Tuesday Morning Update….

The Hurricanes are now only one win away from winning the Stanley Cup! After taking one of two games in Edmonton the Canes are coming back to Raleigh with a shot to win the Cup on home ice. No NHL team has ever come back from a 3-1 deficit in a finals series to win and the leading team are 19-7 all time in game 5’s. Hopefully the Canes can follow suit and take care of business on Wednesday night.

The World Cup is under way now and both England and the USA played poorly. However, England was able to walk away with a very important 3 points with the help of an own goal to take a 1-0 victory, while the USA took a 3-0 beating by the Czech Republic. Both teams are going to have to play much better if they hope to move on past group play but the USA is definitely going to need some help. Cup favorite Brazil finally takes the pitch today against Croatia, which should be an easy victory for them. If you want to watch the worlds best you should definitely watch this match.

The Miami Heat look to be in some serious trouble in the NBA finals. They lost a close one in game 1 and then got absolutely destroyed in game 2. Shaq managed all of 5 points in game two and is now making a scorching 12% of his free throws. I said earlier in the playoffs that Shaq was done and then he came back with a 30 and 20 game to shut me up, for the Heat to do anything in the next couple of games he’s going to need a similar type of performance. While Shaq is fading, Dirk is becoming one of the top players in the league right now. You could easily make an argument that he’s one of the top 5 players in the league now, a big change from even the beginning of the playoffs. One more thing about the playoffs, does anyone else thing this 2-3-2 series format is completely stupid?

The US Open starts on Thursday from Wingedfoot Golf Club in NY. Tiger is making his return to playing after his fathers death and Phil is going for his third major in a row after winning the PGA last year and the Masters earlier this year. Will have more on this later in the week.

Glad to hear that Ben Roethlisberger is OK after his crash but seriously, WEAR A DAMN HELMET! Much easier to get up after a wreck when your face isn’t broken. Hope he’ll be OK for the start of the season.