TGIF

A reminder to check back this afternoon for the announcement of The Moron of the Week! Lots of great nominees this week.

Sports
-Boston Celtics General Manager, Danny Ainge, suffered a minor heart attack on Thursday. The former BYU basketball player, and Toronto Blue Jays baseball player is said to be resting comfortably at Massachusetts General Hospital. Best wishes to Danny for a quick recovery.

-The Yankees opened their new stadium yesterday, but they did not get the result they were looking for. The Bronx Bombers fell 10-2 to the Cleveland Indians. Jorge Posada was the first Yankee to go deep in the new ballpark, but it was a grand slam by Grady Sizemore that proved to be the difference in the ballgame.

Entertainment
-Ashton Kutcher has won his battle against CNN. No this isn't a lawsuit we are talking about here, Kutcher was the first to reach 1 million followers on Twitter. He proposed a challenge to his fans to make him reach the milestone before CNN's Breaking News feed hit the seven figure mark. I will now stab myself in the eye for providing this story to you.

-Susan Boyle, the Scottish woman who displayed her talents on the television show, Britan's Got Talent, says she is 'gobsmacked' by her overnight stardom. After appearing on numerous morning talk shows yesterday, the 47 year old woman says she would love to sing for the queen, but is really just enjoying the moment. Good luck to you Susan.

News
-Since when is posting a $966 million loss a good thing? Welcome to today's economy! Citigroup posted their smallest quarterly loss since 2007. The loss resulted in about 18 cents per share, which is nearly half of the original 34 cents per share that was projected. I guess in today's economic climate we will take what we can get, right?

-President Barack Obama is heading to the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad today just a day after the President lifted limits on visits by Americans to Cuba. Even though Cuba is not invited to the summit, it seems like the focus of Obama will be on Cuba.

Thursday's This 'N That

-As it has been mentioned numerous times on the blog, Tiger Woods returned yesterday and defeated Brendan Jones in the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championships. Tiger started out going birdie-eagle, and never really looked back from that point. It will be real interesting to see how he fares at his next tournament, wherever that may be. Once he gets back into the rhythm of being on tour he is going to be even more dangerous than he was in the past.

-Rasheed Wallace picked up his 16th technical foul of the year last night. He will be suspended by the league for the game Friday at Orlando for reaching the sweet 16 mark. I highly recommend checking out the video that I linked above, just to see him launch a towel out of a ballboy's hand into the stands. I can only imagine what the ballboy was thinking.

-Tony Parker is on a roll. Parker led San Antonio past Portland at home last night without Tim Duncan or Manu Ginobili. There is a lot of talk around the league about Deron Williams, and Chris Paul being the top 2 point guards in the league, but I have think that Parker needs to be included in the conversation. Plus, he gets to go home to this every night. HELLLLLLOOOOOOOO!

-Alex Rodriguez homered in his Spring Training debut yesterday. However after the game he was spotted driving away with his cousin Yuri Sucart. Yes, the same cousin who reportedly supplied the Yankees slugger with steroids from 2001-2003. Good PR move A-Rod.

-Even with Kevin Garnett out, the Celtics should never lose to the Clippers. But that's exactly what happened last night. Zach Randolph scored 30 points, and did not take a hamburger break during a key stretch in the 4th quarter. With Garnett and Brian Scalabrine already out with injuries, I'm sure Danny Ainge was thrilled to find out that Paul Pierce dislocated his thumb during the game. Apparently x-rays were negative, and Pierce should not miss much time, if any at all.

-SWEEP!

-Anyone up for a cup of coffee?