Closure

This is the long awaited end to my journey through the past weekend of sports viewing, and it ended very nicely. Unfortunately, some serious family problems slowed the appearance of this post but couldn't prevent it, and though I'm late, I'd like to share some thoughts.
First, Daytona... it would have been an awesome race if not for the stupid delays for potholes. How the heck does that happen? I realize the drivers like the track surface a lot and don't want to see it repaved, but its clearly necessary now. It was kind of ridiculous to have 2 delays of the race to have to fix the track, but I find it strange the track lasted so long in the 2 weeks of basically constant use and finally crumbled for the 500. I wonder why then. The race itself was great though. I was wrong in predicting Mark Martin would win, he finished in the top 15. Jaime McMurray was johnny on the spot as he fought his way to the win in the ultimate green-white-checkered scenario of the night. He's deserving, although I don't know if I like the whole unlimited green-white-checkered rule that's been instituted this year. I like the trying to get a green flag finish in general. However, its too early to tell, but it could get mad annoying and subjective. Dale Earnhardt Jr. came out of nowhere to finish 2nd. He covered 8 spots in 2 laps to finish there. It was a definitely an impressive performance for someone who's been criticised so much in the past year for his performances, but he always runs well at Daytona. We'll have to see if he can sustain it now. It was a really entertaining race though, even if the delays meant I didn't have a chance to view any Olympics.
The All-Star Game for the NBA capped off the weekend, and it was clearly the best event of the entire All-Star weekend. The East won, as predicted here, 141-139. LeBron didn't win the MVP, Dwayne Wade did, but he was truly deserving, with 28 points and 11 assists. LeBron impressed though, in fact, to be honest, him and Wade put on the best show together throughout the night. LeBron had 25, and they both had a wide array of dunks, many of the alley oop variety to each other, some would say they were the best dunks of the weekend, including the contest the day before. I probably would too. It was a fun game to watch though, even if all the extra entertainment was too long and delayed the game too much, the game itself was great, and the best part of the weekend. Kudos to the city of Dallas for putting on a good show, even if Jerry Jones was one of the people in charge.
Just to conclude, I had fun viewing all the stuff this weekend, and completely ignoring the fact Sunday was Valentine's Day (y'all thought I forgot I bet). I can afford to do that kind of thing right now if you know what I mean, but it was a great weekend if you're a sports fan, and that's my point. They don't make them like that all that often, so it was good while it lasted.

-Hype