Pens go early.

It is the day after the hard fought Game 7 by our Pittsburgh Penguins.  Although I am very sad to see them go, I am proud with what we have done without Crosby or Malkin.  That is a huge blow to take in the middle of the season and the Penguins handled it better than expected.  We will be back next year and I cannot wait to see Crosby and Neal play together.  Congrats to the Lightning and I hope you or the Sharks win the cup.

MLB Concussions

Yesterday Milwaukee Brewer's Erick Almonte became the first MLB player to be put on the 7-Day Disabled List.  This special 7-day DL was set up for anyone who suffers a concussion at any point.  Unfortunately for Almonte, his came during batting practice where he got hit in the head with a ball that was thrown to third.  After spending a few minutes on the field, he finally got up and walked to the club house.  I think this is a great time to show that the 7-day DL was a great idea.  With concussions becoming a huge deal in all sports, this is a great way for the MLB to show that they have this situation under control.  According to reports, everything is going planned with Almonte and he is scheduled to return to the field in 5-7 days.

NFL Season looks Bright

As the mediation talks continue, a 2011-2012 NFL season is pretty much good to go.  Right now, they agreed to stay with 4 preseason games and 16 regular ones to keep with tradition.  Talks are still continuing as we speak and progress is being made everyday.  This is a good and almost clear sign we will see football in 2011 and there are millions of fans who can finally breathe a sigh of relief.  Nothing too drastic has come from these meetings just yet, but some of the major issues still need to be discussed.  We just have to sit back and enjoy the fireworks now because we will have a 2011-2012 NFL season next year.

NBA Playoffs Have Started.

In the midst of the MLB opening day a few weeks ago and NHL playoffs starting up, the NBA playoffs are right here as well.  It has been a crazy weekend of upsets and close calls.  It started with the top seed in the East, Chicago, almost losing to the Indiana Pacers on Saturday.  Luckily Rose and company found a way to pull it out and get the win.  Also in the East and close calls, we saw the Boston Celtics almost blow it against the New York Knicks.  As far as upsets, we saw the Lakers and Spurs both lose their opening games and this may be a vision for something we will see in the future.  I am excited for the rest of these games and it should shape up to be a very exciting and interesting 2011 NBA Playoffs.

NFL Talks Continue.

As we come more than a month into this lockout in the NFL, the mediation talks continue between the sides.  It is said that they talked for a good 9 hours, but no one knows how far they really  got in the talks because they have all sworn to keep the talks secret.  We still here the same things we have been hearing for months now, "There will be no lockout come fall" or "You will see football next season".  However, who really knows what is true and what is a complete lie.  I don't know if they are doing this so the press won't go crazy, but I think that should be the least of their problems because at some point the media and ourselves all will know whether or not there will be a season next year.  Let's all hope they can pull through on this one.

NHL Playoffs are here.

As this past Sunday ended, the NHL saw many teams scramble for spots for the playoffs.  Chicago just barely made it thanks to the Dallas Stars.  In the East it is wide open as to who can win honestly.  You have Washington who is playing some of their best hockey of the year.  There's Boston who can always pose as a threat no matter who they are playing.  And the rest of teams like Philly, Pittsburgh, and Montreal all have a great chance to go far this year.  In the West, look for Vancouver to continue their dominance as they look to capture the Cup.  I am excited for this year.  It will be exciting and entertaining and I cannot wait for all of this to start!!!

Woods staying strong.

As the Master's continues into Saturday Tiger Woods is finally looking like a contender.  Going into this round he is tied for 3rd and is looking to make a push to catch present-leader Rory McIlroy.  I don't know about anyone else, but I beg that Tiger can win so we can stop hearing about how he has fallen off the deep end.  I feel that is he can finish anywhere from 3rd and up then it will take a good amount of pressure off of him and we will begin to see the old Tiger come back.  After this everyone will forget about the worst year in Tiger's life and will be right back on the Tiger Wood's bandwagon.

This is the end.

It is that time of month where baseball begins to pick up and March Madness slowly comes to a close.  In arguably the best March Madness ever we saw many outrageous outcomes and crazy plays to fill a month's worth of ESPN's Top 10 plays.  As Monday night comes around we will see the Butler Bulldogs and the UConn Huskies square off in the final game of the season.  I expect nothing less than amazing tonight and plan to enjoy my last 40 minutes (or more) of this year's Men's college basketball season.  Finally, I would just like to recognize all brackets that were lost over the last month, may you rest in peace.

Going Down for Bonds.

As the Barry Bonds trial continues to pick up this week, the trial took a turn for the worse for Bonds.  Kathy Hoskins, Bonds's personal shopper came out with groundbreaking information about the former baseball star.  She is the first one close to Bonds to come out and state that she has seen him injected with illegal substances.  This is huge because this could break this case open and we may see a verdict.  However, do not be surprised if this information does not end this because knowing how all of these cases have been going we still have PLENTY of time to obtain the final verdict.