5. pat white - pat white ran for a 50-yard tie-breaking touchdown with 1:36 left in the game to lead the west virginia moutaineers to a 38-31 victory over the underwhelming louisville [louisville's mascot]s. he also had two touchdowns through the air in additon to his 25 pass attempts for 181 yards and 24 rush attempts for 147 yards. the news wasn't all good though, as pat white did not catch a single pass. which i imagine doesn't bode well for his nfl chances since most scouts see him as a receiver in the pros. also not boding well for his nfl chances: he hasn't been drafted yet.
4. clinton portis - when the redskins were making a playoff push in 2005, i attributed their success to clinton portis dressing up in silly costumes for his weekly press conferences. thankfully, after a long hiatus, he's back to his old tricks. i guess when you run for 196 yards the game before, you can do whatever you want. i don't think i can add anything that either hasn't been said or anything that would be better than reading either of these two articles so i won't try. but let's just pretend i did and tell everyone how funny it was.
3. the dallas mavericks - the mavericks beat the warriros 120-115 last night at oracle in a hard fought game. but more importantly, it looks like after beating the team who eliminated them from the playoffs in the first round last year as an 8 seed, it is actually the mavericks who get the last laugh. sure they warriors may have won last may, but according to my calendar it isn't may any more, it's nuggvember. and from what i understand, dallas beating golden state in the fifth game of this season, means a lot more for this season than golden state beating four times out of six last season. anyways warriors, you may have won the playoff series in hilarious fashion last year, but you've lost the fifth game of the year. and the only thing you should "believe" is that payback is a devin harris.
1. chinese people - according to the following report, the first matchup between yao and yi will likely blow the super bowl ratings out of the water. this is apparently a really big event in china, which i don't really understand. aren't there a billion chinese people in china? don't chinese people see enough chinese people every day? i guess not, because the game "will air on 19 television stations" and "is expected to draw more than 200 million viewers in china" while "last year's super bowl drew 93 million." this is fascinating to me for so many reasons. how much yen are commercials going to cost? why is it necessary to air this on 19 different stations? what shows are competing against this? two and a half chinese men? are you smarter than a chinese fifth grader? do they have neilsen ratings in china or do they have their own separate chang ratings or something? is there a chinese espn that does excessive analysis on everything? is there a chinese sean salisbury? will either yi or yao say "i'm going to disney world" when one of them wins? does china have a disney world? does china have an epcot center? anyways, for one in five people in china, this is going to be quite an event. however in america, watching two chinese people play basketball is such a non-event that you can't even see the game on tv unless you have nba league pass. communists - 1, david stern - 0.
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