Happy Wednesday everyone, here's my Top 5 for June 16, 2010 from Len Berman at www.ThatsSports.com.
1. Quick Hits
* The Lakers roll in game 6, crushing the Celtics 89-67. Game 7 is tomorrow night in L.A.
* Tom Izzo has turned down the Cleveland Cavaliers and will stay as coach of Michigan State.
* Roger Federer ( despite being #2 in the world) and Serena Williams get the #1 seeds at Wimbledon.
* When Tiger Woods was asked yesterday at Pebble Beach about the state of his marriage, he answered "That's none of your business."
* Cameron Diaz tells Playboy Magazine that she and Alex Rodriguez are not an item. I'm glad that's cleared up.
2. Game 7
It'll be a one game season for the NBA Championship. Doesn't happen that often. I was in Houston in 1994 when the Knicks lost to the Rockets. John Starks is still chucking up shots. One saving grace is the NBA is not baseball. The Lakers earned the home court for Game 7. If they were a baseball team, home court would have been decided by a meaningless no-defense All Star Game. Thinking about it, maybe baseball should award home field in the World Series to the winner of the Home Run Derby. That would be an upgrade.
3. Star Gazing
According to the New York Post, the Knicks are putting together a bunch of celebrities to meet with potential NBA free agents to extol the virtues of the big city. Names like Donald Trump, Spike Lee, John McEnroe and Alec Baldwin. Talk show host Charlie Rose was included. I"m thinking Charlie is the clincher right there for LeBron James. A chance to be interviewed on Bloomberg TV. Wow.
4. Butting In
Here are the quotes of the week from the former French soccer Captain Zinedine Zidane. He says France's coach Raymond Domenech ''is not a coach'' and that ''there is no teamwork'' among the French players at the World Cup. Ah, if anyone knows about teamwork it's Zidane. It was his headbutt that cost France in their 2006 World Cup loss to Italy. Maybe the selfish use of his head 4 years ago caused amnesia.
5. Ya Gotta Think About the Game
Now we know the real reason why the English goal keeper screwed up against the U.S. He's still heartbroken over his breakup with Canadian lingerie model Elizabeth Minett. So says the London Daily Mail. Normally I hate it when they come up with excuses for athletes, then again... here's her picture. You be the judge!
Happy Birthday: Golfer Phil Mickelson. 40.
Bonus Birthday: "No Mas" boxer, Roberto Duran. 59.
Today in Sports: There goes the neighborhood. The first Ladies Day. The New York Giants let women into the game for free. 1883.
Bonus Event: The birth of Laurel and Hardy, literally. Stan Laurel was born on this date in 1890.