Justified Cantonas arrogance was completely vindicated

Carolina currently sits with six shorthanded goals, two each from Matt Cullen and Tom Kostopolous, one from Chad LaRose, and another from Stephane Yelle against the Islanders Thursday night. The Hornets also find themselves in the thick of the playoff hunt, in a particularly stacked Western Conference.Seemingly, the team's failure to be near the upper-rung of the Western Conference ladder appears to have severely hurt Chris Paul's credibility as an All-Star (coming in third, among West guards ).This was further conceded by the TNT analysts (Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, and Chris Webber) who contended that Steve Nash had his team currently in position for the postseason, and thus as a result, had to be the better point guard of the first half (through 41 games).Yet, statistically at least, it is Paul who seems to have put up the better first-half figures.To be fair, Nash has been good; his scoring numbers are well above-average for a point guard (26.7 points/48 minutes). That's of course when he wasn't on the ice for his 13 minutes.Why play Crosby so little? Still bitter over your Stanley Cup defeat? Bitter enough to let Canada sink over a petty action by you?Are you trying to impress the world with your coaching ability? By over coaching and making stupid decisions, making us realize...Are you afraid of being called a fraud for inheriting a loaded Detroit team and piggy backing that to be named Coach of Team Canada by Detroit alumn Steve Yzerman?Have you learned from your mistakes? Are you man enough to swallow you pride and correct your bad decisions? If so, then re-unite Iginla-Nash and Crosby! Then put the best goalie in the game, Roberto Luongo, back in net and at least wait until he gives up a goal before switching him.I'm afraid I already know the answer to most of these questions Mr. By McCarron’s rationale:•LeBron James is playing basketball, but he is not a basketball player.•Mark McGwire was abusing steroids, but he was not a steroid abuser.•Peyton Manning is quarterbacking the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl, but he is not the Colts’ Super Bowl quarterback.I give credit to McCarron for trying to clarify what he said, but sometimes when you backpedal too fast, you fall flat on your back. This article is also featured on CraftyBalky Sports Blog Eric Balkman Sports Blog. Skinner certainly deserved the extension, simply because he turned the program into a nationally recognized team. This IsScenario Two (if Eric Berry is off the Board) Mock Draft for the ChiefsStill in February and two full months away from the NFL Draft, all a lot of us can think about is football and who our respective teams will select.The Chiefs had a good draft two years ago, and a very mediocre one last year, but 2010 seems primed and ready for this infant regime to really make an impact on the future of the Chiefs with three draft choices in the first 50 picks.For the Chiefs, the Draft could hinge on one specific player That player is Tennessee Volunteer safety Eric Berry. To start the season, he will behitting the eighth hole, behind Angel Pagan.The NL East best pitcher, Johan Santana said, ”Rodreally knows what he is doing behind the plate.

"The defensive staff has all worked together, so it's just a chance to keep going and build on the subtleties of our system. Curling dominates much of the day's events, but much of the attention will land squarely on Team Canada which returns to the ice for the first time since its disappointing loss (to the home country) to the United States on Sunday.Tuesday's schedule is a comparatively lighter won with only six medals to be handed out, including the first in Women's Ski Cross as well as the Men's 10,000-meter Speed Skating Here is a preview of today's headlining events. You don’t need a good farm system to know that CC Sabathia is has a great arm, and it doesn’t take much scouting to see that Mark Teixeira is a terrific hitter. One thing has been bothering me throughout the past few Super Bowls, including the one that is taking place this Sunday.It’s the new “rule” that every performer must be over 50 years old in order to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime show.

They lacked the intensity and passion that we saw in other games this season, including the two close losses to Illinois (72-70) and Purdue (78-75).Meanwhile, Wisconsin heads into this game coming off a rare home loss to Illinois, their first loss to an unranked Big Ten team at home under Bo Ryan (51-1).Wisconsin lead by as much as nine in the first half, and were up 35-33 at the half But in the second half, Illinois stuck with Wisconsin. I always remembered that, but I more so remembered the atmosphere of the Spectrum...rowdy fans screaming profanities, screaming at the wrestlers as they entered the arena by the ramp off of Broad Street, and the crazy obsessed fans out there in the seats. Shortly, they will be compiling notes on players from Texas vs The Nation and move those names on their board again. At the time of the writing of this story, that DVD is the best selling DVD on a global basis in WWE history.The success of the DVD lead to ECW One Night Stand on June 12, 2005, a show written by Paul Heyman. But to claim he is anything more than that is a complete and utter fallacy.. It?s impossible to talk about Cantona without mentioning the infamous kung-fu kick on a Crystal Palace fan and his press conference following an eight match ban, when all he said was: ?When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown in to the sea.? Only Cantona had the chutzpah to pull off a stunt like that.Justified? Cantona?s arrogance was completely vindicated. Bears president and CEO Ted Phillips rebuffed the idea that Monday's firing of pro personnel director Bobby DePaul will hinder the team's efforts in free agency, which begins at 11:01 p.m Chicago time on March 4 "Not at all," Phillips said Friday "The reality is a lot of the plan was already in place We won't miss a beat.