Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Chris Benoit Tragedy

Are you fond of watching wrestling? If so, then you must know Chris Benoit. He was one of my little brother's favorite.

Last Monday, policemen found Benoit and his family dead and said they were investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide and evidences should still be gathered.

Serious text messages were received from Benoit last Sunday Morning, so their friends alerted the police to check on the family. The bodies were discovered about 2:30 p.m. and will be autopsied on Tuesday. The house is in a secluded neighborhood set back about 60 yards off a gravel road, surrounded by stacked stone wall and a double-iron gate. On Monday night, the house was dark except for a few outside lights. There was a police car in front, along with two uniformed officers.

Benoit is a Canadian professional wrestler who performed for WWE and WCW. He has gained awards and has been a big part of the wretling world.

"WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family's relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy," the organization said in a statement on its Web site.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Spurs sweep Cavaliers

Last June 14, 2007, Spurs swept the Cavs on an 83-82 Game 4 victory. Once again wearing their crown, San Antonio Spurs got their 4th NBA title since 1999.
Tony parker, who scored 24 points in the game, got the MVP award. Manu Ginobili scored 27 — 13 in the fourth quarter together with Tom Duncan, who was MVP in his first three final, expressed their awe and joy as they clutched their Larry O'Brien trophy.
Coach Gregg Popovich and the Spurs, now a perfect 4-for-4 together in finals appearances, spent most of the postseason dismissing talk that they should be considered a dynasty.
The Spurs weren't the Spurs earlier this season, and Popovich, ever the task master, criticized his squad, calling it the worst defensive one he had coached. San Antonio was 33-18 at the time, "struggling" for by its lofty standards, but it wasn't long before they started playing Spurs basketball.

They beat Denver, Phoenix and Utah to win the Western Conference title and then stormed through the Cavs, who were exposed during four games that looked competitive on the scoreboard but were hardly even close.
This wasn't their first NBA title. But for the Spurs, it's maybe the one that means the most.