Big, big NBA game on Christmas Day… The LA Lakers - led by a recently resurging Kobe Bryant – are quickly making up for lost time and look to continue this against Officer Shaq and the Miami Heat. This will be a very, very good game – quite the Christmas present from ABC Sports.
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The Raptors have a tough streak ahead of themselves for the end of the month, but have two games against the struggling (and that’s putting it mildly) Atlanta Hawks coming up – if the Raptors are going to finally win a home game, this is it. Their upcoming game against Detroit and San Antonio will be interesting, too, if only in a statistical sense: The Raptors are a surprising 4 for 5 against sub .500 teams in December and have beaten the Hawks in their only match up this year. Could boosting above the sinking Knicks be too far ahead?
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Now that Hockey Canada has released its rosters for the Olympics, all the ‘fans’ of Todd Bertuzzi are coming out of the woodwork – and Quebec has been strangely silent to that issue, instead focusing on an alleged slur against a French Canadian Referee by Shane Doan – this is the same province that not too long ago floated the idea of putting out it’s own French-Canadian hockey team… Perhaps it’s just me, but do they have much of a right to argue about who can represent the whole country when they – almost at the same time - want to create their own team?
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But hey, let’s include such stars as Rick Nash (who is an injury-prone question mark), Joe “4 seasons over the hill” Sakic and Rob Blake instead of players like Eric Staal or Jason Spezza (Who, as of December 23rd, are the #4 and #6 scorers in the NHL) and get angry that Sidney Crosby wasn’t even named to the practice squad – never mind that he has very little international experience at this level… And hell, while we’re inviting older players with Experience, let’s get Mark Messier, Lanny McDonald and Dale Hunter to play, too!
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Johnny Damon – Yankee in the centerfold. Well, Boston, let’s hope that the Bruins and the Celtics have bad years, then maybe your Red Sox will look good – Wait: The Bruins are 12-17-6 and the Celtics are 11-14, while the Sox made the postseason yet again…Why aren’t these loud, vocal Boston fans protesting the Joe Thornton trade instead? That trade decimated the Bruins, who are likely to remain in the gutter for years to come…
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The Jays have a pitcher they don’t want – Batista – a fielder they can use to trade – Orlando Hudson – and a hole they need filled – power hitter. Look for them to unload both in a trade that will be essentially worthless, like as Hunter Thompson once said: “Like a used Mattress for a $300 bill”, possibly to Chicago for Frank Thomas
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