Kobe Bryant scored 34 points, Pau Gasol added 11 points and 16 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers exploited a major size advantage in their fourth straight victory, 100-90 over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night.
What can we say about the second worst team in a brand new football league? Through the final weeks of the UFL season they were the most improved UFL team, and although they could only beat the hapless New York Sentinels in back to back weeks they gave the Florida Tuskers and the Las Vegas Locos all they could handle. It seems heir biggest problem was closing games out; this is a team that could play well for a half but never deliver the knock out blow to their opponents.
There are a few underclassmen WR prospects that are ready for the NFL. There also seems to be a few teams that are going to need a legitimate number one receiver, and one of them (Cleveland Browns) will have a very high draft pick.
Albert Pujols was unanimously voted National League MVP on Tuesday, becoming the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04. Pujols received all 32 first-place votes and 448 points in balloting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
New York's top court ruled Tuesday that the state can use eminent domain to force homeowners and businesses to sell their properties for a massive development in Brooklyn that includes a new arena for the New Jersey Nets.
Hundreds of students, alumni and Longhorn fans gathered on UT campus Monday night to put a hex on the Aggies in order to assure victory over A&M on Thursday night.
Rob Bironas kicked a 53-yard field goal with less than a minute remaining and the Tennessee Titans beat the Houston Texans 20-17 Monday night for their fourth straight victory after an 0-6 start.
Sure the Boston Red Sox made the post season, but in a town who has won two recent World Titles that simply is not good enough, and their exit at the hands of the Los Angeles Angels is one that is going to leave a sour taste in the mouth of Red Sox nation. Getting swept out of the first round of the playoffs tends to make a fan base sick, but this loss is one that seemed avoidable. Not once, not twice, but three times their, All Star Closer Jonathan Papplebon had two outs and two strikes on Angels' hitters and yet they all reached a base, and the Red Sox season came to an end. However at the very lest 2009 was a successful campaign for the Red Sox.
What can one say about a football team that doesn't win a single game? The first thing that we could say is that if it were not for the Detroit Lions 0-16 campaign last year that they were the worst professional football team ever, however it seems the Detroit Lions will retain that tile for a while. This winless campaign is more a league problem than an individual team problem, the UFL features two really good teams, and two pretty bad teams. While the California Redwoods where able to make numerous roster changes to help their cause, the Sentinels were unable to do just that , and suffered a long list of injuries.
This could be very bad news for the NFC East leading Dallas Cowboys. Yesterday QB Tony Romo injured his back in a game versus the Washington Redskins. He injured his back throwing himself into Redskins CB DeAngelo Hall who was running back a fumble. While the tackle likely saved a TD, he took a knee to the back, and was struggling visibly throughout the rest of the game.
There is a lot of ways to look at two 1-8 teams squaring off against one another. For the Detroit Lions there is a positive way, and a negative way to look at a 38-37 win over the Cleveland Browns. For today let us look at the positive side of things. In today's NFL a win is a win, and no matter how we look at it, or what we think about it the Lions won this game. However this victory is more significant because it could save the Lions some money in next year's draft. With their second win of the 2009 season they have effectively insured that they will not end up as the worst NFL team, and will not receive the overall number one draft pick in next year's draft.
Bryan Bickell scored his first goal of the season 1:12 into the third period, and Antii Niemi made 30 saves to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night.
