Quick Hits

I heard an interesting stat recently, Tiger Woods has won 27% of his PGA starts. To put it in perspective, Jack Nicklaus, widely considered the best golfer of all time, won 12.5% of his starts. Phil Mickelson 9%. Is there even a relative stat to this in other sports???

Someone averaging 45 PPG in the hoops...batting .500 in baseball... Chowing on 200 hotdogs in competitive eating? How is it that I am just hearing about this stat? Unbelievable.

Some things to watch over the weekend:

Lakers at Trailblazers (Friday) - The Lakers have dropped their last seven games at the Rose Garden and the bad blood is back, now that the Trailblazers have shed the Jailblazers rap.

Hornets at Mavs (Friday) and Mavs at Hornets (Sun., ABC) - This will be a home-and-home battle for playoff position. Currently, the Hornets hold the sixth spot and the Mavs hold the eighth, but they are only separated by a game.

Celtics at Cavs (Sun., ABC) - Even though the Cavs are a ridiculous 38-1 at home, this still should be an entertaining matchup and a potential preview of the eastern conference finals. Boston needs this game in a big way, not only to hold off the Magic (they’re one game up on them in the standings), but to regain a little of that playoff swagger that they had built up from last year.

Red Wings at Blackhawks (Sat., Sun. NBC) - When these two teams get together there is usually some fisticuffs, but more recently there have been some exciting games. Two of the four games played have been decided by a shootout.

And don’t forget about the Masters. Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry are our leaders thru Friday afternoon. Tiger is still in the hunt at 2 under, so that always leaves the door open for a dramatic final round on Sunday.

One final thing... if you don’t watch anything else make sure you watch this. I’m sure that this ginger kid is The Sports Pad long lost brotha from anotha motha. Damn, he can dance!



Have a great Easter or Passover weekend... and as always tell your friends.