In the battle of Texas, the San Antonio Spurs outlasted Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks last night to take their best of seven series four games to two and advance to the Western Conference semifinals that will begin on Monday night.
Time does indeed fly, and it is almost hard to believe that the first Saturday in May is already upon us and that means one thing to sports fans: the Kentucky Derby. The “most exciting two minutes in sports” will take place this Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, and the post position draws have taken place
Sports fans can sometimes take certain productive players for granted and moan about their failures rather than celebrating their successes, and the fans in Philadelphia may be the toughest anywhere in this regard.
Everyone likes to talk about Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers when it comes to the Eastern Conference of the NBA, and they do present a formidable obstacle to anyone seeking a berth in this year’s NBA Finals. However, if they are going to get there, they are going to have to do something that they could not do a year ago: beat the Orlando Magic. The Magic made short order of the Charlotte Bobcats in the first round, finishing them off with a 99-90 victory in Charlotte on Monday in what may very well be Larry Brown’s last game as the Bobcats coach
Todd Pletcher has accomplished just about everything a thoroughbred horse racing trainer can achieve except a win in the Kentucky Derby, and it looked like this was finally going to be the year. He may still be able to grab that elusive brass ring, but he will have to do so without the horse that would have been the definitive favorite.
The defending National League champion Philadelphia Phillies had hit their first rough patch of the season and needed a big effort out of their new ace, Roy Halladay, in Atlanta on Wednesday. Their bullpen had blown a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the 9th inning the previous night, and they had relinquished sole possession of first place in National League East. This is when you need your “stopper” to put a bandage on the bleeding.
Major League Baseball is getting serious about testing for performance enhancing drugs these days, and the reality is that it is long overdue. The concern about testing positive has surely impacted the game and athletes know that they have to be very diligent about what they are putting into their bodies.
They played one of the most exciting games of the season when they squared off in the NFC title game last year in New Orleans, and the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints will meet again when the 2010 NFL season kicks off on the evening of Thursday, September 9th.
Any time you go out to the ballpark to take in a baseball game or tune into a game on television there is always the possibility that you will see some type of history made. It doesn’t usually dawn you at first, but as the game progresses and someone perhaps hits a couple of home runs, the excitement builds, as everyone wonders if he will hit a third. The potential no-hitter is another one of these things that can suddenly get interesting after you look up and see a zero under the “H” column on the scoreboard after the fourth or fifth inning
When an athlete performs like a virtual machine game in and game out, year after year, we sometimes tend to take their contributions for granted. This is particularly true if they go about their business in a low key manner and avoid publicity that is the result of either controversial actions or self-aggrandizing rhetoric. Karl Malone is a player that comes to mind that fits this description, and another one is Dirk Nowitzki
