By STEPHEN C. SMITH Sr., Scripps Howard News Service

Reality television would have you believe that all the world's a stage, but last Sunday, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Jesse Holley proved it.

Racing 77 yards in overtime with his dreadlocks waving in the cool San Francisco Bay air and obscuring his name in the process, the former winner of Michael Irvin's 2009 reality show "4th and Long" sped his way into notoriety in two ways.

Ask any administrator, teacher or coach at any level, and they'll tell you that discipline is one of hardest things in the world to control. Yet, it's even harder to instill in one who lacks it.

.The minute or so Dallas owner Mark Cuban spoke to ESPN's Stuart Scott after his Mavericks won their first-ever NBA title was the most he said publicly to anyone since his team's playoff run began.

Bravo.

The comeback is so common in boxing that there are numerous Top 10 lists ranking the greatest of them. It seems that fight fans come to appreciate boxers more after they've faced some adversity --self-inflicted or otherwise.

It doesn't seem to work so well on the gridiron though.

The Boston Celtics put together its Big Three, earning a championship ring and appearances in two of the last three NBA Finals.

Miami played copycat and now has its "Heatles," touring the league like rock stars.

Money is not the root of all evil, but the love of it most certainly is.

Like the cottager and his wife that killed the golden goose to try and get all the gold at once, the NFL owners and the NFL Players Association (you decide who's who) seem bound and determined to do the same thing.

In 1976, George Blanda played in last his NFL game at 48 years old.

Now fast-forward to 2011, when Herschel Walker apparently wants to play in his first game in 13 years.

But the question isn't, "Can Herschel Walker play competitively in the NFL at age 48?"

Of course he can.

Dear LeBron,

Dude, last Thursday night as you ripped off your Cavs jersey in disgust after a second-straight early elimination following pre-playoff anointment as NBA Champions, your body language seemed to scream "somebody please get me the (expletive deleted) out of here!"

Here's a joke for you: What does HBO's training camp reality show "Hard Knocks" and the Heisman Trophy have in common?

The answer is that they're both usually considered NFL kryptonite.

Since you're probably not laughing right now, let me save myself by saying that this particular joke may not be funny, but it is true.

I was taking a look at the list of NBA early entries this week and noticed that four underclassmen from the University of Memphis and three more from the University of Kansas were on the list.That means, of the 10 starters on the floor for the opening tip of last month's national championship game, seven had intentions of moving on to greener pastures immediately thereafter.