The Atlanta Hawks started the season tonight two and a half games ahead of the New Jersey Nets. The Hawks who beat the Knicks at home yesterday have normally will drop a game like this on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies but this is the New Hawks and with the outstanding play by all five starters tonight the Hawks looked to be playoff bound. J Smooth aka Josh Smith lead the scoring tonight for the Hawks with 26 points in fact all five starters for the Hawks were in double figures but I cannot forget Josh Childress coming off the bench scoring 14 points but after all these stats the one that jumps out to you is the Hawks tonight shot 95% from the foul line 20/21. The Hawks have won 4 games in a row and now are 6 games under .500. Next up for the young flying Hawks the Toronto Raptors at home in the Phillips Arena.
Johan Santana made his New York Mets debut in Florida taking on the Marlins. Santana who will be under the microscope the whole season due to being a in New York and for Mets fans its been 21 years since the Mets were champions and after last season’s collaspe the Mets are out to take care of unfinshed business. Johan Santana went 7 innings struck out 8 batters and allow 2 runs . At the plate for the Mets David Wright drove in 3 of the 7 runs and help the Mets get and easy 7-2 win for the Mets.
Candace Parker matched her career best by scoring 34 pts and grabbing 13 rebounds to lead the Lady Vols to the regional finals for the eighth straight year with 74-64 win against Notre Dame on Sunday night. Parker was the star of this game from the beginning. She scored Tennessee’s first eight points.
Former NBA player Isaiah Rider was arrested at 2:30am on Saturday in L.A. for “allegedly” stealing a car. Rider, who sometimes goes by the name J.R. was pulled over after failing to stop at an intersection. Police ran the plates and found them to match those of a car that had been reported stolen in South L.A. Rider is currently being held on $25,000 bond.
Another big week in sports. The last two games of the Elite 8. The state-side opening of baseball season. NBA (KOBE). NASCAR. And of course WWE, which staged on Sunday night its annual Wrestlemania extravaganza. The main event was boxer Floyd Mayweather taking on the biggest athlete in the world Big Show. The fight ended with one of wrestling signature moves and that is the chair-smack. After that Mayweather punched him and down he went. In real life this would have been over in two seconds, but WWE has to give the fans what they want. (more…)
The Phoenix Suns remain on hot streak by beating the Nuggets last night but that’s not the real story it is the amount of point the Suns scored in the 2nd half 35 in the third and in the 46 a combine 81 points in a half to get the victory. The leading scorer for the Suns Amare Stoudemire with 41.”At halftime, we came together and said, ‘Let’s fight for it,’” Stoudemire said. “We dug in in the second half.” This was the third best comeback in Suns history.
