Sammy Sosa Was On Roids, Who Knew?

Was anyone really surprised at the news that that Sammy Sosa popped positive for a performance enhancing drug in 2003? We really didn’t need Captain Obvious to tell us that Sosa was a Roid Head but it’s nice to know that there’s some hard evidence somewhere in the universe to back up this knowledge.

This just further validates the position that the whole era of McGwire, Bonds, Sosa eras should all be labeled with an asterisk as well as the records broken during that time.

Notes And Quotes – NBA Finals Game One

“I just want it so bad, that’s all. I just want it really bad.” – Kobe Bryant after scoring 40 points in game one.

“We’ve never had a shooting night this bad. We’ve just got to come out and play a lot harder than we did tonight.” – Dwight Howard after the Magic went 8 of 23 from three point range and just 30% from the floor.

“He was great. He was tremendous. We were giving him too much space on his pull-up jumpers and he did a good job of attacking us. I know this: We are a lot better than we showed.” – Stan Van Gundy on Kobe Bryant

“It’s just one game. It’s a long series. We’ve got a couple days to work on some things. We know how good we are, and we know what we need to do to win.” – Hedo Turkoglu after a 3-11 shooting night.

· Kobe’s 40 points were a career high for him in the NBA Finals and the 10th time he’s scored 40 in the playoffs.