Something Moving...

I recently watched the movie "Catch a Fire" that tells the story of a man  and his journey through 1980's South Africa in the midst of the apartheid regime. I am glad that I saw the movie  now that I have a good understanding of everything that is going on in the movie. I had wanted to see it when it was first released but never got a chance to and I am thankful that I did. My brother watched about half of it and said that it was hard to follow, which I probably would have thought the same thing had I not read and studied quite extensively prior to watching it. I enjoyed seeing everything  that I had read about and heard Catsam talk about come to life. Umkhonto we Sizwe and the ANC came to life before my very eyes. Funny story, when "Friday Night Lights" was released I actually met Derek Luke, the movie's main character, and after I asked him what he had up next, he told me that it was a movie about South Africa. One can only imagine the living conditions that faced the people of South Africa and the horrors and atrocities that came with it. It upsets and disturbs me to see something like that and the fact that it was true and that was not even half of it is also disturbing in and of itself. Many people have no idea what exactly occurred over there for so long. Hopefully people will after watching that movie...

Here we go again...

Once again Liverpool finds itself in yet another Champions League semi-final and once again it is against Chelsea. There is not one team in the world that makes me more mad than Liverpool. They do not care about the Premiership, except finishing 4th, and choose to only focus on Europe. I know Liverpool has an illustrious history, but since I have began watching soccer religiously, thanks to Fox Soccer Channel, Liverpool appears to save their best for Europe and unfortunately my beloved Blues face them tomorrow. It will be a grind it out game like it has been each time the two have met the last two years. Fortunately this may play to our advantage in that Chelsea have been criticized for doing precisely that. I think it will be a nil-nil draw at Anfield and when they go to the Bridge, Chelsea will take it 1-0 and move closer to something has eluded them, a Champions League crown.

It Begins...

For all intensive purposes the playoffs in the NBA have begun, atleast in the west. I am currently watching the Nuggets and Warriors square off with 8th place on the line. It will be a 3-way limbo for the 7 and 8 spots in the west. It is likely that a team that wins 49, or even 50, will miss the playoffs. My take on it is that Dallas will not advance past the first round if they do make it. Denver and Golden State have a legitimate shot at taking down a top seed(just ask Dallas!). Either way you look at, the time that all basketball fans have been yearning for is upon us. Is the NBA back? That is the question that has lingered for years. With the spectacular play in the west and the looming eastern conference finals match up between Boston and Detroit, it should be a playoffs the like of which we have never seen. Not even when 23 was involved.....