The WNBA finals are set with the Detroit Shock advancing in the East to face the West finalist Sacramento Monarchs…this should be a great final, with each team being physical and athletic…I can’t wait…I’m serious…here’s three reasons you should watch:

a) The battle under the boards between Sacramento’s Yolanda Griffith and Detroit’s Cheryl Ford will be epic by the standards of the women’s game. Griffith is the 6’4” 180 lb. all-world veteran forward who has been one of the game’s premier power players since her days at Florida Atlantic University in the early 90’s. She’s a skill player who uses her length, her understanding of angles and her athleticism to rebound and score…Cheryl Ford is the 6’3” 195 lb. young phenom forward and MVP candidate who has exploded onto the WNBA out of Louisiana Tech, much like her father future NBA hall of famer Karl Malone. She’s a pure power and effort player who uses her exceptional strength and her physical bulk to corral rebounds and score on putbacks. She’s also continuing to develop a creative post game. She reminds me of Moses Malone…

b) The battle of the point guards between Detroit’s Katie Smith and Sacramento’s Ticha Penicheiro. Smith is a converted scorer who has flawlessly made the transition to the point, but has not forgotten the scoring skills that made her a top 5 scorer in the league during her 6 years in Minnesota…Penicheiro has been the WNBA’s version of Ason Kidd for years, a terrific passer and ball handler with a mostly broken jumper…

c) Swin Cash…dude check the pictures…I could watch her all day…

Allen Iverson’s Mom is going to own an ABA team in Richmond Virginia…I’m sorry but someone has to make this into a reality show…please…

Jerry Stackhouse gave his mother, who is a minister, a church in Kinston NC…he is the second NBA player to give a parent a church, with Bucks SG Michael Redd having given his pastor-father a church earlier this year…

I stayed up Saturday night until midnight to watch the US absolutely destroy the Aussies in World Cup play 113-73…although the play of the game went to Aussie centre Andrew Bogut who after corralling a bad pass in the high post from point guard CJ Bruton, did a stutter step/behind the back dribble around LeBron James leading to a soaring right hand scoop layup…the US may have killed the Aussies, but Bogut’s moved embarrassed LeBron…as for the US, Toronto’s own Chris Bosh was far and away their best player scoring 12 points on 4-4 from the field, with 9 rebounds and a couple of blocks in only 18 minutes of play…he was also terrific on defence, being very active on rotations…he’s got to be ahead of Antawn Jamison in the rotation now…

Here's the elite eight of the WC tourney: USA, Germany, France, Greece, Turkey, Argentina, Spain and Lithuania …

Ex-Hawks GM Stan Kasten, who is currently the president of the Washington Nationals was asked in an interview with MLB.com about his biggest mistake with the Hawks: “Trading Steve Smith, even though he was starting to show his age, for J.R. Rider and Jim Jackson. J.R. just completely self-destructed and brought the whole team down with him.” …Duh…ya think?