Casual Saturday

As I continued to postpone packing, I was flipping through the channels and I came across the CBS Sports channel who was replaying some of the early round games of this past NCAA basketball tournament.

The one I caught was Clemson Villanova. The perfect example of an awesome game that quickly goes forgotten amidst all the chaos of the first four days, arguably the most exciting in sports. Villanova, the 12 seed, won the game behind their chaotic zone, and a heroic performance by Scottie Reynolds, capping it off with a four point play in which he banked in a three after he got his defender in the air.

The officials were fairly bad, when they did choose to blow their whistles, but that wasn't so often, so the game had a nice flow to it. A few things did come up though that made me scratch my head.
1) Someone from Villanova managed to accomplish that illusive feat of wedging the ball between the rim and the backboard with a jumper. But somehow, that's a jump ball, which is stupid, that should obviously be the defensive team's ball.

And 2) A Villanova player cramped up after he went up for a dunk and was fouled. But the rules allow Villanova, not the opposing team like in the NBA, to pick someone to shoot the free throws. What a joke.

Oh, and 3) The one thing the NCAA did have on the NBA, at least in this game, was adequate room on the baselines between the game and the photographers. You could park a jumbo jet in the space that the cheerleaders and cameramen were apart from the court. How many times did KG or Paul Pierce go head over heels on top of some cameraman because they were too close to the floor, just like the soccer advertisements are too close to the pitch on the endlines, especially at like Fulham, Chelsea, Everton, etc..I get them all confused.

Kudos to Carlos Sastre. He earned it I guess. Le Tour is Bad ASS.

I also watched some of the replay of a Milan Classic, the game with Inter in which Dida was hit with that flare. He was kind of nonchalant before that, as all of this shit is raining down upon him, almost as if he was expecting to get hit, if you can watch the replay, check it out, bizarre. And I know its bad to stereotype, but those Inter fans are thugs at best. I mean good lord, how stupid and bad of losers can you be? I can see why all these Italians get killed with their riots, they have no sense of shame.

Gegegegegege, That's all folks, ne videm v praze

Lisa Leslie Dropped!

Wow. In case you missed it, there was a fight in the WNBA, and it was awesome. They have the video on ESPN. What is that guy doing putting his hands on the face of the WNBA. Shame on him. They're calling it a heated rivarly, and an extension of the Lakers Pistons, and all the bad blood, bad boys of the 80s. What a joke. Lambeer is a joke, he was a joke then, and a joke now.

The tour was pretty incredible today too. Highest road in Europe, they're just up there in the sky with nothing even around the road. Too bad Vandevelde lost a bunch of time today, but its been enjoyable none the less.

And to keep it with the transfer theme, there's definately still a few big moves to be made. As an Arsenal fan, I'd give anything to get David Villa, even though it isn't going to happen. Adebayor had a great season, yes, but I still don't really trust him, he's no Henry. Villa on the other hand would give Arsenal the consistent finishing they so desperately need. And someone who can take free kicks with their right foot, which they somehow currently lack.

Power outages at RFK? Pretty weak MLS.

Midweek Check-up

This move isn't really a surprise. Hleb is awesome, I think he's still in his prime. I was watching Sky Sports and they were trying to say that Arsenal was better off without him, citing some stupid statistic, and then downplaying his role as a creator by making it look like he didn't have that many assists. But I can remember countless times he's put Baptista, Adebayor, Eboue, Hoyte, etc. on a platter and they've squandered a chance. I hope he does well at Barca.

Ronaldinho looks fat. That's a crowded midfield in Milan. I can't envision Pirlo, Ronaldinho, and Kaka all on the same team, and Milan might not even be done signing people. We'll see what happens.

There's still tons of other speculation as to who will end up where. It really is wild how little control clubs have, and how anyone can be snatched out from under them, even if they are under contract, bizzare.

Bob, I can't get enough of those tour commentators, they are just right up my alley. I find the tour to be super relaxing too, it might be in my top 5 sporting events.

And the Hornets get Posey. Hollinger is bashing it right away, but is he not exactly the kind of player that the hornets need? Just a Bonzi upgrade in my mind, its too bad we couldn't have gotten him for this year's playoff run and won that damn game 7, and embarassed those soft and overrated lakers.

All's quiet on the riverlake front...

I think Nadal and Federer might be the two best tennis players ever. No one has dominated the sport like Federer, and for Nadal to just own him like he does already, at 22 years of age, or whatever he is, is remarkable. Nadal still has a lot to prove, and more majors to win, but we have to mention his name along with the greats already, merely for this ridiculous feat he accomplished this year. I don't see him slowing down at all. The only thing that might get him is that dairy queen swirl he does on his forehand. That has to be stressful on the elbow, but he is such a physical specimen, it probably doesn't hurt him at all.

You've gotta love Federer though, what a class act, always gracious, even in defeat.

If there was ever a time to pay attention to the MLS, this would have to be it. This is probably the slowest sports time of the year, and with a full month until the Olympics, there's nothing but baseball with some golf and tennis sprinkled in. So whether its the Rapids, Red Bulls, Galaxy, Revs, or United, go ahead and jump on your local team's bandwagon, you've got nothing to lose.

Check out these clips

If you've got 15 minutes check out a younger Zidane narrating through 8 of his favorite goals. I could watch him every day, it never gets old.


Better than Gerrard's

Dirty Bicycle

Best Counter attack Goal

Just skip to like 40 secs

Some strange, but sweet goals

What a routine from Khorkina

I saved the best for last