The kiddos in the Quincy public schools pick up their report cards today. Hopefully, they did enough to stay out of their parent’s doghouse. There’s no escaping the Mid-Week Grades doghouse. Here’s this week’s look at the good, bad and ugly in the sports world from near and afar. WGEM SportsCenter host Josh Houchins and I will break these down around 8:20 a.m. on Wednesday’s show. Listen in on ESPN 1440 or right here.

A — Randy “Macho Man” Savage. There will never be another pro wrestler like Randy Poffo. When they packaged him, they broke the mold. The guy was a hero of my youth. Sure, I knew wrestling was fake, but I loved it as did others who were products of the 1980s. It was — and still is — my soap opera and Macho Man was my guy. When he breezed right past me at a TV taping at the Peoria Civic Center back in 1987, it was one of the highlights of my life to that point. He’s one of the best bad guys ever. He talked the talk — even though you had no idea what he was talking about most of the time. He was a heck of a wrestler, doing moves that were ahead of their time. He was the total package. I’m kind of glad he went into seclusion before a heart attack claimed his life last week. I want to remember him as the glasses-wearing mad-man, not some broken down old guy trying to hold on — like Hulk Hogan is now.

B — Kyle Singler. I’ve never really liked Duke, but I’ve never been a hater either. You have to respect what Mike Krzyzewski has accomplished with the program. If you can’t give the (Blue) Devil his due, then you’re not a real basketball fan. This trick-shot video by Singler should make Duke players and the program infinitely more popular. Love it when he makes one off the high dive and from the top of the “chapel.” And look at how awkward the Blue Devil mascot is when giving high-fives. Must have had a back-up guy in the suit.

C— Greg McVey. Seems like it’s one step forward, two steps back for the Culver-Stockton College Athletic Director. In his short time as the top athletic official at the Canton, Mo., school, McVey has cleaned house. He had to make some changes in some of the Wildcats’ programs, but he didn’t want to lose either football coach Cam Keller or women’s basketball coach Seth Minter. Both looked to have their programs going in the right direction before better career opportunities popped up. You can’t blame Keller for taking a job as the offensive coordinator at NCAA Division II playoff contender Winona State or Minter for joining JD Gravina’s staff at Western Illinois. McVey is behind the 8 ball when it comes to hiring for both positions. It’s not an enviable position to be in, looking for coaches in late May.

D —Sergio Garcia. In case you didn’t hear, Sergio had an owie on his finger and couldn’t play in a British Open qualifier earlier this week. So much for toughing it out. Anyone who reads this blog or listens to WGEM SportsCenter knows that I’m not a big fan of Garcia’s. There’s a pretty good chance that he won’t play in either the U.S. Open or the British Open. He’s played in every major for nearly 12 years. If he’s not at either place this summer, I certainly won’t shed a tear.

F — Harold Camping. Who? He’s the dope who tried to get everyone to believe that the rapture was coming last Saturday. When Saturday had come and gone, he said he was a little off and that the world would start to end on Oct. 21, 2011. He said that last week was a spiritual judgment day and that the real deal’s going down in October. And he also thought it was going to happen in 1994. Look, we all know when the world is going to end. When the Chicago Cubs finally win a World Series, we’re all in for it.

Here’s a sneak peek at the grade book for this week. As always, we’ll hash these out on the award-winning WGEM SportsCenter show Wednesday morning. Host Josh Houchins and I will break them down around 8:20 on Wednesday’s program. Listen in on ESPN 1440 or online.

A — Ian Hinkamper. The Quincy Notre Dame senior tennis player can’t do much more than he has this spring for the Raiders. He’s won every singles match that he’s played and won a third straight Mid-State Six Conference title over the weekend. Heck, other players were calling Hinkamper their idol after being dispatched by him over the weekend at the Quincy Racquet Club. He’s a pretty good bet to win the sectional this weekend at Greeman Tennis Center.

B — Quincy University baseball. What a difference a year makes. Using basically the same core group of players, with a major addition in freshman Mitchell Broughton, the Hawks are back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006. The Hawks won their first Great Lakes Valley Conference title since 2000 over the weekend in Sauget, Ill. After a pretty dismal start, the team rallied behind first-year skipper Josh Rabe. The Hawks are the No. 4 seed at this weekend’s regional tournament in Normal, Ill. If they pitch, hit and field like they did at the GLVC Tourney, a first-ever regional title isn’t out of the question.

C — Elmar Weisser. The 47-year-old German hairdresser is now a three-time champion of the World Beard and Moustache Championship. He claimed his third title over the weekend in Norway after sculpting a moose into his beard, which he says goes past his waist when it’s not styled properly. According to CNN, Weisser won two golds as Germany won seven golds “to return to the top of the world facial furniture scene.” The United States was second — by a whisker. This may be sadder than the story I had yesterday about the Wisconsin guy who has eaten 25,000 Big Mac.

D — Vin Mazzaro. He had to take one for the team on Tuesday night against Cleveland. With starter Kyle Davies going down early in the game with an injury, Mazzaro was the member of the Kansas City pitching staff who had to take his lumps during a 19-1 loss to the Indians at Kaufmann Stadium. The Indians touched him for 14 runs — all earned — and 11 hits in just 2 1/3 innings. Mazzaro now owns the dubious of honor of being the Royals pitcher to give up more runs in one outing than anyone else in franchise history. Research has shown it’s one of the worst pitching performance in all of the Majors since World War II. The team’s 18-run loss tied it for the worst in club history. To cap the night off, the Royals demoted Mazzaro to Triple-A after the game. It’s a night that Mazzaro won’t want to remember, but he’ll never forget.

