Mr. Optimism and Mr. Pessimism break down the NFC Teams Before the 2007 NFL Playoffs, Mr. Optimism and Mr. Pessimism gave their thoughts on the 12 postseason teams and their chances of winning the Super Bowl. The duo is back again to give their insightful analysis, this time offering their opinion on all 16 NFC teams with training camps ready to fire up across the country. If it weren't already obvious by their names, Mr. Optimism likes to find the positive in every team. He likes to stroke the fire of? well? optimism, and provide hope to your.Boston College Eagles VS Robert Morris Colonials College Basketball Tickets.

Dear Sports Gods: A Couple More Wishes Tickets, The Celtics, the Patr.iots and the Sox all won a championship in my lifetime. So now what? Do I root for the Bruins and the Revolution? Nah, I would involve watching the NHL and MLS, and I just can't do it. I just can't. Anywho, what else is there to root for? Sure, I will root for the home team but nothing will ever top Game 4 of the Finals, or rallying from 0-3 or Vinatieri's game winner. As Bill Simmons already put it, I guess I'm suffering from Hugh Grant Syndrome: I seen it all so what.

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The Boston Celtics Defeat The Los Angeles Lakers For Championship The Boston Celtics Defeat The Los Angeles Lakers For Championship June 18th, 2008 Congratulations to the 2007-08 NBA Champion Boston Celtics for picking up their 17th league championship and embarrassing their hated rivals in the process. The Celtics? 131-92 victory over the Lakers is the largest margin of victory in a championship finale. Paul Pierce was named the finals MVP, but the last and deciding game was a team effort? Right down to the post game press conferences. Read the rest. Boston College Eagles VS Robert Morris Colonials.

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Alaska at last! , I've been overwhelmed by the volume of photos Brent and I (ok, mostly Brent) took during our Alaskan cruise, so it's taken me a while to gear up for this recap. I won't be doing the 6-part version like I did for our Italy recaps. Instead I'll give you some of my favorite highlights. Here's the big boat we called home for a week. It's the Island Princess. Here are some of the stunning snow-covered mountains we saw. Here is one of the many glaciers we admired. We even caught some.

Monday morning rehab Tickets, Did anyone watch the US Open final round yesterday? Pretty amazing stuff. Tiger v. Rocco today at 11 a.m. CST starting on ESPN should be worth a watch if you get the chance. I will be keeping up with the 18-hole playoff via The Big Lead. For it being the NFL offseason, yesterday was a pretty big sports day. Fittingly, since it was Father's Day and all. In addition to the thrilling Open, the College World Series played a couple of games and the NBA Finals tipped off in the night cap, with the .