Tuesday night all eyes will be on the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics as they write another chapter to their storied rivalry. Game 6 could provide all the drama that has made this rivalry great over the years. The Celtics own a 3-2 lead heading in to the Staples Center in LA and need just one more win to capture championship number 18 in franchise history. I know one thing...Kobe won't go quietly.
All the hype surrounding the Big 12, PAC 10 and thoughts of a super conference turned out to be just a waste of water cooler talk. Their going...their staying...their going...their staying. Really? That is the reason I have always and will always prefer pro sports over collegiate athletics. Empty talk and media leverage all in the name of making more money for the university, while the athlete's continue to play for free. And I thought the BCS system was bad!
The New Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies will square off in inter-league play this week. Last time these two power houses met was the 2009 World Series won in 6 games by the lovable Yanks. Talk about two teams heading in opposite directions. The Yankees are playing great baseball despite enduring injuries all season long including their most recent loss of Alex Rodriguez. The Phillies are just hoping to score some runs with an offense that is in complete disarray. Despite the disparity in their current play, this series should provide some fireworks. After all CC Sabbathia and Roy Halladay take the mound opposite each other in game 1. Now that is star power.
OK back to basketball for a second. Can we all stop trying to compare Kobe Bryant to Micheal Jordan now. Even if Kobe leads his team to wins in game 6 and 7 and title number 17, his legacy has already been cemented. Kobe has already lost two finals series. MJ was 6-0 in finals play. Kobe has quit and given up in games and series in the past. Think Phoenix Suns several years back and as recent as 2008 against the Boston Celtics. Jordan never showed a quit or die attitude...ever. Jordan willed himself and anyone who played with him to win. Kobe has been shut down in huge spots before. Against the Detroit Pistons in the finals years back and against the Boston Celtics in 2008 and even in game 2 of this years series. You simply could not even slow 23. Stop it. It is not fair to Kobe and it is not equally fair to Lebron James. Asking for any of these guys to be as great as Jordan is like asking someone in baseball to be better than Babe Ruth. Not Happening.
And finally to the NFL and specifically to Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young, who became the latest athlete to get in trouble with the law. Did he not learn from the Ben Roethlisbereger debacle? Your a freaking starting QB for an NFL franchise. First off you don't go to clubs. Secondly, you don't get in to physical altercations in clubs you shouldn't be in to begin with. And finally, you don't loose your head over verbal taunts and get in to physical altercations in clubs you shouldn't be in to begin with. Clear enough for you? If you cannot handle the heckling you get in public, how do you expect to handle the pressure of becoming a top tier player in a league where on field taunts are the norm? Get it together and use better judgment or you will find yourself on the wrong end of an ESPN 30 for 30 film about how you lost it all because you could not practice self control.
By Ephraim Vega
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