Usually, I just go with the flow and cover as much as possible but I’m going to only be able to do a little now as I need to get some rest soon.

So, I’ll just give some of the random musings floating around my head at the moment:

1.Why isn’t Congress going after former Met Paul LoDuca?!?!?!?!?! What? Only ex-Yankees are required to talk at these steroid hearings? Yep. Definitely not a witch hunt! No sireee!

If I didn’t know any better, Mike Lupica was running this joke of an investigation. This is the most half ass backwards run operation because they’re only chasing select players. I don’t really know what can be gained. It’s not like they can force MLB to alter the record books as you hear misguided Bostonians and a few Mets fans who have an anti-Yankee agenda preach like a bunch of losers. They’re so fascinated with the Pinstripes that Lupica should be the ring leader.

I got nothing against our government wanting to get the truth out of Roger Clemens, Chuck Knoblauch and Andy Pettite but how come everytime a Shooting From The Lip Column comes out every Sunday, it’s always about the same three former Yankees? Is that all it is with what was a widespread epidemic?!?!?!?!?! Hardly.

These jokers are fooling themselves here. It’s perfectly okay for LoDuca who I respect as a ballplayer to basically recruit teammates when he played for the Dodgers where if you go by that Mitchell Report, they sure had the goods on him and former closer Eric Gagne. Where GMs had scouts wondering if they’d get back on the juice. That’s a heck of a lot more documented than what Pettite did.

Also, how come nobody brings up the fact that former slugger Jose Canseco defended Clemens? He was supposedly the link to former trainer Brian McNamee. So wait. The same former Bash Brother who now looks pretty vindicated because most of the guys he named came out isn’t legit enough for writers such as Lupica to ask the question before basically throwing Clemens to the guillotine?

There’s a lot we will never know about what went on behind the scenes. I just think it’s cynical for our government to basically pick and choose who they want to testify in the nation’s capital. That is the biggest disgrace going and it’s about time the general public picked up on it.

2.A.J. Price roasted the Cardinals for 20 points, seven rebounds and four assists in Uconn’s 69-67 win at The Hartford Civic Center (where btw Whaler jerseys still hang from the rafters). It was their fourth consecutive win and second in a row without leading scorer Jerome Dyson and reserve guard Doug Wiggins who again DNP due to school suspension for being caught with alcohol possession as minors.

Tell ya what. The junior guard who St. John’s thought they had a few years ago sure is putting together a nice season. When his team needed a big bucket, he delivered the goods making a couple of ridiculous runners. He just might be the best PG in the Big East. And btw…Stanley Robinson (double double- 16 & 10) is a solid player.

With bigs Jeff Adrien (12 and 10) and Hasheem Thabeet (9 pts, 3 swats) factors, this Huskie team could prove to be real tough around March.

3.Nice to see local kid Kyle McAlarney getting plenty of props in the local papers and on ESPN where he was nominated for the Prime Performer of this past weekend for his 30 points (five three’s) in an upset win over Villanova. The former Moore Catholic star deserves the accolades for how hard he’s worked since returning to school last Fall- putting last year’s marijuana incident behind him.

4.When the freaking Versus announcers can’t comprehend a simple Fastest Skater competition due to a ridiculous rule interpretation, that’s not exactly a ringing endorsement for the NHL. How in the world did Brian Campbell beat Duncan Keith again? Oh wait. This just in. Those judges were the same ones as that kid who saw dead people in The Sixth Sense!

5.Tom Brady just limped with gf Gisele Bundchen after getting out of their hotel room. Film at 11!

6.So it turns out Jason Kidd wants out of New Jersey after all. I really can’t blame the guy. Would you want to stick around with a dog like Vince Carter taking the final shots? I’m not saying the former Cal star who once strung an upset of Duke in the NCAA tournament isn’t at fault somewhat here.

He comes off like a hypocrite by asking his agent to demand that the Nets trade him. Especially after all that “migraine” bs when he missed his favorite opponent the Knicks. But still, he leads the league with an eye popping 10 triple doubles and clearly deserves to play on a better team than one which hardly is giving the effort required to compete in this league let alone win. The Nets would be better off starting over anyway. So it’s probably for the best.

7.That Bob Papa radio call of Lawrence Tynes’ OT NFC Title clinching 47-yard kick at ice cold Lambeau never gets old. Even with Dick Lynch making a total fool of himself in the background cheering like a school girl.

8.Breaking news: Twins say the Mets are the frontrunner for Johan Santana. Well, you don’t say. Don’t you get the impression that they really f’d up here overplaying their options when they could’ve gotten a much better deal from the Yankees or the Red Sox? Maybe they’d just be better off hanging onto their ace and see where they stand in the middle of July when you know contending teams will be salivating if Minnesota decides to sell.

9.That four-year $30 million deal with a club option for two more years for emerging second base star Robby Cano sure looks wise on the Yanks’ part. I still say he’ll win a batting title pretty soon.

10.NBA statline of the night: Chris Paul in the Western conference leading Hornets’ 117-93 blowout win over the Nuggets:

23 pts, 17 assists, 9 rebounds, 2 steals, 7-of-20 FG, 8-for-8 FT, +23

Now that would make one of my Hard Hits co-hosts John “Stat Mastah” Giagnorio proud.

11.I openly admit that I hardly watched the 56th NHL All-Star Game but at least I caught the cool ending with Game MVP Eric Staal along with Campbell setting up Marc Savard’s winner with less than 25 seconds to spare in an exciting East 8-7 victory. I still say it would be better for the league to have that kind of caliber game promoting the NHL’s best stars on NBC. If they can air a rare Outdoor Classic in Buffalo, then they can commit to showing the game’s best players.

Wouldn’t it be nice if Martin Brodeur and a couple of other stars who weren’t hurt showed a little obligation and didn’t make a bs excuse for not being there when the fans voted for them to start? How’s that for a concept?

12.I don’t know about you but if you ever randomly flipped to the Spanish channels for any kind of show, it’s just so much better than American TV. Let’s be honest. We are pretty damn boring. I’ll just leave it at that and let you discuss.