The last few weeks have been good to the sports fan. Almost all sports shared a little bit of the limelight and there has been a lot of action lately between the NHL playoffs, NBA playoffs, the MLB season, horse racing, Euro soccer Boxing, and NASCAR. Lets get you caught up on what is happening right now in each sport.
NBA Playoffs
The Conference Finals have been decided and are about to get underway. The last two teams representing the Eastern Conference are the #1 seeded Cleveland Cavaliers and the #3 Orlando Magic. The Cavs and LeBron James have swept two series so far in the playoffs, and look to try the same against the Magic. The Magic may prove a little more difficult for the Cavaliers than the others because the Magic are the only team in the league with a regular season winning record against the Cavs winning 2 of 3. Hedo Turkoglu matches up well against LeBron James and should be able to muscle him around more than others have. The two teams representing the West are the #1 seeded Los Angeles Lakers and the #2 Denver Nuggets. This will be a very physical series and the Nuggets strength is the Lakers weakness. The Nuggets have a point presence and the Lakers have shown this season that they are unable to guard against teams with a strong point. The Rockets took 3 of 7 from the Lakers with the use of Landry and Brooks controlling the point. The Nuggets have a much better point presence in Chauncy Billups and Dahntay Jones. The 4 teams features in the Conference Finals are all plaing their best basketball of the season and the games i will imagine will all carry to game 7's.
NHL Playoffs
The NHL is also down to it's Conference Finals with the East game pairing up The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Carolina Hurricanes; and the West hosting the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks. The Penguins have the playoffs equivilent of "Wayne Gretzsky" in Sidney Crosby and the leagues top goalie and will have it out against the NHL's best defense in the Hurricanes. Should be a great matchup. The Red Wings are playing magnificent hockey right now and won 4 of 6 regular season matches against the Hawks including embarrassing the Hawks during the outdoor Winter Classic at the beginning of the season. The Blackhawks are young, but have a lot of fire and are peaking at the right time. The offense led by Martin Havlot (who has scored 6 goals in the last 5 games), and Andrew Ladd could do some damage to the Red Wings.
MLB Season
The MLB season is beginning to mature and some teams are beginning to show their dominance in the league. There are players that are having a large impact on the teams that they are playing with and trades that have been paying off significantly. Raul Ibanez is playing his best ball for the Phillies and juan Pierre is playing well as Manny Ramirez's replacement. Evan Longoria continues to improve with each game and new stars are emerging in Brandon Inge and kansas City pitcher Zack Greinke who so far has pitched 60 innings and has a .60 ERA. See standing s here: MLB Standings
Horse Racing
The June 6th Belmont Stakes are upon us, the third leg of the Triple Crown. The Kentcky Derby was won by 'Mine that Bird' and the Preakness was won by horse 'Rachel Alexandra'. 'Mine That Bird' placed second in the Preakness Stakes and did not race in the Derby. 'Mine That Bird' is a Medaglia d'Oro filly and was the only female horse to race in the Derby. It is unsure whether 'Rachel Alexandra' will race in the Belmont Stakes; if she does, then there could be a possible exciting showdown.
Euro Soccer
The Championship Euro Final will match up the Manchester United and Barcelona on May 27th at 2:45pm ET. This matchup will pair the two biggest stars right now Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo.
NBA Playoffs
The Conference Finals have been decided and are about to get underway. The last two teams representing the Eastern Conference are the #1 seeded Cleveland Cavaliers and the #3 Orlando Magic. The Cavs and LeBron James have swept two series so far in the playoffs, and look to try the same against the Magic. The Magic may prove a little more difficult for the Cavaliers than the others because the Magic are the only team in the league with a regular season winning record against the Cavs winning 2 of 3. Hedo Turkoglu matches up well against LeBron James and should be able to muscle him around more than others have. The two teams representing the West are the #1 seeded Los Angeles Lakers and the #2 Denver Nuggets. This will be a very physical series and the Nuggets strength is the Lakers weakness. The Nuggets have a point presence and the Lakers have shown this season that they are unable to guard against teams with a strong point. The Rockets took 3 of 7 from the Lakers with the use of Landry and Brooks controlling the point. The Nuggets have a much better point presence in Chauncy Billups and Dahntay Jones. The 4 teams features in the Conference Finals are all plaing their best basketball of the season and the games i will imagine will all carry to game 7's.
NHL Playoffs
The NHL is also down to it's Conference Finals with the East game pairing up The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Carolina Hurricanes; and the West hosting the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks. The Penguins have the playoffs equivilent of "Wayne Gretzsky" in Sidney Crosby and the leagues top goalie and will have it out against the NHL's best defense in the Hurricanes. Should be a great matchup. The Red Wings are playing magnificent hockey right now and won 4 of 6 regular season matches against the Hawks including embarrassing the Hawks during the outdoor Winter Classic at the beginning of the season. The Blackhawks are young, but have a lot of fire and are peaking at the right time. The offense led by Martin Havlot (who has scored 6 goals in the last 5 games), and Andrew Ladd could do some damage to the Red Wings.
MLB Season
The MLB season is beginning to mature and some teams are beginning to show their dominance in the league. There are players that are having a large impact on the teams that they are playing with and trades that have been paying off significantly. Raul Ibanez is playing his best ball for the Phillies and juan Pierre is playing well as Manny Ramirez's replacement. Evan Longoria continues to improve with each game and new stars are emerging in Brandon Inge and kansas City pitcher Zack Greinke who so far has pitched 60 innings and has a .60 ERA. See standing s here: MLB Standings
Horse RacingThe June 6th Belmont Stakes are upon us, the third leg of the Triple Crown. The Kentcky Derby was won by 'Mine that Bird' and the Preakness was won by horse 'Rachel Alexandra'. 'Mine That Bird' placed second in the Preakness Stakes and did not race in the Derby. 'Mine That Bird' is a Medaglia d'Oro filly and was the only female horse to race in the Derby. It is unsure whether 'Rachel Alexandra' will race in the Belmont Stakes; if she does, then there could be a possible exciting showdown.
Euro Soccer
The Championship Euro Final will match up the Manchester United and Barcelona on May 27th at 2:45pm ET. This matchup will pair the two biggest stars right now Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo.
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