Quick Hits 8/5 #2: Other News and Absurdities

• Well, it's official.  Catheter Guy has been charged.  Paul Serbu of Franklin, OH has been charged with disorderly conduct in a cemetery -- apparently a misdemeanor, though the maximum penalty is two years in jail and a $500 fine.
• A day many athletes may have dreaded has come.  Anthony Bosch of Biogenesis was arrested today as part of the investigation which felled the end of the career of Alex Rodriguez (anyone who thinks that piece-of-shit is going to be major-league ready next year without steroids is fooling themselves.  He is slated to plead guilty to four years of distributing steroids.  What might become the real problem is not only that several other baseball clients have come to light (will be in discovery filings, headed for the public record), but, also, other professional sports, as well as minors (now admitted that at least 15-18 minors were being given steroids by Biogenesis) could be involved.
• Almost coincidentally, the man I believe is the main drug-pusher for Major League Baseball, Bud Selig, is back in the news -- for the word that we may finally be seeing his end.  Deadspin, through Bob Nightengale of USA Today, reports that one of three men will replace him as MLB Commissioner:  MLB COO and probable Selig lackey Rob Manfred, MLB VP for business and probable Selig lackey Tim Brosnan, and the long-shot in the field, Boston Red Sox chairman Tom Werner, instrumental in the great San Diego Padres fire sale of 1993.  The vote occurs a week from Thursday.
• The verbal abuse of players, other coaches, and staff has gotten College of Charleston men's basketball coach Doug Wojcik fired.  How many more such coaches in NBA minor league Division I basketball?
• In almost a manner mocking the NCAA and basically announcing the obsolete nature of the collegiate sports model, The University of South Carolina self-reported (among other violations) a violation for the making of cookie cakes for recruits which included what might've been considered impermissible situations personalizing the cakes for recruits in the icing.  Geez...
• The Chicago Bears have tossed from training camp Martellus Bennett for a fight during camp in which he slammed a rookie cornerback.  No one is sure for how long.
• It appears we now not only know that Jon Bon Jovi will not move the Bills to Toronto have an ownership stake in the Bills, but neither will Donald Trump:  Deadspin reports through the Toronto Sun that the first-round of bids has gone to the owner of the Buffalo Sabres, Terry Pegula, who has Trump beat by a cool $300,000,000 -- he's basically going to nearly double the value of the Bills to $1,300,000,000.  The Toronto Sun reports that Donald Trump actually out-bid Bon Jovi's group, who didn't even bid $900,000,000 for the Bills.  Good God, that almost assures the Cowboys are worth a cool $3.5-4 BILLION...
• More stupidities from the most protected man in 2014 college football, Heisman Trophy winner and rapist Jameis Winston. Florida State University has stepped in to pay premiums protecting Winston from loss of value should an injury befell him on the field this year, Deadspin reports. Most sane people understand this as effectively paying Winston $60,000 to play this year at FSU, with the understanding that, should he return, at least another $60,000 is on the table.