`Hey, didn't you used to be a soccer craze?' (Caught On The Fly).

* Yo, isn't it amazing how much hype two wins in five games'll buy you these days?

* You don't get to be Hockeytown without being single-minded, which 'splains why a Dee-troit daily offered a primer on what Red Wings fans missed while chasing the Cup: Lions draftin' a franchise QB, Pistons winning/losing a playoff series, yadda, yadda, yadda. What about the Tigers? Oh, not much.

* Sure, Dick Vermeil's mouth is saying he's upbeat about his receivers, but Fly's thinking (shaddup!) Keenan McCardell shoulda been this team's primary target post-June 1 (and Trent Green's startin' September 8). Johnnie Morton's masqueradin' as a No. 1, and if DV and Al Sounders think Eddie Kennison and Marvin Minnis are the answers, well, they're droppin' the ball.

* After jackin' up ducats to Air Canada Center (the, ahem, cheap seats: 35 buckos per), Leafs prez Ken Dryden's suh-wearin' it'll be the wallets of July 1 free agents gettin' fat and not the owners'. North o' the border Spies say the plan is to secure the net (Cujo or a cheaper option like Ed Belfour or Byron Dafoe), then hit the market with plenty o' payola left for more big-name brands (Bill Guerin, Teemu Selanne, Darius Kesparaitis ...).

* Fresh from Rumorama ("Where today's ...