So, the headlines this past week have been dominated by Alex Rodriguez and Tiger Woods.

Will A-Rod be suspended after allegations he participated in illegal poker games? Were these games even illegal? Would he be guilty if he were a participant? And, finally, was he even part of these games at all?

Then, there's the he said-he said between Woods and former caddie, Steve Williams. Did Tiger fire him by phone as Williams alleges, or was he fired face-to-face as Woods' said. And what about the statement that winning the Bridgestone Invitational with his new golfer, Adam Scott, was bigger than any win Williams had with Woods, which included 13 majors.

With all this going on, a college lacrosse player from Marist was killed in a car accident in his hometown in Pennsylvania. He was all of 19 years old. I didn't know the young man, never met him or even knew his name, but you can't be anything but sad when someone with so much life left to live dies all too young.

You hear this and think that maybe all this other nonsense about million dollar athlete-celebrities with these psudo-problems doesn't amount to much.