Yep, it looks like the Pistons will advance to the NBA Eastern Conference finals yet again.

The 2008 NBA playoffs begin to close in on the championship games, beginning with the two championship series wars in the East and in the West. On Tuesday night, the Pistons will look to become the first team to reach it as they try to end the Magic’s season at home holding a commanding 3-1 series lead looking to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the 6th straight year.

You read it people, the Detroit Pistons are finally clicking on all cylinders after looking lost in their first playoff series against Philly. They came up with a nail-bitting win over the Orlando Magic last Saturday night in Game 4 of their best-of-seven second round face-off, winning 90-89 thanks to a Tayshaun Prince hook shot with merely a few seconds left on the clock.

That win put the Pistons ahead in their series with the Orlando Magic 3-1 after stealing one from the Magic’s own turf at the Amway Arena. Orlando’s Hedo Turkoglu still had a chance to steal the win with time running out, unfortunately for this ‘’other'’ team from Florida, he missed.

Richard Hamilton, STILL playing without backcourt teammate Chauncey Billups, scored a game-high 32 points. Hamilton picked up the slack with their floor general still out with his right hamstring injury. And yep, Hamilton indeed came through when it mattered most.

Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace was more than satisfied of…

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Big Brown should be the heavy favorite to win the Preakness Stakes.

And in case you have no idea who Big Brown is, the last time we saw the colt, he was accelerating for the lead at the top of the stretch and was never challenged while putting away the rest of the field with an explosive finishing kick under jockey Kent Desormeaux to win the 2008 Kentucky Derby.

‘’He’ll go to the Preakness as one of the most overwhelming favorites,'’ trainer Nick Zito, whose Derby horses finished seventh and 15th respectively, said of his horse’s chances at the 2008 Preakness Stakes. ‘’You can’t say enough good things. He was tremendous.'’

Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. was overwhelmed by 48 text messages and 29 voice mails, congratulating him on his first Derby victory. Big Brown is now a perfect 4-0 in his brief career, winning by a total of 33 3/4 lengths.

However, Rick Dutrow Jr. still remain cautious in assessing his colt’s potential sweep of the Derby, Preakness and Belmont, giving horse racing its first Triple Crown winner in 30 years. STILL, one can’t help but to root for Big Brown to capture the 2008 Triple Crown series title. It’s been 30 looong years after all.

Eight rested horses will likely await Big Brown in…

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Reality has set in with the Hornets while the defending champions from San Antonio have that ‘winning’ feeling again.

The 2008 NBA playoffs just got interesting as 3/4 of the four second round series wars are now tied at two games apiece. On Tuesday night, the best-of-seven face-off between New Orleans and San Antonio will be breaking the 2-2 deadlock, who ever wins the pivotal Game 5 is anybody’s guess.

You read it people, after shocking the world by winning the first two games of their series with the defending champions Spurs, the New Orleans Hornets found themselves back to square one after losing the next two games in Texas. The Hornets were dragged back to reality in San Antonio and on Tuesday night, they’ll be hoping that reality spares them when this series resumes in New Orleans.

However, when reality has set in, especially when the defending champions themselves, the San Antonio Spurs, were the ones who brought you there, cheating it could be a difficult task. The Spurs defeated the Hornets for two straight games by double-digits, 110-99 in Game 3 and 100-80 in Game 4, and coming to a pivotal Game 5, these Hornets would need more than just CP3’s playground antics to pull off the huge win.

Hell, the Spurs, probably irritated after Chris Paul made them…

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0-5. That’s how good these Celtics have been, playing playoff games away from Boston.

After having the best road record of the regular season, the Celtics just can’t seem to win anything away from home in the 2008 NBA playoffs. After losing all three road games of their first round series with Atlanta, the Celtics dropped the last two games played in Cleveland here in the second round.

Apparently, the Boston Celtics just can’t win playoff games on the road and THAT is something to be worried about especially if you’re a Celtic fan. The Celtics lost both games played in Cleveland by double-digits, losing 108-84 in Game 3 and 88-77 in Game 4. And when you let a team like the Cavaliers get momentum like this, you’re already flirting with disaster.

You see, the last time a team let the Cleveland Cavaliers gain momentum at home in the playoffs, it was against the Detroit Pistons last year. The Pistons HAD that series in the bag, winning convincingly during the first two games of the series. When Detroit let the Cavaliers win the next two games in Cleveland, the Pistons saw their title hopes end abruptly in six.

Of course, the Boston Celtics, with probably the most talented BIG THREE in basketball; Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, dropping two more games is something that…

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They have to, that is if they have no plans getting extended to the full seven games yet again.

As we go deeper into the 2008 NBA playoffs, the high and mighty Celtics team that has earned the best record in the league this season can’t seem to win anything outside the confines of their home in Boston. They are now 0-4 on the road in the playoffs and THAT is a huge problem considering that it only gets tougher and tougher on their road for the title.

Of course, with them having the best record in the NBA, the Boston Celtics can continue to shoot blanks on the road as long as they keep winning all of their home games. They have homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs and winning all of their home games can very well land them the NBA title that has eluded them since No.33 retired.

The problem is, teams like the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Detroit Pistons, for instance, have already proven they can win road games. What happens if a team steals one game in Boston? Surely, the Celtics does not want to put themselves in the position that they have to win one game away from Boston just to stay in contention for the title right? Especially with them struggling so much on the road.

