It’s been a week and change since the Spurs last played a game, so when they take the court tonight in Miami in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, it’s easy to forget just how dominant San Antonio has been since the 82-game exhibition season ended way back in the middle of April.
LeBron James is back to his default setting, returning to what worked in high school and AAU basketball, and how it was done when the Cleveland Cavaliers consisted of just him and a bunch of cadavers.
This is an important series between the Nationals and Braves this weekend and the Nationals struck first taking game 1 – thought it may have cost them ace Stephen Strasburg.
It’s June – never too early to talk about the NFL and what could play out when the season starts in September. Offseason workouts have begun and things are starting to take shape including the oddmakers’ views of who should thrive and who could tumble this upcoming season.
The FedEx Cup point race keeps chugging along and although we haven’t seen a ton of change at the top, we have begun to notice the obvious paths that each individual golfer has taken in order to win the most lucrative prize on the PGA TOUR.
The second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs typically offers the least intrigue, but things are about to pick up on the ice as the final four playoff teams battle for a spot in the Stanley Cup Final. The four remaining teams represent the last four Stanley Cup champions, so we know each side possesses a winning pedigree.
Two teams coming off exhausting seven game semi-final series meet in the Western Conference Final that starts Saturday in Chicago. It isn’t much of a surprise that both the Kings and Hawks are in this position – each has won a Cup in the last four years and each has the quintessential formula for success in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Is the National League Central the best division in baseball? Well it is the only one with three teams with 34 or more victories heading into June. Two of those are locked up here as the Red and Pirates are tied for second behind the Cardinals after the Reds won the series opener Friday night.
A very deep field heads to Ohio this week to play the 2013 Memorial Tournament at the revamped Muirfield Village Golf Club. As always, hitting the fairways shouldn’t be much of an issue but hitting the green and an emphasis on a good second shot is. Muirfield Village ranked seventh-lowest in greens hit in 2012 at 58.05 percent.
The Indians are struggling losing 4 straight games and they now are 2.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central.
This Sprint Cup series rolls into Dover, Delaware this week for the running of the FedEx 400 at the Monster Mile of Dover International Speedway. Sunday race is set to get underway at 1 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on FOX.
The countdown is on to the start of a new season in the NFL as all 32 teams are busy preparing for a Super Bowl run. Some team’s chances are obviously much better than others so here is a looking at the top third of the list according to odds provided by Bovada.
The Los Angeles Kings are right where they want to be – at home hosting Game 7 against the San Jose Sharks in a building that they have won all three games in their semi-finals series and have won 13 straight games overall dating back to the regular season. The Kings were also 7-0 last year in the playoffs during their Stanley Cup run.
The A’s are one of the hottest teams in baseball, as they have won 4 straight and 9 of their last 10 games.
The Indians are struggling losing 4 straight games and they now are 2.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central.
The Heat regained home court advantage in this series with their Game 3 blowout win in Indiana where they almost played a perfect first half scoring 70 points.
