Jon Gruden, GM Allen Given The Boot

Jon Gruden and GM Bruce Allen had to know the writing was on the wall after a 9-3 collapse and no playoff for the Buccaneers this year. After a Super Bowl win a few years ago many people thought more would follow, but it never happen. Gruden could never find a quarterback that he like and that was one of his major problems no consistency at that spot. Other issues were also a problem for Gruden as well such as he was suppose to know offense real well, but the Buccaneers struggled in that department as well.

A few weeks back rumor was some of the players wanted to see him go so I guess that group go exactly what they wanted. it will be interesting to see who the Buccaneers hire to bring them back to where they want to be. They usually bring in a big name so it will be interesting to see who they do hire in the end.

Who's The Best In The NBA?

This is a question that it seems is always changing from week to week anymore. At one time we thought the Boston Celtics were the best, but they went on a losing streak. Than maybe the Lakers,Cavaliers, and who ever else might want to toss their had into the fire. After looking over all the teams I have come to just one conclusion and that is there is no one team that is so much better than anyone else.

Some weeks some teams play better than others, but right now I really cannot say one team stands way above every other one. In my mind I think we should wait to past judgement until later in the year that way we will better know who is playing their best basketball. It is just too early to make an opinion just yet.

Wangethi Mwangi Veteran Journalist

Wangethi Mwangi is a veteran journalist who serves as Editorial Director of the largest media group in Kenya called the National Media Group. Mr. Mwangi knows his company plays a big role in Kenya and the world and he understands that role is very important. Wangethi Mwangi also has interest in media law and economics as well. He also knows that the National Media Group can also help shape the politics in Kenya and he embraces that possible role as well.

Besides work for the National Media Group Wangethi Mwangi takes great pride in various recipes of Kenya foods he loves to make. They can be found on his blog at Kenya Recipes. Check it out as they are easy to prepare and as you can see Wangethi Mwangi keeps himself very busy.

Ravens vs Steelers A War This Weekend

If you are all about defense than you will want to catch the Baltimore Ravens as they take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship game. Pittsburgh picked by many to go to the Super Bowl at the start of the season is not a surprise here, but the Ravens are. Everyone knew they would have a great defense and they do, but Joe Flacco has come on and made all the right decision when it counted and now he is just one game away from a Super Bowl.

This game may come down to who has the less turnovers. I see both defenses playing well and not a lot of points will be scored. It will be a fun game to watch and Sunday morning stop back and I will make my pick. (I have not decided yet who i like in this game.

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Cavaliers Make It 19 In A Row At Home Against Celtics

Lebron James wanted to make a point to the Boston Celtics last night and I think they got his message loud and clear. James scored 38 points and put the clamps on Paul Pierce all night as the Cleveland Cavaliers walked away with a 98-83 rout of the Boston Celtics. As the crowd in Cleveland cheered M-V-P for James he played hard all night and now has to be the front runner as the MVP for the league. Cleveland with the win now is a perfect 19-0 at home. For the Celtics the struggles continue, but they are still an amazing 29-9.

Friday, January 9th

Atlanta 87 Final
Orlando 121

Charlotte 87 Final
Philadelphia 93

Memphis 82 Final
Toronto 103

LA Clippers 80 Final
New Orleans 107

Boston 83 Final
Cleveland 98

Houston 98 Final
Oklahoma City 96

Washington 86 Final
Chicago 98

New Jersey 102 Final
Milwaukee 104

Detroit 93 Final
Denver 90

Miami 119 Final
Sacramento 115 OT

Indiana 119 Final
LA Lakers 121

Dallas 100 Final
Phoenix 128

Utah Deserve At least Co-Champion

The Utah Utes completed a perfect College Football season earlier this month with a thrashing of Alabama and the best the voters did for them was No.2 in the AP Poll. After watching the Oklahoma and Florida game the AP voters should have did the right thing and at least vote them co-champions as that would have been the right thing to do. Thank you BCS system for screwing another team that deserved to be called champion.

For Utah and their fans they got no respect this year from the polls or even the sportscasters either. They had one last chance to fix the BCS mess by voting them co-champions, but they did not even do that. Just goes to show you that college football is more of a popularity contest than it is about finding out who the best team in college football really is. Thanks again BCS for screwing another college football team.

Florida Wins Sloppy Game Against Oklahoma

I for one thought the game would be better played and more points would be scored, but in the end Tim Tebow did enough to get his Florida Gators a 24-14 win over the Oklahoma Sooners. It was an interesting game as until the fourth quarter it really was a back and forth game and once the fourth quarter arrived it seemed that Tebow just took over and Oklahoma really had no answers.

After watching Florida play it makes me wonder how mad Utah, Texas, and USC fans could be right now. I am sure all of those teams and their fans feel that their team could have beat either team last night and I really cannot argue with that at all. Neither team last night showed me a lot to be called the true National Champion so I guess the debate will rage on in the off-season as well. Below it the final AP Top five.

1. Florida
2. Utah
3. USC
4. Texas
5. Oklahoma

Chris "Beanie" Wells Heading To The NFL

Ohio State's super running back Chris "Beanie" Wells has announced that he will forgo his last year at Ohio State and enter the NFL draft. Wells is a running back that the Buckeyes will miss alot, but somebody in the NFL is getting a very special guy and athlete that leaves it on the field. Wells finished as the 4th leading rusher in Buckeye history with over 3,000 plus yards. Finding a replacement for him will be very tough as players like Wells do not come along very often.

Player Seasons Yards
Archie Griffin 1972-75 5,589
Eddie George 1992-95 3,768
Tim Spencer 1979-82 3,553
Chris Wells 2005-08 3,382

Trevor Hoffman To Pitch For Brewers

According to various sources it looks like Trevor Hoffman is going to be a Milwaukee Brewer and step into their closer role. Now if there is one thing the Milwaukee Brewers need that is someone they can count on out of the bullpen. Last year they had countless games they lost because the bullpen could not shut the door. Now Hoffman will not get every save he goes out to get, but the chances are much better with him than what they had last year.

