Sports announcers long for calling historic moments. Of course some moments are bigger than others, but for Dave Flemming, his call of Barry Bonds stroking homerrun no. 715 & bypassing Babe Ruth was surely one he wanted for the archives.

The hit was up & away, but then... nothing... at least from Flemming's microphone.

Conspiracy theories are flying all throughout the Bay area. Was it an accident? An act of terrorism? The curse of the Bambino?

Flemming wants answers... flagship station KNBR wants answers...

I think I'll just sit back & be glad it didn't happen to me.

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The Dallas Mavericks can win the Western Conference Finals tonight if they beat Phoenix. The Mavs hold a three-game edge over the Suns in the best-of-seven & history tells us teams have only given up such an advantage eight times in NBA history.

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The Detroit Pistons would also have to make history as they are now down in their series to Miami, 3-1, after last night's loss, 89-78.

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The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel will meet today & vote on whether to keep college basketball's airborne timeout rule. The meeting will take place via conference call.

There was once a time when a player falling out of bounds or leaping to grab a loose ball & then calling timeout to retain possession was worthy of a standing ovation & instant replay on TV. Not anymore. You see it happen several times each game it seems.

The rationale for the change, according to the committee's recommendation: "Often the player has already committed a violation before the timeout is granted. This play is happening too frequently in the game today."

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The SEC is starting their annual spring meeting today in Destin, Fla. Ron Higgins writes in today's Commercial Appeal: Football coaches will talk about a change in instant replay for the upcoming season, in which coaches will have a chance to challenge one officiating decision per game. Last year during the first year of instant replay, an instant replay official in the press box made all the decisions whether to stop a game to review a play. Also, football coaches will discuss an NCAA proposal on measures designed to shorten how much time it takes to play a game. As it stands now, most games that are televised run about 3 hours, 15 minutes or slightly longer.

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In college baseball's World Series, the University of Mississippi will host Bethune-Cookman Friday night at 7 p.m. CUSA power Tulane will also be in Oxford to face South Alabama Friday afternoon.

Despite missing their conference tournament, Mississippi State is in as a no. 3 seed & will face Elon Friday in a regional site at Clemson.

Conference USA's Southern Miss makes their fourth-straight regional, as the Golden Eagles will travel to Tuscaloosa & face Troy in first-round action.

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