Weekend Review

Before I get into my weekend in Daytona, there were many events that were on the tube that I paid alot of attention to this past weekend. Let's get into what my thoughts were on the weekend that was...

The biggest news, in my opinion was the murder of former NFL MVP Steve McNair. McNair was an incredible human being during his playing career, which featured him doing much for the communities around him. But alot of what we thought of him will definitely be a little tarnished after the apparent affair that was going on with the 20-year-old that was dead with him. As Jay Mariotti wrote yesterday,

Whatever glowing perceptions we have of a public figure, particularly in sports, too often are exposed by lurking warts and skeletons. Just because Steve McNair made a remarkable commitment to community service -- in lockstep with a football career defined by his legendary toughness and tolerance for pain -- doesn't mean he led a perfect life.

After reading and listening to most of the evidence of the case and how the police aren't really looking for suspects right now, it definitely looks to me that it was a murder/suicide. After her arrest on Thursday night of a DUI with McNair in the car, I am willing to bet that McNair finally smartened up a couple days later, went to her condo to tell her it was over because word would ultimately start to get out that he was seeing someone other than his wife and she took it hard. So hard that she pulled out a gun in her possession shot him a couple of times than turned it on herself after realizing what she had done. McNair was always a standard of what a NFL player should be while he was playing, a very hard worker that always played when hurt and stayed out of the police blotter. Many athletes that make bad decisions in their life are able to change and give themselves a chance to make up for the mistakes made. Unfortunately, McNair will never get that chance.

For whatever reason, I woke up early on Sunday morning and watched the Wimbleton Men's Final between the United States best mens tennis player verses the best player in tennis history. Roger Federer was an easy pick to obviously destroy US hope Andy Roddick quietly and quickly. But that was not the case at all! Roddick and his 2-18 record career verses Federer was all in the past, because Roddick did not back down at all. It was a great match to watch to start the day yesterday. Unfortunately, Federer finally broke his serve to win the match, which was difficult to do to say the least, since he didn't do it the entire match. Federer is now the all-time leader in Major Championships with 15. With Federer being as good as he is, I now wonder if Roddick is just a victim of bad luck or he just came up as a tennis player in the wrong era. I use to hate on Andy for a while for not being that guy the United States desperately needs in the sport of tennis, but now after his performance yesterday and Roger's now 15 championships maybe he is what the US has needed since the departure of Andre Agassi.

I much as I hate to say it, damn the New York Yankees are hot!

Tiger Woods won his own tournament yesterday by narrowly defeated Anthony Kim which was he third win this year 68 overall. This was his final tune up before the British Open, I'm expecting big things from him over seas this month.

Tim Wakefield was announced to his first All-Star game next week, which is long overdue!

My Saturday night in Daytona will be coming later