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NBA came back today and not a day too soon. These are good times as the World Series, NFL and the NBA are all on simultaneously. Boston hosted King James and opened the festivities. It was odd to see Paul Pierce cry during the ring ceremony. It's not like he just won the championship today. He has been a champion for months and I can't imagine he is still so emotional about it. But he did have a great game and the Celtics kicked off the season in style. Loss 1 for King James as the Cavs are hoping his growth, team chemistry and Mo Williams will put them over the top this year. Unlikely, but anything can happen with the king.

Kobe and the Lakers kicked off the West coast activities. The big news was the debut of Greg Oden that lasted about 12 minutes. He hurt his foot and had to leave the game. Hope it's not too serious. Lakers and Kobe looked good and won the game. Looks like it's their conference to lose. The Suns have a few interesting games this week and are on TV a lot. But honestly their window is pretty much closed. So is Dallas's and may be even San Antonio. The changing of the guard happened last year when the Lakers and the Hornets came out of nowhere to take the torch from the Suns, Mavs and the Spurs. The Spurs are probably the best placed among the 3 oldies and the Suns open the season against them. Lets see if the games are still fun with the Suns under the new coach.

The weather is playing havoc with the World Series. I lost track of when the previous game ended and when the next one is scheduled. It's a mess, but Philly is sitting pretty anyways. They should wrap it up soon, in the next 3 months. In the NFL, the new Niners coach Mike Singletary is the story. He kicked Vernon Davis off his bench during the game and gave an emotional, impassioned speech after the game. I feel like he is burning too hot right now. At this rate, he will be tuned out by the players by week 14 especially if they don't win more than they lose. He needs to handle himself very carefully. It's easy to coach a winner. It's that much harder to coach a losing team with little talent. He better play this thing tight.