Boston Celtics battle again and lean on defensive veteran to pull it out

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Once again the aging, past their prime, over the hill, tired, hurt, Boston Celtics overcame their shortcomings and won another playoff game and got 1 step closer to adding the big 3's second banner to  the historic Boston Garden Rafters. This time it was the upstart Philly 76ers who took down the Derek Rose-less Bulls in the first round after he tore his ACL and took his all too common seat on the bench which the Bulls have grown much more accustomed to this season then anyone imagined. The missed games were through no fault of Rose who decided against early season surgery, rather opting to take the necessary games off here and there throughout the season and deal with the constant pain to stay in the battle of the NBA East with his Bulls teammates. 

Throughout this game shortened, lockout threatened, injury filled NBA season the Boston Celtics heard the talk, that's because it wasn't whispers, no, the naysayers were yelling, making it loud and clear that the aging cast that Boston and Ainge had built around was too far past its prime to do anything in the playoffs, let alone threaten a team like the pre-season odds on favorite, Miami Heat. The Heat ended up once again dominating the regular season in the East aside from the Bulls and Lebron James once again claimed the MVP award putting up his incredible stat-line of points rebounds and assists and surely AGAIN finishing on the all-defensive team as well. So, how would the Celtics who were so thin on their back-line, injured at key positions and with their defensive stopper playing uninspired ball dream of doing any damage when it counted???

That's just it, the Celtics once again is showing ppl that they have their own formula for this, they play big in the biggest moments, sometimes they don't show up when the spotlight is off, sometimes they frustrate the hell out of the Garden faithful, but when it's showtime, the big 3 put in BIG WORK.....they put together a string of wins against teams they could see in the playoffs, the showed the league they could beat the almighty and now they are beating who they are supposed to, mentally preparing for the showdown that everyone not in Florida wants to see.....Another Miami meltdown courtesy of the past their prime, over the hill, aging, injured BOSTON CELTICS!

In the state of Ohio this Kentucky sex offender should be required to register there after this one this guy just took Urban Meyer into an alley, turned him around and bent him over and didn't even bother with the lubrication.

To make a long story short, Ohio State and their new head football coach Urban Meyer had gotten a commitment from Alex Anzalone who is one of the best Defensive Ends in nation and overall rated as the 65th best player at any position by ESPN's high school rankings. During his recruiting visit for the Spring intra-squad game he and a few other recruits were asked to take a picture with a "fan" named Charles Waugh. Charles is a registered sex offender in Kentucky and posted this and other photos on his twitter account. 




In what must be a frightening proposition for parents across the country who have talented young men thinking about taking their talents to Columbus, Ohio it has become clear that at least 1 of the thousands of sex offenders has found his way much much to close to the Ohio State campus and apparently close enough to the football teams prospects that he was able to take a picture during a recruiting visit with some student athletes. He's from Kentucky and is registered there with the offender registry. 


As soon as Ohio State caught wind they did their best to alert students and student athletes of the possible implications of their interactions but the warning was not enough for the parents of Alex Anzalone . His father immediately voiced his opinion with his son and soon after Ohio State got the news.....they lost one to the bad guys.

Predators 1 Buckeyes 0

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How good are the Bulls at sharing the scoring load without superstar D Rose???

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/7866701/2012-nba-playoffs-chicago-bulls-derrick-rose-suffers-torn-acl-philadelphia-76ers


The bulls proved all year they could win at home, they could win on the road, they could win with Derek Rose AND THEY CAN EVEN WIN WITHOUT DEREK ROSE. They still managed to compile an incredible record at the top of the elite NBA teams even with their only star injured in one way or another for the entire regular season.....well, it's a good thing they had all that practice. It has just been announced that Rose has now torn the ACL in his left knee in the game yesterday against the 76ers in the first round, first game of the playoffs and will be out the entire playoffs and then have a long recovery as well. 


So, how far should the bulls chances drop? Or do they not even have a chance now in your opinion?