Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Sports Round-Up

Lots of topics hittin' the grill this morning:

NBA
> Kobe Bryant became the all-time leading scorer for the L.A. Lakers with 25,208 points.
> He passed Jerry West who played his entire career for the Lakers, as has Kobe.
> Couple of factoids to throw around today: Jerry West has two nicknames, "Mr. Clutch", because of his propensity to make the big plays and hit the big shots at the right time, and "The Logo", because he IS that silhouette in the NBA logo that you've seen a million times. He is
> You know who else Kobe has passed? Magic Johnson, Elgin Baylor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

From West coast to the East coast:
> The Boston Celtics Kevin Garnett passed Larry Bird -- also a Celtic and NBA great -- last night on the all-time scoring list.

NHL
> The Washington Capitals have been on a tear, winning 10 in a row.
> This is a hot streak but are they peaking at the right time or too early in the season?
> Alex Ovechkin is leading the way and is a prolific and exciting scorer.

College Basketball
> University of Kansas is back on top of the coaches poll. It's all Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk (a chant used at UK games. More factoids on that later.)

The grill is on early today so so chat it up and enjoy!

4 comments:

Ms. Soapbox said...

KQ: Rock Chalk Jayhawk is heard at KU games, not at our games (UK). ;)

Unknown said...

Caribbean Series starts today in Venezuela. Winter league champions of Venezuela, Republic Dominicana, Puerto Rico and Mexico square off for a week before Spring Training begins on Feb 18.

mity quinn said...

Well, Ms. Soapbox, interesting you raise this.It's definitely a Kansas cheer. I checked the University website to ensure that it was U of Kansas and not Kansas U.

Sending you the "official" page I found:
http://www.kuathletics.com/#00 As always, thanks for stopping by!

Marc, what's your prognostication for the Caribbean Series? And will you be making a pilgrimage to Wrigley Field this summer?

Unknown said...

The Caribbean Series is always hard to predict. The teams that win their respective leagues are allowed to bolster their roster before the Series begins so the rosters get a different look. I will go out on a limb and call for the Mexicans to pull off an upset and take the Series with the host Venezuelans placing second.