Is there anything more entertaining than a nut-job owner of a sports franchise?

We had one here in Baltimore years ago. His name was Robert Irsay. He owned the Baltimore Colts. And before he called in the Mayflower vans and moved the team to Indianapolis in the early 80's, his bizarre antics -- often fueled by a healthy appetite for alcohol -- alternately amused and horrified sports fans in this town.

Now here is 86-year-old Bud Adams, owner of the Tennessee Titans, who appears to be a worthy successor to Irsay.

During the Titans 41-17 pasting of the Buffalo Bills in Nashville last Sunday, Adams was captured on camera giving the finger to Bills fans from his luxury suite.

Apparently concerned that they didn't get the full meaning of the gesture, he repeated it on the sidelines  moments later.

 Just having a little fun with the out-of-town fans, was probably Adams thinking at the time.

 But that's not the kind of fun the suits at NFL corporate headquarters can handle -- especially when it's captured on film and played on every newscast in the country, not to mention Internet web sites all over the world.

 So the league fined Adams $250,000. And he issued a statement of apology, adding: "I got caught up in the excitement of a great day, but I do realize that those types of things shouldn't happen."

 Again, the man is 86 years old.

All of Nashville is still buzzing over the incidents.

 Sigh. I remember when we used to have that kind of buzz around here.