Tonights Lebron James hour long announcement is highly unusual, but I'm fine with it. LeBron James is one of the few superstars who can actually say they are bigger than the sport itself. Tiger was- probably still is.  Michael Jordan certainly was. Brett Favre to some degree has that attraction as well. Why is Lebron doing an hour long show? Simply because he can and you know you will tune in. Putting the showbiz aside...if LeBron's true goal is to win championships, then he should select the Chicago Bulls. With the addition of Carlos Boozer, the Bulls have most everything covered except a pure shooter. Miami, with Wade and Bosh, would be his second best choice. Actually, New Jersey has some decent player LeBron could play well with. The Knicks signed Stoudamire, but he and LeBron does not a championship make. Cleveland has an aging Antwan Jamison and little else. He should pick the Bulls...but he will probably pick the Heat.

Watch the drama unfold..you know you will!!

Sports is Great. Because you just never know when that magic moment will come. Today the US Soccer team was minutes away from a crushing elimination from the World Cup when suddenly, in extra time, Landon Donovan blasts in a rebound to not only propel the US into the knockout round, but allows them win their Group. Simply unbelieveable. Then two guys you never heard of playing at Wimbledon played 7 plus hours and decided nothing.. 59-59 in games..I can't even sleep for 7 straight hours, and these guys are playing 118 games of tennis. And this is after the two played the first four sets on Tuesday to a 2-2 tie. Darkness prevented the start of the fifth set, that was pushed back to Wednesday. And 7 hours 6 minutes later and nearly 140 aces later and 612 points later, John Isner and Nick Mahut will still be playing the 5th set on Thursday. Simply unbelieveable. Sports is indeed GREAT.

There are plenty of reasons to get excited about the Chicago Blackhawks quest for the Cup. But just remember the old adage--A series really doesn't start til somebody wins on the road. Right now, all the Blackhawks have done is protect home ice. Yet, the way the Blackhawks have won the first two games of this series and really the four games against the Sharks indicates the Hawks should win the Cup. Chicago has not played well at times..they have played different styles..yet they have won em all. High scoring, low scoring, 1st line domination, depth winning games, good goaltending and not so good goaltending. All the Hawks have done is win games. I have been listening th Hockey Mullet Barry Melrose tell me the Flyers have outplayed the Blackhawks and could be up 2-0. sure they could be up 2-0 but they are not. Melrose could try a different hairstyle too, but he won't. The point is, the Chicago Blackhawks find ways to win.. and that's what its all about.

I dare say Danica's 6th place finish at Indy might be her finest driving performance of her Indy career. Let's give Danica alittle credit for her outspokenness-if that's a word. She called out her team for a bad set-up that led her to quailfy 23rd. She was roundly booed for it. Yet, it seemed to light a fire under that team because the car seemed better. The team worked well together in the pits. She drove the car hard for 500 laps picking up 17 positions.  I dare say if Danica would have shrugged off the poor qualifying run and said "it is what it is".. maybe the team wouldn't have worked as hard. There are way too many people in this world --me included--who settle. Danica doesn't settle. And because of that, she probably had the best run of her Indy career.