Nuts and Bolts

We say farewell to March Madness one of my favorite times of the sports year.  The Butler Bulldogs are my kind of team-gritty, fundamental, never say die, a true team.  Too bad they were none of the above in the championship game.  Last year’s game was one of the greatest I have ever witnessed.  This year’s game had to be the worst I have ever watched.  That is sports for you.  Coach Calhoun after winning his third championship talked about how at halftime he gave his team a fiery motivational speech and they shut down Butler.  No offense to Calhoun, but Connecticut didn’t really shut down Butler, the Bulldogs killed themselves.  With a 18.5 field goal percentage (the worst in history) my kids could have beaten Butler, and they don’t know how to dribble.  Again, that is how sports go.
Speaking of great games, here is my all time favorite shots (it wasn’t a national title game like Mario Chalmers Jayhawks).  It was Christian Laettner’s shot with the Duke Blue Devils in the semi final round against Kentucky.  Duke went on to win the national championship that year.  The pass by Grant Hill and the shot by Laettner is still classic.  Of course, Wildcat fans will lament the “stomp” that occurred earlier in the game, and the fact that no Wildcat was guarding either Hill or fronting Laettner, but it is still a classic.

Speaking of classic, here is “Boom Goes the Dynamite” which has become a cult classic, proving once again that sometimes the best things in life are unplanned.

Congratulations to India for winning cricket.

And finally you know that you are passionate about sports when you bring a dead guy to a soccer game.