Wow what a 1st round in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Can’t say the same for the boring NBA. Although the Bull/Celts series may have been the best I have ever seen (next to my Warriors defeating the Mavs in the 1st round as an 8 seed), the NHL has just been better. I was 4 for 4 in both the Eastern conferences picking the Cavs, Hawks, Celtics, Magic, Penguins, Bruins, Capitals, and Hurricanes to advance. The Western conference was a bit dicier for me, as I selected the Lakers, Blazers, Spurs, and Nuggets, as well as the Sharks, Red Wings, Flames, and Canucks. 8 for 8 in the East, only 4 f...

Just like the NHL, I wasn’t around for the first few games to be able to talk about my picks. I’m going to have to make this short and sweet as i’m at work, just like the NHL one.

Just like the NHL picks, I will redo these every round.

Cavs over Pistons in 4

Pistons have shown nothing. They could have avoided this matchup with a late season win, but faltered and now they’ll pay the price. The years of the Spurs and Pistons are done.

 

Celts over Bulls in 7

The way the Bulls have been playing they remind me of the Hawks in th...

I was out of town in Montreal and I saw many hockey fans walking around in their jerseys. Great seen, great hockey town. I came back and had missed the first 2 days of the playoffs, but have caught up these past 2 days and man oh man am I glad. What great games! I don’t think the NBA is keeping up right now in the first round.

 

Here are my late picks, I will redo the picks every round, obviously these are a little late as I wasn’t able to make these earlier.

 

Boston over Montreal in 5 (Currently Boston leads 3-0)

Boston is unstoppable righ...

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So…this make it FIVE years in a row that Nadal has won on this clay court championship that is held in Monte Carlo each year and is one of the premier non-grandslam championship in the ATP Masters series.  It hasn’t come against easily opposition, Nadal beat Federer in each of the past three years in the Finals to win this title and just beat Novak Djokovic to win the 2009 title as well.

 

Most people that follow tennis understand that this is one of many ”lets get ready for the French Open” tournament that will be held in Paris from May 25-June 7.Â...

Yes…this article is about six weeks too early…and yes I am looking into the future…with Kevin Garnett possibly not playing in the entire playoffs and Orlando’s starting forwards (Hedo and Lewis) not at full strength the best chance for any East team to beat the Cavs will be the Hawks, they have the length to compete with Lebron and Joe Johnson should have have a field day against Delonte West.

 

Out West…the Lakers start off by playing the Jazz who are already with a hobbling Okur and Boozer isn’t at 100% yet…they have already taken c...

Wow. A few hours after pitching a great game, pitching prospect Nick Adenhart of the Angels passed away in a car accident. Luckily, the culprit was caught, but this is still a saddening story. An already ailing pitching staff for the Angels now lose a young and promising talent. Sadly, the kid was just 22.

 

He had a rough start to his 2008 season as a rookie. In 3 career starts he was 1-0 with a 9 era, only 4k’s and 13 walks, and a Whip of 2.58. Batters were hitting .360 against him. He did start out this year well though, facing Oakland on the night of the accident he...

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Unlike the NL East and NL Central, the West looks weak. This is going to be a pitcher...

Man oh man am I excited about this trade for the Chicago Bears. I must say i’ve been reading a lot about this trade already, opinions from all angles. I will have to just spit my input out in bullets, because it seems as though a lot has been covered already. Here is my take (yes i’ll be rambling, so i’m just going to try to keep each point short).

 

First of all, wow, thank you Jerry Angelo! You still suck, but at least you grew a pair for the first time in your tenure, it may save you job, at least in the eyes of Bears fans.

 

A lot of peopl...

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I took a look at the NL East last, now it’s time to take a look at a much weaker NL Central. Not quite as much parity in this division, but considering there are 6 teams, t...