HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!

Actually, the entire notion that America was born on the 4th of July is a myth. The Founding Fathers voted on adopting the Declaration of Independence on July 2. In his letters, John Adams wrote that July 2 would be celebrated by future generations. The Declaration wasn't signed on July 4 either. That was a gradual process that occured over several months. But don't let those facts get in the way of the celebrations!

The best part of the 4th of July has got to be the hot dog eating contest at Coney Island. It's become so famous that this year, ESPN made a one-hour show out of it. And for the fourth year in a row, Kobayashi from Japan, a man thinner than ME, won the thing. He broke his own record by eating 53 and a half dogs in 12 minutes. His prize? A years supply of hot dogs.

The Mets swept the Yankees this weekend! Friday nights game was an 11-2 blowout. Yesterday they won 10-9 and today they won 6-5. The best part of today's win was that it happened on George Steinbrenner's birthday. Take that!

And finally, Roger Federer won the mens title at Wimbledon, defeating Andy Roddick in 4 sets. Roddick was ahead when the rains came, forcing a delay. When play resumed, Federer took over and established himself as the undisputed #1 player in the world. I remain partial to Maria Sharapova though. Doesn't the trophy that she's holding in the picture below look like a huge Passover Seder plate?