Hello, everybody. With the nominations already announced, the road to the Academy Awards began with the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, as "Les Miserables" and "Argo" ruled the film category. "Les Mis" scored a trifecta on the Comedy/Musical side with Motion Picture, Director, and Best Actor and Supporting Actress for Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway; "Argo's" wins for Drama Motion Picture and Director proved to be a consolation prize for Ben Affleck after his Oscar shut out. Jennifer Lawrence's ("Silver Linings Playbook") and Jessica Chastain's ("Zero Dark Thirty") wins set the stage for the ultimate Best Actress showdown between the two, while "Lincoln's" sole award was Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, which leads me to believe that they're saving the big honors for February 24.

On the television front..."Homeland", "Game Change", and Kevin Costner ("Hatfields and McCoy's") resume their dominance left over by the Emmys; "Modern Family's" was ended by HBO's "Girls" and its star Lena Dunham. Other winners include: Adele (Original Song-Motion Picture), Don Cheadle ("House of Lies"), and "Brave" (Animated Feature).

Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were no Ricky Gervais, but they were the life of the party, even going into disguises as faux nominees. But the night's highlight was Jodie Foster being presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award, turning her speech into a quasi-coming out party all while proclaiming she's single (thanks, but no thanks), quoting Molly Shannon's Sally O'Malley from "Saturday Night Live" (which became "Sunday Night Live", with Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Bill "Yosemite Sam" Murray, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jimmy Fallon, and Lorne Michaels all there as well), and even referencing Honey Boo Boo and "Modern Family." And despite rumors to the contrary, even at the age of 50 she won't be riding into the sunset anytime soon.

I'm going to bypass the red carpet rundown and say my best dressed was Jessica Alba in Oscar de la Renta; worst dressed goes to Jessica Chastain, fearing she would expose some globes herself.

Now that the Golden Globes are over, it's back to sports as we're now down to  the Final Four in the NFL (Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots, Atlanta Falcons) with only two earning a free trip to New Orleans, Lance Armstrong about to channel his Jimmy Swaggart in front of Oprah Winfrey and admitting to doping, and the NHL season finally in full swing with an abbreviated season due to the lockout.

But last week's big sports story was that the baseball writers denied Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens into the Hall of Fame, meaning that no one is in this year's class for the first time since 1996. 75% or more of the ballots were required; the only one who came close was Craig Biggio with 68%. Clemens got 37.6%; Bonds, 36.2%. The steroids issue may have played a key role in the shutout.

There are other sports halls of fame that have shied away from controversy, whether it's drugs or gambling (see Pete Rose). In 2011, Dennis Rodman was inducted into Basketball's Hall of Fame, which was surprising as he led the NBA in rebounds during most of the '90s in three different teams. Two years earlier, his Chicago Bulls teammate Michael Jordan got in, and rightfully so. I can't say much about the Pro Football Hall of Fame though.

So, unlike Cooperstown, the sports journalists who decide the enshrinees really play it strict. And if all else fails, there's always the WWE Hall of Fame. So long and stay strong.