The Weeks Sports Review

The Week in Review

Some people say it is rigged, but I say who cares, the Cavs have the top choice in the 2011 NBA draft.  In what many of the expert’s call a week year the consensus seems to be that PG Kyrie Irving is the top choice.   Irving from Duke only played in 11 games during his freshman season due to a toe injury.  Many people compare him to Chris Paul.  We can only hope so.  The NBA is a lot harder for the average person to predict because of the European players.  Most people have never seen most of these players play in person.  They also play against lesser competition when you do happen to see some Euro highlights.  With that said, it is so important to have a good scouting system that can evaluate the European talent.  The Cavs also ended up with pick number 4, which will most likely be a European.  Most of the talk at #4 has the Cavs taking the C from Turkey, Enes  Kanter.  The little we have seen him play was in a NIKE all start game where he scored at will on Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger.  Kanter was to play at Kentucky this year, but was ruled ineligible.

The Indians remain among the best teams in baseball despite losing 2 games to the Red Sox this week.  The offense has suffered with Sizemore and Hafner out of the line up.  Grady should come back to the line up today.  We have finally seen some good crowds at Progressive field.  The leader of the team has been  Asdrubal Cabrera.  Getting Cabrera in 2006 was one of those trades that got no attention.  Seattle needing a bat traded the youngster for Eduardo Perez.  I do not think anyone predicted this type of career for Cabrera.  Asdrubal cannot be a free agent until after the 2014 season. 

Today, Ray Small came out in an Ohio State newspaper and said he sold school rings for money and got special deals on a car because he was a Buckeye football player.  Ray Small is only making himself look selfish and snitch.  If he did these things and the school did not know about them it just reflects on him once again that he is a person who cannot follow rules.  Ohio State’s Mike Brewster and Buffalo Bills Donte Whitner are among the people who have called him out.  Whitner has gone so far as to say he no longer part if the “Ville” family.  The “Ville” family refers to Glenville football players.  Small was also called out by LeCharles Bentley on his radio show tonight.  Bentley inferred that Small is a coward who is hiding in his basement.  Good luck Ray, you are on your own!

This Monday is Memorial Day.  Take the time to honor the real heroes in America, the fallen veterans who make our way of life possible.  Many athletes used to take time out of their careers to serve in the armed forces.  Bob Feller was one of those players to take time out of his career to serve in the Navy.  Bob was 23 and had won 107 games when he enlisted 2 days after Pearl Harbor in 1941.  After serving almost 4 years, Bob resumed his career and ended up with 266 wins for the Indians.  Take some time out of your day on Monday to honor our fallen heroes.