A-Rod Upstages the Super Bowl  Jim Harbaugh. John Harbaugh. Ray
Lewis. Colin Kaepernick. Randy Moss. Joe Flacco. And…Alex
Rodriguez?  The easiest thing to do in this latest media
firestorm surrounding A-Rod would be to set up a table in New
Orleans at or around Super Bowl XLVII and let him join in with
the frenzy to save time and airfare for everyone. A-Rod has a
talent for jumping to the forefront of big events in which he is
not participating. In 2007, during the Red Sox-Rockies World
Series, it was announced that A-Rod was opting out of his
Yankees contract. Blame for the “mistake” in timing was doled on
agent Scott Boras. Because Boras is seen as the epitome of evil
and a Svengali who latched his claws into the fatherless A-Rod
at a young age and unduly influenced him to make decisions he
wouldn’t have made if left to his own devices, it’s easy to turn
him into the fall guy whether it’s true or not.  Boras no longer
represents A-Rod and his problems have gotten worse, not better.
The latest is A-Rod’s na