Spectacular to a fault, the entire Las Vegas is a free attraction for all tourists to feast on.

A mob of tourists snaking through elevator-ended pedestrian overpasses, sidewalks attesting to daytime traffic, walkways and trams linking mega-sized casino hotels – this is a day-to-day sight on the Las Vegas Strip. Why are they doing so much walking? Sightseeing, and we do not mean the sighting of poker girls and cocktail waitresses.

Sightseeing is the first order of the day on the Strip just because, driving from the airport to the hotel, you catch a glimpse of some giant sphinx, balloon, or shipwreck, and make a mental note to come back for it. Later you realize there are bajillions of sights to see, starting with those for free.

Here, we’ve traced your Strip walkaround from Mandalay Bay to Wynn, and what Las Vegas free attractions will grab your attention along the way.

Mandalay Bay. Strike your best hula pose by the huge saltwater aquarium at the lobby and the various pockets of tropical-themed verdant foliage all over the hotel.

Luxor. Marvel at this black-glass pyramid of a hotel, with an oversized obelisk and replicas of the Great Sphinx of Giza and Cleopatra’s Needle out front. At the pyramid’s tip is the world’s brightest beam, a 315,000-watt spotlight…

Irony: Macau gambling will surpass Las Vegas, thanks to Las Vegas investors in Macau.

News has floated all year that Macau will overtake Las Vegas in gambling revenue by 2007. What does not enjoy as much spotlight is that Las Vegas casino gambling investors themselves are causing much of this income boost. Local China-based casino operators are not about to sit back; raising the stakes with new casino developments of their own, like the new StarWorld casino hotel, a new game is on.

Macau is the newest darling of casino gamblers. It is a fast-rising hotspot for Asian highrollers’ favorite game of baccarat, the most popular gambling game in the region. Gamblers are additionally drawn to Macau casinos for the tourist novelty of its homegrown gambling games like fantan and daisiu – the thinking is you will find Las Vegas games in Macau but you won’t find Macau games in Las Vegas.

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A spike in gambling earnings started to show in Macau in 2001, when casino licenses were first offered to foreign casino operators. Among them have been Las Vegas investors Sheldon Adelson, with his Sands Macau, and Steve Wynn, with his Wynn Resorts…

Now that is just plain stupid.

I’m no Indianapolis Colts fan, but to have these guys, who are still perfect at 6-0 by the way, as +3 underdogs against the 5-1 Denver Broncos, who have a struggling quarterback in Jake Plummer, is just plain crazy.

Don’t get me wrong, the Denver Broncos did manage to win five NFL Football games because of their awesome corner, Champ Bailey, but c’mon, these are the Indianapolis fucking Colts for crying out loud. Colts QB, Peyton Manning, will just skin ‘’the Snake’’ for sure.

Jake ‘’the Snake’’ Plummer is having a ‘’not so good’’ start of the NFL Football season for his Broncos. His QB rating has gone down to a miserable 60.4, putting him at no.32 from all the quarterbacks in the league who qualified for the QB ‘’ego’’ category. (For all ya’ll who doesn’t know it yet, QBs must have at least 14 attempts for every game his team plays to qualify for a QB rating stat.)

As for Peyton Manning? Well, he’s just the no.1 quarterback as far as QB rating is concerned with a whopping 103.2 game for the Colts offense. You have to wonder why these Colts are the underdogs coming to this Sunday’s NFL Football game against the Broncos in Denver eh?

The Denver Broncos were just fortunate that they survive five of six NFL Football contests. How did they do it? Defense. And like…

As the rest of NFL Football go ga-ga over Terrell Owens, the Chicago Bears and Reggie Bush, somebody’s winning games.

Yep, the New England Patriots, running under the radar, won five games in this NFL Football season to earn them the top spot in the AFC East with a 5-1 mark. And yeah, did I mention they won three straight games in a row?

