No Way Jose

Following a couple of "disappointing draws" this week against Blackburn at home in the Premiership and Norwegian side Rosenberg in the Champions League, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has left the club "by mutual consent".

Or was he dismissed? In any case, I can't imagine the blues without Jose at the helm. He's only been managing them for three years, but in that time (about as long as I've been following English soccer), he's led them to two league titles and an FA Cup. I don't see how he could leave or they could let him go. I guess Chelsea's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich was channeling his inner Steinbrenner.

It's like 1978 all over again. The Yankees are just one and a half games behind the Red Sox, but both teams will make it to the playoffs this year. The Oakland Athletics will not make it to the postseason this year -- they were mathematically eliminated earlier this week.

And that guy singing "Wheels On The Bus" in the Volvo commercial who sounds like Stephin Merritt... really is Stephin Merritt.