Last week in the NFL I got off to an amazing start, picking both the Steelers and Packers on Saturday. It looked like a perfect week after the Bears beat the Seahawks, but in the final game of the week the Jets defeated the top ranked Patriots to leave me at 3-1 for the week. It’s fine, the Jets deserved the win based on the play of the cornerbacks and the amazing catch by Holmes. This week I hope to improve on my 5-3 overall record thus far in the playoffs. Once we get this far in the playoffs every game is must see TV.
This year the NHL is introducing a new all-star format where a captain and two assistant captains draft of all of the players for their team in a “school yard draft”. Some of the possible captains include Sidney Crosby, Nicklas Lidstrom, Zdeno Chara, Eric Staal, Rick Nash, Alexander Ovechkin, Jarome Iginla, or Jonathan Toews.
As everyone knows, superstar forward LeBron James moved from Cleveland to Miami last off season in “the decision”. People speculated that the Miami Heat would become the league’s elite team, but people didn’t think that the Cavaliers would drop from top in the East straight to the basement.
As most teams have hit the half way point in the 2010-2011 NHL season at 41 games, we see which players have stood out as the early candidates for the NHL awards. Check it out.
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf has been a great contributor to the Leafs' dismal 14-19-4 record which puts the team 4th last in the league. This season the current Leafs captain has given Leafs fans very little to cheer about. Phaneuf has been a liability offensively, defensively, and a letdown physically.
Why is it that some NHL games are worth 2 points and others are worth 3 points? Why does the losing team team get an automatic point for making the game more exciting and going to overtime?
Just a few short years ago the New York Knicks seemed like they could do nothing right, going through disgruntled player after disgruntled player. The Knicks haven’t had a winning team since the days of Starbury! Now, not only are the Knicks an impressive 16-9 at 6th in the Eastern Conference, they are currently on an 8 game winning streak.
Last week UFC commissioner, Dana White, made a claim that fighter Georges St-Pierre is the most famous athlete to ever come out of Canada. This statement instantly raised the question, what about Wayne Gretzky?
