* The NBA is introducing H-O-R-S-E to the All-Star festivities on Saturday, February 14 (Valentine's Day). I wonder who the three participants will be? LeBron, Kobe and Wade? Now that would be something to see. Outdoors, you say? Now, that will be a little different...
Hopefully, the event won't be this bad:
(http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/02/03/all.star.horse.ap/index.html)
* Speaking of All-Star festivities, I disagree that there was a fan vote to include a ROOKIE to take part in the Slam Sunk contest. Wasn't it the norm to have 5+ players dunk and have many rounds and no multiple trials? Now the dunk contest has a subpar dunker (Rudy Fernandez) with three superior dunkers.
This may happen to Rudy if he tries out a dunk on All-Star Saturday night.
* I like the All-Star game rosters, though I believe Allen Iverson robbed a young guard (i.e. Rondo, Mo Williams, Devin Harris... etc.) from a starting guard position. That is a travesty. I believe the coaches and players should also have a say in choosing the starting All-Star lineups.
* Speaking of the NBA, what a performance by Kobe Bryant yesterday! See for yourself:
Wowza! In addition, Pau Gasol - Kobe's sidekick - had 31 points of his own, making that: 61 + 31 = 92 points just from this tandem.
I think that one day Kobe will eclipse 100 points. It's just a matter of When.
* I was listening to the radio today (ESPN980 - Washington DC ESPN Radio) with the Sports Reporters and listened to the most BIZARRE talk about how Manny... yes, that Manny... could be going to the Nats...
HOW RIDICULOUS! INSANE! this won't happen in a MILLION years!
* What happened to the excellent local college basketball teams? Maryland (14-8, 3-5) and Georgetown (13-8, 4-6) used to have an excellent programs and above .500 conference records, and now are shriveling up! Both might be on the outside looking in come March Madness! Even teams such as Virginia Tech, Providence and Boston College have better records then these teams. I'm also hearing rumors that Gary Williams could be fired soon, but that's not likely...
* I HATE how people - commentators and columnists included - are calling this past Sunday's Super Bowl as the BEST ever. How does this Super Bowl surpass Super Bowl XLVII, with the Eli-scramble-and-Tyree-helmet-glued-to-ball play? There were WAY TOO MANY penalties, esp. holding penalties in the game. One penalty that stood out was the roughing-the-passer penalty on the Cards when there should have been an intentional grounding penalty on big Ben Roethlisberger (yay! i spelled Ben's last name correctly w/o checking online!).
Well, that's all for today. But before I'll leave, I'll include a video of the day. Today's is from the 2008 ESPY awards acknowledging the best of all sports from 2007-2008.
Enjoy!
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