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A plethora of names were on the move in the NBA today. Tyrus ThoMAs went to the Bobcats, Kevin MArtin to the Rockets, Ronnie Brewer to the Grizzlies, but the biggest name was T-MAc going to the New York Knickerbockers. Not only does it help the Knicks team immediately but it will provide them with sufficient cap space to sign two maximum contract free agents. This means the Knicks have set themselves up for the possibility to bring in two of the following, in perhaps the most anticipated free agency period ever, Dwayne Wade, LeBron James, Amare Stoudemire, Dirk Nowitzki, Ray Allen, Chris Bosh, Joe Johnson, MAnu Ginobili, and Carlos Boozer. It would be every basketball fans dream to see LeBron and Wade play together but only time will tell who the Knicks target. The other move that was good to see happen was the acquisition of Nate Robinson, as well as MArcus Landry, from the Knicks by the Boston Celtics. I don't see MAny negatives to this moves. He is a high energy scorer and playMAker which we need coming off the bench. He MAy have had problems with Knicks coach Mike D'antoni but he expressed a desire to come to Boston and Doc Rivers is a players coach. Whether or not this is the move that MAkes us a title threat again reMAins to be seen but it was a necessary move at the least. Celtics play the Lakers late tonight, wish Nate could play, minus Kobe Bryant so it is essential to win against a depleted Lake Show.

In the Olympics Lindsey Vonn crashed in the slalom portion of the Super Combined event after being in first place during the first portion of the event. It would have been great to see Lindsey get two golds in her first two events but another story has emerged from her fall and that is Julia MAncuso. After finishing behind Vonn by half a second in her first event earning a silver medal she came back to win another silver in the Super Combined. This gives her 3 medals in two Olympics. She is only 25 so she will have at least two more Olympics to add to that total. She made a splash at the Turin games winning her gold after never placing in a big national event. If she medals again she MAy start stealing headlines from miss Vonn. On the men's side of the games Shaun White further solidified himself as the greatest snowboarder of all time by clinching a gold medal after his first run yesterday in the half-pipe. To top that he outdid he first run by successfully executing a McTwist 1260. In speed skating Shani Davis became the first man to win back to back gold medals in the 1,000 meter event and after emerging at the Turin games Davis is now the class of speed skating. The US hockey teams both won easily in their pool play games both improving to 2-0. The US leads in medals with 15 overall and hopes to keep their lead over Germany throughout the entire games.