10 Awesome Things That Happened This Past Weekend (1/13-1/15)

10. Lebron James Can “Relate” to Tim Tebow

            This was one of the weirdest news stories on ESPN, as other than being endorsed by Nike and being overtly scrutinized by the media, I couldn’t think of two more dissimilar individuals than Lebron and Tebow.

9. Derrick Rose Obliterates Rajon Rondo

            The box score doesn’t really indicate this, but anyone who watched the fourth quarter would agree that Rose was the superior player Friday night.

8. Jeff Fisher Becomes Rams Head Coach

            Fisher is pretty crazy for picking the Rams over Miami, but perhaps he’s planning on righting off his coaching salary as a charitable donation.

7. Nuggets Hammer Heat, Hand Miami Third Straight Loss

            After a fast start, the wheels have come off a bit in Miami. Lebron is choking in the fourth quarter on a regular basis (again), Dwyane Wade is beat up almost as bad as the guy on the “Operation!” game board, and in case you forgot, they still don’t have an NBA caliber center. If you had to rank teams in the Eastern Conference, Chicago would clearly be tops right now.

6. Ravens Win Ugly Over Texans

            Was Baltimore pulling a Milton Berle against Houston and saving themselves for the Patriots, or does Joe Flacco just stink?

5. Clippers Win Battle of L.A., Part I

            Kobe did his best to keep it interesting with a 21-point third quarter, but Chris Paul was too much for Derek Fisher’s corpse to guard.

4. Yankees Trade Jesus Montero to Mariners For Michael Pineda

            I like this trade for one reason…it took both sides having some onions in order to make this swap. Both players have the potential to be perennial all-stars. If one doesn’t live up to expectations, we could be talking in fifteen years about how this was one of the most one-sided trade in history. Short-term this is a major upgrade for the Yankees, but long-term I can see Montero proving to be the most valuable asset. Pitchers are always one pitch away from Tommy John surgery, so despite the small major-league sample size of stats, I think Montero is the safer bet.

3. Giants Destroy Packers

            Ironically, there hadn’t been a bigger gag by a team generally picked by most to make the Super Bowl in the NFL playoffs since the 2008-09 Giants choked at home against the Eagles. Teams with first round byes need to revisit the whole “rest our starters in week 17 so they can get two full weeks off” strategy after Green Bay’s sloppy performance.

2. Patriots Hammer Broncos

            I think it’s safe to say that God didn’t show up Saturday night for the Broncos.

1. Vernon Davis Pulls Reenactment of T.O. in 1999, Shocks Saints        

            It’s hard to score four touchdowns in four minutes in a game of Madden, much less have two teams combine to do it in the final four minutes of a playoff game. Even if the 49ers flame out against the Giants next Sunday, good for Alex Smith to have at least one defining moment of his NFL career.