An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Thursday, January 22, 2015?
Lopsided NBA games galore: TNT couldn’t have been happy with the double-header it got last night. First the Chicago Bulls surprisingly blew out the defending championship San Antonio Spurs 104-81. Then, the Los Angeles Clippers toyed with the Brooklyn Nets on teir way to a 123-84 win that honestly wasn’t as close as the score makes it seem. Apparently TNT was able to switch away from the late game and show part of the Boston Celtics surprising win over the Portland Trailblazers 90-89. Line: The NBA season is a marathon, not a sprint. Sometimes, in the middle of the winter, the games don’t seem that inspired.
Federer goes out early: Roger Federer is only 33 years old but in Tennis years, that’s very, very old. His demise has been predicted so many times that predictors have stopped daring to predict very much about him at all, so we’ll just stick to the facts. He lost last night in four sets to Andreas Seppi and has been eliminated from the Australian open. Line: After so many years of being dominant, now you just want to see Federer get one more masters win for old-time’s sake.
Iraq triumphs: Amidst what was reported to be a heavy police presence in Australia, Iraq beat Iran in a thrilling soccer game. The game was tied 1-1 after 90 minutes and despite being down to ten men, Iran was able to tie the game up twice in extra time to leave the game at 3-3 120 minutes in. Iraq won the penalty shoot-out 7-6 and will move on to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup. The game was pretty fiesty for a soccer game. Ten yellow cards were given, in all, and there was a brief shoving match near the end of the game. Still, as a triumph of sport over politics, so far at least, it seems to have worked. Line: This sounds like a great game. Shame it was in the middle of the night in the U.S.
Florida State upsets Louisville: The Florida State women’s basketball team, ranked 17th in the country before this game, will be moving on up after beating 4th ranked Louisville 68-63. Florida State isn’t a traditional power in women’s basketball but they’re making a strong case this year to be included as a tournament favorite. Line: It’s good to know that Florida State isn’t totally defined by their corrupt men’s football program.
