Chicago Bulls's Game 1 Victory over the Miami Heat in the 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals

What a win by the Chicago Bulls in game 1 against the Miami Heat. No Derrick Rose, no Luol Deng and no Kirk Hinrich. The Bulls just came off a hard thought 7 games series against the Brooklyn Nets, while the Miami Heat swept the Milwaukee Bucks in 4 games and the Heat were well rested. What impressed me about the Bulls victory over the Heat was, holding the Heat to 15 points in the first quarter, scoring 35 points in the 4th quarter, the defense holding the Heat to 40% shooting from the field and 30% from 3 point range, plus the duo of Jimmy Butler and Nate Robinson. Jimmy Butler had 21 points while grabbing 14 rebounds and he frustrated Lebron James on defense. Nate Robinson got off to a slow start but finished the game strong including some big buckets down the stretch in the 4th quarter, he finished with 27 points and 9 assists. I think this win will give them a huge boast going forward in this series and i think this can be a long series. Good start Chicago Bulls!!!!

So CSN Chicago (Comcast SportsNet) and Susannah Collins Part Ways

So CSN Chicago (Comcast SportsNet) have decided to part ways with reporter Susannah Collins on Thursday night. She was reporting during Blackhawks pre game live and said "tremendous amount of sex" instead of success (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AlU2RpM1TI). She did correct herself which I give her credit for, but she and CSN Chicago didn't part ways for that though. The reason was for her past work with Sports Nutz which featured a lot of bad language and inappropriate content. I wouldn't fire Collins for what she did on Tuesday night in the pre-game show, but for those Youtube videos called Sports Nutz, yes. They were disturbing and disgusting.

Marcus Lattimore gets drafted by the 49ers and my favorite picks of the 49ers 2013 draft.

I really think Marcus Lattimore is a good pick for the 49ers.  He was drafted in the 4th round and many thought he would be for sure a first round pick, but then for 2 straight seasons at South Carolina in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons, he suffered 2 devastating knee injuries.  A lot of scouts thought he wouldn't play again.  I think with the 49ers drafting Lattimore in the 4th round is not only value but good trust that he will play again sometime.  I think he will red-shirt this season and wait to play in the 2014-15 NFL season.  49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh wants him to come back when he is fully healthy and ready to go.   He was a really good running back at South Carolina under coach Steve Spurrier.  I think he, Frank Gore and LaMichael James will be a good trio in the 49ers backfield to go along with 49ers QB Colin Kapernick.  The 49ers sure love to run the football especially QB Colin Kaepernick.  This team is built for the future and I think they had a really good draft.  My other favorite picks the 49ers selected were Defensive End Tank Carradine out of Florida State, who is a really explosive pass rusher..  He did tear his ACL late in the season against Florida, but he believes he is ready to go.  I think he will be ready to go for the season.  My next favorite pick for the 49ers is wide receiver Quinton Patton of Louisiana Tech.  What I love about Patton is he is very productive, he finished his career at Louisiana Tech with 2,594 yards and 24 touchdowns on an average of 14.2 yards a catch not bad.  My final favorite pick the 49ers took in the 2013 NFL Draft is safety Eric Reid of LSU.  He is the perfect guy to replace Dashon Goldson who signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during free agency.  What I love about Eric Reid is, he is tall for a safety and a physical hitter.  I remember Stanford coach at the time Jim Harbaugh tried to recruit him to play at Stanford, but he went to LSU, now the two are together and I think he will do well for the 49ers.           

My Favorite Picks of the Bears 2013 NFL Draft

I would say one of my favorite picks of the Bears 2013 draft is LB Khaseem Green out of Rutgers.  Here is a guy that forced a NCAA Record 15 fumbles.  I really like Greene after I saw highlights of this very good outside LB.  He can make plays all over the field, great in coverage, and loves the way he forces fumbles.  I really think Lance Briggs will teach him a lot and I think some day when Briggs is ready to retire he pass the torch over to Khseem Green.

My 2nd favorite pick of this 2013 Bears draft is DE Cornelius Washington of Georgia.  I really like his quick burst off the edge on the D Line, he is also tall at 6'4" and get create havoc in the backfield.  He did play some outside LB at Georgia, so I think the Bears will have him either on the D Line or at LB, but he said "I prefer to play DE".  I think he and Julius Peppers will be a scary duo.

My 3rd and final pick I like is OT Jordan Mills from Louisana Tech.  This guy use to be a guard in college then switched to tackle, he was mostly on the right side of the O Line.  What I love about Jordan Mills is he has tremendous size for a offensive tackle, loves to play till the end of whistle and is always hustling during the play.  I think with the Bears drafting OT Jordan Mills, I think Offensive Tackles J'Marcus Webb and Gabe Carimi have been put on notice.  They haven't done as well as Bears fans can hope for.