Brandon Phillips made his last swing of the year count for the Reds Tuesday night.  The All-Star second baseman hit the go-ahead single with two outs in the 11^th to help Cincinnati beat the Brewers 5-4.  That at-bat came at a huge price however as on the pitch before, Phillips broke a

Chris Paul and company are the statistical favorites winning 66% of AccuScore simulations.  They have won their three home games this series by an average of 19.7 points.  Game Seven tonight is at home.  So would a win by the Spurs be an upset?

On paper, yes it would.  The Hornets had the better regular season record, and had the better MVP candidate in Paul.  This is however the defending champion San Antonio Spurs.  Everybody should be required to call them “defending champion” until they lose.  Nobody would

Paging Tyson Chandler and Peja Stojakovic.  You both need to show up in a big way tonight or your team is done. 

For as good as New Orleans looked in Round One and in the first two games against the Spurs, they looked equally outmatched in the last two games.  Much of this I think has been due to adjustments made by Gregg Popovich (and of course homecourt).  Pop saw that no matter what he did against Chris Paul

Detroit will try to close out Orlando tonight at home. The Pistons hold a commanding 3-1 lead, and have shown much more focus and intensity than in the first round against the Sixers. It appears that the two losses to Philadelphia have been good for the veteran Pistons as the adversity has forced them to pick up their focus that has often wavered in recent years.

 

The biggest issue tonight will be the health of Detroit point guard Chauncey Billups. "[Billups

Are all of you Pats/Packers/Giants/Bolts fans out there getting psyched up for this weekend or what? I have to say that it’s a little sad to think about the football season dwindling down for the year. It’s tough. I won’t know what do with myself on Sundays – that could be a good thing, really, considering it is ski season in Colorado.

FF Librarian now has a presence on Facebook - I'm excited about this and am hoping that those of you with Facebook

I've been impressed by the number of fantasy footballers that are getting into postseason FF this year - who knew so many people were eager to keep going? Already there are over 60 of us in the FF Librarian's Challenge via NFL.com. I thought that by the time the regular season ended and Week 18 rolled around you all might have eased off the fantasy train a bit. Not so. I say cheers to that and remind you all that if you DO want to get involved in playoff FF, that you need to

The four teams with the best records in baseball all play in the American League (Red Sox, Yankees, Angels, and Indians). This has led many to dismiss the quality of play in the Senior Circuit, but as evidenced by the World Series a year ago, that would be a big mistake. While there was no dominant team in the National League this year, through the first two games of the playoffs there was clearly one dominant division: the NL West.

Matt Holliday is having a MVP season