What a week-end of sport!
A mens’ national semifinal round for the ages. Literally the best two game set I can ever remember. Tonight.. we get Houston vs. Florida and we will see if Kelvin Sampson can go all Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) and complete his incredible journey back to the pinnacle of his sport.
Kelvin never would have lasted as an NBA head coach. He’s the kind of dude who should be coaching college basketball. The kind of coach who tries to make a difference in the lives of his players.
I am genuinely somewhat conflicted about tonight. I love what I’ve seen from Walter Clayton Jr. this season, but Kelvin is a part of my OU basketball heart. Sorry…Walter–Kelvin and Milos have my heart tonight.
Then yesterday there was UConn’s Paige Hueckers leading the Huskies to a blowout win for Coach Geno Auriemma’s 12th national championship. Paige got plenty of help from Azzi and Sarah Strong, but this was Paige’s championship. Nobody, and I mean nobody, saw this game being the blowout it was.
And then there was Alex Ovechkin passing the Great One with his 895th goal yesterday. If you love the game of ice hockey…you cried. Damn…it seems like I cried every day this past week. MJ needs to tap down on all this crying of happiness.
By the way…one of my favorite foreckecking physical wingers in the league, Tommy Wilson, got the primary assist on No. 895. Nice moment for a role player and a banger.
Anyway—congrats to Alex Ovechkin…and who knows maybe the Washington Caps could make a little run of their own in the upcoming Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The only downer was the Thunder getting their asses kicked at home by the hot shooting Lakers. I’m going to attend tomorrow night’s game…so I’ll do a two for one on these two Thunder-Laker games later.
I’m already amped about tonight’s game in San Antonio.
Mike J