For Damon Evans, getting pulled over for DUI Wednesday evening is just the beginning of his ordeal.

Evans, the athletic director at University of Georgia, is paid $550,000 annually.  He pleaded with the officer to be hush-hush about it, invoking his title and encouraging the officer to take him to a motel instead of jail.

Then, there was the inherent contradiction.  At home football games in Athens, Georgia, the school plays a message from Evans on the videboard: “If you drink and drive, you lose,” he says.

Finally, there is the pair of panties the officer discovers between his legs, belonging to the girl next to him in the vehicle rather than his wife.

Mr. Evans, senior administrator at a major public university, father of two, and role model for hundreds of UGA student-athletes- you have some explaining to do- if your employer doesn’t say hit the road first.

Saturday’s match between England and the United States drew over 17 million viewers in America between ABC’s broadcast and Spanish-language station Univision.

ESPN has totally revamped it’s coverage, bringing in play by play announcers such as Martin Tyler from England.  Despite the heavy debate on the noisy South African vuvuzela trumpets, ESPN’s coverage has been terrific.

Unfortunately because of the time difference, many games are played during the daytime weekdays for United States viewers.  But soccer is truly a world sport;  if the matchup of a majestic Brazilian team taking on a unknown squad in North Korea (yes, North Korea) in a stadium in Johannesburg with the temperature approaching the low 30s does not intrigue you, then I really think you are missing out.

It happens only once every four years, so toot your vuvuzela now.  World Cup 2010 will be over before we know it.

First it was Tiger Woods.  Most of us reacted with shock as this decorated athlete with a blotch-less record revealed tryst after tryst with pornstars and the like.  Some local NY newspapers even produced a calendar with pictures of each of the women.  I am not sure January-December were enough months to recognize each of them.

Then it was Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who was accused of sexually assaulting a 20 year old girl in a nightclub bathroom, but charges were dropped.  If anything, Big Ben was guilty of being in putting himself in a reckless situation.  He was suspended by the NFL for the first few games of the season.  Steelers ownership is not too pleased with him, as Big Ben is facing also facing a  civil lawsuit from a similar accusation last year.  He is certainly under a short leash now.

Then comes last week’s story of former NY Giant great Lawrence Taylor.  Taylor is accused of sleeping with a 16 year old hooker who was allegedly brought to the scene after being beat up by her pimp in the Bronx.

Whereas most people looked with interest and sometimes humor at Tiger’s shenanigans, Roethlisberger’s decision-making drew frowns from his fans and ownership.

LT has already admitted paying the hooker $300, a 16 year old girl who was doped up on marijuana and ecstasy by her pimp.

Out of the 3 stories, LT’s is the darkest yet.  Until the next sports star steps forward.

According to ESPN, a 21 year old Cherry Hill, NJ man has been charged with vomiting on a 11 year old girl at a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game.

After the family complained about the poor behavior of a couple men sitting behind them, one of men leaned towards them, put his finger down this throat, and vomited all over the family’s daughter.

While the girl’s father, an off-duty cop, tried to protect his two children, Mr. Vomit punched him in the face.  He has been charged with disorderly conduct and assault among other charges.

If you weren’t sure what kind of garbage that sometimes show up at sporting events, this clown is one example.  Vomit on a 11 year old girl?  Really?  I hope your prison cell is filled knee-deep in vomit and animal feces.

As a NY Giants fan and just a person in general, I never liked Philadelphia.  This story simply reaffirms my feelings.

Yesterday, the NY POST reported that former NY Giants running back Tiki Barber, 35, has left his 8-month pregnant wife of 11 years for a 23 year old girl he met while both were employed at NBC.

The timing is certainly poor, especially when his wife is about to give birth to their third child.  But the irony of it is that Tiki in the past has talked about how upset he feels even as an adult about how his own father abandoned his family when he was a child, leaving his mother to raise him and his brother on her own.

Barber has already moved out, and will be leaving behind three young children who will wonder aloud why their daddy won’t be there for them.

After a hiatus from the professional game, Tiger Woods will make his return to golf Thursday at the Masters in Georgia.

We have heard from Tiger periodically over the last couple months, including a press conference at the Masters yesterday.  We have heard his apology, and we can all come to our own conclusion as to how generous his words are.

But as an expected record television audience tunes in, the question will be if Tiger can regain his dominance on the golf course after a trying few months.  How will the crowd react?  How will Tiger respond to adversity?  We shall find out a lot about one of the world’s greatest athletes over the next few days.

I am about a big of a sport fan as you will see.  Football is great, baseball ain’t too bad and I must say the World Cup this summer in South Africa should be amazing.

But I just don’t care about the Winter Olympics.  Watch skiing?  I rather shovel snow.   Speed skating?  I rather throw snowballs at oncoming cars.

NBC is expected to a take a couple hundred-million dollar loss on their Olympic television coverage this year.  I guess I’m not the only one tuning out.

10- Brett Favre and his grey beard taking the Vikings to a 9-7 season.

9- Hooray for Monday Night Football drink specials at your local bar.

8- Superman Tebow leading Florida to another national title.

7- Michael Vick leading the Eagles into the playoffs with protestors chasing him but eventually taking over Donovan McNabb’s job and Chunky soup commercial.

6- Where’s John Madden?

5- Kyle Orton will take Denver to the Promise Land.

4- Brandon Marshall will be traded to the Giants (Please we need you LOL!)

3- Tom Brady doesn’t miss a beat after his injury.

2-  Dallas misses the playoffs

1- Philly versus Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl.  I will not be watching.  Blah.