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Well, well, well, what a week! Lets break it down, short and simple.

The week started off with the finishing up of the U.S. Open. People held their breath as it came down to the wire. Everybody was sure the winner would either be Ricky Barnes or Lucas Glover who led the pack by a large margin. But, they began to struggle and a few got hot. Phil Mickelson tried his best to win his first U.S. Open after being tied for the most runner ups all time at 4. It looked all to familiar as Phil began to struggle on the final holes and blew any chance he had of winning. In the end Lucas Glover won it all and Phil took his 5th runner up spot along with David Duval and Ricky Barnes.

Next up was the NBA Draft. What a hectic day. People in New York waited and hoped that they would hear their team get the player they wanted, Stephen Curry. BUT, with the pick right before the Knicks the Golden State Warriors drafted Curry and there were boos everywhere. The Knicks ended up getting Jordan Hill. The Warriors have made it clear that they drafted Curry to keep Curry and they do not plan on trading him. So, the Knicks looked at another PG that might be willing to be traded. Spains Ricky Rubio. Rubio was drafted 5th by the Timberwolves who took another PG in Jonny Flynn with their next pick. Rubio didn't seem to happy. Shortly after Ricky's dad came out and said it was likely that Ricky would stay in Spain to play another year or two. But now the Knicks are trying to get him guarentee him playing time. Some were confused by the Timberwolves picks of 3 PGs in the first round but their third pick, Ty Lawson, was shortly after traded to the Nuggets. So now they still had two. Maybe they anticipated Ricky wanting to stay in Spain so got Flynn as a back up? I'm sure there will be more news on this subject next week. Oh, and I guess I should also mention Blake Griffin going number 1 to the Clippers.

There was plenty of other news in the NBA besides the draft. There were many transactions. The first one huge. Shaq is going to the Cavaliers. I think this a huge trade. We all saw how great the Cavaliers were last year and were shocked when they didn't even make it to the Finals. But now they have Shaq. Shaq averages much better statistics than the Cavs previous centers. I think we'll see another great season for the Cavs next year but this time, they're going to the Finals. Also, it has been decided Shaq will wear #33 on the Cavs just like he did in high school and LSU.

But wait! Who says its going to be easy for the Cavs. Not the Magic. They made a trade of their own to try and better their chances at a return to the Finals. The Magic acquired Vince Carter from the Nets for Rafer Alston and Courtney Lee. Again, another huge trade. Great trade for both teams in my opinion. However, the day after the Magic got big man Vince Carter, their other big man, Hedo Turkoglu, announced he would try the free agent market. He says he'd like to stay with the Magic but needs some more money, something it'd be very hard to do for the Magic after paying Vince Carter alot. I'm looking forward to a great race in the East again between the Cavs and Magic and of course, the Celtics, who now have KG back. However, Rondo and Ray Allan may be on the move. We'll see how that works later on.

A day after the NBA Draft came the NHL Draft. Unlike the NBA Draft, where we knew who was going first, the New York Islanders kept it a secret to whom they were going to pick. No one knew until it was announced. They ended up taking John Tavares from London. You can read more about the NHL Draft in one of my previous posts.

Back to trades for a moment. Nothing much happened in the MLB but yesterday the Cleveland Indians traded infielder Mark DeRosa to the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night for reliever Chris Perez and a player to be named later. Albert Pujols was already giving DeRosa tips a few minutes after he arrived in St. Louis. These two will make a great duo. DeRosa has finished his first game with the Cardinals now but went hitless, but things will change soon.

One man did get a hit. Manny Ramirez, who had gone hitless in the AAA, hit a home run in his first at bat in Class A. ManRam went 2-2 with a walk before leaving after the fifth inning. I think he's finally getting his groove back and getting ready to return to the MLB after his 50 game suspension.

Heres something I haven't posted or tweeted about. This last week was All Decades Week. Players who have been outstanding throughout all or most of this decade were rewarded for their hard work. This list included: Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Ladainian Tomlinson, and many more. I don't want to list all 25 of these top players here, so instead I'll just give you the link. http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcwest/0-9-301/Best-of-the-best--Top-25-players-this-decade.html.

Tennis anyone? Theres been alot of upsets at Wimbledon this year. Two of the big ones include Sabine Lisicki of Germany beating two-time major champion and fifth seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova and 17 year old American Melanie Oudin beating six seed and former number one seed Jelena Jankovic. These two young girls have bright futures ahead of them. While there were some upsets many big names moved on. Both the Williams sisters moved on and it looks there there is a good possibility that we will see another Williams sister final. Both have been playing amazing tennis. Home favorite Andy Murray has moved on into the fourth round and also American favorite Andy Roddick has moved on. Good luck guys.

Lastly, the U.S. Mens soccer dream at winning the 2009 FIFA Confederation Cup ended today after a crushing defeat by Brazil. The end score was 3-2. Americans had their hopes up as they watched their team go up 2-0 in the first half. Everybody thought surely they couldn't blow this lead. They were playing so well! But Brazil came out hot and score within the first few minutes of the second half. Everybody in the U.S. was on the edge of their seets as Brazil had shot after shot and Tim Howard made amazing saves. But in the end, Brazil gave it all they had and ended up scoring three straight goals. It was a great game and both teams should be proud. Clint Dempsey (9) and Landon Donovan (26) of the U.S. had goals and Luis Fabiano (46, 73) and Lucio (83) of Brazil scored goals.

I hate to end on a sad note but there has been many deaths this week, something you never want to hear. I would like to send my prayers out to the families of Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays, and Ed McMahon. They come in threes as people always say, but this time, its been in four. Rest In Peace all of you. You will be missed.

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