"KRYPTO-NATE"

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Motown Blues

 

With the Detroit Pistons slipping out of playoff contention can the city of Detroit afford to have them rebuilding? Detroit is one of the most affected cities by the current recession and all that helps sometimes is sports. However, when you live in Detroit even being a fan brings you misery! The Detroit Lions were the first team in NFL history to go 0-16. The Tigers are coming off a disappointing season in which they were last in the Central Division. The Pistons are currently in 6th in the playoff standings but are only .500 and have lost 6 in a row. Detroit has not lost 32 games since 2002-2003 season and are having one of their most disappointing years considering the East in not strong in the middle of the pack. The only life support for the dying city is the Red Wings but it's hockey, it's like having your life in the hands of amateurs, hockey is not consistent and does not have enough fans nationwide. Sports and Entertainment are usually what help families through an economic depression but I think it's safe to say that Detroit is an exception!

EYE ON THE PRIZE!!!

If this isn't one of the weirdest injuries that can possible sideline you for the rest of the season and cost your team the chance in making the playoffs, then I don't know what is! Amare should have stopped complaining about his situation in Phoenix and instead should have continued wearing his protective glasses. I guess the Phoenix Sun's have completely lost "sight" of a championship run!

Forgiving A-Rod?

After years of deniel, A-Rod finally confesses to using performance enhancing drugs, but the debate will continue forever. Can an athlete make the Hall of Fame even after admitting to using performance enhancing drugs? Even if he tests negative for the rest of his career should his stats be voided during the period he was on PEDs. What do you think?

College Basketball Bracketology

During this college basketball season the top teams have truly been inconsistent. There was a period when a team cannot stay ranked number one for more than a week. There was four different number ones in four different weeks. The only consistent team seems to be UConn right now (how long though with the lose of their second leading scorer, Jerome Dyson). Oklahoma and North Carolina both look strong and one of them may end up at ranked number one and the top seed at the end of the season. Then there is the second class of teams (Duke, Pittsburgh, Louisville, and Wake Forest) that should be winning more consistently but have not found an identity. The tournament selection committee is going to have their hands this season. The Big East is by far the toughest conference in the nation and the top teams have affected each others national ranking. Pittsburgh's only two loses have come to Big East teams and are still ranked fourth in the nation. Five out of Syracuses' loses have come to Big East teams, they would easily be ranked higher than lets say Memphis (8 AP), who they actually beat. The ACC has five teams in the top 25 but the only real threat is North Carolina. Duke lives and dies by the three and are not physical enough to hang in there with some teams. Wake Forest well after being number one have lost four out of their last six. College basketball is truly about runs and hot streaks. This year's March Madness is truly going to be an exciting one to watch.

Final Four Prediction (UConn, North Carolina, Louisville, Pittsburgh)

Touchdown???

I will let you be the judge, remember these are still photos and at some point he may have come down on the ground. By looking at the video even at different angles and in slow motion it still would not show a clearer shot. Just a controversial touchdown that may have changed the whole outcome!

Kobe Bryant's MSG Performance

Last night Kobe Bryant took his comparison to Michael Jordan a step further by torching the Knicks, like Jordan use to at "The Garden," with 61 points. With the injury to Andrew Bynum, Kobe figured he needed to take more shoots and create more offense for the team. He was making shoots from everywhere (mostly the free throw line), if he wanted to he could have easily taken more shoots and probably would've dropped 70-80 points on the Knicks. Jackson said, "Nights that Kobe's on fire, he burns hot." Just like the bright lights of New York City that tend to bring the best out of most opponents. MSG has always been a stomping ground for the greatest basketball player of all time, Jordan which seemed to elevate his game every time he showed up to "The Garden." Kobe is loved and hated by fans and teams like Michael Jordan was. The chants of "MVP" could be heard through out the arena, the excitement and cheers that filled the arena were somewhat reminiscent of Jordan. He brings crowds to their feet in every arena. This season only one player has excited the crowd even more and that is LeBron James. Just when LeBron seems to be surpassing Kobe as the best player in the game today, Kobe steals the headlines and reinforces thoughts of his dominance in the game today.

-LeBron James will be playing in the garden tomorrow, February 4th, 2009. Can we expect a better performance?