Dwayne Wade Drops 50, But Orlando Routs Miami

You would think when a guy drops 50 points on your team the game would be very close, but that was not the case for the Miami Heat when they played the Orlando Magics Sunday Night. Dwayne Wade tossed in 50 points for the Miami Heat, but it was Orlando who came away with a easy 122-99 win over the Heat. Dwight Howard had 32 points and 17 rebounds for the Orlando Magic in the win. Rafer Alston who came over in a trade from the Houston Rockets have really made a big difference in Orlando who knows they will not get All-Star point guard Jameer Nelson back this year.

Sunday, February 22nd

Chicago 91 Final
Indiana 98

New York 100 Final
Toronto 111

Boston 128 Final
Phoenix 108

Charlotte 78 Final
Houston 99

Denver 117 Final
Milwaukee 120

Miami 99 Final
Orlando 122

LA Clippers 87 Final
Portland 116

LA Lakers 111 Final
Minnesota 108

Detroit 78 Final
Cleveland 99

Maryland Comes Back To Shock North Carolina

After bad losses to a number of teams Maryland got 35 points and 11 rebounds and 10 assists from Greivis Vasquez to beat North Carolina by a score of 88-85 in overtime. Maryland had there first triple double in 22 years and it could not come at a much better time as they needed a win against a quality opponent as they have not played well lately. Maryland's coach Gary Williams have come under fired this year for not getting the job done on the court and recruiting, but this win has to be special for him and his program. I guess we will have to see if this gets his team going or if it was just a lucky game for Maryland.

Saturday, February 21st

South Florida 50 Final
1 Connecticut 64

2 Oklahoma 68 Final
Texas 73

3 North Carolina 85 Final
Maryland 88 OT

DePaul 61 Final
4 Pittsburgh 80

6 Memphis 70 Final
UTEP 63
7 Louisville 72 Final
Cincinnati 63

10 Missouri 66 Final
Colorado 53

11 Marquette 78 Final
Georgetown 72

Washington St. 82 Final
15 UCLA 81

Nebraska 53 Final
18 Kansas 70

19 Washington 60 Final
USC 51
Pepperdine 58 Final
20 Gonzaga 92

Indiana 67 Final
21 Purdue 81

22 Butler 75 Final
Davidson 63

23 Utah State 64 Final
Saint Mary's 75

Auburn 72 Final
24 LSU 79

A federal judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot show jurors three positive steroid tests and other key evidence in the slugger’s trial next month. This is just another setback in the Barry Bonds trial for the Feds. It seems from day one that they have botched this case and now this is something that is not going to help them at all.

Right now it seems that Barry Bonds and his team have the upper hand and the way it is looking he could walk from this. If he does it really would not surprise me at all. I mean many people are not going to testify against Bonds especially the ones the Feds need so it is going to make it tough on them. I guess we will just have to see how this all plays out in the end.

Tiger Woods Returning To Golf

Tiger Woods will be returning to golf with the Accenture Match Play Championship to defend his title. Woods has been out for a long while and I will bet he cannot wait to get back to live action. As for his fellow golf professionals they probably wish he was gone longer as beating him will be a very tough challenge for them.

Everybody though that is associated with golf from the sponsors to television will be very happy that Tiger Woods is coming back. The ratings for Golf has taken a nose dive since Woods has been gone and I am sure it will see a big upswing when Tiger returns. No matter if you love or hate Tiger Woods the truth is we always tune in to see what he will do next.

Washington National Player Faked Name And Age

The Washington Nationals are not very happy with one of their top prospects named Esmailyn “Smiley” Gonzalez who they signed when he was just 16 years old they thought. he camed from the Dominican Republic and he he wound up leading the rookie-level Gulf Coast League with a .343 batting average in 2008 and was honored as the league’s MVP.

Major League Baseball has been do some investigating and they have found out he is not Esmailyn "Smiley" Gonazlez in fact he is older and his real name is Carlos David Alvarez Lugo. The Nationals gave him over a 1 million dollar signing bonus based on who they thought he was. Now Washington is still looking at their options and what would be in their best interests.

Now this has been a growing problem in recent years as players want to come to Major League Baseball and many times it is very hard to prove who they actually are. Yes, maybe the Washington Nationals did get duped, but the bottom line is they got a very good player and he still plays for them. I think they just want some of the signing bonus back. I am sure there is plenty of other Latin American players playing right now that could have done the same thing you just do not know anymore.

With the NBA trade deadline looming the NBA is all the buzz right now and let us look at the news and notes as well as games last night. First we will look at the spotlight game which was the Orlando Magic and the New Orleans Hornets.

Orlando is considered one of the elite teams in the Eastern Conference with Boston and Cleveland and have been playing like that lately, but against New Orleans that was a whole different story. Chris Paul tossed in 36 points and had 10 assists as they handed Orlando a 117-85 whipping which was the worse of the season for the Magics.

In other news Tyson Chandler was sent back to New Orleans Hornets when he failed his physical so the Hornets will get back the guy they thought they just got rid of. New Orleans can use him so I cannot imagine the players are disappointed in this turn of events at all.

The Chicago Bulls in a effort to clear some salary cap space agreed on sending Drew Gooden, Michael Ruffin, Cedric Simmons and Andres Nocioni to the Sacramento Kings for Brad Miller and John Salmons.

Tracy McGrady will have season ending knee surgery as he never told management how bad it was and they were trying to trade him, but now that will not happen. Vince Carter is a name that has been discussed in trade rumors. I guess we will have to wait and see if and real deals are made. Cleveland Cavaliers in talks to get Shaq. I do not know if they will, but they have been talking for two days. I think some trades could be made soon.

Wednesday, February 18th

Denver 101 Final
Philadelphia 89

Cleveland 93 Final
Toronto 76

Indiana 94 Final
Charlotte 103

Minnesota 111 Final
Miami 104

Orlando 85 Final
New Orleans 117

Chicago 113 Final
Milwaukee 104

New Jersey 98 Final
Dallas 113

Memphis 90 Final
Portland 94

Atlanta 105 Final
Sacramento 100

LA Lakers 129 Final
Golden State 121

Phoenix 142 Final
LA Clippers 119

Who is next?

Right now the in thing seems to be bashing Alex Rodriguez and yes he has made mistakes, but so did over 100 others on the same list that Alex was on. My question is whoever leaked Alex’s positive test must had a axe to grind with him or something. Why have we not seen the list of other players on the list. I would expect that A-Rod is probably the biggest name on the list, but that does not mean he should take all the heat.

If your going to release names than all should be released, as A-Rod should not be the only one that we have questions for. The real question is who is on the list and are their anymore big names. My guess there probably is some more big names and we may never see the list. With 100 more names I will venture to guess if they ever become public the fallout could be huge.

The funny part is everyone in Major League Baseball bashed Jose Canseco when he came out and told people about steroid use in MLB. Now it might be time that Bud Selig give Jose an apology as so far he has been right on the money. I guess if we want answers about steroids Jose gives better information than Major League Baseball can give their fans and that is real sad. Major League Baseball owes it's fans much more than just lip service. Congress tossed Vince McMahon the owner of the WWE in front of them when they had steroids issues and Bud Selig should be no different. let us see if Congress goes after him like they did McMahon.