The Nightcap

Apparently, the Lakers are synonymous with Team USA

By: Laz Jackson

United States of America vs. England.

Six letters, you Tory, tea-and-crumpet-loving, bad teeth-having, Doctor-Who-watching soccer hooligans... 

U-S-A. U-S-A.

The Pac-16 Closer, Nebraska to join Big Ten (Ironically, now the Big 12)

We’ll have an answer on our Pac-16 SuperConference possibilities by next week. Promise. But whether or not this is a good thing remains to be seen. And as for Nebraska, welcome to the Big Twelve Ten. We needed you to hold a league championship game to make more money, and in return, you get to swim on a pile of money like Scrooge McDuck. Win-Win.

Big Baby “Beasts” Boston Back (Say it Five Times Fast)

With the Lakers’ Game counter-punch, every analyst and journalist KNEW that if the Celtics were going to win Game 4, it would have to be on the offense of Ray Allen and Paul Pierce. Fortunately for Boston, coach Doc Rivers didn’t know that. In sticking with his (suddenly) productive and high-energy bench players, Rivers gave the Celtics (and the Boston Crowd) a shot in the arm and tightened this series at two games apiece. Between the bench, Andrew Bynum’s knee, and the rest the starters got (which is important with their veterans), the momentum in the series has swung back to Boston. Of course, momentum doesn’t seem to mean much in this series.

Tom Izzo Must LOVE the Clash

Because he’s been singing “Should I Stay or Should I Go” for the last week straight, and it’s been driving me crazy. I’m a Spartan, Spartan born, Spartan bred, and I can guarantee that sales of aspirin and antacid are through the roof in East Lansing right now. He’s the face of the university. He’s from around here. If he stays, he has an All-American backcourt to win another championship with. If he goes, he may (emphasis on MAY) get to coach LeBron and the Pips. I freaking LOVE you, Tom. Don’t do this to me. To us. News conference scheduled for today.

Interleague Play this Week:

Yes, that’s right, stuff is happening in baseball-land, too! Interleague play gives us the opportunity to watch classic rivalries be renewed (White Sox-Cubs, Angels-Dodgers). Unfortunately, it also gives us some really, REALLY uninteresting series (Are YOU gonna watch Tigers-Pirates or Yankees-Astros? Yeah, didn’t think so). But the chance to watch Strasburg mow down a D.H.? THAT, I gotta see.

Please Do Not Blow the Vuvuzelas:

The Nightcap will not be a nightly installment. However, It will cover loose tidbits of whatever we want...whenever we want it. Until next time, I’m Lazarus Jackson, offering the Midwest Perspective.