On Monday night, the Celtics will try to improve on their 0-4 road record when they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers for Game 4 of their best-of-seven second round series. Boston got their asses…

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Alright, let’s take a brief timeout from the NBA playoffs and check what’s happening on the ice lately.

In case you don’t know it yet, the 2008 NHL playoffs are still on. On that note, we’ll try to get you what are the latest in NHL’s postseason wars, hopefully, this won’t bore you the way the Derby did us mercilessly.

From the Eastern Conference, No.2 seed Pittsburgh Penguins continue their run in the 2008 NHL Playoffs. Thanks mainly to their team captain Sidney Crosby. Sidney Crosby’s leadership has been the main factor, doing his part in scoring which is tied for second with 15 points in the postseason.

‘’He never takes a shift off,'’ forward Max Talbot said. ‘’That’s the thing about him. He’s the best player in the world and the best worker on the team. It’s impossible for that not to make an impression.'’

Taking game one of the best of seven series against the Philadelphia Flyers was big for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins are 6-0 at home in the playoffs for the first time in franchise history and they have a good chance of making it all the way to the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup finals.

Meanwhile, in the Western Conference, the Detroit Red Wings took game 1 of…

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THREE STRAIGHT. How about that, Felipe Massa is now the official king of Turkey in a Formula 1 machine.

After the fifth race of the 2008 F1 season, the F1 world saw, for the third straight year, how Felipe Massa can dominate the Istanbul circuit after winning his third straight Turkish Grand Prix, winning last weekend despite the surprising challenge given by the young McLaren driver, Lewis Hamilton.

You read it folks, Ferrari driver Felipe Massa won in Istanbul again, winning the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix to earn himself the hat-trick of Turkish GP wins. Three of Massa’s seven career wins have now come at the Istanbul circuit, probably giving you a sure bet next year when the F1 season visits these parts again.

‘’It was a very difficult race. Lewis was pushing hard from the start, I thought he was light, but when I did my pit stop I thought he was straight away there so I thought maybe had less fuel, and the team told me he was on three stops and for sure that was a help,'’ Felipe Massa said, referring to the challenge he got from Lewis Hamilton during the race.

‘’He was strong and I could not hold him on track so he passed me. I knew…'’

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Once again, Old Trafford celebrates.

The 2007-08 English Premier League season finally concluded with the usual suspects, Man-U, winning the coveted English football title after beating Wigan 2-0 on the final day of the season.

This is now the 10th Premier League championship the Manchester United Red Devils have won in the last 16 years. Talk about domination huh? After taking it away from Chelsea last season, Man-U made sure that their title win last year was no fluke after successfully defending their crown despite the slow start to the season.

Speaking of Chelsea FC, they had the opportunity to make this year’s Premiership title chase interesting. They were up against Bolton on the final day of the season, holding a 1-0 lead. They could’ve had a 2-0 win over Bolton and steal the title away from their rivals from Man-U by taking over the points lead in the standings, instead, they gave up a goal merely a few minutes before the match ended, ending up with a 1-1 draw to the Bolton Wanderers and two points behind Man-U after the anticlimactic finish.

Yeeesh… What a waste that was.

In the end, Manchester United finished with 87 championship points to win this year’s Premiership while Chelsea FC wound up with 85. This was the closest finish for the Premiership since Man-U edged Arsenal by a single point back in 1999.

Now, Manchester United, with 10 Premiership titles, will continue to chase the…

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We do.

But unfortunately, the hot and sexy Maria Sharapova doesn’t want to take part in any photo shoot whatsoever lately. So much for the latest Sharapova panty shot eh? Yep, we still love them Russian panties alright.

Sharapova is being threatened by the WTA Tour that they will fine her sweet little ass for a whopping $300,000 or more if she doesn’t flaunt her Russian ass in a promotional photo session for the 2008 Italian Open in Rome on May 12.

With the 2008 French Open at Roland Garros just around the corner, this is definitely bad news for all ya’ll Frenchies expecting to see more of Maria Sharapova plastered around your town. After all, what’s better than having Sharapova’s panties promoting the biggest tennis tournament on clay right?

Expectedly, Sharapova is a little bit irate when she heard the news. But after releasing this statement, it looks like the sexy Russian sex goddess ain’t giving in to the request.

‘’They want me to do this shoot on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday of the…'’

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Unfortunately for most of us, the horseshit ain’t over. After the Derby comes the 2008 Preakness Stakes.

All roads lead to the Pimlico Race Course as Triple Crown series title hopeful, Big Brown, along with the top thoroughbreds of the country, set their sights to Baltimore for the 2008 Preakness Stakes on May 17. The Preakness Stakes will be running for the 133rd time then.

The Preakness Stakes is an American Grade I stakes, 1-3/16 mile (1.91 km) thoroughbred horse racing event for three-year-old horses.

Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg) while fillies have 121 lb (55 kg). The Preakness Stakes has been termed ‘’The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans‘’ mainly because a horseshoe of black-eyed susans, the state flower of Maryland, is traditionally placed around the winner’s neck.

The 2008 Preakness Stakes is the second leg of the 2008 Triple Crown series. It should be interesting since it is the shortest race of all three legs. It almost always attracts the Kentucky Derby winner. After all, whoever wins the Derby will be the ONLY ONE to have the chance to capture the Triple Crown.

In this year’s case, Big Brown.

It also attracts some of the other horses that ran in the…

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