Lakers fall to the Hornets

Sunday the Lakers were beat by the Hornets in the first game of the playoffs. Can the Hornets pull an upset and win the series? I say no. The Hornets shot 51% from the field and I do not see that happening again. The Lakers played pretty well but its hard to win when your oppenents are making most their shots. Kobe and Phil Jackson will not let the Lakers fall early they will go pretty far in the playoffs.

Kemba Walker

UConn Guard Kemba Walker has probably played his last game as a Husky. Sources say that Walker not coming back for his senior year and he is going pro. I think that this is a great decision for Kemba. He had a spectacular season and winning the championship was the icing on the cake. Right now he is pretty much a guaranteed first round pick. If he stays at UConn, he runs the risk of getting hurt or playing poorly which will affect what round he goes in. I think he made the right choice and hopefully he plays this well in the pros.

Point Shaving

Recently 10 people from the University of San Diego Mens Basketball team are being charged with running a sports betting business to affect the outcome of games. This to me outstanding. I can't believe that the players would actually try to influence a game for a bet. They are playing the game for the wrong reason and they shouldn't play again. Sports should not be like this and I hope that all those people get the punishment that they deserve.

Tigers Return

The Masters last weekend was a great event to watch. It was good to see a lot of unexpected people be at the top of the leader-board but I was happy to see Tiger Woods fighting for the lead. He has been playing terrible and this tournament turned it around for him. Even though Tiger was up at the top, I think that he still struggled a lot and mostly it was with his putting. He could not make a putt to save his life and that drove me insane. Other than the putting, I think that he was striking the ball nicely and was playing smart golf. I think that Tiger is starting his comeback and hopefully we will see him winning more tournaments.

Jolly gets busted again

Defensive lineman Johnny Jolly of the Green Bay Packers was arrested on another drug charge. He was pulled over and cops found 600 grams of codeine and a bottle of an unidentified substance with intent to sell them. He was also driving the car under a suspended license. Jolly was arrested in 2008 for having 200 grams of codeine and he got off very easy. He was given another chance and he messes it up by doing the same mistake. There is no way he needs the money that bad. I feel like the courts are not going to take it easy on him this time and he could be facing a good amount of jail time.

VCU

VCU is definitely the Cinderella team in this tournament and no one has expected them to go this. I surely didn't and I know a lot people are upset because this team messed up a lot of peoples brackets. Anyways, VCU is playing very good basketball and they are now in the Final Four. I always root for the underdog and VCU is by far the underdog in this situation. VCU was on the bubble on getting in the tournament and they did not expect to be in it but now they are stunning the sports nation. All we can do now is wait and see if they can keep going and possibly win the tournament.

Jim Tressel

Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel is getting in trouble for knowing that his players were taking improper benefits. Tressel was aware of these actions for at least 9 months and he is now being suspended due to these actions. The players who took improper benefits were given a 5 game suspension and Tressel told the NCAA that he wants the same punishment as his players. That shows me that Tressel is taking responsibility for his own actions and is showing good leadership by requesting the same punishment. Tressel broke the rules and he was getting a lot of controvery over it but I think that by him taking responsibility and taking the same punishment, he will finally earn respect back from the public and the fans.