What’s in the News?

…besides Antonio McDyess seemingly being the greatest basketball player that has ever walked on earth (seriously, if this guy could just miss, like, 2 shots in a row or have one off game, the Celtics would KILL the pistons).

Anyway… I know this story should perhaps be covered by someone else on our “staff,” but I’m gonna write on it anyways. I’ve always kinda liked cricket, it’s really entertaining when it’s not extremely boring. I realize that is a tautology, but stick with me here for a second. Whenever cricket is on TV I always stop for like 5 seconds, watch the bowl, and then change it because I know nothing is gonna happen for a while. This will change all that. I’m hoppin on board this new Indian Premier League of cricket. If it gets enough publicity in the states I will totally pick a team to follow. I’m not gonna go too far out on a limb and guarantee that I become a huge fan (because I am lazy), but ya never know. The ladies love those replica cricket jerseys.

Basically, there is a new cricket league in India. The games are only about three hours long as opposed to whatever it was before. There are only 20 overs. I’m not going to get into the rules of cricket, but twenty overs means fast pace and no games that go on for days. This league definitely has promise; Sony already spent one billion dollars on the rights. The league is attracting all the best players, and people will watch anything when they know they are watching the best (hence why european soccer is way more successful, even in the US, than MLS soccer).

And if you don’t think cricket can be exciting check this out, and this too, and this, and this.

Lastly, anything with the name “Premier League” sounds really cool so you have to check it out.