Check out this video clip of Manny Ramirez making a very nice catch and then jumping up to give a fan a high-five.

San Antonio covers -7 against New Orleans

Overall Record:

NBA 23-15
MLB 7-2
College Football: 44-41-1
NFL 63-33-3
College Basketball 102-69-6

SportsUnderground.com’s favorite racer was in action again this past weekend, but this time he was at South Boston Speedway. Keith “Mississippi” Langston had clutch issues again and didn’t have the opportunity to get in any practice before qualifying. That being said “Sippi” was able to qualify 13th out of 19 to give him a fighting chance. As usual, Langston drove his aggressive manner and was able to pull out a fifth place finish. Langston will be back at Orange County Speedway this coming weekend and will be focused on keeping his points lead. Nice work at SOBO Keith!

At the ripe old age of 25 Justine Henin is retiring from professional tennis. Henin won two grand slams last year and was #1 in the world upon her announcement today. Also, Justine announced her decision at a news conference roughly two weeks before the start of the French Open, where she has won the past three titles and four overall. It’s really interesting for an athlete to retire so young, but in tennis she is defitely a veteran and the skills go fast.

Cleveland covers +9 @ Boston

Overall Record:

NBA 22-15
MLB 7-2
College Football: 44-41-1
NFL 63-33-3
College Basketball 102-69-6

While writing the title I chuckled a bit because this seems to be such an oxymoron because it doesn’t seem true. The man is pitching in the low 80’s these days with the San Diego Padres and has won only a couple of games over 30 in his last 3 1/2 seasons. Yet yesterday Maddux won his 350th MLB game and is only the third player since 1911 to hit this mark. Maddux has played for 22 years with the Cubs, Braves, Dodgers and Padres during his stellar profesional career. Warren Spahn and Roger “Wanna Ride My Rocket?” Clemens are the other two pitchers to hit this milestone in basically the last 100 years. I think you can lock this achievment up and throw away the key because there won’t be any other pitchers hitting the 350 win mark moving forward. (It’s all about the stache)

Cleveland covers -2 against Boston

Overall Record:

NBA 21-15
MLB 7-2
College Football: 44-41-1
NFL 63-33-3
College Basketball 102-69-6

The HBO television series Hard Knocks has announced this year they will follow the Dallas Cowboys at their training camp in Oxnard, California. This is the fourth edition of “Hard Knocks,” and the second to include the Cowboys. The Cowboys were also on the show back in ‘02. Only one team has ever made the playoffs after doing the show and that was the 2001 Ravens who went 10-6 after winning the Super Bowl the year before. My opinion is you don’t want a camera crew following your every move for the entire training camp. This Cowboys team has a lot of potential and I think all this distraction during such an important time for team chemistry is a recipe for disaster.

Take the Dodgers -130

Overall Record:

NBA 21-15
MLB 7-1
College Football: 44-41-1
NFL 63-33-3
College Basketball 102-69-6

I have heard a lot of chatter from sports heads today stating that if the NBA Playoffs counted Chris Paul would have been announced as the NBA MVP rather than Kobe Bryant. I personally think that is absolute farce because Kobe is hands down the most valuable player. I must say though that I don’t want to take anything away from Chris Paul because he is flat out amazing and is definitely one of the top three players in NBA in only his second year in the pros. Now on to the best player in the NBA which is Kobe Bryant. Kobe is averaging 34.4 points per game during the playoffs yet Paul averages 24.3. Ten whole more points??? Kobe outscored Paul by seven in the regular season and also finished in the top 50 in the NBA in almost every major statistical category during the regular season. Lets also not forget it came down to the Los Angeles Lakers or the New Orleans Hornets for the number one spot in the West and the Lakers went 7-1 during April while the Hornets went 6-4. The Lakers also won against New Orleans on April 11th led by Kobe’s 29 points and eight assists. During this crunch stretch a true MVP steps up and leads his team to the graceland. That along with being hands down the best basketball in the NBA since Michael Jordan is why no matter when the vote would have taken place this year you were going to be the MVP.