To answer sports' toughest queries, pull a Rosenhaus

	Drew Rosenhaus and Terrell Owens have provided athletes such as the Cavs' Damon Jones, a template for avoiding questions. Gregory Shamus/NBAE via Getty Images

By calling a press conference for his client Terrell Owens, then responding to most of the probing, relevant inquiries by saying, "Next question," did Drew Rosenhaus become the biggest embarrassment ever to a profession that seemed impervious to such?

Next question.

You think Tampa Bay is happy for Tony Dungy?

Next question.

Does anyone really care about what happens in college basketball before, say, March?

Next question.

Did Jermaine O'Neal's naive assertion that the NBA's new dress code is "racist" belittle the true racism that still permeates sports and beyond?

Next question.

Will someone in the crowd yell, "Ballroom Dancing!" during Matt Leinart's College Football Hall of Fame induction speech?

Next question.

Is the NFL Players Association loss in T.O's arbitration case an indicator of union leader Gene Upshaw's diminishing clout?

Next question. What kind of nation do we live in that East Brunswick (N.J.) High football coach Marcus Borden has to file a lawsuit in order to bow his head and fall to a knee in prayer with his team?

Next question. Aren't Phil Jackson and Larry Brown supposed to be the saviors of their respective franchises?

Next question.

Are the Mets on the verge of becoming the Yankees, without the arrogance?

Next question.

Does Notre Dame believe we're buying its "we-just-didn't-want-him-to-go-to-the-NFL" story for why it gave Charlie Weis a 10-year extension after a 5-2 start, when Tyrone Willingham began 8-0 and was subsequently fired?

Next question.

You think Cubs fans have gotten over it?

Next question.

Barry Bonds?

Next question.

Isn't it a shame that former Milwaukee Bucks coach Terry Porter was fired before he got a chance to coach Andrew Bogut and a healed T.J. Ford?

Next question.

Why did so few people have the guts to say that Air Force coach Fisher (I-Need-More-Black-Players) DeBerry was right?

Next question.

Will anyone really miss Doug Christie's ridiculous hand signals to his wife in the stands?

Next question.

Will everyone who obsesses over whether Michael Vick is really a quarterback please shut up? If you're the GM, which current NFL QB would you take after Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Ben Rothlisberger?

Next question.

Is there anyone who thinks Tiger Woods won't win more Grand Slams than Jack Nicklaus?

Next question.

Shouldn't T.O. be calling Tony Stewart for advice?

Next question.

C'mon, Allen Iverson actually looks kinda cool in a suit, right?

Next question.

Is Flip Saunders actually a good coach, or just lucky?

Next question.

Is Elgin Baylor still a terrible GM?

Next question.

Didn't the Minnesota Vikings know the phrase: What happens on the boat stays on the boat? And can you imagine the reaction if Reggie Fowler had actually had the cash to buy the team and the Vikings had committed their stupidity under the league's first black owner?

Next question.

Did anyone really think the aspiring rappers, aka the Miami Hurricanes, were choirboys to begin with?

Next question.

Mark McGwire?

Next question.

Shouldn't Maurice Clarett be calling Ron Dayne for advice?

Next question.

When I heard that Cavs guard Damon Jones had called reporters together to tell them he was ending his media boycott and that he had peppered his responses with, "Next question," did I say, God help us?

Yes.