Badgers get some high grades from CBS.

Basketball

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/13670527/flourishing-five-no-4-ryan-molding-parts-into-winning-wisconsin-machine?tag=coverlist_active;coverlist_footer

Football

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/13670493/flourishing-five-no-4-badgers-powerful-football-program-with-power?tag=coverlist_active;coverlist_title

A city scorned:

What was my first thought when I heard that Lebron James is heading to Miami to create a new "Big 3"?

Michael Jordan's legacy is safe.

By choosing Miami Lebron has said I can't do it on my own and I need help from two other 'stars'. He turned down a chance to carry the burden of a 'cursed' city on his back and lift them to the promise land, he turned down the opportunity to do what Jordan did. With his actions Lebron has said, I'm not good enough to make the players around me better, to take my team to the next level with my play and leadership, I'm no Jordan.

Make no mistake about it, Miami is Dwyane Wade's team. He has the ring, he has the heart of the city, he is welcoming Lebron and Chris Bosh to his domain. Wade is a NBA Finals MVP, Wade was the 'Alpha' on a championship team, Wade has always played big on big stages, in big spots he elevates his game and the game of those around him.

Bosh is the perfect "Robin" to Wade's "Batman".

James?

He's Superman showing up in "Gotham" trying to claim the city as his, Batman will do the right thing and let Superman feel like he's the man because it's for the good of the city but the real "King" is Batman. 

FYI: Kobe needs six rings on his own before he can overtake Jordan but he's clearly the best player in the NBA right now. 

jrutledge@espnmadison.com

For a Cub fan Carlos Zambrano has become extremely frustrating, annoying and personally I'm done with him. Do I hope he can bounce back and regain his old form and get his head right? Yes! Do I think he will? No!

He's burned bridges with the Cubs organization and with his teammates and the only way he has a remote chance to rebound as a Cub is if he takes his rehabilitation efforts seriously. 

In my opinion the Cubs need to do whatever they can to move Derek Lee, Kosuke Fukudome, Zambrano and Aramis Ramirez. I love what Lee, Fukudome and Ramirez have done for the team but this Cubs team is not built to win a World Series. 

On that note if I was a Brewers fan I would share the same opinion, the Brewers are not built to win. Brewers that I would move would be Corey Hart and Prince Fielder. 

17 year old phenom Bryce Harper will be the number one pick by the Washington Nationals Monday night, the 'Nat's' will feel very good about their future battery of Harper and Stephen Strasburg, Harper will be the biggest story in minor league baseball until he's called up to the majors. 

Everything I've stated in the above paragraph is guaranteed to happen baring something catastrophic but what is not guaranteed to Harper is a successful major league career. We know Harper hit above .600 in high school, he hit over .400 with a wooden bat in JUCO ball, he hit a 570 foot home run with an aluminum bat and from all accounts he's a jerk. Actually by some accounts his abrasive personality is as epic as his baseball skill, Kevin Goldstein from Baseball prospectus wrote:

" This should not be underrated. It's impossible to find any talent evaluator who isn't blown away by Harper's ability on the field, but it's equally difficult to find one who doesn't genuinely dislike the kid. One scout called him among the worst amateur players he's ever seen from a makeup standpoint, with top-of-the-scale arrogance, a disturbingly large sense of entitlement, and on-field behavior that includes taunting opponents."

I've never played sports at a high level but it doesn't take that kind of experience to know that if a 17 year old walks into a minor league clubhouse, full of grown men, with a sense of entitlement he will face consequences.

Gabe Neitzel also brought up a good point: What happens when this kid faces adversity?

Jeff Suppan is scheduled to make 12.5 million dollars this season, plus he has a two million dollar buy out next season, so he will cost the Brewers 14.5 million over the next two season. As of June 1st here is what the Brewers are paying for this season:

(I'm bad at math so I've rounded to 15 million)

7.5 million per start, 882,353 per strikeout and 517,241 per inning pitched.