F — The Jorge Posada controversy. Talk about much ado about nothing. Leave it to ESPN and the New York media circus to make a mountain out of a molehill. Surely you’ve heard about what happened in the Bronx over the weekend. Posada took the night off on Saturday, supposedly out of spite for being put in the No. 9 spot in the Yankees’ lineup. The fact that he was in the lineup in the first place was a minor miracle in itself. Posada’s hitting all of .165 this season, which has to be the worst batting average ever for a guy who primarily is a designated hitter. Let’s stop the presses, a guy who is hitting below the Mendoza line took himself out of the lineup. Who cares? Posada probably did the Yankees a favor by grabbing some bench. Should he have pulled himself out of the lineup? Probably not. Unless you’re hurt, you play the game. He’s since apologized, but the damage is done. He seems to be as good as gone.

Two thoughts for you while we all try to figure out what’s up with Arnold Schwarzenegger:

1. It was just one win.

As much as I’d like to get swept up in the hype surrounding the Chicago Bulls’ 103-82 victory over Miami in the opening game of the Eastern Conference Finals, I can’t do it. It’s takes four wins to advance to the NBA Finals and the Bulls are only 25 percent of the way there. Yes, the team’s defensive effort against LeBron James and Dwyane Wade was encouraging. It was awesome to see Taj Gibson posterize Wade with that first-half dunk. But there’s still a ton of work to be done by the team. The series doesn’t truly start until the home team loses. If the Bulls can defend their home court on Wednesday and then grab one in Miami at some point, then I’ll allow myself to get a little pumped up.

2. Happy anniversary to this guy

I may be encroaching on Stevie Dirt‘s turf with this one, but we all have to tip our cap to Wisconsin’s Don Gorske. He’ll head to the Fond du Lac McDonald’s today and scarf down his 25,000th Big Mac. He’s eaten at least one Big Mac every day since May 17, 1972. It’s that kind of eating prowess that could only make our local guru of grub, Steve Eighinger, swoon. Eighinger’s love of Daylight Donuts is nothing compared to Gorske’s obsession with two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun. Wonder if Mayor McCheese will give him a key to the city.

It’s finals week at some colleges — like John Wood Community College. Good luck to those youngsters. We rarely take a break from handing out grades here. As always, I’ll discuss these on WGEM SportsCenter around 8:20 on Wednesday morning with show host Josh Houchins. If you’d like to submit your own grade, text us at 217-617-9437. Here’s this week’s book:

A — Torie Bunzell. She’s putting a heck of a cap on a phenomenal career with the Quincy University softball program. She pitched seven games over the weekend to push the Lady Hawks to the title round of the Great Lakes Valley Confernce Tournament. The Lady Hawks didn’t win, but did enough to earn an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season. There used to be a time when Bunzell was happy with 300 strikeouts in a season. Going into this weekend’s NCAA Tournament, she has 500 on the season, just 34 away from setting a new NCAA Division II single-season record. If QU can win at least one game this weekend, Bunzell has a shot at a national record.

B — Pittsburgh Pirates. Don’t look now, but the Pirates are in the National League Central hunt. Going into Tuesday’s game against the Dodgers the Pirates were over the .500 mark, rare air for a franchise that hasn’t seen a winning season since 1992. The Pirates have turned their fortunes around under first-year skipper Clint Hurdle by actually winning games on the road. Last year, the team won all of 17 road games. They’ve already won 11 this year and are above .500 away from home with an 11-8 record. There are plenty of Pirates fans out there who would love to see their team be relevant again.

C — The Carlos Silva for Milton Bradley trade. Now that the Mariners have finally cut ties with Bradley, we can close the book on this trade. What an awful trade it was, too. The teams traded moody players who wound up doing a bunch of nothing for their new teams. The Cubs dumped Silva during the off-season. It looked like Bradley was headed for the same fate but somehow made it out of spring training with the big club. Both the Cubs and Mariners still have to pay each of the bums some money for what’s left on their contract. Says alot about each that the teams are willing to pay them millions for not to be in their clubhouses.

D — Kyle Busch. He must really love to play the heel role. The NASCAR bad boy is on probation — along with sparring partner Kevin Harvick — for a stunt he pulled Saturday night in Darlington. The two beat the heck out of each down the stretch as Regan Smith won his first Sprint Cup race. After the race was over, Harvick jumped out of his car to confront Busch. Busch then backed up and rammed Harvick’s car, which pushed it into gear and it wound up wrecking on Pit Road. Luckily, no one was hurt. It was a dumb move by Busch, who needs to wise up. Here’s the ESPN breakdown of the tiff. It’s really amazing that some random crew pit member didn’t get run over by Harvick’s car.

F — Andrew Bynum. What a dope Bynum is. With the Lakers on their way to getting swept out of the second round by Dallas, Bynum played the thug role perfectly, putting a shoulder into a driving J.J. Berea and planting him on the ground. Bynum was immediately tossed out of the game and stripped off his shirt — a la Dennis Rodman — on his way out the door. Bynum finally got around to saying he was sorry on Tuesday, but that’s way to little, way too late. Since Berea was OK after the play, I doubt Bynum will get much of a suspension, but he deserves to miss some of his paycheck for this one. I’d be fine with a 10-game suspension. It was really that sick and uncalled for.