Celts, Tiger, BC

It seems as if the Celtics are back on track. Three big west coast wins should restore confidence back in the green MAchine. Winning on back to back nights at LA and Portland is a good step in the right direction. Whether the Lakers had Kobe or not the Celtics had to win and pulled it out. In the two games against the Lakers it feels as if the two are destined to meet again in the playoffs, at least in my mind. The C's have another showdown Sunday in Denver with a Nuggets team that is coming off an unfortunate loss against the lowly Wizards. The game will be on ABC and sure to be a tight one. Ray Allen has been shooting lights out and looks rejuvenated after the break. He shot 10-15 against the Lakers and 9-14 against the Blazers. It would be a huge change to this team if he can continue to play like this, even 80% of this, because it takes pressure off of Pierce and Rondo. It will be interesting to see how Nate can change the dynamic even further when he debuts Tuesday at the Garden against none other then his former team, the New York Knicks.

I wanted to blog about Tiger Wood's statement yesterday but never got around to it. This is the most public affair since Bill Clinton and I am torn about how it has been covered by the media and handled by Woods. What Woods did was wrong and inexcusable. As far as media coverage, it has been a blood bath. I feel just terrible for Tiger's wife and kids, I can't imagine the number of photographers following them and it is unfortunate that their lives have become a story because of the dumb decisions by a selfish MAn. The tabloid coverage has been the most intense in history, as woMAn after woMAn come forward the magazines gain ammo day by day. From a journalists point of view this story presents a moral reaction about whether or not to cover the story, although it is one of the most famous people on the earth this story is about a tortured MAn most likely ruining his MArriage. I think it's none of our business about what he did, when he did, what his reasons were, and frankly any details about the future of his MArriage. In saying that I am not naive to how the world works, as a person who is so recognizable and important to society as a figure this story will get coverage regardless and Tiger will be ridiculed regardless as he should be. I think that Tiger never should have taken 83 days to come out and say these things, although I personally don't think he needed to apologize to anybody except his corporate sponsors for which he stood in front of society as a certain role model. Bottom line what he did was wrong, he doesn't owe America or Golf anything, and he needs to do whatever he needs to MAke sure his family doesn't suffer any further than they already have.

This early afternoon I went to Conte Forum with my brother and pop to watch two 3-9 teams in an ACC battle of the basement. NorMAlly when UNC comes to town they are ranked in the top ten and have at least one All American candidate this UNC is a totally different entity. With two seniors that have underachieved this young team hasn't lived up to the UNC pedigree. BC has had the same problems of youth with a roster that has only one senior. The teams also have both been incredibly inconsistent losing games that they really shouldn't. In a tough back and forth battle it was nice to see BC pull of a 4 point win. Reggie Jackson got his first start of the season and led the Eagles with 17 points including a thunderous alley-oop late in the second half. Sophomore Evan Ravenel played crucial minutes off the bench and produced with 8 points 4 rebounds and 2 blocks. He hasn't played much at all this season and it was great to see a young bench player step up in a big game. Yes I said big game because despite both teams being 3-9 in ACC play UNC coming to town is always big not too mention BC is trying to MAintain NIT status. As I have said before it is now up to a deep ACC tournament run in order for the miniscule NCAA tournament hope to come too.

P.S- The US continues to pile up the medals in Vancouver. Showdown with Canada in hockey tomorrow. Lindsey Vonn gets her second medal. US takes home figure skating gold.