Been busy today, getting ready for a weekend of covering, writing and blogging about the Final Four this weekend in Atlanta. So I just came across this a few minutes ago about a human leg washing up on a beach owned by James Dolan, chairman of Madison Square Garden and its properties, including the New York Knicks.

Now, we know Isiah Thomas got a contract extension to continue as coach, something Dolan happily signed off on. But the Knicks do play at home tonight against Cleveland. Better make sure everybody shows up, including those of whom the Knicks haven't been happy lately. For example, ex-Terp Steve Francis.

Which is a gruesome way to get into the topic: what happened to Stevie Franchise? Am I crazy or did he used to really be able to play, and was he not always considered neither a cancer, a pariah, a quitter or a stiff? Didn't Maryland people used to be slightly proud of him and what he did in his one year there, even though he was clearly using College Park as a springboard to the NBA?

Well, those days clearly are over, and he has a contract everybody hates, probably even the guy who gave it to him (Isiah himself). So if Stevie doesn't show up for the game tonight, we might have to call the New York CSI guys for an update.