Top 5 Sports Events to Watch this Week
Monday was a very slow day in sports. The NBA and NHL just ended their seasons, Baseball had only two games on in the MLB and the NFL is still at least a month away. There was some good news as the College World Series was getting into elimination games and an international soccer tournament was just getting under way. The rest of the week should get a lot better in sports. Here’s the list of top 5 sports related events to watch this week.
5. Laker Championship Parade
Sport: NBA
When it’s on: Wednesday, June 17 @ 11 a.m. Pacific Time
The Lakers clinched the NBA Championship last Sunday in Orlando. The next logical step for any champion is to have a parade. But, when you’re the Lakers, you have a victory parade that costs about $2 million. This will be a big event for LA not so much for Lebron James (I just had to put that in there). This event is so big that they had to have it in a football stadium to make room for all the people they are expecting. The thing to watch for will be what Laker busts a Mark Madsen and embarrass themselves. My money is on Pau Gasol!
4. College World Series
Sport: College Baseball
When it’s on: All week starting today @ 11 a.m. Pacific Time
I know college baseball doesn’t get all the publicity that football and basketball does, but the CWS is always fun to watch. It’s a tournament where any team is capable of winning and many times the unexpected does happen. The last four champions where not even ranked in the tournament. It’s a fun event to watch even if you don’t have a team. You can just pick a designated team and have fun watching till the end.
3. MLB
Sport: MLB
When it’s on: All week
The baseball races are starting to heat up right about now with teams finding out if they are contenders or pretenders. This week should especially be fun to watch with many AL-NL rivalries taking place because of inter-league play. Some interesting match ups include: Cubs vs. White Sox, Dodgers vs. Angels, Astros vs. Rangers. It’s always fun to watch two teams from the same state or city battle for bragging rights amongst fans.
2. Confederations Cup
Sport: International Soccer
When it’s on: All week for group play
International Soccer is one of my favorite things to watch. The passion that the players and fans have for the game is almost unmatched. This tournament although not that big (only 8 team) should be fun to watch because of world powers such as Spain, Brazil and Italy. The U.S. is also in the tournament looking to make a statement, which should give the average U.S. fan something to root for. The U.S. has a lot of work to do after losing to Italy in their first game to make it to the next round, but it should be fun to watch anyway. Some great match-ups to watch for: U.S. vs. Brazil, Italy vs. Brazil, Spain vs. anyone. I just love to watch the way Spain plays.
1.U.S. Open
Sport: Golf
When it’s on: Starts Thursday, June 18 @ 4 a.m. Pacific Time
This is the main event of the week. All eyes will be on Tiger Woods to see if he can defend his Open title. He played really well in the last tournament with his come from behind win. This year’s course is said to be very difficult. So, it will be fun to watch these pros smack the ball around and look average. Any one can win on a course like that, but my money is still on Tiger. It will be exciting to watch.
Source: AP Photo
