In a sphere in which athletes are routinely asked to play through the pain, and maybe even ignore a concussion or two, it's encouraging to see a team force a player to take some time off for the sake of his health. The situation between the MIAMI HEAT and CHRIS BOSH -- who has been plagued by blood clots for two straight seasons but still wants to play -- looked like it might get ugly, but BOSH and the team jointly announced WEDNESDAY that his season is over. The "ultimate red flag" for the HEAT and other NBA teams, writes the SPORTING NEWS' SEAN DEVENEY, is anything that raises the specter of the late CELTICS great REGGIE LEWIS, who collapsed during a playoff game in 1993 and then died after collapsing during a practice three months later... If KEVIN DURANT is 6-foot-9 and and JJ BAREA is 6-feet even, then I'm, oh, let's say, 6-foot-2. The WALL STREET JOURNAL's CHRIS HERRING on the lying liars of the NBA, some of whom lie a couple inches up and some of whom lie a couple inches down... Can a RED SOX newsletter become THE SKIMM for baseball fans?... HUNTER S. THOMPSON invented gonzo journalism at the 1970 KENTUCKY DERBY. ESPN chronicles THOMPSON's run for the depraved roses in a great 30 FOR 30 short, "GONZO @ THE DERBY."