Bruins Sweep Flyers Into Offseason While Moving On To Conference Finals

Boston 20, Philadelphia 7, those are the amount of goals scored by each team during their 2011 NHL Eastern Conference Semifinal Playoff series. Philadelphia would make no history in 2011, like the history they made in 2010 versus the Boston Bruins. Boston capped a second round four games to none sweep. Philadelphia continued to change goaltenders, while Boston stuck with Tim Thomas. Thomas closed out Philadelphia 5-1 in Game 4, in front of the home crowd. Bruins fans cheered after Boston took the lead for good in the 3rd period, then they begin to pour in on. Boston simply outplayed, out hit and wanted it more than Philadelphia. Many experts will point to the Flyers not having Pronger. However even without your leader and top defensive player, Philadelphia needed more effort throughout the series. Philadelphia won their division and led the Eastern Conference in points most of the season, before finishing number two and winning a seven game first round series versus Buffalo. Boston seems to be clicking at the correct time, they appear in the conference finals for the first time since 1992. Waiting for Boston will be the Tampa Bay Lightning. Someone will have to lose eventually as both teams swept their way to the next round.

Liriano Puts 2011 First No Hitter In The Books

Francisco Liriano etched his name in Major League Baseball history by pitching a no hitter. The no hitter was far from perfect as Liriano walked 6 batters, while striking out only 2. Minnesota defeated the Chicago Whitesox 1-0. Both teams came in struggling and near the bottom of the AL Central trailing the likes of Cleveland and Kansas City. A few other pitchers have come close early on this season in terms of no hit bits, then eventually lost them in late inning. This type of performance could cause a potential turnaround, in the defending AL Central champions season.

Tim Thomas Playing Great Bruins Lead Flyers Here We Go Again

Eastern Conference Semifinals Boston leads Philadelphia 2-0. Haven't we witnessed this before. However Tim Thomas wasn't in goal a season ago for the Bruins, Boston also lead the series 3-0. Thomas played lights out in Philadelphia, especially Game 2 as Boston won in overtime taking a 2-0 series lead back home. Last season Boston won the first two games at home, before winning the third on the road. We'll see if they can hold the series lead and eventually close out Philadelphia or will the Flyers make another series comeback. A comeback similar to the 3-0 deficit Philadelphia faced last spring and won 4 straight to take the series in 7.

Alex Ovechkin And Captials On The Verge Of Being Swept By Tampa Bay

The frustration is probably starting to grown within our nation capital. Fans, players and administration have all seen the Washington Capitals year after year regular season success. The Washington Capitals may have the NHL's best player arguably in Russian Alex Ovechkin. Ovechkin and the Capitals, have fallen short each postseason. Now the Tampa Bay Lighting are on the verge of sweeping them right out of the 2011 playoffs. Currently Tampa leads Washington 3-0 during their Eastern Conference Semifinal series. Keep in mind during this same round a season ago, Philadelphia came back vs. Boston from a 3-0 deficit.

Carolina Pathers Select Cam Newton 1st Overall

With the first pick of the 2011 NFL Draft, the Carolina Panthers select Cam Newton Auburn University. The Heisman Trophy winner came on stage at Radio City Music Hall, to shake NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell hand. Many experts believe Carolina, took a risk with the selection of Newton, from an entourage and reading a defense standpoint. Hopefully Newton doesn't end up like former number one pick of the draft, JaMarcus Russell. Oakland took Russell out of LSU in 2007. Russell is currently out the league. Cam has a great personality, many people believe. He'll have to prove his greatness at the next level with his hard work, behind the scenes. It'll be interesting to see if Newton starts right away or will he learn from 2nd year quarterback from Notre Dame Jimmy Clausen. Either way Cam Newton is the official face of the Carolina Panthers franchise.

Hawks Take Out Magic What Does Future Hold For Howard

What a difference 365 days make. Last season Orlando swept away Atlanta in blowout fashion, during their 2nd round playoff series. Fast forward to 2011, the teams met again, this time in round one. Atlanta advanced to round two after defeated Orlando 4-2. Dwight Howard has one year remaining on his contract. Howard is the 3 time NBA Defensive Player Of The Year. Many rumors are swirling in the Magic Kingdom. So many people want to know will Howard stay or will he go. Orlando had this same situation in 1996, when franchise center Shaquille O'Neal left town as a free agent for the Lakers. Currently Los Angeles is a rumored team for Superman as well. Joe Johnson, Jamal Crawford, Al Horford, Josh Smith and the Hawks supporting cast clearly outplayed Howard's suppporting cast. Orlando won the East and made the NBA Finals in 2009, over the past two seasons, the Magic have lost in the East Finals and East 1st round. Only Dwight Howard knows the decision he will eventually make to stay or go.

#8 Grizzles KO #1 Spurs As They Make History Then Defeat Thunder

Mike Conley Jr. and his Memphis Grizzly teammates have made plenty of history during the 2011 NBA Playoffs. Memphis won it's first playoff game in franchise history with a Game 1 victory at San Antonio. Memphis then won Game 3 at FedEx Forum, as the Grizzlies won their first ever home playoff game. Keep in mind the franchise were 0-12 in their previous playoff appearances. Memphis then eliminates the Spurs in 6 games, while becoming only the 4th number eight seed to advance versus a 1st seed. San Antonio finished tied with Chicago, for the NBA's best record. Now they go home as Memphis moves on to Oklahoma City in the Western Conference Semifinals. Two days after ending San Antonio's season, Memphis picks up a Game 1 victory at Oklahoma City. Led by Zack Randolph as he recorded another postseason double double. It's been a great week for Randolph as he signed a contract extension. Fans of Memphis are enjoying the right, along with the player and organization. Everyone is excited to see how far this team can go.