I Believe

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Tiger Woods made his apology to the nation this morning and many people have split into two camps. People either think it was one of the most tackiest, staged, piece of crap apologies ever said, and others take it for what it was and realized it was a big step for a man that never had to say he was "sorry" for anything for much of his professional career.

I reside in the latter. This is a man, just like you or me, that has flaws, just like you or me. But some people just can't fathom that Tiger is, in the end, like you or me.

The World of Expiring Contracts

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With the trade deadline now over, many GM's helped their team get better for a run at the playoffs this year, and some become financially stable for this summers largest free agent class ever.

First I want to apologize for the lack of posting here at The Manchise. We have another site being launched and we had to get that together. Second I want to congratulate the Cleveland Cavaliers for winning this years NBA Finals. Third I want to commend John Paxson and the Chicago Bulls on their ability for the past two seasons to rid themselves of bad contracts in hopes of becoming big money players this off season. But as always I have thoughts on the NBA Trade Deadline.

All Star Thoughts, From an All Star Blog

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All Star Weekend is now in the books, and it was a mixture of pure athletic prowess and excruciating boredom and as always I have some thoughts (go figure).


Thought #1: Make the Skills Competition a little bit harder.
I very much fancy this challenge. I love watching point guards carry the ball around plastic statues of Jerry West. I admire Steve Nash and the Canadian breeze he created all weekend, especially when he won this particular contest (it just might be the only trophy Canada holds up in the next three weeks, HEYOH). But I just feel as though it needs to be a little more "challenging". For instance, I would enjoy watching these point guards throw a behind the back pass, on the run, into one of those circular targets. I would love watching these guys have to do some sort of ankle breaking, And 1 Mixtape Tour dribbling move, that will be judged and added to the final score. It would be pretty amazing (and the NBA IS where amazing happens) if they put two giant plastic Jerry West statues in the paint, and the point guards had to throw up a running floater over them. How wouldn't these little add on's not spark more interest and talk during this event?

Better Late Than Never

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Well, it came a little late, but the general tone from north of the border is that it's better to have come late, than not at all. I'm talking, of course, about gold medals. While many of you sports junky's were checking out the NBA All-Star festivities this weekend, the 2010 Winter Olympics kicked off on Friday night. I suppose the opening ceremony could now be viewed as a sign of things to come. Leading up to Friday, TV stations around our friendly neighbor to the north were airing commercials telling Canadians to "Believe," and that "This is Our Game (referring to Hockey, of course)." There was a lot of buzz about who would be carrying the torch at the final moment. Then the time came. "The Great One," Wayne Gretzky, and Steve Nash stood together as the world waited, and waited, and waited. Finally, after the embarrassing malfunction was overcome, the Olympic cauldrin was lit and the games were declared open. Now, most people have forgotten about the odd moment (well, those of us you who actually saw it, I mean, most probably missed it to begin with). Perhaps all of Canada should have seen the writing on the wall from that instant.