10 Awesome Things That Happened This Past Weekend (2/10-2/12)

10. Yankees Attempt to Trade A.J. Burnett to Pirates

            I like where the Pirates heads are at here. It’s not everyday they can acquire a starter with number one stuff, which Burnett has. I expect New York to eat $25 million of the $33 million owed to Burnett over the next two seasons, which makes this a low-risk gamble for the up and coming Pirates.

9. Kevin Youkilis Gets Engaged to Tom Brady’s Sister

            Thankfully, Brady’s sister won’t have to worry about Youkilis ever going up against Eli Manning in a baseball game.

8. Detroit Red Wings Win Twentieth Straight Home Game

            Even without Jimmy Howard, nothing has stopped the Red Wings from dominating at home. I still like them as the number one threat to Vancouver in the Western Conference.

7. Zambia Wins African Cup

            I know zilch about African futbol, but this story of a team winning a tournament nineteen years after the majority of it’s roster was lost in a plane crash is pretty epic.

6. Rick Grimes Rediscovers His Balls on “The Walking Dead” Mid-Season Premiere

            Grimes had been a sissy ever since his kid got shot, so it was good to see him kick some ass when he encountered a couple of Pantera fans in a bar.

5. Wayne Rooney Scores Twice, Leads Manchester United Over Liverpool

            Rooney proved to be the difference in a game marred by racial tension throughout.

4. Celtics Defeat Ailing Bulls

            I don’t mean to burst the bubble of Celtics fans everywhere, but they were only able to beat a team who was without the defending NBA MVP by four points.

3. Mickelson Steals Tiger’s Thunder at Pebble Beach

            Wood’s supporters should place the blame for Tiger’s miserable fourth round on Tony Romo, who was Wood’s amateur partner in the tournament. As for Phil, his six-stroke comeback will go down as one of his greatest non-major wins of his career.

2. Linsanity Strikes Down the Lakers

            It’s really hard to believe that an undrafted player out of Harvard is all of a sudden one of the ten most watchable players in the NBA, but after watching the entire second half of the Knicks-Lakers game Friday night, I’m a believer.

1. The World Remembers Whitney Houston

            Has a singer ever (for lack of a better word) picked a better day to pass away? She weaseled a second memorial service out of the Grammy Awards last night. In all seriousness though, I sincerely hope that wherever she has gone, Whitney Houston has found the peace that she could never find on Earth.