• The NBA regular season started last night with three games, including the defending NBA champion Miami Heat. In the first game, the Cleveland Cavaliers, powered by Kyrie Irving and Anderson Varejao, defeated the Washington Wizards 94-84.
• The Heat began their title defense against the Boston Celtics. Before the game, they raised their championship banner and received their rings and then proceeded to beat the Celtics behind 29 points from Dwayne Wade and 26 from Lebron James. Ironically, when the Celtics raised their championship banner in 2008, James was on the sidelines as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
• In the closing seconds of the game, Rajon Rondo grabbed Wade around the neck as he went to the basket and was assessed a flagrant foul. Wade said the foul was a "punk play" and James said it "wasn't a basketball play."
• In the late game, the L.A. Lakers showed off new premier acquisitions Dwight Howard and Steve Nash against the Dallas Mavericks but it was the Mavs new acquisitions of Elton Brand, Darren Collison and O.J. Mayo who played better as Dallas won 99-91 despite not having Dirk Nowitzki who will be out for 6-8 weeks because of a knee surgery.
• Howard had 19 points and 10 rebounds but shot a miserable 3-14 from the Free Throw line and Nash had only 7 points and 4 assists. All was not terrible for the Lakers though as Kobe Bryant was a very efficient 11-14 for 22 points and Pau Gasol had 23 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists.
NFL almost halfway done
• The best teams in the league prove their dominance in Week 8. The Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers all won by at least 9 points.
• The New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys played a see-saw game. The Giants roared out to a 23-0 lead but the Cowboys came all the way back to take a 24-23 lead. The Giants were able to claw back by kicking 2 fourth quarter field goals. A last minute desperation touchdown by the Cowboys was deemed to be out of bounds by the slightest of margins when Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant’s fingers landed out of bounds before any of the rest of his body landed in play.
• Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day was the Cleveland Browns holding the San Diego Chargers to only 6 points in their 7-6 victory. The Browns, behind rookie running back Trent Richardson’s 122 yards, dominated a nasty-weather game. The Chargers fell to 3-4 after a 3-1 start, are still in the hunt for a playoff spot if they are able to turn it around and show some consistency.
• The Chargers look to get back on track tomorrow in this week's Thursday night game against the Kansas City Chiefs who are mightily struggling and will start QB Matt Cassel only a week after he was benched because backup Brady Quinn suffered a concussion.
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