Out all the first round matchups I find it very suprising that the Atlanta Hawks took the Boston Celtics into game seven. I was suprised the Hawks made the playoffs in the first place. Was this a collapse by the juggernaut Celts or did the young Hawks play some of the best basketball of their life?

I tend to lean towards a collapse. Eighty two games is enough for a team to prove itself and the Celtics showed to be the best team in the east, while the Hawks displayed average at best basketball. The playoff atmosphere got to the Celtics and they started to gaze into the future while Joe Johnson was draining basket after basket and giving Boston a run for their money.

If the Celtics don't step it up in this next series they will not last as long. They were barely able to contain Joe Johnson and the not so lethal Hawks lineup, what will they do to contain LeBron James? The overall lack of defense is the primary reason that LeBron was able to take the Cavs into the NBA Finals. And who stopped them? The defensive minded Spurs.

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This past weekend in an effort to reverse their current loosing streak the Chicago White Sox invited two guests into their locker room. Not inspirational speakers, and not anyone worth more than about $19.95. These players brought in two blow up dolls.

These dolls were placed in the middle of a cricle of bats in an effort to remove the bad 'mojo'. This seems desperate, but with a team who was about three losses away from batting one of these dolls in the seven spot it might have been the laid back mind relaxing experience these players needed.

Obviously these dolls were not used in a sexual way. Granted athletes are known for their objectifying of women, just look at the mess Roger Clemens is in right now, but so are corporation heads, former presidents, and the mayor of New York. Why are people out raged to hear this, when the people who are more prominent than baseball players are doing much worse, with

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