Archive for February, 2010
De Ja Vu: Rose, Deng Lead Bulls Over Trailblazers in OT
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 | Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, NBA, Portland Trailblazers, Sports, Utah Jazz | No Comments
For the 2nd game in a row, Derrick Rose and Luol Deng paved the way for a big Bulls win at the United Center. Rose scored 33 points – 12 in the 4th quarter – to get the Bulls into the extra period. Rose thought he had won the game with a driving layup as the horn sounded to end the 4th quarter, but the ball rimmed out. The Trailblazers held Rose scoreless in OT, but Deng chipped in 7 of his 23 points in the extra frame and the Bulls were able to pull away for a 115-111 overtime victory over one of the better teams in the NBA. Joakim Noah also had one of his better games since dealing with a severe foot injury – he scored 8 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in 27 minutes.
The Bulls are now 31-27 overall with a stellar 19-9 home record at the United Center. The Bulls are in Indiana tonight to take on the Pacers, before returning home to play the next 4 games in the United Center against the Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz.
Team USA Crushes Finland, Advances to Gold Medal Game
Friday, February 26th, 2010 | Olympics Vancouver, Sports, Vancouver Olympics, Winter Olympics | No Comments
Team USA came out firing on all cylinders in today’s Semifinals match-up (a 6-1 drubbing) against Finland. Team USA scored 4 goals off of Finland Goalie Miikka Kiprusoff and took a commanding 6-0 lead after just 20 minutes of play. USA Goalie Ryan Miller put forth another solid effort – stopping all 18 shots he faced through the 1st 2 periods and 9 minutes of the 3rd period. Back-up goalie Tim Thomas replaced him in his 1st 2010 Olympics action and gave up 1 goal on a deflection with just over 5 minutes left in the game. Team USA will face the winner of the Slovakia-Canada Semifinal game to be played tonight.
Team USA goals came from Ryan Malone, Zach Parise, Erik Johnson, Patrick Kane (2) and Paul Stastny.
Team USA defeated Canada 5-3 in a hard-fought game this past Sunday which brought an end to the preliminary round of Olympics hockey. It was a major upset and a rematch would be one of the most highly-anticipated Olympics-hockey game in recent history…
Rose, Deng Lead Bulls Past Pacers 120-110
Thursday, February 25th, 2010 | Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers, NBA, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Sports | 1 Comment
The Chicago Bulls kept up their fast start after the NBA All-Star Break with an easy 120-110 win over the Indiana Pacers at the United Center in Chicago. Luol Deng led the way for the Bulls with 31 points and 9 rebounds. He also blocked 4 shots on the defensive end. Derrick Rose just missed a triple-double with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists. Taj Gibson also turned in another solid effort with a double-double – 14 points and 11 rebounds (including 7 offensive boards).
Granted the Bulls 5 of 6 streak out of the gate is somewhat expected – they beat the Knicks twice, the Timberwolves, the 76ers and the Pacers. But in the NBA, you play your schedule and you have to win these games. The Bulls are now 3 games over .500 at 30-27. They have a lock on the 6th seed in the Eastern Conference with a 1.5 games lead over each of the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks. The Charlotte Bobcats are the only other team in the hunt for the 8th seed in the East (2.5 games behind the Bulls), so the Bulls are in a good position to qualify for the post-season for the 2nd year in a row.
Team USA Hockey Beats Switzerland 2-0 to Reach “Final Four”
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | Olympics Vancouver, Sports, Vancouver Olympics, Winter Olympics | No Comments
Team USA became the 1st team to reach the men’s hockey semi-finals with a tough 2-0 win over the Swiss. After 2 scoreless periods, Zach Parise gave Team USA the 1-0 lead with a power play goal just minutes into the 3rd period. Parise also scored the clinching goal with an empty-netter with just seconds left in the game.
Team USA Goalie Ryan Miller was stellar again in net – stopping all 19 Swiss shots – and helped the team win its 4th straight Olympics hockey game. But the real story was Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller (of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks) who stopped all but 1 of Team USA’s 44 shots on goal. Hiller fought off all of the USA pressure and put forth one of the best goaltending performances in Olympics history.
Team USA will face the winner of the Czech Republic – Finland quarterfinal match-up later tonight. The winners of the Russia-Canada and Slovakia-Sweden quarterfinal games will square off in the other semifinal game on Friday. How great would it be to see a Team USA – Team Canada Gold Medal Game on Sunday afternoon?!
Medal update Wednesday
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | General | No Comments
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United States | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | |
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Germany | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 | |
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Norway | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |
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Russia | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
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Canada | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
Olympic Medal update Tuesday
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 | Vancouver Olympics | No Comments
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United States | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |
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Germany | 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 | |
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Norway | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
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Russia | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
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Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
Reason # 56985669 why athletes are dumb
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 | Crazy Athletes | No Comments
Marquis Daniels who plays for the Celtics went out and got himself a little birthday gift. A jeweled headpiece created in Daniels’ image and by the looks of it this could be the new bling that every dumb celb and athlete will have to have. The headpiece has three pounds of 14-karat gold, white and gold cognac diamonds and like-like eyes. No one knows the price of this gift, but we do know Daniels will make about $2 million this year with Boston. Looks like he knows how to invest his money, I know I won’t feel bad for this guy in a few years when he is broke.
Diamond Head Made by Jason of Beverly Hills from vKofJBH on Vimeo.
Olympic medal count update
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 | Olympics Vancouver | No Comments
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United States | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 | |
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Germany | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |
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Norway | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
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South Korea | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
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Canada | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival back to Chicago
Saturday, February 20th, 2010 | Crossroads | No Comments
Eric Clapton’s third Crossroad Fest is coming back in 2010 and will be held just out side of Chicago. The rest started in 2004 in Dallas and was a sold-out mega show. In 2007 Clapton brought the fest to Chicago with 20 of the worlds greatest guitarists to play on one stage for one day. This day long show is to raise money for Clapton’s Crossroads Centre in Antigua, which provides treatment and education to chemically dependent persons.
2010 looks to be his biggest year yet with a lot of mega stars scheduled to play, like Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, BB King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, and many more. With a line up like this we are sure this is a show true Clapton fans will not miss out on.
Olympic Medal Count
Saturday, February 20th, 2010 | General | No Comments
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United States | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |
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Germany | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
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Norway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
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Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
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France | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
