What about Bob?

It is a different world these days, as we all know. Which may partially explain the hubbub over what to do with Brett Favre's locker.

With Favre's legend casting a massive shadow in Green Bay, the team decided to ship Favre's locker to Mississippi, rather than have it serve as a makeshift shrine that might ultimately cause bad vibes for successor Aaron Rodgers.

Back in the old days - you know, like three or four year ago - this would not have been that big a deal. It's not unusual for teams to keep the lockers of legendary players unoccuppied, or else somehow make it special. It's what the Giants did with the lockers of Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor.

This, according to the Rocky Mountain News. If it's true, it at least provides some measure of justice for the senseless murder of a talented young man.

I know. I know. It's supposed to be a football blog.

But it's May, it's Friday, I've just eaten an egg white omlette, and I'm saddened over the loss of actor/comedian Harvey Korman, whose wit and humor transcended the generations like few others.

My favorite Korman character was in a Mel Brooks movie I've seen perhaps a dozen times: Blazing Saddles.

Korman played a conniving politician named Heddy Lamar, and was continually referenced as Heddy Lamarr, the Austrian born actress.

"It's Hedley," he would say.

Great movie.

Great actor.

Great comedian.

He will be missed.

... ok, there is football business to take care of. There are OTAs and mini-camps and impending holdouts and contract signings.

Even though the Titans quarterback said as much in a recent column on NFL.com, he now says he never seriously considered stepping away from football.

Young admits he occasionally overcome with the burden of expectations after his rookie season, but that he never seriously considered walking away. Even though he said just that in the column.

Oh, well.

Not a good month for Young.

A few days ago, he apologized after pictures of him drinking at a party and walking around shirtless surfaced on the Internet.

The lesson in all this: You're a quarterback, Vince. Everything you do or say can or will become an issue.

Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor spoke about football for the first time since head coach Tony Sparano opined that the player had no plans to report to the team any time soon. Including training camp.

Taylor said that wasn't necessarily the case.

"I'm under contract with the Dolphins," he said at a charity golf event in Des Moinse, Iowa. "So again, I'm looking forward to playing some golf."

Yes, that clears it up.

Cowboys safety Roy Williams, whose pass coverage liabilities have been well documented in this space and others, decided to change numbers from 31 to 38 after the end of last season.

It was a way of reinventing himself. Or so he thought.

But Williams has become a lightning rod for criticism in Big D, and the fact that he has shunned the media only adds to the distraction and creates more controversy.

Not surprisingly, his teammates, coaches and own came to his defense in talking about the veteran safety, who is more widely known for his big hits and horse collar tackles than his solid pass coverage.

I've written about my brother, Mickey, who was named after Mickey Mantle.

Now someone else has written about him after his headline appearance at a Maguire's in Queens, which remains a big part of the Newsday circulation area. (Of course, the earth is our circulation area in the age of the Internet, but you know what I mean.)

I'm not quite sure how Mickey's "man band" got its name, "Rusty Chicken," but perhaps he can fill us in.

The Cowboys reportedly want to have the veteran wide receiver sign an injury waiver because of the risks associated with a knee problem.

Glenn isn't sure what his future holds in Dallas, but when a team goes down the "injury waiver" road, it's not good.

Got a chance to see a hockey game last night, because it was actually on a television network (NBC) that lots of people get.

In case you didn't know, I don't get Versus ... oh, never mind.

It was great to see Sydney Crosby and the Pens make a series of it last night. Let's hope for more of the same now that the country can actually see the goings-on.

Note to Sandy, Islander505, Black N Gold and anyone else who needs a makeshift chatroom to discuss hockey, feel free to comment below. Enjoy the banter.

The Packers' defensive end drove earlier this week to his boyhood neighborhood of Parkersburg, Iowa after a tornado ripped through the town, killing seven and injuring 50. Among the injured was Kampman's grandfather.

Winds of more than 200 mph whipped through the town of 1,800, leveling homes and buildings before moving east.

Kampman, a native of nearby Kelsey, said he couldn't have imagined the destruction he saw when he arrived. But he, along with other residents, used a chainsaw to help remove trees and debris.

"There's so much devastation, you can't look at the big picture," Kampman said. "You've got to look at the small victories. That's been (the residents') rallying cry."

Kampman, a 1998 Aplington-Parkersburg High School graduate, said the Packers will get involved at some level to help out the town.

"This is an opportunity to get as much help (from) all the different circles of influence that people like myself have found themselves in," he said.

The foot injury that ruined most of Larry Johnson's 2007 season appears to be fully healed.

Just for good measure, Herman Edwards is keeping his fingers crossed.