No real stars, but ice cream galore

Most famous person I've seen in Tampa as of 2:45 p.m. is Kevin McHale, the Minnesota Timberwolves executive and former Minnesota and Boston Celtics star. Second is Mike Gminski. Third is the guy who won our fantasy football league. Been a slow day.

A combination of words I never expected to hear were uttered Thursday and probably for the first time: Florida State refs.

I can go a season without eating ice cream in a Charlotte press room. If I ignore it once, I can walk past it the rest of the season as easily as I could a store that sells golf equipment. But every media member that was not at courtside or in a locker room Thursday was hovering outside the freezer with the Haagen-Dazs in it. First they'd hover, and then they'd plunge. Finally, I couldn't stand it anymore and took the plunge myself. Man, these folks have good taste. I forgot how good that stuff is. I'll be back.