The most popular sport in Afghanistan has something to do with batting an amputated goat?s head into a net. (The TV ratings are in from Fox Sports Net Kabul, and congratulations are due Baseball, which did indeed beat Amputated Goat-Head Batting. Kudos to America?s Pastime.)
     Me? I?ll take a rather compelling Thursday night matchup in Philadelphia between a pair of wounded contenders, the Mavs and the Sixers, both suffering from on-going roster amputations ? though Allen Iverson found something better to do.
     ?I thought it was pretty good,?? said Steve Nash of the lineup machinations that led to a 99-92 Mavs win that pushes them to 2-0. ?Didn?t you???
    Iverson joined front-liners Aaron McKie and Eric Snow and took the night off to nurse his elbow amid gossip from the Philly camp that The Healthy-Enough Answer passed on playing so he could make a more dramatic debut on Saturday in his hometown of Washington against MJ and the Wiz. That?s a turnover for Iverson, given the fact that the world might be too busy watching baseball to bother witnessing Iverson out Jordaning Jordan, anyway.