Wmcmanus

Cavs sending a message tonight. Raptors need to just shake it off and try again next time... but it will be a massive uphill battle to win in Cleveland in Game 7 if it gets that far.

He would get my vote, assuming he could produce a valid birth certificate.

Happy birthday, Brent. Hope you do something fun, and don't show up after all of the biscuits are gone...

Happy birthday, Raffy!

Awful news, Brent. RIP Sam. Gosh... so young.

Very sad news, Todd. RIP Mike. Such a rough loss for his family and friends.

Ackee and salt fish.

Happy birthday, Shelly. (Steve, that was awesome.)

From independent sources. Not intended as a theme.

^ Awesome bonding opportunity.

Yup, now that the whole Kobe thing is finally over... I mean he was great and all, and his final game was amazing, but what a circus it has now become in professional sports with these season-long sendoffs. First, it was Kareem, and that was fun, but unfortunately (in many ways, although it's good fun in other ways) that started a trend that will never end. Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, even Paul Konerko with the White Sox. All franchise guys, so the local fans love it, but do we really need people selling bags of air from Kobe's final night at the Staples Center on eBay? Plus, it was about $5k per ticket, on average, for "normal" seats. Dunno. Just seems unnecessary. I like the Peyton Manning approach. Play your last game, and then a week later, say, "Ya, I guess that was it..." NBA Playoffs? I thought that didn't really matter until June? As with hockey, allowing 16 out of 30 teams into the playoffs is kind of silly. Honestly think that 8 would be much better, but then on the flip side, even more teams would then tank (and much sooner in the season) for draft positioning.

Scary choice.

I had seen this before, but it was fun to watch again.

Holy fuck! This is just shocking. RIP, Prince. Way too soon...

Yes, that's her! Sweet kid, too. They're from the Cincinnati area. His son goes by his first and middle names: The kids are both trying to make it professionally, but you know, odds and all...

Dan is a good friend of mine from high school. He was the best athlete in our class, QB on the football team, leading scorer in basketball, and hit nearly .500 in baseball. He's a businessman -- a successful marketing guy, not a professional musician. But everything he does, he does well. Both his son and daughter are 20-something musicians, and trying to eek out a living doing so. "Kitchen sessions are one take live performances in my kitchen (with an occasional post recording harmony thrown in)." https://soundcloud.com/dancarruthers/untitled?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=facebook

Record day humor: http://thehardtimes.net/2016/04/16/man-gets-record-store-day-exclusive-form-break-letter-girlfriend/

He should be unanimous, but you never know... there are a ton of voters and always a handful of homers. Nobody has ever won unanimously, but what he did this year was off the charts. Towns should also unanimous as Rookie of the Year, but almost for sure won't be. There are some real jerks in the New York media who will vote for Porzingis. My guess is that Towns will get 126 out of 130 first place votes, but deserves all 130 (assuming it's the same number of voters as last year). Glad I decided to watch the Lakers game tonight instead of the Warriors. Kobe was unreal in the 4th quarter.

Curry obviously will win another MVP, but he really should be considered for the Most Improved Player of the year as well, as crazy that may seem. Scoring has gone up from 23.8 to 29.9 and he's shattered this own record for most 3s in a season (from 286 to 392 and a chance to get to 400 tonight). His assists are down a little but his rebounds are up so that's offsetting. Really, for anyone to go from 24 to 30 points per game in one season, you would normally say it's a breakout season!