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The Magic were 2-0 against the Lakers during the regular season and have played at a very high level all throughout this year’s NBA Playoffs. All the way up until the spanking they received Thursday night in LA to a tune of 100-75. While I do think they make adjustments tonight I don’t see them slowing down a focused Laker team. Take the Lakers!
Lakers -6.5
Overall Record:
NBA 42-35
MLB 27-20-1
NHL 1-1
College Football 106-92-1
NFL 103-72-5
College Basketball 197-149-6
Rumors are swirling around Cleveland that the Cavaliers are very interested in signing former Detroit Piston Rasheed Wallace. The seasoned veteran would reportedly get about $10 million a year for two years if he was to sign with the Cavs. Sheed was an integral part of the 2004 World Champion Detroit Pistons and has had an impressive 14-year career in the NBA. It was painfully obvious in the Eastern Conference Finals that the Cavs big men were inept when it came to stopping Dwight Howard so the acquisition of Rasheed certainly wouldn’t hurt their inside presence. Rasheed is getting up there in age, but I truly think he could bring a nice edge to the Cavaliers that they currently don’t have on the roster.
In the world of professional sports you can be loved or hated at the drop of the hat. One day you hit the game winner and you are loved and then a couple of days later you are yesterday’s news. Check out this video of a fan calling Alex Rios of the Toronto Blue Jays a bum and the kind words Rios responds with before getting into his Benzo.
Alex Rios Loves the Fans Video:
I know the Penguins looked very good in their last two home games at the Igloo, but don’t forget how great the Red Wings looked at home the first two games. Detroit is 49-17 in their last 66 games and considering they can’t be happy with the fact the series is tied up 2-2 I’m going with the Red Wings.
Red Wings -150
Overall Record:
NBA 42-35
MLB 27-20-1
NHL 0-1
College Football 106-92-1
NFL 103-72-5
College Basketball 197-149-6
A couple of months ago John Madden announced he was retiring from Sunday Night Football and NBC quickly announced Cris Collinsworth as his predecessor. The loss of all-time great Madden isn’t the only change NBC dealt with this season because earlier this week they announced Jerome “The Bus” Bettis wouldn’t be back this coming season. Bettis won’t be replaced by just one person though after the announcement came that Tony Dungy and recently retired Rodney Harrison will now be part of of the team. Did they really need to add another person in the studio that is already filled with Bob Costas, Keith Olbermann, Dan Patrick, Tiki Barber and Peter King? If NBC keeps this up they will exceed the salary cap of a regular NFL team.
When you think of the best mullet ever rocked in the MLB do you think of anyone else before Randy Johnson comes to my mind? His mullet during his younger years will go down in history as one of the best ever by a professional athlete. Turns out Randy Johnson has also made history in another way after winning his 300th Major League game yesterday. Johnson led the Giants to a 5-1 victory after pitching six innings and only allowing
one earned run against the Washington Nationals. “The Big Unit” broke on the scene in 1988 and over his 21 year career he has won five Cy Young awards, made 10 All-Star appearances, pitched a perfect game, pitched a no-hitter and won a World Series while garnering a World Series Co-MVP. I think we should all appreciate Johnson for becoming the 24th pitcher to reach 300 wins because there won’t be another athlete reaching this milestone for a LOOOONNNNNGGGG time. For all those people that think Sabathia has a chance to reach 300 please put down the crack pipe and step away.
When the Lakers take the floor tonight in search of their 15th World Championship I expect them to throw the kitchen sink at Dwight Howard especially after Phil Jackson’s comments a couple months ago when he stated he would rather have Howard on his team instead of LeBron James. The key to the series is to not allow Howard to score inside the paint and to force him out of the key where he is not nearly as dominate. Phil will have three seven-footers to throw at the beast known as Dwight Howard. Yes, there is a third Laker above 7-foot. His Delta Chi name is D.J. Mbenga. 
Mbenga has only played in 23 games this year and is averaging 2.7 points a game and 1.3 rebounds. Needless to say he hasn’t been an integral part of the Lakers squad, but that will all change in this series. Mbenga’s greatest achievements to date happened back in the 2006 playoffs. D.J. played for the Dallas Mavericks and Avery Johnson’s wife was being disturbed by some fans and Mbenga reportedly went into the stands with owner Mark Cuban to help usher Mrs. Johnson to the locker room. Because of this ace he was ultimately suspended for 6 games without pay for entering the stands.
So, to wrap things up I think the missing link in the Finals coming to you by way of the Congo and now pimping a Laker jersey is D.J. Mbenga. Between Gasol, Bynum and Mbenga they will have plenty of fouls to put Dwight Howard on the line where he hits a paltry 55%.
My prediction is the Lakers in five because they have the big bodies that Cleveland didn’t have to throw at Howard.
The White Sox are 13-11 at home and the A’s are a putrid 9-17 so I’m taking the Sox in the first game of the night. In the second game I’m going to take the Mariners because Baltimore is really struggling on the road with a record of 8-16.
White Sox -130
Mariners -125
Overall Record:
NBA 42-35
MLB 26-19-1
NHL 0-1
College Football 106-92-1
NFL 103-72-5
College Basketball 197-149-6
Check out this nearly avoided disaster by MotoGP racer Raffaele de Rosa after he comes unseated on his high-powered motor bike while going over 100 mph during practice in Italy. Raffaele had to have been scared out of his mind, but the video really shows the dramatic save by de Rosa and the impeccable concentration he has to avoid a terrible accident.
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Fallen mixed martial arts star Kimbo Slice has been selected as one of the upcoming contestants for the UFC backed TV show The Ultimate Fighter. Kimbo became known as the bodyguard of the notorious Bang Brothers and then rose to a true internet stardom because of his brutal street fights served up on You Tube. Slice even went on to fight a couple of MMA matches for the now defunct Elite XC MMA Organization and it is widely known the reason Elite XC went down was due to Kimbo falling to a back-up fighter during the organization’s second TV show on CBS. This is probably Kimbo’s last big chance so he better take advantage of working with some of MMA’s best on The Ultimate Fighter.