For those of you not being dragged to your wife's cousin's wedding in the middle of nowhere Pennsylvania I present to you the:
Top 10 Viewing Guide for the Weekend Sports Fan
10. NCAA Baseball Super Regionals - Normally I'd be glued to this, but with the early exit by North Carolina I will be skipping it. Good luck to Kent. St., St. Johns and Stony Brook though against some bigger name teams from power conferences.
9. Euro Cup 2012 gets underway today and the weekend is highlighted by Germany v Portugal on Saturday and Spain and Italy on Sunday
8. French Open Women's Finals - Saturday gives you the Women's Final with Maria Sharapova who has ascended to World #1 with her win yesterday going against Sara Errani who...uh...I haven't the foggiest clue who she is.
7. Stanley Cup Game 5 - The Los Angeles Kings will have their second opportunity to hoist Lord Stanley for the 1st time as they travel cross country to battle the New Jersey Devils. The Kings are 10-0 on the road this playoff season.
6. Washington Nationals at the Boston Red Sox in Fenway. The 1st place Nationals will throw out Strasburg, Gonzalez and Zimmerman this weekend against the Sox who will trot out Felix Doubront, Dice-K and John Lester (guess who has the most wins from that trio??)
5. The Belmont Stakes - I'll Have Another will look to end horse racing's 34 year drought of no Triple Crown winners. The question will be whether win or lose will anyone care by Sunday? *Editor's Note* I'll Have Another has just been scratched from the Belmont Stakes and Horse Racing continues to lose the average viewer.
4. Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley - Saturday night is fight night in Las Vegas (I'm as shocked as you are folks). Bradley is undefeated and Pacquiao is beloved by millions and the favorite...should be fun.
3. The rest of Interleague Baseball - While Washington vs. Boston is the highlight for me there is also Baltimore vs. Philiadelphia where the Orioles are the 1st place team and the Phillies are last place and San Francisco vs. Texas in a rematch of the World Series from two years ago. Did you know the Rangers are 0-11 all time at Pac Bell? Tampa Bay vs Florida should be good, I could care less about New York vs. New York but I'm certain a four letter cable network will be all over it, and Mark Trumbo, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout get to hit in the rarefied air of Colorado as the Angels travel slightly east.
2. French Open Men's Finals - Rafael Nadal has already moved on today and he will face either #1 seed Novak Djokovic or #3 seed Roger Federer. Fans will be treated to good quality tennis either way as the top 3 players in Men's Tennis are the only ones still remaining. Nadal is looking for a record 7th French Open title.
1. Miami Heat vs. Boston Celtics Game 7 - LeBron James showed why he is the best player in the sport last night as he poured in 45 points in Boston to force a Game 7 on Saturday night. Will Miami keep Erik Spoelstra employed for a little big longer or will Boston prove they have one final push left?
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Prometheus is being released today and I have high hopes for this sorta, possible, looks a lot like, Alien prequel. Ridley Scott who directed Alien back in 1979 returns to the sci-fi extra-terrestrial genre with a much bigger budget and some spectacular special effects.
This movie stars the other Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender who gained fame and recognition released for not wearing many clothes in the movie Shame. Charlize Theron is in a wide release blockbuster for the 2nd consecutive week as last week Snow White and the Huntsman debuted. Rounding out the most well know cast members are Idris Elba and Guy Pearce. Both of them are good quality actors that should add the overall depth of the film.
Also being release for the kiddies is Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. I missed the sequel, but I remember the first one being funny and who doesn't enjoyed Chris Rock yelling like a madman?
Both movies are 'guaranteed fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes, 74% positive for Prometheus and 73% for Madagascar 3...so good times should be had by all ages this weekend (except anyone going to Pennsylvania for an in-law wedding).
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