The Boston Celtics are on the verge of knocking the Cleveland Cavaliers out of the 2009-10 NBA Playoffs, despite Cleveland being the early favorite to win the NBA Championship. Leading 3-2 in the series, which is headed back to Boston for Game 6, the Celtics thoroughly dominated LeBron & Co. on their home floor and sent them dejected into the locker room to ponder the possible repercussions of a series loss and complete team meltdown.
Cleveland’s Lofty Expectations
The Cavs went out and made several moves in an attempt to bolster their NBA Title hopes, including …

The All-NBA Awards for the 2009-2010 season were announced today and I doubt many of you will be surprised w/ the selections.  The first team includes guys who excel on both sides of the ball, but generally appears to reward the league’s top scorers this season.
1st Team All-NBA

LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic
Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat

2nd Team All-NBA

Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns
Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks
Deron Williams, Utah Jazz
Carmelo Anthony, Denver Nuggets
Amare Stoudemire, Phoenix Suns

3rd Team All-NBA

Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
Pau Gasol, Los …

The NBA awarded its 2009-2010 MVP Award to Cleveland Cavaliers‘ forward LeBron James on Sunday. This marks the 2nd consecutive year that LeBron has won the Most Valuable Player award.  James continues to add to his legacy this season and push towards a season sweep of the MVP awards – he previously won the All-Star Game MVP in February. All that remains now is the MVP of the NBA Finals, but first he’ll have to get the Cavs there.
In a landslide, James proves that he is once again the NBA’s …

Crawling out of bed to go to work is hard enough. Crawling out of bed even earlier, and on a weekend, seems like blasphemy, even if I smell bacon. There better be eggs and a hot woman in an apron – only an apron.
Believe it or not, however, there is one Sunday every year when I get up with the sun. How could this anomaly happen? Three words: The British Open.
I live in Arizona, which means the Open Championship comes on TV at 6 a.m. I could DVR it, but …

As a sport that has been developing since the first century B.C., and is now played by both men and women worldwide, golf has become quite a popular pastime. One of the most important factors in being a good golfer is knowing which clubs to use. Based on product popularity, the top five golf club manufacturers are TaylorMade, Cobra, Callaway, Titleist, and Nike.
TaylorMade Golf was started in 1979 by Gary Adams, who founded the company with the intention of creating iron clubs that …

Getting ready for a golf tournament, or want to be in tournament ready condition? We’ve put together 7 tips to help you prepare and train for success.
Develop a routine
If you always know what needs to be done, attended to, remembered, and paid special attention to before a golf tournament, then nothing will ever be overlooked. One of the best ways to achieve this is to establish a well-worn routine that is repeated every time no matter when or where your next golf tournament is. Anyone with a good golf education …

Update 7/2/10: Gilbert Arenas is changing uniform numbers “again”. As reported today, Arenas is apparently switching to #9 instead of the #6 previously (changed to). Just more insanity from Gilbert… we should expect this stuff by now.
In what amounts to one of the biggest uniform/jersey related stories of 2010, the #6 jersey will soon become one of the most desirable for fans to scoop up.  Both LeBron James and Gilbert Arenas will be changing their jersey numbers next season in the NBA.
LeBron James Jersey Number Change Story (& theories)
Depending on …

It was only three years ago that the Stanford men’s volleyball team finished a gut-wrenching 3-25 season (2-20 in conference play), but you wouldn’t know it from looking at Monday’s AVCA coaches poll. The Cardinal earned the No. 1 spot for the first time since February 6, 2001, when they held the top rank for only a week before finishing the season at No. 5.

Now with a 12-4 record and a half-game lead over fellow Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) team Pepperdine, Stanford is trying to erase the memories of …