2/19, What a circus!

Holy moly ladies and gents! Today was an unexpected chock full of sports news. Tiger came out and made his statement, we got a little sletter from T-Mac on his future with the Knicks, and Bode Miller wasn't able to get his first olympic gold medal among a few other things. The NBA trade deadline was yesterday at 3pm, and we saw a lot less moves than expected.

The big news of the day was Tiger Wood's and his press conference by far. On the radio before, during, and after work today it was just constant chatter over this thirteen minute arranged speech that Tiger gave to a room of close friends at TPC Sawgrass down in Florida. It was nice to see Tiger giving some words to everyone about what's going on in his now very well-known personal life. For me, the speech was so scripted that it really didn't peak my interest a whole lot. The fact that the media wasn't allowed to ask any questions just made it worse. I mean, more people probably watched this television speech than the entire olympic lineup to this date combined. For Tiger however, this is the first step in a road to recovery for his career and family. I like the part where he mentioned that he is going to be more respectful on the golf course as well. A lot of people would never rank him among the greats because of his behavior on the course throwing clubs and using foul language. To me it doesn't really matter because I don't see my self acting any better than he does in those situations, but it's a gentleman's game and you have to respect it.

Tracy McGrady was dealt to the Knicks yesterday in a three-team trade. McGrady is in a contract year, and said today that he would take a significant pay cut in order to stay with the Knicks in their big market if they were to bring in big free agents to play alongside him such as Dwayne Wade or LeBron James. As long as McGrady is healthy, he should be able to make an impact on the team if he can be a leader. Unfortunately for the Knicks however, this season is not salvageable. They team is 19-34 well past the halfway mark for the year, and they are headed towards another dismal season. They team has not been spending a large amount of money in the recent years, and should have some serious New York money to spend on big name players.

Another team that was expected to make moves before the deadline was Philadelphia. The 76ers decided not to trade Andre Iguodala to get some fresh talent. 76ers fans aren't very happy with the way Iquodala is evolving based on his play type, and they would much rather have a big impact player or some young guys to bring up the right way. I heard some references on the Mike Missanelli show, a local Philadelphia station, regarding the fact that his body type does not suit his position on the court. It was also mentioned that Donovan McNabb has similar issues which is an interesting look at what Philadelphia fans are thinking. The fans were so upset with the teams lack of moves that an executive with the team had to release a statement defending the team's choice to not make any moves aside from a small bench player to bench player trade with the Milwaukee Bucks. With Allen Iverson not playing very much at all because of his whatever and the rest of the team just not clicking, Philadelphia is not looking great right now for a run down the stretch.

Bode Miller the young World Champion from New Hampshire was not able to wrap up his first gold medal today, getting beaten by Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal by only 0.28 seconds. Taking home the silver isn't such a bad thing though considering the strides Bode Miller has made for (and against) the American skiing program. Most notably his win at the World Championships a few years back. He has been World Champion twice in his career. Since then he's gotten into some trouble for excessive drinking that's gotten him into some bad situations. He also took some time off last year for poor performance relating to frustration. Looks like he's doing alright now, at least he isn't shoving this medals into girls mouths at after party's in his Team USA gear (see Scotty Lago).

There's been a lot of other news popping up around the world, but that's all I have time for right now. Enjoy the circus and have a safe Friday night. Please add me to Facebook, Twitter, and post some comments. Thanks for readin'.