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.

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]

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.

Jon Gruden is coming to Monday Night Football.

Excuse me for a moment.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

After all of the rumors about Favre and the Vikings it looks like this time #4 really means it.

(Don’t make me look stupid again, Brett.)

In just a few days (hopefully) we will have a new url (http://draftdaysuit.com) a new look, a new platform and some amazing new writers joining our team.

Stay tuned.

Why did he lie under oath? To protect his son.

Now, I completely get lying to protect your kid. I would go as far as to join a cult if my child thought he or she was a deity, but my kids weren’t charged with 23 criminal counts in the last year.

In CANADA! And those guys are tolerant.

Listen, from Deadspin:

Over the last year, 24-year-old Mark Lefleur was tried on 23 criminal counts including: sexual assault, kidnapping, forcible confinement, mischief, theft, possession of crack cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana, threatening to kill a Montreal bus driver, dangerous driving causing bodily harm, and damaging a bus. (He also he faces charges in a separate case of assault and uttering death threats.) Most of the charges stem from his “troubled” relationship with his underage girlfriend. He’s a real catch.

Dude.

So anyway, Guy said that his son never left the house during the time Mark spent in his care on house arrest when in fact, the elder Lafleur drove his son to a hotel to have sex with his 16 year old girlfriend.

Funny, I didn’t even see statutory rape in that list of crimes.

I almost feel sorry for Guy, but not really. Who encourages their 24 year old son (who I am guessing kidnapped this same girl) to have sex with a minor in a hotel when he is under house arrest?

He should have known better.

He was not born yesterday.

How does a man who has not played a single game this season end up on the All-Star ballot?

It is a mystery to me as well.

I’ll bet you $50 Alex Rodriguez gets some votes too.

[source- Lady at the Bat]

He says this knowing that is could mean New Orleans losing their bid to host the 2013 Super Bowl.

It could also cost the city $15 million to break their lease on the New Superdome.

On the upside, if the Saints do leave New Orleans where would they go? Oh, that’s right. Los Angeles is always looking for an NFL team to kick around for a few years until their real city agrees to take them back.

While it would piss off almost every NFL fan in Louisiana, this could be a huge boon for Motley Crue.

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Well, let’s revise that. I’m sure all of you who have working knowledge of my Bucmania are wondering how I feel about Byron being the latest pick up in Tampa Bay’s long list of “new” veteran quarterbacks.

I am psyched.

I’m not just saying that either.

I was PISSED when Gruden insisted on Garcia. Look, I know Garcia was good in his day, but that was in his day. The last couple of years were several years beyond his day.

But Leftwich… I think he is good. I think he is underrated. I think he can still shine. I can’t be the only one that remembers what he did at Marshall? It isn’t just how good he is, it is the kind of leader he is and the fact that he is such a trooper.

Remember that game when he hurt his leg and his teammates carried him on each play on the line of scrimmage?

For the first time I am excited about next season.

Well, that and The Bucs will be up here playing the Redskins on October 4th.