Instant Coffee: Serena and Rafa take the French Open
Jun10

Instant Coffee: Serena and Rafa take the French Open

Serena Williams Wins Second French Open and 16th Career Grand Slam Serena completely dominated the last 2 rounds of the French Open. In the semi-finals, Serena annihilated last year’s runner up, Sara Errani, in straight sets 6-0 and 6-1. She followed it up by winning in straight sets 6-4 and 6-4 against last year’s winner, Maria Sharapova. Sharapova actually played great but Serena’s athleticism, power, and speed were too much. Even...

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Baseball May Progress Report
Jun06

Baseball May Progress Report

  Baseball May Progress Report AL East Boston Red Sox (33-23) – Only 15-15 in May but still in first, which is a complete turnaround from last year’s nightmare season. Grade: A-   New York Yankees (31-22) – More than staying afloat with all their injuries coming into and during the season. However, losing all 4 games against the cross town rival New York Mets at the end of the month causing their record in May to drop to...

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NBA Finals Preview
Jun05

NBA Finals Preview

  (2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (1) Miami Heat San Antonio Spurs (58-24)   Offense: 103 PPG, 41.3 RPG, 25.1 APG, 48.1 FG%, 79.1 FT%, 37.6 3P%, 14.6 TOPG Defense: 96.6 PPG, 42.5 FG%, 35.3 3P%, 14.2 TOPG   After the Spurs struggled with the Golden State Warriors in the second round, I thought that the Memphis Grizzlies would give the Spurs some serious trouble with their physicality and athleticism. I was not surprised the...

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Instant Coffee: Pacers Force Game 7 and Grant Hill Retirement
Jun03

Instant Coffee: Pacers Force Game 7 and Grant Hill Retirement

The Pacers outplayed the Heat in the first half of Game 6 and were still down 1 at home at halftime. At that point, I was thinking they were in danger of another 3rd quarter explosion from Lebron James like Game 5. Instead, the Pacers went on an explosion of their own in the third and outscored the Heat 29 to 15. The Pacers made some bonehead turnovers at the end of the third and early in the fourth quarters that allowed the Heat to...

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Instant Coffee: Pacers Tie Series at 2, Spurs Sweep
May29

Instant Coffee: Pacers Tie Series at 2, Spurs Sweep

Miami Heat 92 Indiana Pacers 99 The Pacers were taking control of the game and up 9 in the middle of the 4th quarter. A missed call turned an 11 point lead into a 24 second shot clock violation. The Heat took advantage and came storming back and took a league. When the Pacers could have shriveled up and collapsed, they fought back and Roy Hibbert led the way dominating in the post as the Pacers tied the series. Roy Hibbert finished...

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San Antonio Spurs: I No Longer Hate You
May29

San Antonio Spurs: I No Longer Hate You

Obvious statement warning – As you get older things change.  I used to hate fish growing up, you can ask my mom, she’ll attest to this.  I now swoon at the thought of fresh tuna, or well crafted sushi.  I once ate an inhuman length of Twizzler to the point of vomit while watching a live Sesame Street performance that I was lead to believe was put on purely for my personal entertainment as it was on the date of my birthday...

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