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Knicks Debacle, Cup Finals, CC To The Rescue

After becoming relevant again in NYC, the Knicks have begun to implode with the announcement that Donnie Walsh will no longer serve as President and GM of the basketball team.  It's interesting reading the different takes on this.  Most of the writers in the dailies are really giving it to James Dolan.  Their belief is that Dolan forced Walsh out because Donnie wanted more control.  Walsh recommended two guys to take over as GM: Mark Jackson and Chris Mullin.  Dolan said no.

The other take is that Dolan wanted Walsh to agree to a two year deal and at a reduced salary.  Walsh turned it down more over the length of the deal.  Whichever reason you want to believe if your a Knick fan you have to be leary of what's up next.  For all Knick fans, here's hoping that Isiah Thomas is no where to be found.  If he comes back, it's over for the resurgence at the " world's most famous arena."

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In another nail-biter, the Vancouver Canucks have taken a 2-0 series lead with 3-2 overtime win over the Boston Bruins.  The Bruins had a 2-1 lead going into the third period and it looked like they might even the series.  However, it was not to be and instead of possibly leaving Vancouver 1-1 or up 2-0, they head home down and in a must win situation at the TD Garden on Monday.

Boston has been in this situation before against the Canadiens.  Actually it was worse because they lost the first two games at home.  I think this series will go at least 6 games but for the Bruins to have a chance they will need to get their power play going and they will need to tighten up, particularly in the later stages of the game.  Game 3 is always the pivotal contest.  Can't wait for Monday night.

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CC Sabathia does it again.  Proving once again why he is an ace and why the Yankees must make sure he doesn't exercise his option to bail out next season.  Going 8 2/3 innings, Sabathia was on his game and provided the type of game that was needed to ensure that the Yanks will end the road trip with a winning record.

ARod came up with a big tw0-run homer that provided the winning runs.  It would be nice for Bartolo Colon to give the same type of effort today with the Angels starting Joel Piniero.  Going home with a 6-3 road trip under their belts would certainly set the stage for their series against the Red Sox at the Stadium starting Tuesday.  They owe the Bosox big time as they are down 5-1 in the season series against their blood rivals.

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Tomorrow more Ohio State stuff and other tidbits heading into the Red Sox-Yankees series.