Golden State Of Mind

Well the Golden State Warriors of the NBA have pulled off the dream feat or gold standard in the NBA regular season they have won at least 70 games, 72 to be exact of this posting. It has been a dream season for them full of ups and downs but mostly ups. Lead by the videogamesque shooting of Stephon Curry the are poised to end the season with 73 wins setting a new regular season record and shattering the old record by one game held by the 96 Chicago Bulls.


All the older players from the Jordan era and before say they would be swept or beat by the 72-10 Chicago team but that is comparing apples to oranges.  The game has changed tremendously and playing under whichever rules we don't know what the outcome really would be. If winning 70 games was easy more teams would have instead of just coming close with 68 or 69 wins. instead of disrespecting Golden State and their accomplishment I will say congrats! and good luck in the playoffs.

The big cavalier

image courtesy of art.com

Shaquille Oneal can add another nickname to his list the big cavalier. It became official today the future hall of famer will team with Lebron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers after the big diesel was sent to the Cavs for underachieving forward Ben Wallace and missing in action Sasha Pavlovic.

The move almost guarantees the Cavs a trip to the NBA finals. Shaquille has been to the NBA finals with every team he has played on except the Phoenix suns that did not know how to incorporate one of the best centers of all time into their line up.

Cleveland should be saving for that victory parade now so they will have enough money.

Candace Parker

Photo: Eric Gay

Candace Parker received the WNBA's most valuable player award , becoming the first player to win the award along with the rookie of the year. The Los Angeles star was unanimously selected rookie of the year.

The awards capped a big run for Parker, who was college player of the year last season for national champion Tennessee. Parker also was a member of the gold-medal winning U.S. team in the Beijing Olympics.

Parker, the top overall draft pick this year, averaged 18.5 points and 9.5 rebounds. She had a high of 40 points and grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 17 games. She led the league in double-doubles with 17, led the league in rebounding and led rookies in scoring, blocks (2.3 bpg) and minutes (33.6 mpg).

She is the new face of the Wnba as stated by hall of famer Cheryl Miller. An athletic 6 footer that is mobile, agile and can handle the basketball. She is also the only woman to dunk twice in woman's professional sports

only a few have won both awards in the same year

Year	League	Athlete
2008	WNBA	Candace Parker
1959-60	NBA	Wilt Chamberlain
1968-69	NBA	Wes Unseld
1975	MLB (AL)	Fred Lynn
2001	MLB (AL)	Ichiro Suzuki
1957	NFL	Jim Brown

wnba brawl in detroit is a first

Striking a blow for equality among the sexes women in the WNBA had a bit of a skirmish Tuesday July 22, 2008 that made fans recall memories of the brawl between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons in the NBA.

It was sparked by Plenette Pierson knocking Candace Parker down after a made free throw by Ferdinand Harris then it went downhill from there. Parker pulled Pierson down, Parker then was tackled by the Shock's Deanna Nolan. Players and coaches from both teams joined in, and Mahorn -- who said he simply was trying to separate players -- pushed the Sparks' Lisa Leslie at one point and knocked her to the court. Los Angeles Spark DeLisha Milton-Jones then pushed and punched Mahorn in the back.

So it just goes to show a planet with only women would not be war free and peaceful