Anyone who watched the 2010 NBA playoffs can learn a lesson from the Phoenix Suns and their highly entertaining brand of basketball. The Suns can flat out play, with gorgeous passing, pinpoint shooting and fancy dribbling. It’s often poetry in motion, and it has made Phoenix a fan favorite in the NBA. Still, like years before, the Suns failed to reach the final, and defense was once again their undoing. Steve Nash, Amare Stoudamire and the rest of the Suns put the ball in the basket plenty throughout their series with the Los Angeles Lakers, but they just couldn’t get stops on the defensive end of the court. When all was said and done, the Lakers advanced in six games, primarily because they played great defense when it mattered most. Phoenix, on the other hand, watched from home once again, all because they couldn’t.

Minnesota Vikings’ running back Adrian Peterson broke a team record this Sunday with 14 TD’s this season.  He ran for 97 yards and 2 touch downs against the Bengals.

 
Longtime Minnesota Vikings fans share a sense of dread with Chicago Cubs fans. They have been disappointed before, by four Super Bowl losses in the 1970s, and more recently by National Football Conference championship game defeats in the 1998 and 2000 seasons. And no matter how promising things look (Brett Favre, anybody?), disaster seems to threaten around every corner.