2010 In Sports

2010 has been a great year in everything. Sports, games, and even new devises. The iPad came out and XBOX Live has topped the charts. Now to sports. Saints Super Bowl, Butler Cinderella, Year of the Pitcher, and the new Big 3.

The Dallas Cowboys are known as America's Team. This year the Saints were America's Team. After Hurricane Katrina that hit the city of New Orleans in 2005, the Saints were the city's only hope. They made their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history vs. the Indianapolis Colts on February 7,2010. That was when the Saints became America's Team. They started the second half with an onside kick that they recovered and intercepted one of Manning's throws and ran it back for a touchdown to seal the game. The win lifted the spirits of many New Orleans people that are still recovering from the horrible natural disaster.

Butler, a small college located in Indianapolis, Indiana, made an amazing run to the Final Four. Nobody would ever predict that that team would have made it to the Final Four. Oddly enough, the Final Four was in Indianapolis so the team would bring a great crowd. It was great for CBS because people who wouldn't follow the Final Four were now following this Cinderella story. But every great thing has to come to an end and this was no exception. The young, talented Bulldogs lost to a powerhouse, Duke, in the National Championship. The game went down to the final second, but Gordon Hayward's half court shot that hit the backboard didn't fall in and Butler lost 61-59.

This Year was the Year of the Pitcher in the MLB. 61/2 no hitters and 21/2 perfect games in those no hitters.(I'm counting Armando Galarraga's almost no hitter/perfect game as 1/2.) Two of the 61/2 were vs. the Tampa Bay Rays. That may be because the hitting was not very good or that the pitchers were amazing. Leave a comment to tell me what you think.

The Los Angeles Lakers have won 2 straight NBA Championships, but the Miami Heat may have something to say about that. This past summer 3 of the NBA's biggest stars teamed up and took their talents to South Beach, as in Miami, Florida when they all 3 became free agents and signed with the Heat. Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh are the new Big 3. It was a big deal when Boston's Big 3 joined to play in Boston and look how that turned out. They won a championship the first year together. But things might be different with South Beach's Big 3.