ESPN declined to pick up their $60 million television option with the NHL. While they could pick up the option for less (which I consider likely), it just makes the strike and labor dispute seem stupider by the day.
Danica Patrick. Male or female, it was the best finish by a rookie in a while. Kudos to her. So my questions is: if she had won, would there be a hot GUY in the winners circle with her? (Thew is available at a moments notice.) Anyone want to bet me that she will be in the SI Swimsuit issue next year?
French Open. It seems the unheralded...ZZZZZZZZ.
MLS. So DC United gets Freddy Adu while the Revolution manage to get Clint Dempsey from that soccer school Furman. So who is in the Top 3 in Goals, Assists and Game-winning Goals? Which team is undefeated? Will the Revs add another title to Beantown? A home and home against the Kansas City Wizards will help us answer that.
Lacrosse. Congratulations to Johns Hopkins for winning the NCAA men's lacrosse championship. Both their OT win against Virginia and the title game against Duke were great games. It was the Blue Jays first win in 18 years after dominating the sport. (Think UCLA NCAA Hoops win in 1995.) In fact, both JHU and Northwestern (the girls' champion) went undefeated this year. And this is with competition getting better and better. If you have not watched lacrosse, give it a try.
As an aside, I have to tip my hat to Duke's lacrosse program. This year they lost the championship by 1 goal and had a total of three losses (twice to JHU and one to semi-finalist Maryland). Last year, Duke won only 5 games. Read that again. 5 games. Duke continues its excellence in sports and academics and has become THE school for the scholar-athlete.
(Oh, how I hate to say that.)
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