he will be the first big man off the bench -- getting 10 & 5 per game.

3. Maybe they really do need Quint on Amity Island! No sooner did we post the You Tube video of Quint ("I'll catch this bird for ya. But it's not gonna be easy.") then there was a Great White sighting off South Beach in Martha's Vineyard -- the same place where the movie Jaws was filmed in 1975. Lifeguards and a private tour plane pilot reported seeing a shark close to 15 feet in size on Thursday. Of course, a day later some idiot reported seeing two sharks over 20 feet in size. However, police quickly determined he was fabricating the sighting.

4. Stupidity is not limited to wealthy New England shore towns! Some ay-hole named James W. Conradt created a hoax detailing how two Oklahoma quarterbacks (All-American Sam Bradford and freshman Landry Jones, the top rated prep QB last season) had been arrested for selling cocaine. (Feel free to insert any type of Charles Thompson punchline here.) Conradt is a Nebraska fan, who actually works for the University of Texas (or texASS as we on the OU message boards so affectionately call the Bonghorns). Using advance techie skills, he was able to duplicate the template of The Oklahoman web page. He then created the bogus article and went to multiple message boards and posted a link to the phony article. At least two Texas radio stations reported the story as being true. Jones' father said he plans on suing Conradt. Click here to read the whole story.