Random News Shit: SportsCenter Edition

1) Federer Outlasts Roddick; Wins 15th Major
What a great match! ...Damn shame I had to leave for work DURING (what turned out to be) the beginning parts of the 5th set. What a 5th set it was too! The final scored ended up being 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14. The match passed the 3 hour mark by a mile!

Anyway, this is Roger Federer's 15th Grand Slam title and 6th win at Wimbledon. I really wanted Andy Roddick to win though. I didn't think he would push Federer this much, but is that an indictment on how good Roddick is or how human Federer has become??

2) McNair's Death Ruled A Homocide
Okay, so now we know Steve was shot 4 times (twice in the head, twice in the chest) and the woman found next to his was shot in the side of the head. I may be being naive, but sounds like she killed him and then killed herself.

Also, turns out that she was his girlfriend. The problem?? McNair was married with kids! Don't get me wrong, I still feel bad that he died, but its HARD to not lose a little respect for him for cheating on his wife in the first place. Even if you are seperated, you are still married. Period.

On another note, how bad do you feel for the wife?? Especially if you didn't know about the other woman. She must be torn up on the inside.

3) 'Sheed Commits To Celtics
I like this move! The Celtics are clearly trying to a one-year push at another title and I like the direction they're headed in.

I'm hearing the C's are also trying to lure Grant Hill away from the Suns to make the 90's Draft All-Star team complete lol.

4) Tiger Wins AT&T National
I hope Tiger's 2009 trend of winning the last tourament before the major championship doesn't continue with the British Open on the horizon in a couple of weeks on ABC.

5) Pujols Leads All-Star Game Voting
You can click the link to find out who else made the team, if you're interested. I never watch the game, but I can't wait for the Home Run Derby though.

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Random News Shit: NBA Free Agency Edition Pt. II

1) Artest Plans To Sign With Lakers; Ariza Plans To Sign With Rockets
In all the time I've been a fan of the NBA, I don't think I'd ever heard of a situation like this where two players swap teams on the same day and are not involved in a trade. Free agents can't officially sign with a team until July 8th, but Ron Artest's deal will be 3 years and worth about $18 million while Trevor Ariza's will be... exactly the same thing! This is getting freaky lol.

Anyway, though Ron Artest has the bigger name, I'm not sure who got that better of this arrangement?? I mean both Artest and Ariza are great defenders who are capable of knocking down threes when needed. The only difference is that Ariza won't be getting all those open looks like he did when he played with Kobe.

How about the Lakers now though?? Kobe, Pau, Odom, and Artest?? If they can get some better play out of Jordan Farmar I think you can pretty much pen L.A. in as the favorites to be the champs again next season. And just in case you were wondering, yes my "09 Ariza = 08 Posey, 09 Lakers = 08 Celtics" theory from yesterday has officially been tossed in the trash can. Had to be done.

2) Shaq Introduced In Cleveland
Shaq said that he wants to "win a ring for the King" in his introductory press conference. I'm not so sure how that's gonna go with Ron Artest now a Laker, but it should get interesting. The Magic really let the LeBrons off the hook by most likely letting Hedo walk in exchange for Vince Carter, but who knows.

Oh yeah, Shaq also made an appearance on PTI today and Michael Wilbon offered some new Cleveland nicknames and the one Shaq liked the best was "The Big Witness Protection." I must say, I really like that one too and I think its all but settled at this point.

3) Riley Contacts Iverson About Joining Heat??
Now this is according to "insiders" so don't take it as fact, but if there's any truth to it Pat Riley is on one. Don't get me wrong, I love Allen Iverson, but he isn't what the Heat need at all. The Heat don't need another scoring guard, they need some consistent big men. Plus, where is he gonna play?? Are they gonna stunt Mario Chalmers' growth and put him on the bench?? You KNOW Iverson isn't coming off the bench. This is just a bad idea if you ask me. I'd much rather hear about the Heat trying to pursue Iverson's team mate last year Rasheed Wallace. Speaking of 'Sheed...

4) Celtics Bring Out Big Guns To Woo Wallace
"Celtics managing partner Wyc Grousbeck, team president Danny Ainge, coach Doc Rivers and All-Stars Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, all met with Wallace for three hours in Detroit"

Damn! The Heat need to do the same thing, but instead of coaches and team execs they should bring along the Miami Caliente. If you don't know who the Miami Caliente's are, they're Miami's team in the Lingerie Football League! More on them later, but I think that would definitely do the trick.

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