10. Avril Lavigne Lashes Out At Tampa Bay Ray’s Fans
Let the record show that this 10 spot on this list was blank until 11:24pm Sunday when I read this story on Yahoo. I hadn’t realized that Avril’s career had gone so far off the tracks that she was performing a concert after a baseball game.
9. Cleveland Cavaliers Attempting To Acquire 2nd Overall Pick in NBA Draft
So let me get this straight…Cleveland fans are supposed to be excited about their favorite basketball team potentially having the top two picks in the draft when this year’s crop of rookies is considered to be the worst in over a decade? Man it sucks cheering for the Cavaliers.
8. Golfer Jordan Spieth Skips High School Graduation to Play PGA Tour Event
In retrospect, I would’ve gladly skipped my high school graduation ceremony to get in a couple of extra games of “MVP 2004”, so I don’t fault Spieth for missing his to actually do something worthwhile. He pulled within 3 shots of the lead before fading on the back 9.
7. Djokovic Wins 43rd Straight Match
I’m not going to sit here and pretend I’m a tennis expert (although I am pretty solid at Wii Tennis), but I do know that winning 43 straight matches is pretty hard to do. If he keeps the streak alive, he’ll more than likely face Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the French Open.
6. David Ortiz Hits Pinch-Hit Home Run To Lift Red Sox Over Tigers
For all the talk about the 0-6 start, Carl Crawford’s struggles, and Adrian Gonzalez proving his worth, there hasn’t been enough talk about David Ortiz. Big Papi delivered a rare pinch-hit home run off of Tigers closer Jose Valverde to give Boston a 4-3 win in Game 1 of a doubleheader Sunday. After two horrid starts in both 2009 and 2010, Ortiz has hit at a .305 clip (9th in the AL), a team-leading 11 home runs (5th in the AL), and is currently 5th in the American League in OPS. Either Papi is back on the juice, or he’s really happy to have Adrian Gonzalez in the lineup.
5. Barcelona Hammers Manchester United, Wins Champions League Title
If you want to keep your kid away from football for fear of injury, have him or her watch highlights of Lionel Messi. That should be able to hook them for life.
4. Steven Stamkos Undeterred By Broken Nose
Hockey players come back from stuff like this all the time, but it never ceases to amaze me. The last thing I would do after taking a frozen rubber brick to the sniffer was return to the very same activity that resulted in the injury 15 minutes later.
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Runs Out of Gas on Last Lap
After the craziness that happened in the Indy 500 earlier in the day, about the only thing that could’ve knocked the 500 off the front page would’ve been a win by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the Coca-Cola 600. Amazingly, he came within about a 500 feet of pulling it off. Kevin Harvick was again the beneficiary of Junior’s misfortune (like Martinsville earlier this year).
2. Boston Bruins Advance to Stanley Cup Finals
I’m not going to write too much here due to the fact that my Stanley Cup Finals preview will be up within 36 hours from now.
1. JR Hildebrand Chokes, Gives Dan Wheldon Indianapolis 500 Victory
Hildebrand could go on to win three 500’s during his career, but he’ll more than likely never forget the mistake he made on the final corner of the last lap.
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