Half Court Heave

Every morning, we over here at HalfCourtHeave get a really hot chick to recap the happenings of the previous night…today’s recap is being brought to you by…Tori Praver.

Nice To Meet You Mr. Ocho Cinco - Welp…its officical.  Chad Johnson…er…Chad Ocho Cinco has officially changed his last name according to Broward County, Florida.

This Gustav Character Is A Douche - With an evacuation pending, LSU moved its game from 4:00 PM to 10:00 AM.  I wonder how this is going to effect the players.

Ewing Back To The Knicks - Well, its Ewing Jr.  Who was he traded for? Frederic Weis…remember him?  Me either…

So Much For Pride In One’s Country - Ginobili is going to need surgery after re-injuring his ankle in the Olympics…the same Olympics that the Spurs didn’t want him playing in.

Mets Gain A Game - Most Hated Non-Phillie?  Kevin Gregg.  Gave up a game winning grand slam to Carlos Beltran after recording the first two outs of the 9th.  Oh and the Phillies lost to the Cubs 3-2.

How’s That Move Working For You - After leaving Hawaii for the main land, June Jones’ new team, SMU loss to Rice last night 56 - 27.  Hawaii is going to be worse this year, but I don’t think they would be losing to Rice…by 29.  Oh and his new freshman protege, Bo Levi Mitchell, 3 picks.

OK, I am exagerating…but thats not what ESPN wants you to believe.  In all actuality, they are only 3.5 games up.  Now this would be a big deal if was the first week of September, however, its only July 2nd (or 3rd depending on when you are reading this).  Remember the Mets of last year?  They lost a 7 game lead that they held on September 12th.

Now don’t get me wrong, I would love see the Rays knock off the Yankees or the Red Sox (and hear their idiot fans cry for a whole offseason), but there are a ton of reasons that the Rays won’t do it.  Here are a few:

• They are young (their best player is a rookie)
• They are inexperienced (this is the longest they have ever been in a race)
• Their bandwagon fans.

Now that last one isn’t really a reason, but it does bother me, so I decided to throw it in there.  Where were these fans when they were named the Devil Rays, losing over 100 games a year?  Now Dicky V may be crazy, but you can’t call him a frontrunner.