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I Believe in Magic

My power went out last night for a hour and a half.

I was feeling panicked, but it was all for naught. The lights came on again before Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

I am a Magic fan from way back. In fact, the last time The Magic went to the finals I lived in Orlando. The whole city was excited, and for any of you that have spent any time in central Florida you know that there isn’t a lot of rallying around anything going on there. It is mostly people trying to avoid Disney traffic.

Why can I not find a picture of the Mickey Mouse water tower wearing the Horace Grant goggles? That was so cool.

In 1995 Orlando got swept by Houston. It was ugly.

For a few days it looked like The Magic was going to suffer a similar fate this year.

But last night they shot 75% from the floor in the first half. 75%! It was a NBA Finals record. Orlando ended up at 62.5% for the entire game.

[Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images]

That was a finals record too.

Of course, the game was still won in the last two seconds.

That is how The Orlando Magic won their first finals game ever.

Yes, I believe in magic. I’m just not sure my heart – or my insides can take the excitement if the rest of the games are that close.

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Rodney Harrison – Patriots Loss is NBC’s Gain

The word on the street (and by street I mean internet) is that Rodney Harrison will announce sometime today that he will retire from the NFL and join NBC Sunday Night Football team.

Rodney Harrison is currently the only player in NFL history with more than 30 sacks and 30 interceptions. He has two Super Bowl victories and fifteen NFL seasons under his belt.

I think it is fair to say he PWNED it.

Good luck, Rodney.

Can I still even say PWNED? Is that really passe? Am I totally 2008 here? Whatever, I don’t care. My son was up barfing all night. I cannot be expected to be cool unless I am well rested.

[source via Boston Brat]

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Were the Redskins Tampering With Haynesworth?

According to ESPN.com the Tennessee Titans are accusing the Redskins of contacting Haynesworth and his agent, Chad Speck, before the free agency period started.

Living in the DC Area I can say that I don’t think anyone around here would be surprised if the Redskins were guilty. I was talking to a friend of mine the other day who grew up as a Washington fan and even she admits that Dan Snyder makes it hard to root for the Redskins.

Albert Haynesworth is saying that his team is innocent and that everything was on the up and up – but what else can he say?

Washington could lose a draft pick if the league finds out that they were talking to Haynesworth’s agent before free agency.

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Jon Gruden on Monday Night Football

I realize that this post will make me sound like 1) a homer, 2) a girl and 3) paid by ESPN but I assure you, I am only the first two.

Jon Gruden is coming to Monday Night Football.

Excuse me for a moment.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Even better – he is replacing Tony Kornheiser, who has been annoying me on Mondays for years now.

So thank you ESPN. It isn’t even my birthday.

Now if you wouldn’t mind moving the Monday night games just a smidge earlier that would be great. I understand the whole Pacific Time Zone dilemma, but I have to get up early on Tuesdays.

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