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Rumors are flying in Orlando that Billy Donovan will soon be announced the new head coach of the Orlando Magic. I knew something was up in respect to a big name coach when they randomly fired Brian Hill recently, but I didn’t think Donovan would be the new head coach. Can ‘Billy Ball’ work in the pros? It appears we will find the answer to this very question in the coming years based on these rumors.
Side note:
RIP – Florida Gators. It will take a couple of years, but there goes the program.
This seems to be the question going on right now with Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe made a lot of noise with the media yesterday when he announced on Steven A Smith’s radio show that he has been lied to by the Lakers and wants to be traded. He said he was promised the Lakers would build an adequate team around him after the departure of Shaquille O’Neal, but there haven’t been any big additions to the team and they don’t plan on doing much in this off-season.
A few hours after Kobe said he must be traded he backed off these statements and said he really wants things to work out. How do you back track that much in the same day Kobe? You shouldn’t make such damaging statements and then just take them back as if it wasn’t a big deal. Don’t forget this was the same team and organization that stood behind you during your off-court isssues a couple of years back and do you really need another PR problem?
The American men set a ground breaking record this year at the French Open. They collectively went 0-9 in the first round in turn making this the first time in the Open era an American couldn’t make the second round of the French Open. I know clay gives us fits and the days of Jim Courier, Andre Agassi and Michael Chang are long gone, but this is embarassing. I included the full list of players below so feel free to throw rotten tomatoes or cabbage if the urge hits you.
No. 3-seeded Andy Roddick
No. 8 James Blake
Robby Ginepri
Vince Spadea
Justin Gimelstob
Amer Delic
Robert Kendrick
Sam Querrey
Michael Russell
The tennis major of Roland-Garros kicked off today and that can mean only two things. Rafael Nadal will win the men’s side of things, but more importantly it means close to two weeks of Maria Sharapova. Woohoo! She almost looks as excited as we are here at SportsUnderground.
‘King James’ really can make full court shots like the one mimicked in the Powerade commercials. Check out this video clip and watch Lebron nail this long shot from yesterday in practice. On a side noe shoulnd’t he be worried about making 6 footers with contact rather than full court shots? 😉 I love you Bron, but I couldn’t resist the jab. I do expect you and Cleveland Cavaliers to beat the Pistons tonight in game 3 od the Eastern Conference Finals.
Racings greatest spectacle is back for another Memorial Day weekend event and I’m stoked. I rarely watch any auto racing outside of Nascar, but I really enjoy the 500. Sam Hornish Jr. is the reigning champion after one of the best Indy 500 races ever last year. I like Tony Kanaan to break through today and win the 500 although I would be equally as pleased if Danica Patrick pulled it out.
Ladies and gentlemen….start your engines!
Roy Hibbert has pulled his name from the 2007 NBA Draft and will return to the University of Georgetown. The 7-2 center decided he would rather gun for a national championship with the Hoyas instead of playing in the NBA next year. The more I thought about Hibbert’s decision the more it made sense to me. He was going to be picked in the low teens more than likely this year and if he waits until next year he could easily be a top five pick. I just Jeff Green would have decided to come back to because Gtown would have been one solid squad.
Keyshawn didn’t accept an offer from the Tennesse Titans and obviously wasn’t willing to sign with the inevitable offer that was coming from the Oakland Raiders. Keyshawn Johnson has decided to go work for ESPN rather than play football next year in the NFL. At ESPN, Keyshawn will join the crew of Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown as an analyst. He will also particpate on a new weekly ESPN Radio NFL show hosted by Chris Mortensen and Bill Parcells.
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The Portland Traiblazers had only a 5.3% chance of winning the number one pick in the 2007 draft, but that didn’t stop them from winning last night in the drawing. The NBA’s rookie of the year and one of many young talents on the Blazers team Brandon Roy represented the Blazers during the lottery drawing. The Sonics were able to land the second pick of the draft so we do know Oden and Durant will end up on one of these two teams barring a trade. I’m almost willing to guarantee Portland makes the playoffs next year with this huge victory and the Sonics won’t really improve at all.
Poor Memphis Grizzlies! They had the worst record in the NBA and a 25% chance of landing the first pick and ended up with the fourth. VP Jerry West was extremely upset with the outcome and thinks the lottery system needs to be changed. The system has barely ever helped out any of the worst teams so this might be the final straw.
Check out this video clip from the Yankees vs Mets game when a member of the field crew rolls out the carpet and finds a kitten surprise.