Good Morning....
They say ya gotta be in the right place at the right time....On Tuesday, Edmonton Oiler center Gilbert Brule and his girlfriend were in Vancouver to attend Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final....They passed two people hitchhiking and after persuading his girl to circle back and pick them up found that their passengers were Bono and his assistant....Bono was in town for a show in Edmonton the next night....Out for a walk, the U2 frontman found himself in the rain until he flagged down a ride....They chatted about Dublin, Brule's career and Bono's fondness for Vancouver....Bono offered tickets for the U2 show and without hesitation they accepted, later selling their Stanley Cup tickets....Wednesday evening, Bono told his side of the story.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i14SHfRGc70 ....cool.
So the NFL and the NFLPA met for "secret" meetings outside Chicago this week....Can't be too secretive when the owners are flying into town in their private planes with logos plastered all over them....Can both sides give and take and get something done?....The $64,000 question....Oral arguments before the court today on whether the lockout is legal....I want to know how the NFL is negotiating with a union that is decertified....47 players show at the second day of New England Patriot workouts put together by Tom Brady.
Just as the Miami-Dallas NBA Championship Series was about to put me to sleep, Miami lets their guard (no pun intended) down and the Mav's storm back to tie this one up....The South Beach Trio were having their way with the Texas Twelve with a 15 point lead and 7 minutes to go....After a celebratory timeout, Miami shots began to clang off the rim, Dallas stepped up their defense and Dirk Nowitzki put his team on his shoulders....Nowitzki did it all (with some help from Jason Terry)....Jumpers, layups and 3 pointers....Chris Bosh didn't stand a chance.... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/video/nba/2011/06/03/0041000402_dirk_9pts.SportsIllustrated/index.html ....But make no mistake....Miami gave this one up....I don't expect it to happen again.
A quiet night on the baseball front....Mets come back to beat the upstart Pirates....New York's signing of Pedro Martinez and Jason Bay should be used as teaching lessons for upcoming General Managers on what NOT to do....Yankees and Red Sox have settled into their customary positions (1+2) in the AL East....Twins need a big dose of Joe Mauer 'cause they are having an awful season....Nice to see the resurgence of Pittsburgh and Kansas City....Both could use pitching but they have some nice young ballplayers....Keep an eye out.
Female boxer Christy Martin makes a comeback this weekend six months after being stabbed, shot and left for dead by her husband last November....At one time Martin (49-5-3, 31 knockouts) was the best female fighter in the world....Martin, 42, was on the cover of Sports Illustrated in '96 and made $500,000 for her fight with Muhammad Ali's daughter, Laila....She fights against Dakota Stone this Saturday at Staples Center in Los Angeles....You go, girl.
"Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book." - Smokin' Joe Frazier.............talk to ya
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