The Brewers wasted all the money last year on Eric Gagne and he was a major bust so hopefully Hoffman will be money well spent. This guy is usually injury free and he comes to the ballpark ready to go. He is the kind of guy you want on your side and now maybe the Brewers will not lose so many games in the later innings like they did last year.

Tulsa Crushes Ball State In GMAC Bowl

Even if you take away the horrible weather that hit the GMAC Bowl the result would have been no different as Tulsa crushed Ball State by a score of 45-13. The Golden Hurricanes of Tulsa racked up 632 yards of total offense with over 400 of that coming on the ground. Tulsa basically scored at will and ball State could do nothing to stop it.

On the other side it seemed Ball State could never get it going at all. Quarterback Nate Davis struggled all night long and in the second half Ball State did not have a completion or a first down in the second half. In fact they amassed a whole 22 yards against Tulsa's defense in the second half. Weather or not it was a dominating performance by a Tulsa team that has player well all year long.

Darren Sproles More Than Just A Great Football Player

Every Sunday Darren Sproles suits up and plays football for the San Diego Chargers, but he is a big winner probably for things he does off the field and not on it. Sproles who has stuttered all his life has been an inspiration to many people by his accomplishments on and off the football field. Sproles readily admits when the camera's start to role he does get nervous and you can tell by watching the video above, but you have to pull for a guy like Sproles. He has worked hard and when given his chance he has come up big this season. He battles on the field every Sunday, but his toughest battle he has already won and that is to prove he belongs no matter if he stutters or not.

Boston Loses In Charlotte

It seemed like everything was in line for the Boston Celtics to repeat as NBA Champions again, but the wheels have suddenly fell of that bus. The Celtics seen a 19 game winning streak vanish and now they have lost for the 5th time in 7 games as Charlotte got them in overtime. Ray Allen shot 7 for 20 and Paul Pierce had a crucial turnover in overtime that really hurt them.

Charlotte's Raymond Felton scored 25 points, rookie D.J. Augustin added 11 of his 20 points in overtime to give the Bobcats a 114-106 win in overtime over the Celtics. It looks like teams have found a weak spot in the Celtics and are using it against them. Of course the Celtics could just not be playing their best basketball right now as well. Either way it will be interesting to see how this all plays out as the season goes along.

Fallout In New York Jets Locker Room

It seems many of the players for the New York Jets are not happy with Brett Favre and the way things went along this season. Some have come out publicly and some have not. Thomas Jones was on a radio station and thought Favre should have been benched after his performance the last few weeks as he was killing the team. Now that maybe true, but the bottom line that is a coach's decision and he did not make a move. Jones went on to say Favre was killing the team by his poor play and should have take himself out.

Other players were not happy with Favre not associating with his teammates more and they said he was basically isolated from the team in his own area. No matter what the friction there is from the team towards Favre the owner wants Favre to come back and I think he will if he still wants to play. The first thing that Favre needs to do though is get on the same page as his players. Until he does that it could be another long season in New York for him.

Bowl Game Roundup

The LSU Tigers were National Champions this year, but going into the Chick-fil-A Bowl they weren't even ranked, but that did not matter to them as they crushed Georgia Tech 38-3. Charles Scott ran for three scores and freshman quarterback Jordan Jefferson looked very good and the special teams played well for LSU. Next year look for this team to bounce back into the National Championship hunt.

It was not one of your pretty games but Oregon State shut down No. 20 Pittsburgh 3-0 Wednesday in the Sun Bowl on Justin Kahut's 44-yard field goal and that was all they need. Some 20 punts in the game and defense everywhere this was a game that many called ugly, but Mike Riley will take it. They have always said a win is a win no matter how you get it.

Vanderbilt has had a up and down season, but they did not want to go out with a Bowl loss to end the season against Boston College. They have worked to hard this season to show people this school has a very good football program. Vandy's Bryant Hahnfeldt kicked a 45-yard field goal with 3:26 left Wednesday for a 16-14 win over Boston College in the Music City Bowl. This win puts the Vandy program at 7-6 there first winning season in a long time.

Kevin Sumlin knew when he took over the Houston football program changes needed to be made and it could start by winning a Bowl game. He convinced his seniors all year long that this was a reachable goal and they have accomplished it with a win as they beat the Air force by a score of 34-28. Sophomore quarterback Case Keenum ran for two touchdowns, threw for another and became only the second Houston quarterback to pass for more than 5,000 yards in a season. Bryce Beall, a freshman, ran for 135 yards and a score.

Kansas Jayhawk season did not go as they planned, but they were still able to add another Bowl Game win to their resume. Todd Reesing threw for four scores and over 300 yards as Kansas routed Minnesota by a 42-21 score. Minnesota really never had any answers for Todd Reesing all day and he carve them up pretty good.

Magics Stay Hot Beat Bulls

The Orlando Magic seen there winning streak go by the wayside when they lost in Detroit, but that has not seem to slow them down one bit. In Chicago Rashard Lewis scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half as the Orlando cruised to a easy 113-94 win over the Chicago Bulls. The Magics also go good games from Dwight Howard and Hedo Turkoglu as well to help them in the win. Right now Orlando is playing well and we have to wait and see if that plays out all season long.

Wednesday, December 31st

Orlando 113 Final
Chicago 94

New Jersey 75 Final
Detroit 83

Milwaukee 81 Final
Houston 85

Denver 114 Final
Toronto 107

Golden State 100 Final
Oklahoma City 107

Philadelphia 100 Final
LA Clippers 92