Daily Dose: July 31 - What should we talk about today...

Scotty Bowman coming to the Blackhawks, perhaps the move of the day?
Griff coming to the Southside?
The Cubs clinching the NL Central?

Nope.

Ron Artest.

What a f#$@% moron. We knew this. True. But only guys with a special kind of mental aptitude could ratchet idiocy up a notch like this....

this is Ron Ron's response to new teammate and consummate pro Yao Ming hoping Ron Ron's fighting days were behind him...

"I understand what Yao said, but I'm still ghetto"

"That's not going to change. I'm never going to change my culture. Yao has played with a lot of black players, but I don't think he's ever played with a black player that really represents his culture as much as I represent my culture. Once Yao Ming gets to know me, he'll understand what I'm about."

"If you go back to the brawl, that's a culture issue right there."

"Somebody was disrespecting me, so he's got to understand where I'm coming from. People that know me know that Ron Artest never changed."

I wonder if all the other black athletes Yao has played with appreciate this...