Lakers and Penguins and Kimbo Slice

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS VS. DETROIT RED WINGS

It's Monday night at 1:30 and the Pittsburgh Penguins just beat the Detroit Red Wings in the Third Overtime of Game 5. I don't really follow hockey except during the playoffs but it's games like this that make me realize why I still love sports. First of all, the game was pretty much over with the Wings up 3-2 with less than a minute left in the third period. Max Talbot puts one in with 34 seconds left to send it to OT. After three overtimes of nail-biting hockey, guys sacrificing their bodies to block shots, everybody on the edge of their seat, Petr Sykora puts in the winning goal for a hard-fought Penguins "W." Sykora scored the goal, but it was goalie Marc-Andre Fleury who deserves the credit. My boy (he is now my boy) stopped 57 of 60 shots. Incredible performance. Pittsburgh probably should have lost this game and with it their chance at the Cup. Detroit killed them on shots on goal, peppering my boy especially in the overtimes. Game 6 in two nights. 

KIMBO SLICE

Kimbo Slice, the Rick Ross-looking behemoth of a man, fought his third official MMA fight for EliteXC this past Saturday.

He fought a little-known heavyweight by the name of James "The Colossus" Thompson, not a premier fighter by any stretch. What happened? Kimbo got exposed. After two fights and two quick KO's, Kimbo's third fight saw him traversing unfamiliar territory - the ground game. If any quality fighter gets him to the mat, with his current skill sets as they are, he's done. That's what we learned Saturday night. A lot of people had said this, but the guy with the water balloon of blood clipped to his ear proved it. Standing up, he can fight with anyone, I'll give him that. Develop a ground game and he could be dangerous, similar to LeBron learning to shoot or adding a post-up game. The only difference is that Kimbo is in his 30's and so the clock is ticking for this rookie MMA fighter. With that said, I'm definitely rooting for him.

By the way, check out THIS VIDEO of a Brett Rogers/Kimbo Slice post-fight press conference confrontation.

I'll be back with the Lakers/Celtics portion before Game 1 on Thursday.