Horse Racing...Is it one of my top priorities to watch? Not at all. But, this guy Big Brown is making a run for it. Big Brown is the horse who won the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago. In the race, he was behind by a good amount almost midway through the race. Then, all of a sudden, it's like he turned on a switch and he exploded to the finish line with a large margin of victory. Yesterday, Big Brown was the only horse from the Derby to run in the Preakness Stakes. Sure enough, Big Brown did it again, winning by 5 1/4 lengths. For those of you who don't know, a length is about 8 feet and it refers to the length of a horse.
You don't have to be a horse racing fanatic to see what's going on here. All you have to do is watch Big Brown run, and you can see why he won these two races so easily. He's a big horse with a lot of heart. He was the favorite to win both races, understandably. Big Brown has the chance to be the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. Big Brown will try to become the 12th horse to win the Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes in a couple of weeks.
On another note, we have a big game 7 in a few hours! No other than the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Not that there should even be a game 7...because in game 6, there were a few controversial calls that the referees made, in favor of Lebron James. WOW! What a surprise! Paul Pierce was called for a charge when the Celtics were down by a few, I think it was 3 points. Lebron was still in motion and never made an attempt to stop and he hit right into pierce, as they both went to the ground. Pierce was called for the charge, and I am not the only one saying this called favored Lebron. After the game, every sportswriter or reporter has said that the call was wrong. Also, there was a play when Ray Allen shot the ball, as it was blocked pretty late by Delonte West. In the replay, you could see the ball wasn't going in, because it hit the side of the backboard. But, after it hit the backboard, West swatted the ball. Now, I have heard two different takes and I don't know which one is right. There's a rule that states if the ball hits anywhere on the backboard, and then is hit by a defender, it is goal tending. But then I've heard that if the shot has no chance of going in, it doesn't count as goal tending. That's just typical NBA for you, they don't know how to interpret their own rules.
I just hope that the game is fair today. If Lebron is going to win it for the Cavs, let him win it himself. Don't give all the calls in his favor like usual. Don't make up fouls and new rules to help Lebron, like I've seen many times before. Just let them play. If Boston is on top of their game, the Cavs don't have a chance. But, if Boston makes one mistake, Lebron can capitalize on it. The winner advances to play the dangerous postseason Pistons. Lebron single-handedly beat them to go to the NBA Finals last year, so that would be an interesting series. But, I don't think we will be seeing it. I think that Kevin Garnett can take over a game just as well as Lebron can. So, we will just have to see who wants it more.
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