Sports Gods Get It Right

Ok, I admit I was the first to scream from the roof top that the NBA Finals minus Kobe vs LeBron would be a dud. I would also guess that millions of sports fans agreed. We were all wrong and the Sports Gods were right again. Throw out game one, and you have a finals match up between two evenly matched teams with great story lines. The Lakers and the Magic have thrilled us with a near buzzer beater, two overtimes, and great overall play. Orlando notched their first ever finals victory in dramatic fashion, and Kobe has been spectacular in his quest for a "Shaq free" title.

The Sports Gods have been on the money lately, allowing fate to deliver championship match ups that we all loved but never saw coming. Look no further than the last two Super Bowls. The New York Giants knocked off America's team, and the beloved Brett Favre to set up their rematch with the undefeated Patriots. I, like many others, cried out that Green Bay and Dallas had better teams with bigger stars. Little did we know the Giants would put on a historic defensive performance and knock off the heavily favored Patriots. I'm sure the 1972 Dolphins felt their prayers were answered. The Arizona Cardinals put on a heroic performance against the favored Steelers a year later. It was their first Super Bowl appearance, and their "losing" image and small market value had critics thinking the worst. What we got was a second straight Super Bowl where the champion won on their last offensive drive of the game. So as we await the start of game five tomorrow, let's thank the Sports Gods for getting it right again.

Keep ya head up LeBron

LeBron James makes it no secret that he wants to be known as one of the greatest basketball players ever. In order to do that, LeBron must win championships. So I can understand his frustration when he saw his best chance to win a title go up in flames in Orlando last Saturday night. Message to LeBron....keep ya head up. Some of the greatest athletes of their era had to endure humiliation and adversity before becoming champions and legends. Michael Jordan endured gut wrenching losses to the Bad Boy version of the Detroit Pistons. With all of his greatness, we saw Jordan walk off the floor in defeat and his chances of a title go up in flames multiple times. As we all know, Jordon eventually overcame adversity to become arguably the greatest player and champion of all time. Before John Elway won back to back Super Bowls and rode off into the sunset, he faced his own adversity. We remember Elway having great seasons only to get humiliated time after time in one lop sided Super Bowl loss after another. And let's not forget Kobe's infamous air balls in their playoff loss to Utah early in his career. Bryant went on to win 3 in a row. So LeBron, keep ya head up. Adversity means that you're on your way to becoming a great champion. Stick with it, history has a way of repeating itself.