Significant Injuries -
Purdue's Robbie Hummel is out for the season... sadly, that's the end of Purdue as a Final Four Contender.
Cleveland's Shaquille O'Neal has a "significant" thumb injury. I have no idea what that means, but what I do know, is that the Cavs will now be using their PFs at center until he comes back.
NBA Games -
I've slacked off on this...
From two weeks ago:
The Lakers beat down the Jazz on 2/10... w/o Kobe!; The Cavs beat the Magic on 2/11 behind great defense and a ridiculous 20 pts from Hickson and 16 from Varejao; OkCity beat up on Dallas on 2/16, but Dallas hadn't fully integrated Caron Butler or Haywood;
From last week:
Denver beat the Cavs in OT on 2/18, as the Cavs shot 57% from... the FT line!; Boston beat the Lakers on 2/18 in a defensive slugfest, despite being outrebounded, as Ray Allen got hot; Dallas beat Orlando on 2/19 as Haywood posted a +20 and Howard a -7; Orlando beat the Cavs on 2/21 in a close game, though the Cavs were still figuring out how to use Jamison but certainly could not contain Dwight Howard (and looked like they missed Z in this matchup); Denver beat Boston on 2/21 behind 19 pts off the bench by JR Smith; Dallas beat the Lakers on 2/24 as they outrebounded the Lakers and Jason Terry and Jason Kidd hit just enough 3-pointers; Cleveland beat Boston on 2/25 as Boston was in control... until the 4th quarter when Mo Williams caught fire.
Olympic Hockey
Apparently, NBC's Mike Milbury said the Russians (who lost 7-3 to Canada), played like "Eurotrash." Yeah... that could cause problems.
I think even more shocking than Russia's exit... was defending champion Sweden lost in the quarterfinals to... Slovakia? Who is on this team? Apparently, Miroslav Satan, Marian Gaborik, Pavol Demitra, Marian Hossa, Ziggy Palffy. What's even more amazing? Peter Forsberg played for Sweden and even made it into the box score!
Women's Olympic Hockey
I'd encourage everyone to check out this link to a slideshow of the Canadian women's team celebrating their gold medal victory... on ICE! Yes, they smoked cigars, drank Molson Canadian, and rode the Zamboni long after the fans had departed... but before the media had departed! Nice!
Curling
Honestly, I'm really annoyed at how the videos of the Olympics aren't on youtube or any other normal place. So, instead, I'm showing this thrilling video of curling. Enjoy!
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Cavs will have to make small ball work now. Thank goodness they didn't trade JJ.
I can only assume Russia will invade Canada over that that beat down
Mike Milbury called the Russians Eurotrash? Peter the Great, Czar of Russia in the 1700's would be so happy that his life's mission to move Russia into the European fold worked!
When I think of Russia, I definitely don't think of Eurotrash. I think of heavyset women in furry Russian hats, cold winters, vodka and body odor. Well, I guess that last one resembles the worst of European qualities...
I just want to take a moment to say how much I HATE Rojan Rondo. In watching last night's Cavs/Celtics game, I was shocked how much the announcers were drooling over Rondo. They made it sound like he was more impressive than Lebron. And what's so impressive about him. His 24% 3-pt shooting?? His 59% free throw shooting? The fact that he looks like a cross between Golem and an oompa-loompa?
I think he is the most overrated player in basketball, and I want someone to fart in his cheerio's. plus, he went to kentucky, so he sucks even more.
I nominate him for the latest Go-Fuck-Yourself Award
Update - I put in an extra link to the Canadian women's team gold medal celebration that includes cigars, Molson Canadian beer, and zambonis. Apparently, partying like rockstars in public is not the best public relations move.
@Laz - Don't let his poor shooting percentages fool you, Rajon Rondo is both (1) good and (2) absolutely not the most overrated player in basketball.
1) MJ - your comments about russia made me laugh. it's a good thing you dont' work for NBC
2) Laz, I used to hate Rondo with all of my energy when he was on Kentucky and kept believeing he would be a bust throughout his rookie year. However, despite the fact that he shoots poorly from free throws and 3-poitners he is a good player who uses his speed to create all sorts of problems for teams.
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