All hail the Fatties

Bartolo Colon, welcome to Red Sox Nation!
Now that Colon is in the starting rotation, I think the Red Sox are officially the fattest team in baseball. Between Schilling, Ortiz, and Colon, you got pounds of flesh. Hopefully they will make a mid season trade for CC Sabathia, or Prince Fielder to make this team complete. John Henry you do Mo Vaughn proud. Go Sox!

Kimbo Slice/Uriah Faber
So, we all got see Kimbo ground game get exposed on the Elite XC show Saturday. Now there is some talk that he will be fighting Brett Rodgers, who can bang as hard as Kimbo, but is a much more complete fighter. Kimbo might be too old now to get good enough to fight some of the top fighters in MMA. Can you imagine this guy trying to take on some of the UFC heavyweights? Kimbo is turning into a modern day Tank Abbot.

Also, what was up with the dancers? Got a little to WWE there Elite XC.

On the other hand, now that Uriah Faber has fought a great fighter like Jens Pulver, in a real war, I don't think that there is anyone who will beat him in that weight class. Maybe the most complete fighter in the world right now. . . I would love to see him fight BJ Penn, either BJ dropping weight or Faber going up. Faber might be at that point where Andersen Silva is having to move up weight to find good opponents.

Celtics/Lakers
Malach is going out on a limb here and taking the Celtics in 6 or 7. Yes, the world and the "experts" think I am crazy. Yes, Kobe Bryant in the greatest rapist player since Michael Jordan, but I will tell you why. The Lakers do not match up well vs. the Celtics. Who is supposed to go toe to toe with Garnet, Allen, Pierce? Pierce should have a field day, being covered by Odom, and watch for Rondo vs. Fisher, trust me on this one, Fisher cannot defend Rondo's penetration. Perkins will cover Gasol, and beat him around, Gasoll is not a physical player. Radmanovic is going to cover Garnet? No? How about Gasol? The Lakers don't have enough defense to stop the Celtics attack.

Unlike many sports, the cliche that defense wins championships is more true in basketball that maybe any other sport. I think the most telling stat is the Lakers are giving up 101 points per game in the playoffs, while the Celtics are only giving up 89. The key is going to be the 2 - 3 - 2 format, almost forcing the Celtics to win the first two at home.

I can't wait.

HEY NBA!
What the Hell happened to 1PM and 6PM games? Aren't you the ones desperate for expanded viewership? How are kids supposed to watch these 9:00PM starts? How are you supposed to bring in the young generation of basketball fans? What, you expect them as teenagers to turn to you after years of afternoon Football, Baseball, and even NASCAR? Get your head out of your ass David Stern! And while you at it, do something about the most incosistent officiating in all of sports! It's kind of scary when I agree with Mark Cuban and Rasheed Wallace in the same 10 day time span.

Speaking of Rasheed, is there anyone out there beside Kimbo Slice who would want to meet him in a back alley?