Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Tennessee, Sean Salisbury, etc.

  • Tennessee goes down 1 day after being anointed #1....I think alot of people saw this coming....it had all the makings: On the road in conference, feisty opponent, crazy home-court advantage (weirdness of layout at vandy not withstanding), letdown game, etc......In case noone knew, Shan Foster is really, really good at Vandy....more love for him please.....For those of you that may know, I'm the total opposite of a Chris Lofton fan, but he played huge for Tennessee, keeping them in the game until the end....not an earth-shattering loss for the Vols who are still in line for a #1 seed if they win the SEC, but news-worthy nonetheless....
  • I've read a couple things citing conspiracy theories on Yao being out for the year with the stress fracture....not really believable to me....but they cite the Beijing Olympics, and outside pressures from China as reasons to have him sat down now to be ready for the Olympics, as well as David Stern's possible approval of this b/c of China's importance to the financial model of the league.....it's not totally concocted, but I still don't believe it....either way, get well soon Yao
  • NBA Recap: In related news, the Rockets came out swinging and blasted Washington (w/o Butler and Arenas) without Yao last night....nice W...13 straight and counting...Lakers win again..9 straight....Mo Williams explodes for 37...very underrated player....
  • Sean Salisbury leaving ESPN.....Most people wouldn't care about this...but I am obviously a supporter of the Worldwide Leader (out of necessity really) and always found Salisbury pretty refreshing b/c he'd just say whatever he wanted to say, period.....Sometimes outlandish with his comments he'd spit the truth as he saw it.....Good luck to him in the future and I hope Cris Carter tears it up as his replacement......Until later.....

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