Hooters, stick to your wings!

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This year at spring training, the Hooters girls are not doing a very good job as stand-ins for ball boys and ball girls. 

Today marks the second time this week that a ball was interrupted while in play at Bright House field, where the Philidelphia Phillies play their spring games.

A pretty blonde donning the signature "hot shorts" can be seen on TV picking up the ball and showing it to the crowd before handing if off to a young fan.

It's not until moments later that she realizes her mistake and trucks back to her seat with her glove over her face. 

At least it's only spring training! Good thing the players and fans can laugh it off when there is a pretty girl on the field. Let’s keep them off the field when the season really starts, otherwise we may see some catfights.

If the MLB needs some new ball girls this season, tell them to call me!

Columbia's Renegades

Columbia College Chicago is among the top arts and media institutions in the country. Students come to Columbia from all over the world for its intimate and hands on learning experience. Although, the school was founded with creative students in mind, it hasn’t forgotten about the athletes. Some students fail to realize that they don’t have to compromise their love of sports to attend the college. Ten years ago the corky arts school created an athletic department. The student run department is called The Renegades. They offer sports like baseball, volleyball, soccer and basketball. Most of the sports are intermural but they have a pretty competitive club division.

“The students compete, they take it very serious,” said Renegade President Abby Cress.

Participating students take their hard work serious but some of their peers are not so sure.

“I didn’t even know we had a sports team. I knew we had a gym. But, I mean…. It’s Columbia. Sports don’t even match,” said Ashley Robinson, 21, a journalism student at the school.

It’s that attitude that president Abby Cress wants to get rid of. Cress says that students should “really want to participate” in the activities offered by the school since they’re already paying for it anyway. The Student Activity Fee (SAF) is included in Columbia student’s tuition so it will behoove students to take full advantage of the opportunity.

The Renegades have gotten much more visible over the years. Their last volleyball game brought in over 30 participants. The department says they plan on spreading the word through posters and social media promotion. 

Dwight Howard, the Laker

What does Dwight Howard have in common with former great Laker Centers, like Mikan, Wilt, Kareem and Shaq?  

Only one thing; Howard plays the same position as them. 

Instead of dominating the league, Howard and the Lakers are barely battling for the eight-seed in the Western Conference. How is this possible? 

The reason it's possible is because one part of the duo is not anywhere close to being a 100 percent healthy. Howard is coming off back surgery last year and he is still recovering. Not to mention he's playing with a torn labrum in his right shoulder. The same injury that ended New Orleans Hornets power-forward Jason Smith's season. 

         Fans look at Howard as Superman. They see him as this unstoppable force that dominates the game on both ends of the floor. Well, even Superman had a weakness and that was Kryptonite. The injuries are Howard's Kryptonite, or maybe it's the drama surrounding him in Lakers uniform. The drama of no one, including him, knows where he's going this summer as a Free Agent. 

What's Los Angeles without the drama, right? There are plenty of cases to be made as to why Howard and the Lakers aren’t dominating the NBA.

It could be that teammates Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Metta World Peace and Pau Gasol don’t mesh well with Howard. Or maybe it’s the coaching of Mike D’antoni and his run-n-gun offense doesn’t suit Howard. It could be the rash of injuries, including Nash, Gasol and backup Center Jordan Hill, have suffered through this season.

There are a lot of issues with the Lakers, but as of late it seems they have turned the corner. Howard and the Lakers have figured it out over the past 22 games. Lakers have won 16 of their last 22 games after starting the season 17-25.

With NBA Playoffs slowly creeping up, so are the Lakers. They’re now in the eight-seed, but they’re only two games out of the sixth-seed in the West.

The last thing the Western Conference favorites, Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Clippers, want is to have to face a healthy Lakers team in the first round.

Come Playoff time, Bryant and Howard might do what the young Bryant and O’Neal did for the Lakers. Win the championship.

The Lakers are back so watch out NBA!