WBRS Sports Blog

Well with the ASB there isn't much action going on. The All-Star game is tonight @ 8 ET on Fox. If it were up to me I would prefer to watch the game on ESPN. Buck and McCarver are okay, but for a game that is really only being played for entertainment purposes I think the ESPN personalities would do a better job covering this one.

Ryan Howard edges out David Wright last evening in the Home Run Derby. The most amazing part of the night? The last Home Run to win it for Howard. Not because he had 9 outs, he only had 5. But rather, the clincher hit a sign that read "HIT IT HERE -- 500 FLIGHTS." Thus, some lucky fan won 500 airplane flights. This is one of the most bizarre prizes I have ever seen. What if the fan is not wealthy at all and can't afford to go on flights because they need to go to their job to make money? What do they do then? Even a rich SOB isn't going to use all 500 flights. Just a weird giveaway.

Now onto the NBA...a really interesting story transpired today when Mike James, arguably the best remaining free agent point guard on the market, agreed to a four-year contract with the Wolves, choosing Minnesota over both Dallas and Houston. What is so intriguing about the signing of this veteran? Just yesterday James insisted that winning a championship was priority number 1 to him. However if that was true than why wouldn't he sign with Dallas or even Houston? Well, the Rockets and Mavs only offered James three-year deals, and according to Mark Cuban, "“Minnesota offered him more money and more years. That was the most important aspect to Mike. He told me he was going to take the highest offer and he did. I don't think there is anything wrong with Mike James taking the longest deal and the most money. I just find it humorous that he said that winning was the most important factor in his decision, yet he decided to join a team that was 33-49 last season, and further his statements to the media completely contradicts what Cuban claims James personally told him.