Barry Bonds cheated. There is no question about it. The story has come out and the book will soon be released. Two reporters from the San Francisco Chronicle have spent years researching

Everybody is talking about what Bud Selig should do…My question is why hasn't he already done something.

People are now clamoring for the commissioner to do something about the situation. And I completely agree with this. But my question is why in the hell didn’t Selig do something earlier? He will act now, but he should have acted years ago. This is crazy. What the hell does he do for a living?

If two reporters can get this information, shouldn't Bud Selig be able to get it. I think Bud was just hoping that this entire situation would just go away. Did he really think that Barry Bonds would break the record, retire and then everyone would forget about this?

What a joke! Whenever I start to think that Bud Selig is showing signs of life, he does something (or in most cases does nothing) to prove me wrong.

Selig's non-action has allowed this situation to slowly turn into a huge controversy and it is not going to get any better. IF there is definitive proof that Barry Bonds used steroids after they were banned by Major League Baseball, Selig should have known about it. He should have acted immediately. Instead, he allowed a couple of reporters to unearth the information.

Why didn't Major League Baseball get this information? Because Selig didn't want it. I think he knew but he didn't want to “know”.

Traditional D-FW powers South Oak Cliff and FW Dunbar meet for the 4A state basketball championship at 4 p.m. Saturday. They both defeated overmatched opponents in cruising to semifinal wins Thursday night.

Trying for back-to-back state titles, SOC has plenty of talent with 6-9 Darrell Arthur and 6-7 Ronnie Morgan but the Golden Bears' guards will have to survive the pressure of Dunbar, coached by Robert Hughes Jr., legendary dad's son. Dunbar has a lot of good players and no big body to match up with Arthur, a big problem. But Dunbar has a college-player mentality. They've been in lots of big games. Flying Wildcats won't get rattled when Arthur slams an alley-oop or blocks a shot. They'll drive the basket to try and get Arthur in foul trouble. Dunbar and SOC avoid playing each other outside of state tourney. Dunbar has won the last two meetings _ a non-district December game before SOC won last year's state title. Dunbar also beat SOC in the '03 state semfinals.

Family ties: Dunbar's tradition actually led to SOC. Dunbar's Robert Hughes coached former SOC coach Jimmy Gales at FW I.M. Terrell, a PVIL state championship program.  As a coach, Gales fueled SOC's program in the '80s with the same kind of energy and intensity taught at Terrell and Dunbar. One of Gales' SOC players, Ronnie Morgan, went on to be a star player for Gales at North Texas. In the 4A final tonight: two of Morgan's sons _ 6-7 senior Ronnie and 6-10 sophomore J'Mison.

Roosevelt and Carr. Ranchview will meet 11:30 a.m. Saturday for the Class 3A boys state basketball championship. They each cruised through 3A semifinals Thursday.

Well the negotiations are over and the CBA is finally done. And, when all is said and done the Cowboys may have as much as $30 - $35 million in cap room.

The Cowboys already had about $4 million under the cap then the cut LaRoi Glover. Then Dat Nguyen retired. They can restructure Jason Ferguson. They can restructure Rivera.

I don’t know if they would cut Larry Allen. But, Allen is getting paid as a top level tackle and he’s playing mid-level guard. He’s making too much for what he is doing.

What will the Cowboys do with all of this cap room?

First of all, realize that all of these delays in the start of free have allowed GMs and players to talk. General Managers were not messing with these negotiations. GMs that knew that they were going to have room under the cap were out talking to players. Once free agency starts this weekend we could see a lot of players sign contracts very quickly.

The Cowboys are looking for a safety. They want to move Keith Davis back to his role as backup safety behind Roy Williams. Davis is a monster on special teams. If the Cowboys can reduce his role at safety they can really take advantage of his skills on special teams.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Cowboys went after 2 veteran free agent at safety. I’ve already told you about Corey Chaveous but remember the name Marco Coleman who played in the Jets secondary with Aaron Glenn years ago. I could see him show up in Dallas.

The Cowboys will also obviously be in the market for offensive linemen. Look for them to sign 2 or even 3 on the offensive line.

They will also look to sign at least 1 linebacker. I think that they will retain the services of Scott Fujita and add at least one more.

The Cowboys shopping list for me is:

Kicker

Linebacker

Defensive Lineman

2 Safeties

Wide Receiver

Tight End (possibly)

It would not surprise me if the Cowboys signed as many as 7 free agents. Given the haul of free agents last year and what looks like a good draft coupled with another productive off season this year, the Cowboys will have overcome years of bad drafts.