It was the Buffalo Bills last Sunday as Tom Brady and the rest of the New England Patriots quickly showed why they are one of the best NFL Football teams out there. The Patriots sauntered about in the first half and then disposed of Buffalo’s bogus Bills with a 28-6 win, easily topping the 6-point line and upping their record against the spread this season to 3-2-1.

The Patriots had a somewhat ‘’bad’’ practice before their game against the Bills. Or so they say. And coach Bill Belichick made sure his team fixed EVERYTHING that needs to be fixed.

‘’Every bad play we had on Wednesday, we fixed on Thursday,’’ said one player, who estimated the Patriots got off the practice field at 3:08 pm, roughly an hour later than usual. ‘’Sometimes coaches just come in and say you had a bad practice to get at you. But he showed us the film and, man, he was right.’’

Added Rodney Harrison, voted as the dirtiest player in NFL Football, ‘’He can’t…'’

Nope, it ain’t that park in St. Louis.

Here’s why. Did you know who was the man who discovered Albert Pujols and knew then that he WILL be a force to be reckon with in MLB Baseball? That’s former St. Louis Cardinals scout, Dave Karaff. FORMER because he doesn’t work for the team anymore.

Now, he stocks grocery shelves at the local Wal-Mart. Five days a week.

What a way to go after discovering the reigning National League MVP for MLB Baseball eh? I guess some people get bonuses and some people get watches. Dave Karaff was, um… fucked. Well, we won’t be talking about Mr. Karaff if it wasn’t for Pujols anyway. And hell, we won’t be talking about Wal-Mart either.

Dave Karaff spent seven years of his life working as a Cardinals scout for MLB Baseball before he was finally let go in 2003. Karaff, a friendly 64-year-old grandfather, doesn’t mind if you come watch MLB Baseball with him, but under one condition.

He’s not gonna talk about Albert Pujols.

Though the slugger is wildly talented, he’s also as sensitive as a junior high cheerleader…

Yep, who cares if Dallas Cowboys running back, Julius Jones, is unhappy of the change at the starting QB?

Terrell Owens is happy of his new starting QB, Tony Romo, and that’s what matters most as far as the Dallas Cowboys are concerned. Fuck Julius Jones. Judging by the way Julius Jones played against the New York Giants last NFL Monday Night Football, Jones’ opinions should be the LEAST of the Cowboys’ concerns.

Hell, he didn’t do anything to give the Cowboys a chance of winning the football game last Monday. Why should Dallas Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells, care if his running back likes the change at the QB spot or not? I won’t.

Jones hinted that he wanted to stick with the veteran Cowboys QB, Drew Bledsoe. He explained that he actually was clinging to his preseason belief that Bledsoe would lead the Dallas Cowboys to the NFL Football playoffs.

‘’I’m disappointed at the reason we’re having to make this change,’’ Julius Jones said. ‘’I have to be a realist. I hadn’t thought or hoped that we’d be sitting here after the sixth game making these adjustments. I did not want to this year go to an inexperienced quarterback. I wanted to have the benefit of Drew Bledsoe. It hasn’t worked out as of today. It just hasn’t worked out. That to me is a step back.’’

He he… Well, step back or not, T.O. is happy and if you have probably one of the…

Remember last year’s disappointing end to the Indianapolis Colts ‘’almost perfect’’ NFL Football season?

Yep, Mike Vanderjagt ruined it all. Remember that Vanderjagt guy? Yup, it’s the same guy who lined up for that pressure-packed but very makeable 46-yard field goal. He was with the Colts then when they faced the Pittsburgh Steelers team who would went on to win that year’s Super Bowl XLI.

The Colts were trailing the Steelers, 21-18, when Vanderjagt, the most accurate kicker in NFL Football then, kicked the football wide right with 18 seconds left. The Steelers escaped at OT, advancing to the Super Bowl and defeating the Seattle Seahawks to win the NFL Football title.

