The South Carolina Gamecocks and right fielder Whit Merrifield provided the perfect send off to Omaha, Nebraska’s Johnny Rosenblatt stadium. In its final year hosting the College World Series, the Gamecocks provided a fantastic, 11 inning final contest to capture the school’s second national title, and first in the sport of baseball. After SC pitcher [...]
The first five picks in the 2010 NBA draft went pretty much according to plan. The desperate Washington Wizards took John Wall at number 1, and Evan Turner was taken number 2 by the Philadelphia 76er’s. At 3, the Nets took Derrick Favors, at 4 the Timberwolves took Syracuse’s Wesley Johnson and Kentucky’s raw center [...]
Fueled by a comeback led by Kobe Byrant and Ron Artest, the Los Angeles Lakers captured the 16th title in franchise history, while Laker standouts Bryant and Derek Fisher grabbed their fifth NBA titles, and first against the Celtics. Bryant shot a dismal 6 of 24 from the field, but his 23 points, coupled with [...]
The Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers have been the two premiere franchises in the NBA since the very beginning. However, after last night’s game, you would think Boston did not deserve to be. With a chance to clinch the series and defeat the Lakers in the finals for the second time in three years, a [...]
The 2010 NBA Finals are shaping up in a similar to the 2008 NBA Finals, with Paul Pierce carrying the Boston Celtics then as well as now. Pierce poured in his best finals performance of the year, turning in 27 points on 57% shooting, while Rajon Rondo and Kevin Garnett each contributed 18, and Ray [...]
Being a bench player can be a difficult job in the NBA. Many times you don’t get into games, and if you do, you are merely giving the starters a rest and end up back on the bench in just a few minutes. That was not the story for the Celtics bench in game 4 [...]
After a dismal NBA Finals game 1, Ray Allen showed everyone why he is still the purest jump shooter left in the league today. Allen poured in seven three pointers in a row in the first half, putting up two in the first and swishing home 5 in the second period, scoring half of Boston’s [...]
After 22 seasons, the 1997 MVP award, 13 All-Star appearances, 10 Gold Gloves, 630 long balls and 1,836 career RBI, Seattle Mariner outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. retired from the game of baseball on the night of June 2nd. After returning to the Mariners this season knowing he would probably call it quits sometime in the [...]