Boston-Homer

What do you call the opposite of a road warrior? Give up? The answer: The Boston Celtics. In another sad showing, the C's were waxed in Cleveland. They were down 12 points after four minutes of basketball and never cut the deficit under that in the next 44 minutes. They played terrible defense (again), looked scared (again), and were out-husseled (again!). Rondo and Cassel combined for 3-16 shooting from the field, 8 total points, 2 assists in 42 minutes. Rondo has lost his confidence on the road. The fear when Cassell came to town was that Rondo would lose minutes and thus confidence. It didn't happen until the playoffs when Cassell has been allowed to chuck up shots and shoot terribly on the road (0-6 in game 3). With every loss on the road the C's get into a deeper psychological hole. If they don't dig themselves out they won't be lifting up the Larry O'Brien trophy in September when the Finals ends...
The road troubles seem to be affecting everyone, in the second round as of Saturday night the home teams are 12-1, the Pistons being the only team to win on the road.



With Tiger not playing this week at the Players Championship due to his knee surgery it just does not feel the same. I know that his presence in tournaments makes them more enjoyable for me. It begs the question, has Tiger ruined professional golf more than helped it? Obviouslythat question can be answered in a ton of ways. Yes, he has improved the game immeasurably. However, as a spectator sport his absence makes golf not truly worth watching. I watched a chunk of the Player's Championship, but it just is not the same. Without him at a tournament I have a hard time watching. It will be interesting to see the ratings, maybe I am the only one who feels this way. But something tells me I am not.

(That paragraph was written before the tournament ended. What a finish, and as someone who has always begrudingly liked Sergio I was happy to see him win. I really only dislike him when he is playing in the Ryder Cup... So I guess Tiger does not always create good finishes. Just like Sergio said after he won today "I would like to first off thank Tiger for not being here...it makes it a lot easier on all of us.")

Manchester United won the English Premier League on Sunday. It is the first time in four years. They beat Wiggan and Chelsea tied with Bolton to give United the outright league championship. On May 21st Chelsea and United will face off in Moscow for the Champions League trophy in a very rare all English affair in the European wide club tournament. England has secured itself as the best league in the world, and I would love to argue that with anyone.

The Sox had some interesting finished in the past week. Johnathan Papelbon blew two saves, one we can attribute to Julio Lugo. Jed Lowrie just got sent down to make room for Sean Casey. Lugo is an overpaid bum who should be replaced by Jed Lowrie. More on the Sox this week, it does not feel like baseball season with the Celts in the playoffs. What a strange feeling...

Links:
What a mess O.J Mayo is in...

Watch these two interviews with Kevin Garnett...the guy oozes intensity... With Bill Russel and one with John Thompson

Finally, the disaster in Myanmar is worth your time and maybe a little bit of your money... Dan Rivers went into the country and was literally hunted down by the police for filming inside the country.