The Olympics, for people who don’t know although I’m sure most do, are a series of competitions and games held for almost all nations across the globe to send their best athletes at each sport/contest to compete for Olympic Medals. The history of the Modern Olympics dates all the way back to mid 1800’s in Athens, Greece in which local city states of the nation would compete. However, due to the Global Pandemic of the Coronavirus going on the Olympic Games for the year 2020 set to be held in Tokyo, Japan are cancelled. The Olympics are hardly ever cancelled and if they are it is for sure something that is a global phenomenon. The last time the Olympics was cancelled was when the world was divided into the Allied and the Axis powers of World War II. This is hopefully the peak of sports being affected by the coronavirus.

This past Sunday ESPN aired the first two episodes of the Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls documentary called “The Last Dance”. If you do not know, Michael Jordan is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time and one of the greatest athletes/competitors of all time. He played for the Chicago Bulls for 14 seasons and he went to 6 NBA Finals, won all 6, and was the MVP of the finals all 6 times. His bulls are considered one of the greatest dynasties in all of sports. This documentary, which is being released 2 episodes every Sunday for 5 weeks in a row, is explaining how the dynasty came to be and how it all came to an end. In my opinion, it is a shame the way the team ended because it all had to do with ownership and management getting in the way of the team itself. Without the selfish ownership, the Bulls probably could have won 9 championships with the last 6 being in a row. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen are considered one of if not the best NBA duo in the history of the sport. With that you add in a defensive specialist in Dennis Rodman and shooters like Steve Kerr, there is no telling the limits of Michael Jordans’s Bulls. This documentary however, explains how people found a way to put a limit on the seemingly endless talent and sheer will the 1990’s Chicago Bulls had.

In the year 2000 in the 6th round of the NFL Draft, the New England Patriots football team selected quarterback Tom Brady from the University of Michigan. As a football draft prospect, he was nowhere near the talent or physical ability level of quite a few of the other prospects that were in the draft that year; but boy did he deliver. Tom Brady over his monstrous career with the Patriots had won 6 Super Bowls, 3 League MVP’s, 4 Super Bowl MVP’s and 14 Pro Bowl Selections. He had played 20 years with one of the best football coaches of all time Bill Belichick. However, on March 20 Tom Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for $60 million, $50 million guaranteed. This hit huge in the sports world because everyone knew Tom Brady as the Patriots QB for the longest time. However, the Patriots Family and Fanbase showed an immense amount of love and support for their quarterback for 20 solid seasons and he did the same to the city he called his home.

LeBron James is a Forward/Guard currently for the Los Angeles Lakers. He has been known for being the most athletically and physically specimen to ever play the game of basketball. Also, his accolades and his accomplishments in the league has allowed him to be widely considered next to the great Michael Jordan as the greatest basketball players of all time. With that being said, the Lakers have had a great season only losing 13 games out of the 60 games they have already played. Prior to the season LeBron and the Lakers had acquired a really strong forward/center Anthony Davis (AD), making a dynamic power duo. Two other teams in the league had also been winning and consisted of great players as well the other LA team the clippers in Kawhi Leonard (last year’s NBA Champion and finals MVP winner) with skillful forward Paul George, and the Milwaukee Bucks with last year’s regular season MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo. Throughout the season, Giannis had been the clear front runner to repeat the regular season MVP title and his team has had the best record in the NBA. The second person who was somewhat close behind was LeBron, who had been leading his team with the best record in the West which is considered a tougher conference to play in while Giannis is in the East. LeBron throughout the season had lost to the Clippers twice and the Bucks once making them 3-0 against the teams that are considered better in the NBA right now. Well, this past weekend had changed all that and made the MVP race much more closer than it was before. LeBron and the Lakers played both the Clippers AND the Bucks this past weekend and beat them both. LeBron and AD both scoring high and LeBron almost obtaining a triple double on both nights. On top of that, LeBron had practically shut down the MVP front runner and handling him offensively. After the weekend, people had widely considered LeBron the MVP front runner after his victories over the other two NBA powerhouses. The King of basketball sent a message to everyone after 17 years being in the league and being 35 years old, he is not going anywhere!

The San Diego State University Aztecs Basketball Team is an athletic program out of the University based in San Diego, CA. The hoops program has always been a competitive D1 program in the NCAA especially in recent years going far in the March Madness Tournament. However, this year for the Aztecs has truly been a special one. The team had won 26 games in a row without tying anybody to go undefeated the majority of the season. A couple weeks ago, the Aztecs lost to in conference rival University of Nevada Las Vegas, making that their first loss of the season. The Aztecs losing in a game to the rebels people felt in a way was humbling the Aztecs and making them realize they’re not invincible when it comes to the opponents they face, especially in the tournament to come. The Aztecs have won their games since their first loss and projected to finish the rest of the season undefeated. Also, San Diego State is expected to finish the season ranked 5 in the nation and secure the highest 2 seed in the tournament. ““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““`

The Houston Astros as some of you may know are a professional baseball organization in the Major League Baseball (MLB) based out of Houston, Texas. Now, like everyone has said from since the game of baseball was born, “If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying”. Although cheating is never condoned in any sport, baseball is a game of sign stealing, and doing anything you can to take advantage of another team on an even playing field. With that being said in 2017 the Houston Astros won the World Series title, the most prestigious award for a team in the league and maybe even the world. However, throughout the season they had used technology to illegally view the opposing teams signs at their home stadium and relayed the information to their fellow teammates by vigorously banging on trashcans. These actions in their World Series winning season went beyond the level playing field and greatly tainted the game of baseball. Not only did this change the course of a season, it allowed Jose Altuve the second baseman for the Astros who is loved by many, to win the MVP over New York Yankees Outfielder and Home Run hitter Aaron Judge. I take this to heart a little bit because the New York Yankees are my family’s favorite baseball team and so it is tough to hear that his MVP award got taken by a cheater. Now with all this said, we await to see what the League and MLB commissioner has in store for the Houston Cheaters.

What’s going on everyone, my name is Elias and I am a college student in Southern California specifically in San Diego that loves sports. Besides certain school subjects with fellow classmates and topics I can relate with my own family, sports is the one thing where I can talk about passionately to people. Throughout my blog sessions, I’ll be giving my input on major sports topics of my choice of all sports but mostly basketball and baseball since those are the seasons that are currently active in the U.S. Hope Y’all like the content!

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