If you’d like to see the what lead up to game 5, check these out: Warm-ups, Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4

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Bench

He’s gonna have to do something about his agents and lawyers.

Aside from the championships, he’s already better than Jordan, IMO.

Why not?

Ryan Parker Songs: With or Without You Plaxico.

BASKETBALL? Oh, yeah. NBA opening night, baby.

…they’re a goo football team…nah…goo football player…professional football player…nope…goo player…distractions…nah…you’ll have to talk to him…young players…come to work…he’s a pro…nope…yep…he’ll play football…

Well, here’s a safe one.  After the atrocious loss to the Raiders on Sunday, I’m sprignosticating that the Chiefs will win 3 or less games this year.  Here’s how I see it breaking down:

NE – Loss
OAK – Loss
ATL – Loss
DEN – Loss
CAR – Loss
TEN – Loss
NYJ – Loss
TB – Loss
SD – Loss
NO – Loss
BUF – Loss
OAK – Win
DEN – Loss
SD – Loss
MIA – Win
CIN – Win

Also, I’m going to go out on a limb to say that either GM Carl Peterson or coach Herm Edwards will not be around next year.

We headed to Kauffman Stadium last night to watch the Royals and the Tigers.  We witnessed one of the most lackluster and overall pathetic games I’ve ever seen out of the Royals. The crowd of 27,000+ got more excited about the hard hat ball shuffle, the kiss cam and totally lame to hot dog race — which, BTW, mustard was as embarrassing as the home team.

A stupid balk and a hit batter by Kyle Davies was apparently all Detroit needed to kick the Royals to the curb.

Three hits?   Atrocious.

I’m calling out Mike Aviles for not diving for that grounder near second base and for bouncing that easy throw to first.

Other than the family time, the highlight for me was my really good bag of Spitz sunflower seeds.

Ho-hum.

Bring on the NBA and NFL.

PG – Baron Davis – Los Angeles Clippers

SG – Deshawn Stevenson – Washington Wizards

F – Drew Gooden – Chicago Bulls

F – Pau Gasol – Los Angeles Lakers

C Marc Gasol – Memphis Grizzlies

Sixth Man

Rasheed Wallace – FC/Detroit Pistons

1. Charity work – His wife is a cancer survivor and his home state was devastated by Katrina.  Plenty of charity work there.
2. His two daughters – I’m sure they could use some dad time.  It’s probably too late for their 19 year-old.
3. —- INTERRUPTED —-

Silly me, I’ve already got the rest of this list in my Top 10 Alternatives to Dogfighting post from 2007.   Everyone knows there’s a correlation to football and dogfighting…

College basketball commentator Billy Packer, who has announced 34 consecutive Final Fours on network television and created a few controversies along the way, will not be returning to CBS for a 28th season, The Miami Herald has learned.

More here.

I would much rather hear Kevin Harlan call games instead of Billy Packer, Dick Enberg, John Thompson, and yes, even, Marv Albert.

I love it when he does Chiefs games, since he’s a hometown guy.

Apparently, there’s a real possibility that it could keep the Sonics in Seattle.

I’m watching this with great interest because I don’t want the Sonics to move to OKC.   I think the chances are less likely that KC will get an NBA team in the Sprint Center if there’s a team in OKC.

Sadly, they probably will move to OKC because:

1. NBA Commissioner David Stern has publicly supported the move
2. OKC taxpayers just OK’d a huge stadium renovation
3. NBA owners are about to vote on the relocation

If they don’t move, I might break down and go buy a Venti Caramel Macchiato at Starbucks to celebrate.

[fingers crossed]

Sad, real sad. So it goes with the Bucks.