The Week and Weekend that Were

Thank you for all the warm birthday wishes for me and my brothers, friends. It means a lot to us. Since it is Monday, here is a run down of all the major sporting news from the week past. 

Baseball: 

• Phenom shortstop, Elvis Andrus of the Texas Rangers finalized a $120 million dollar extension for 8 years this morning. Andrus joins Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander and Buster Posey to have signed lucrative extension deals in the past week. This deal makes me winder though, if the Rangers have locked up Andrus for 8 years at shortstop, where do they place Mike Olt and Jurikson Profar when they are called up from the minor leagues? I believe that the Rangers will move current second baseman, Ian Kinsler to first base, and add Profar to second base; leaving Olt to be a valuable trade option. 
  
• Opening Day is today and while a lot of games are going on right now, the excitement of the season beginning will last at least a week. I expect huge seasons from the Braves, Nationals, Reds, and the Angels but one of the best things about baseball is that a team can sneak up from behind you and steal the show. I still stand behind my predictions (my first few posts) and say that a National League team will win the World Series again because of their loaded lineups and dominant ability to pitch. 

Basketball:

• The NCAA March Madness tournament continued this weekend and the Final Four are now set to play next weekend in Atlanta. Louisville will play  the Cinderella team, Wichita State and Syracuse will play a dominate Michigan team. I honestly see Louisville advancing to the Finals to play Michigan. Fueled by the loss of guard Kevin Ware, the Cardinals will rise together and win it for Ware. I want to add that my thoughts and prayers are with Ware. His injury was gruesome but he can and will rise from it.
• The Miami Heat finally lost a game last week to the Chicago Bulls, ending their 27 game winning streak. But with the loss Miami stormed back to win the next two games, including beating the second best team in the league, the San Antonio Spurs, without LeBron James. Chris Bosh led the charge with a go ahead three pointer with almost 2 seconds left on the clock. This win showed how deep the Miami roster goes and the leadership that can rise even if their best player is not playing. Chris Bosh has been left out of the limelight of late, despite being a key component in the Big 3. The game winning shot that he made, allowed people to not discredit his ability to dominate a game.
  

Football: 

• Tony Romo signed a 6 year $108 million dollar extension as well for the Dallas Cowboys, and while he is a good quarterback, he does not deserve to be paid like an elite one. He has only led the Cowboys to the playoffs 3 times since 2006 as well as throwing 91 interceptions. The Cowboys obviously have a lot of faith in Romo, let's hope that this resonates into Dallas becoming "America's Team" once again. 
• The world's greatest backup quarterback, Matt Flynn has left the Seattle Seahawks to join the Oakland Raiders for two conditional draft picks. While the Raiders found a new potential starting quarterback, they have little to no offensive weapons and have a mediocre defense. This team will probably suck for a few more years, but I think they're moving in the right direction acquiring Flynn. 
  

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