NBA: A “yee-hah” congratulations to the Dallas Mavericks who beat the Phoenix Suns last night in the desert, 102-93.  The Mavs will face the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals as both franchises will be making their championship series debut.  The road to the title begins on Thursday, June 8th in Dallas. 

MLB: Arguably the best player in the game today, Albert Pujols, suffered a strained oblique in yesterday’s game betwen his St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs.  At this point it’s unknown when Pujols will return to the team, but he could miss as much as six weeks, according to team physician, Dr. George Paletta.  Stay tuned.

*Rich Harden takes the hill for the Oakland Athletics again.  Athletics Nation stand up!  Oh, and cross fingers that Harden doesn’t get hurt again because he’s probably your best pitcher.  Harden will try to handcuff the Minnesota Twinkies in Oakland this afternoon.

*Chris Young of the San Diego Padres will face the Pittsburgh Pirates this afternoon and hopes to continue his brilliance from earlier this week.  Young was flirting with a no-no against the Colorado Rockies when he went eight frames only allowing one hit, a double by OF Brad Hawpe to lead the eighth inning.  Young is currently 4-3 with a 3.80 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, .215 BAA, with 54 strikeouts in 66.1 IP.

*Tonight’s featured game is between the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Cleveland Indians.  Yesterday, the Indians completely waxed some Angels butt, 14-2.  John Lackey pitches for the Angels, while a dominating C.C. Sabathia takes the mound for the Tribe.  Both teams were considered playoff contenders before the season, so this could potentially be a warm-up of sorts before October rolls around.

*Well, Dan Haren DID make me look like a genius yesterday.  He went six frames, allowing zero runs, only three hits, while striking out six and walking two.  Haren didn’t get the decision, but he made up for Monday’s loss to the Kansas City Royals!

Enjoy the games!