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Take Kyle Loshe and Cardinals tonight at home. The Brewers have been playing solid baseball, but I think St. Louis wants to avoid the sweep and a larger deficit in the NL Central.
Cardinals -125
Overall Record:
NBA 40-32
MLB 25-16-1
NHL 0-1
College Football 106-92-1
NFL 103-72-5
College Basketball 197-149-6
Check out this video of John Smoltz’s backyard which includes three putting greens, golf tees, baseball field, tennis courts and a lot of acreage.
I will take the Celtics purely due to their recent experience in game sevens. It also doesn’t hurt that Boston is playing in TD Northbank Garden tonight against Orlando. Celts should already be eliminated if the Magic would have played their cards right so look for this to the incentive that pushes Boston over the top.
Celtics -2.5
Overall Record:
NBA 40-31
MLB 25-16-1
NHL 0-1
College Football 106-92-1
NFL 103-72-5
College Basketball 197-149-6
Greg Paulus has decided to return to his home to play football with Syracuse.
Yes, Im not kidding! The former Duke point guard will enroll in graduate school at Syracuse and try to make a comeback in football for the Orangemen. I can see it now…Jim Brown will be having a press conference on how this is somewhat racially motivated.
The decision ends a month of speculation whether the one-time star high school quarterback from Syracuse would resume his football career.
Lets see.. over the last 3 months he worked out for the NFL, Michigan and now after Duke.. uh ha.. Duke said no Paulus ended up choosing a program gasping for air.
Maybe its because he feels comfortable paying in domes? Or he just likes the color of Orange? Whatever the reason this is a slap in the face for a once hallowed program. Hey UCLA needs someone Greggy!
This past Saturday, the sports world lost one of its classiest characters with the passing of former Detroit Pistons and the Dream Team coach Chuck Daly. Detroit reached the playoffs every year he was the coach and reached the Finals three years in a row plus he won two consecutive championships in 89′ and 90′. He also coached arguably the best basketball team ever in 1992 when USA swept through the Olympics. You will be missed Chuck!
Below is a tribute to Daly from ESPN.com
WE’RE GOING STREAKING! WE’RE GOING STREAKING UP THROUGH THE QUAD AND INTO THE GYMNASIUM, Snoop, Snoop-a-Loop, Hey hey its cool, its cool, bring your green hat lets go.
Ok, this is not quite as funny or cool as the famous scene from “Frank the Tank” in Old School, but check out this video anyway of a planned streaking at Citi Field home of the New York Mets.
Celtics have to be on a high after stealing game four down in Orlando with a last second shot from Glen “Big Baby” Davis. Boston has to get this one done in TD Banknorth Garden if they plan on winning this series.
Celtics -2.5
Overall Record:
NBA 39-31
MLB 25-16-1
NHL 0-1
College Football 106-92-1
NFL 103-72-5
College Basketball 197-149-6
NASCAR’s most unlikely suspect – Jeremy Mayfield was suspended indefinitely after failing a random drug test last week.
According to ESPN – Mayfield is the first driver affected by NASCAR’s new random drug testing policy and he says he took Claritin D, which is an over-the-counter allergy drug that contains pseudoephedrine, a substance banned by most sports. This along with a prescription drug caused the postive result according to Mayfield. NASCAR’s substance abuse policy administrator says, that that is not even plausible.
If Mayfield violated NASCAR’s substance abuse policy, then fine suspended him. This sport is way to dangerous to have someone hopped up on drugs operating a vehicle at 200 mph with 42 others people right at their side.
But get this, the drivers are not provided a list of banned substances. The NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA Tour and NCAA each make available public lists in their drug testing policies.
Dr. Charles Yesalis, a Penn State professor who has testified before Congress on performance-enhancing drugs states “That alone to me is ludicrous. That just kind of violates your sense of fair play. The drivers don’t have a union, but if somebody did that to me I’d go get myself a nasty lawyer. What if somebody in management or ownership doesn’t like you? They can use that as a weapon against you.” (espn.com)
NASCAR will not release what test Mayfield failed.
If it turns out that this is a “false positive” NASCAR will have to call the black flag on itself.
So you have the 2 best NHL players in Alex Ovechkin versus Sidney Crosby vying against each other in the playoffs in what is essentially the NHL’s Championship series albeit the Eastern Conference Semis and nobody cares.
The great game 6 matchup drew a 1.2 share which equates to ESPN’s College Bowling Championships.
4 years ago when ESPN tried to halt the NHL Players strike they intervened and made a statement of, ‘If you dont stop by this X date we will revoke your TV contract.” Well the smart Players Association did not take heed and in turn lost fans, marketshare and of course the best TV vehicle on the planet.
Now and for the last 4 years the VS Network has carried these games along with the local FOX Sports outlets and a weekend game, in the mid-afternoon, on NBC while the other channels have PGA/Tiger Woods, MLB or Womens Beach Volleyball during those afternoon slots.
Dont get me wrong cause Playoff hockey eh is the best playoff sport on the planet next to NFL, but dont feel sorry for the NHL because they dug this hole themselves and have not apologized to the Sports God (ESPN) for thier wayward thinking.
Last week we talked about John Daly’s new look and the fact that Daly has definitely slimmed down since his ban from the PGA tour last November after being found drunk outside of a Hooters in North Carolina. Well, things continue to look up for JD because he had his best finish in nearly four years this past weekend with a tie for second place in the Italian Open. Daly has been playing recently on the European Tour, but we will see soon if he can make a successful return to the US Tour in June when his European run of five events ends. The second place finish should boost Daly’s current ranking of 794th in the world.