Quick Hits:

· Chicago Bulls and Big Ben

o This is a great signing for Chicago. Yes, he is not the best scorer but his defense is the reason the Bulls are a top 4 team in the East. A potential starting line-up of Big Ben, Noccioni, Benny G, Captain Kirk and say a PJ Brown or Luol Deng is impressive. Chicago was the best defensive team last year in terms of field goal percentage so Big Ben is only going to help them be an even more dominant defensive team. The obvious thing the Bulls were missing against the Heat was an inside presence. Big Ben will not shut down Shaq but he sure will help the guards help slow down Dwayne Wade. The Bulls paid a lot of money for Big Ben but you have to make bold moves to get back bold results. By signing Big Ben the Bulls catapulted themselves over the Pistons.

· The Detroit Pistons

o The Pistons are officially changing from the defensive minded team to the new breed of basketball of scoring and locking up on defense once in a while. They brought in Nazr Mohammed to pick-up the scoring drought but the defensive void is going to be much bigger. The Pistons will have to rely on Billups and RIP more than ever. Rasheed is getting older and has a horrible post game. Flip needs to change this team to a fast break team before age and bad jumping shooting catches them again.

· MLB All-Star Game

o What a joke. This game is the worse All-Star game in the big three. The NBA AS game is the best one followed by the Pro-Bowl. If the MLB wants to make this a real AS game, change the home field advantage rule. All-Star games are EXHIBITIONS! WHO CARES IF THEY END IN A TIE!! I watch the All-Star game to see some matchups that I don’t get to watch every day. I don’t watch it to see what league is better, that is for the WORLD SERIES! Come on MLB, aren’t you in the news enough with your other bad policies.

· World Cup Finals

o I hate Christiano Ronaldo. He is the player that caused Wayne Rooney to get a Red Card and put England in a disadvantage against Portugal. When I saw Ronaldo play I thought the guy was a solid player but his weak antics and dramatic flops made him my least liked player in the World Cup.

o Goodbye Beckham…I picked England to win the World Cup but that pick is long gone. I enjoyed watching the best of the best play every morning for the last three weeks. I am going to miss soccer. The club soccer games don’t do it for me. I wish the World Cup was every two years but I don’t think the world economy could take a hit every two years.

o Italy versus France…who is going to win this match? It comes down to a simple Nike question. Who is featured in the Nike campaign? Thierry Henry! When all fails, pick the Nike player. I think France is destined to win after seeing all the lucky breaks they got in the playoffs. France 2, Italy 1.

· MUST SEE CLIP!!!

o I don’t have cable so this took me a while to get a hold of, the 720 degree dunk by And 1’s “the Air up There”…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkwSGrXXJwM

The next big dunk is a flip dunk! Everyone remembers that from NBA Jamz! War the flip dunk!