Sports Thread #1 For 12/7/09: The Runthrough
It was a wild weekend in sports, and it should be a wild week ahead: Last week, the press conference: And now, it leads to the return against his second professional team tonight . It certainly will be a must see tonight. Lost in the big sports weekend was the fact that Rafael Nadal ended the tennis season on a high, as Spain repeated as Davis Cup champion by beating the Czech Republic, sweeping them in Madrid 5-0. The crucial match in the tie was the second match, where Radek Stepanek had totally dominated David Ferrer in the first two sets. But despite just winning three out of the first 15 games of the match, the diminutive Spaniard came back and won 8-6 in the final set to virtually insure that they would retain the title. Here is the clinching moment: Probably the only fun thing about the "Blazers- Rockets Oh no for Greg Oden" game for a neutral, since the Blazers did win: I know it probably happens to many, but that is too fun to see. Alex Ovechkin is returning tonight...