The game was a total blowout – Celtics win 131-92 over the Lakers in Game 6. Boston wins it’s 17th NBA Championship and Paul Pierce is named the 2008 NBA Finals MVP.
We’ve got a full recap over on our sister-site, at http://nbaweblog.com/. Go check it out!
Of course, you can find a full selection of 2008 NBA Championship gear at the NBA Store:

You can also shop for Celtics jerseys and apparel below (thru Amazon):

Updated 7/22/08
Brian Urlacher is the latest NFL player to “re-work” an existing deal before the first one is up. This new deal adds to the existing 9-yr deal he was still under (until 2011), to the tune of $18 million – $6 million signing bonus. Urlacher is now signed w/ the Chicago Bears until 2012… wow, a whole year? Thanks for the commitment.
These incidents are ridiculous – Brian cannot argue that he’s “underpaid” when he already has a $57 million contract that he’s supposed to be honoring. …

Ongoing coverage of the 2008 NBA Finals, Game 5:
Final result: Lakers force Game 6 after a tough showing on their homecourt. After nearly blowing a huge lead again, they held on in the end and delivered in a must-win game.
1st half…
Lakers take huge lead again, reminiscent of Game 4. As in that game, LA has already given up most of the lead and were fightining for their life late in the 2nd quarter. The entered the half w/ the lead, but just barely.
Kobe Bryant was on fire in the 1st …

I thought I’d seen at all, until this morning while reading a story on FoxSports…
Viagra is being used as a performance enhancing drug in sports.  Apparently, the little blue pill has been showing up in locker rooms for years, but it’s never really been thought of as “performance enhancing” for sports.  Former BALCO owner, Victor Conte, stated that “All my athletes took it”.  The biggest name involved in this story, which should really be no surprise at this point, is Roger Clemens. 
Two stated benefits of using Viagra (besides the obvious one …

The Boston Celtics served notice on Thursday that they intend to defend their regular season record and compete for another NBA Championship.
Facing the L.A. Lakers in an epic Game 1, things looked bad for the Celtics in the 3rd quarter when Paul Pierce had to be helped off the court by teammates.  As the Lakers took the lead and appeared to be taking advantage of Pierce’s absence, the G/F re-emerged from the locker room to a standing ovation and helped lead his team back into the lead late in the …

The Boston Red Sox helped usher in a new 500 Home Run club member this weekend, as outfielder Manny Ramirez clubbed his 500th and 501st home runs against the Baltimore Orioles.

Manny Ramirez trots around bases after 500th home run
The historic 500th home run came against the Orioles Chad Bradford, who up until Saturday night, had given up very few home runs in the past 2 years. Manny had been swinging early in the count for several days, trying to be aggressive and to reach the milestone, but it was …