The Wire with Jeff CesarioJeff Cesario

IRISH SUSPEND KID FOR WEED. HONEST.

Notre Dame starting point guard Kyle McAlarney was suspended from school for his arrest on a marijuana possession charge last month.Jeff Cez: At Cincinnati you don’t even miss a practice for that. This punishment is more harsh than the bad Midwest pot the kid was probably smoking. As an Irish priest himself might say, “Sure and we got us a wee bit of a molestation problem that might be a scooch more important than the reefer, laddies.”

CLOSEST VIKINGS GET TO SUPER BOWL WIN: PRINCE DOES HALFTIME SHOW

Prince will be the featured performer at this year’s Super Bowl halftime extravaganza.Jeff Cez: Seriously, compared to anyone in the Jackson Family, who would’ve thought 20 years ago PRINCE would be the normal one? PRINCE would be the one we turn to for a dignified, tasteful halftime show? PRINCE’s name would be the answer network execs uttered into the business end of a Treo in response to the statement, “We need someone we can COUNT ON!”

TANK JOHNSON RELINQUISHES THIGH PAD HOLSTER

Chicago Bears’ defensive lineman Tank Johnson was cleared to travel with the team to Florida for the Super Bowl.Jeff Cez: what do you have to do in this country to get sat on the bench? According to these guidelines, if he played football, that guy who was shootin’ people out of his trunk would be good to go.