That was the day that changed the life of one Mike Vanderjagt. Now, we see Vanderjagt with the Dallas Cowboys, and this time, he’s simulating that fateful field goal attempt with David Letterman. (Of all people…)

Oh yeah, THAT field goal attempt was the last thing he’ll be attempting anything with the Indianapolis Colts too.

‘’I thought it was the right thing to do,’’ Mike Vanderjagt said from the Dallas Cowboys facility in Irving, Texas. ‘’I wasn’t saying it was a joke that I missed, I was really taking responsibility for missing a field goal I should have made. Like Dave said, I make that kick 99 times out of 100. I just missed the wrong one at the wrong time.’’

Man, you know better than to listen to a David Letterman.

Vanderjagt is absolutely, certifiably the most accurate field goal kicker in the history of the…

Of course, if you’re a sports broadcaster who is being heard all over North America, you should know better.

Unfortunately, this guy didn’t. A pit reporter for Speed Channel’s broadcasts of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races was suspended for the race at Martinsville after making comments that his network felt were… um… racially sensitive. Oh yeah, the guy did it on the air too.

‘’Ray Dunlap has been suspended for one race for making comments on-air that the company found inappropriate,’’ Speed vice president for media relations Erik Arneson said.

The racial comments were made during Mr. Dunlap’s appearance on the Speed Channel show entitled, ‘’Trading Paint.’’ Well, after this incident, Ray Dunlap could very well be ‘’Trading Lives’’ with anyone. Jeez…

During a discussion with Nextel Cup driver Michael Waltrip about NASCAR’s efforts to expand its fan base among minorities, Ray Dunlap took issue with a claim that 10 percent of NASCAR fans are Hispanic and made some jokes on the…

Yep, that’s the question hovering over the Denver Broncos as they prepare to take on some tough competition.

Denver Broncos head coach, Mike Shanahan, may be ready for a change at quarterback after all. Jake ‘’The Snake’’ Plummer has been running Mike Shanahan’s offense for too long now and it certainly looks like the coach is gearing up for a drastic change.

Could Mike Shanahan finally skin ‘’the Snake?’’ Well, that depends on what Jake Plummer will do in their next two games against the STILL perfect Indianapolis Colts and the defending Super Bowl champions, Pittsburgh Steelers.

Get this, if Plummer struggles, even for just a little bit, against these two powerhouse NFL Football teams, then Mike Shanahan will pull the cord on the Plummer era and have Jay Cutler start what the Broncos are hoping a stellar professional NFL Football career.

Jeez… What a way to put your struggling veteran quarterback on the spot eh? It’s almost as if Mike Shanahan wants to see Jake Plummer fail after setting up this ‘’test’’ so to speak. Jeez… Just have Jay Cutler start already.

‘’The reasoning,’’ a source said, ‘’is that if Plummer can’t beat the Colts and Steelers in…'’

Don’t get me wrong, he really is Gay.

Brian Gay, looking forward to end the year on a high note, took the lead at the Chrysler Championship in Golf. Well, playing without any worries will certainly enable you to accomplish just that.

After all, Brian Gay is just too far down the money list to make the Tour Championship. Also, Brian Gay is too high up to sweat over losing his PGA Tour card. As a result, he was able to play without worrying anything, and yeah, he played without a bogey too to post a 7 – under 64 for a two-shot lead over Mark Calcavecchia.

‘’I just want to finish the year on a good note,’’ Brian Gay said.

Brian Gay, now at 34 years of age, is playing a golf tournament where money is the emphasis. However, as far as this Gay is concerned, money ain’t a factor. What he is aiming at is his first PGA Tour victory.

Or so he says.

Gay got to a great start on the Copperhead Course, one of the toughest tests in Florida with greens that Ernie Els said were as fast as any he has played all year on the PGA Tour.

Is Gay on the bubble?

‘’Here we go with the ‘bubble boy’ questions,’’ he said with a smile. ‘’I’ve done it too many times. It is what it is. I’ve been working my butt off, and I’m happy to get off to a good start.’’

Gay was in the final group at the 2000 Honda Classic, one shot out of the…