He's only 24 but he's had a string of injuries and concussions. Though he didn't mention health issues as the reason he's quitting football, more players are showing concern about long-term, multiple concussion effects.
Watch for more top players to retire sooner rather than later. The game of football is changing.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Basketball
The Celtics are discovering the same thing that OKC is discovering, even at their best they might not be good enough.
Rondo had 44 points for Boston last nights, but the Celtics still lost in O.T. They are now in a 0-2 hole that's going to tough to dig out from.
The next two are at Boston, but sometimes home court doesn't mean much. This could be one of those times. Still rooting for Boston, but expecting the Heat to sweep.
Rondo had 44 points for Boston last nights, but the Celtics still lost in O.T. They are now in a 0-2 hole that's going to tough to dig out from.
The next two are at Boston, but sometimes home court doesn't mean much. This could be one of those times. Still rooting for Boston, but expecting the Heat to sweep.
Twins Sweep A's
Minnesota hasn't swept a series at home since last June.
Former A, Josh Willingham, had another tremendous blast yesterday, giving him his 10th HR of the season. He also had three of the four Twin RBI. I'm glad he's on OUR side now.
Burnett and Gray pitched three innings of scoreless relief.
The biggest deal? Liriano returned to the starting rotation and pitched 6 shutout innings, adding 9 K's to his resume in the process. Now Oakland isn't known to be a hitter's ball club, but it was still nice to see Liriano respond since he's got a starting role again. I'm not overly optimistic at this point.( He pitched a no-hitter last year and he really hasn't done much of anything since.) Yesterday was a first step.
We're all still waiting for consistency.
Even with all that being said, Tim Lincecum, the San Francisco Giant who is considered one of the absolute best pitchers in baseball, is having an awful season so far, too. Maybe it's just a matter of time before BOTH return to form. I'm including his stats for comparison.
Former A, Josh Willingham, had another tremendous blast yesterday, giving him his 10th HR of the season. He also had three of the four Twin RBI. I'm glad he's on OUR side now.
Burnett and Gray pitched three innings of scoreless relief.
The biggest deal? Liriano returned to the starting rotation and pitched 6 shutout innings, adding 9 K's to his resume in the process. Now Oakland isn't known to be a hitter's ball club, but it was still nice to see Liriano respond since he's got a starting role again. I'm not overly optimistic at this point.( He pitched a no-hitter last year and he really hasn't done much of anything since.) Yesterday was a first step.
We're all still waiting for consistency.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
San Antonio
It's hard not to root for the Spurs. OKC is a good team, but San Antonio has no real weaknesses. It's hard to beat a team this good that is consistently playing well at every facet of the game. That's 20 straight wins for a team that looks better than anybody I've ever seen.
They could be the best ever. Of course, they still have to finish this series and they have another series to play if they beat OKC. I'm not going to get too far ahead of myself just yet.
They could be the best ever. Of course, they still have to finish this series and they have another series to play if they beat OKC. I'm not going to get too far ahead of myself just yet.
The Hammer Strikes
Two on, two out, bottom of the ninth. Twins down by two, Josh Wlllingham at the plate. One mighty blast later, the Twins have another dramatic ninth inning win 3-2.
This is getting kind of fun. New starter, Cole DeVries struggled with control early but still managed 5 shutout innings. The problem was the Twins offense. Until the end. Willingham has had some trouble at the plate lately, but he took care of that with one swing of the bat. That was his fifth career walk-off homerun.
I'm trying to take this season one game at a time. Last night was a good one.
This is getting kind of fun. New starter, Cole DeVries struggled with control early but still managed 5 shutout innings. The problem was the Twins offense. Until the end. Willingham has had some trouble at the plate lately, but he took care of that with one swing of the bat. That was his fifth career walk-off homerun.
I'm trying to take this season one game at a time. Last night was a good one.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Twins Win!
Top of the ninth. A's have the bases loaded and they are down by one with two outs. Capps strikes out the final batter.
Whew!
Much better. The Twins record is still just 16-32 on the season.
NBA
I tried watching some of last night's game, but it wasn't much of a contest. The Heat won easily.
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