Sunday Six Pack: Easter Sunday Edition

So It is Easter Sunday, time for celebration and rejoicing and what not. So here's my attempt to entertain a bit; Basketball, Football, Hockey, Baseball, Golf, and Clash of the Titans...enjoy!

EGG 1) The Spurs beat the Lakers today...honestly this was the battle of the two evils. Who did I root for? The lesser of two evils...Hades! I But, with the Spurs win it keeps them in seventh place (for the moment anyway) where they would meet Dallas if the playoffs would get here already. I could care less what happens with the Lakers. As long as they win their upcoming game against the Nuggets, I'll be happy! The Spurs however...will probably end up winning 50 games (again) which I was hoping they wouldn't. But if they don't they will surely fall to the 8th seed it seems leaving the Blazers or Thunder to be dealt with by the Mavs'...unfavorable! Especially since the Mavs' have played those teams a total of 7 times this year and won only the first two meetings with the Thunder and have one more to go against Portland who can't seem to lose to Dallas. Yikes...for once I'm pulling for the Spurs to stay wherever they will have to play the Mavs'. And since the Mavs' cannot really move up to the number 1 spot...we're hoping the Spurs end up 7th or 6th if Dallas falls to 3rd.

EGG 2) It seems this years NHL playoffs will be without the Dallas Stars once more. They lost last night to the Blues effectively eliminating them from playoff contention. Better luck next year? Better owner next year? Better management next year? Will Mike Modano retire? He's played 20 seasons...does he have anything left in the tank? I believe he will retire. I think he's come to an end that many players get to when they hit 40 years old. He produced modestly this year compared to his career with only 28 points but he played in only 56 games. There are only 3 games left this season. Modano is an all time great, his number will be retired and he will go down in history as the greatest Minnesota North/Dallas Star to have ever played. Neal Broten was great, but Modano is on a different level. He had 12 seasons in his career where he had 70 points or better. Even some of the better players only have a couple of those. He helped the Stars win The Cup in 99, and has been the only player to have been with the Stars since the 80's when they were the North Stars. It will be a very sad day for me to watch my favorite hockey player of all time, the guy I grew up trying to mimic, retire. I can't wait till Dallas gets back to being the hockey team it once was.

EGG 3) Odd moves from Jerry Jones and the Cowboys. They announced this week that they released safety Ken Hamlin which was obvious and needed...but then they did something I didn't expect and I think most people were caught off guard by this. They released left Tackle Flozell Adams. This is an extremely odd move because...false start or no false start, this guy has been a very very good lineman in the Cowboys organization for a very very long time. 12 years that Adams had been protecting Cowboy QB's...and I don't care how terrible they were...they probably looked a little better thanks to him protecting their blind side. Since swearing at Flozell for jumping off sides became a Sunday ritual the past decade I'm not sure how I'm going to vent my frustration anymore. I mean, lets face it...he's a 35 year old lineman and he was set to get paid alot of money until 2013. But I'm not sure cutting him is the right move. Don't you want to keep him there until you have a solid backup? Doug Free is not a "solid" backup...yet. He's pretty much untested. I will say this though, Jerry Jones has been getting better and better at cutting players or getting rid of guys. Remember when he used to hold on to every player he possibly could because he thought that maybe in their old age they would come on strong and win one more big one? And remember how he used to WANT to sign the "badguy" types? Like T.O. and Pacman Jones. But the last couple years he's had no problem doing the right thing, cutting old guys in favor of new talent. Like letting Miles Austin take over for T.O. and Mike Jenkins take over for Anthony Henry, and he tossed Greg Ellis in favor of Anthony Spencer. Plus he rid the team of those "badguys". So, I hope it all goes well, and I hope that Jerry has finally learned a thing or two about putting together winning teams. But one thing is for sure...they had better draft a left tackle and he better be good enough to start this season because one twisted ankle...and Tony Romo may look like David Carr for a few games.

EGG 4) The Duke Blue Devils are this years NCAA National Champions. I couldn't say that I knew it was going to happen, because my bracket this year was literally the worst ever! I had Duke in my Final Four but losing to Kentucky, and I had Kansas to win it all. How sadly I was mistaken. The fact is, I am a Duke fan, and I have always rooted for the Blue Devils. Aside from Texas A&M, Duke is my favorite college basketball team. But when the Final Four were announced I went against my better judgement and picked Butler, the underdog. And the game was quite close...they had their opportunities and let it slip away. Therefore, congratulations Duke University for winning their fourth National Championship!

EGG 5) Time for Baseball? Yes! Time for Rangers Baseball? Hopefully...! But we would be blessed on opening day as the Rangers would find a way to pull a rabbit out of a hat to beat the Blue Jays. Even though pitcher Shaun Marcum pitched a beautiful first 6 innings for the Jays, Vladamir Guerrero would play spoiler to his no-hitter attempt, followed by a three run game tying homer in the 7 from Nellie Cruz. The Jays however would take a 4-3 lead to the bottom of the ninth. But Micheal Young wouldn't go down without a fight. I mean, it was opening day in front of the 8th largest crowd in Ballpark history at 50,300 people. The Captain would double to lead off the comeback, followed by Guerrero getting on base and pushing Young to third. But Nelson Cruz would be the hero again; with only one out he hit an RBI single sending Young in to tie it up 4-4. Then a couple batters later Saltalamaccia hit his first career walk-off shot to satisfy fifty thousand fans. Good times at the Ballpark. Perhaps this was an indicator of things to come...hopefully!

EGG 6) This weekend brings with it 28 of the final 47 NBA games, 14 of which should be extremely meaningful and exciting, 9 of those impact the Mavs' and their playoff seeding directly, 2 of those are Mavs' games; one @Portland on Friday night and the other Saturday night @Sacramento. The Mavs' have lost all three games to Portland so far this season and have not faired well playing in Portland in years. This will be a must win, as will all coming games from this point on, and this one could mean the difference between playing Portland in the first round of the playoffs or playing San Antonio...

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BONUS EGG: Catch the Masters this weekend at Augusta National where Tiger Woods comes in as the "favorite" to win it all. We'll see, he did turn in an impressive interview today in front of over 200 members of the media. Although some thought it was Oscar-worthy. I guess we'll see who Tiger really next weekend.

MONEY EGG: Clash of the Titans. How's that saying go...? The one about how "nothing is as good as the original". Yea thats it. And that is my feeling about the remake of the 1981 classic. I found it to be very unimpressive, dry, and empty. Although it had the potential to be one of the finest Epics of our generation...it fell far short in the hands of unexperienced Director Louis Leterrier. Although, lets give the man credit...he did direct "Danny the Dog". Oh and the most recent attempt at "The Incredible Hulk". So you see, perfectly fit for handling an Epic of this size. Actually, I found the story to be quite lacking in certain characteristics that have proven to give rise to movies that have become more than just film. This one however, will not find its way to the halls of greatness. And it is a shame too, because...if the task to create this film were laid in my hands, we'd be speaking of some special kind of Epic, never before seen on the silver screen. Full review to come soon!