TheROOTofsports June 15th

Welcome to theROOTofsports for June 15th! Tom Izzo finally makes his decision today, Lakers have their way with the Celtics, and the World cup's group of death plays their games today. We'll have all of today's scores plus a preview for all of tomorrow's action in theROOTofsports for June 15th.

Nba Finals- Game 6 took place in L.A Tuesday night and the Lakers proved that they weren't going down without a fight! Kobe Bryant scored 26 points Tuesday Destroying the Celtics 89-67 forcing a game 7 to determine the Champs. Game 7 will be played Thursday night.

Game 6

Lakers 89 Celtics 67 F

World Cup- The World Cup's " group of death" played their games Tuesday and they didn't disappoint. Group G is known as the group of death because it includes Brazil, Ivory Coast and Portugal. Those 3 teams are ranked higher than 30th in the World, Ivory coast ranking 27th, Portugal 3rd and Brazil 1st. The other team in the group of death is North Korea which ranks 105th in the World. Brazil faced North Korea today and got a battle from the underdogs. They prevailed 2-1. Portugal and Ivory coast ended in a scoreless draw. Those werent the only games played Tuesday. New Zealand faced Slovakia out of group F in a thriller early Tuesday. Slovakia led the entire match until the game went into stoppage time when New Zealand scored a

stunner. Play resumes Wednesday with Group H playing their first games and Group A leading off the start of the second games.

Tuesday's Scores

Group F

Slovakia 1 New Zealand 1 F

Group G

Portugal 0 Ivory Coast 0 F

Group G

Brazil 2 North Korea 1 F

Wednesday's Games

Group H

Honduras vs Chile

7:30am Espn, Espn3.com

Pick: Chile

Group H

Spain vs Switzerland

10:00Am Espn, Espn3.com,

Pick: Spain

Group A

South Africa vs Uruguay

2:30Pm Espn, Espn3.com

Pick: South Africa

Izzo- On Tuesday Tom Izzo finally made his decision on being the next coach the the Cleveland Cavaliers. Izzo turned down the offer. He wants to stay more focused on building the next generation of superstars and remain the coach of Michigan State University. Izzo said one of the big reasons for tuning down the offer was that he was not able to speak with Lebron James. Izzo says that coaching Lebron James was very tempting and he wants him to stay at home with the Cavaliers just as Izzo will do. Stay home and coach his Spatans. As for the Cavaliers, this looks to be another setback on the future for Lebron. The Cavs now look to find a coach a.s.a.p so assure their future with James.

MLB- More inter league games were played on Tuesday featuring a world series re match between the Yankees and the Phillies. The Yankees destroyed them winning 8-3. The Athletics won a close battle with the Cubs, and David Price, Pitcher of the Rays is the first player in the AL to get to 10 wins as the Rays rout the Braves. Wednesday features more inter league games the Phillies try to prove something different to the Yankees, Marlins battle the Rangers, and the Mariners take on the Cardinals in what should be a good pitching match up.

Tuesdays Scores

Phillies 3 Yankees 8 F

Nationals 4 Tigers 7 F

Diamondbacks 3 RedSox 6 F

WhiteSox 6 Pirates 4 F

Astros 7 Royals 15 F

Rangers 3 Marlins 2 F

Rockies 3 Twins 9 F

Mariners 2 Cardinals 4 F

Dodgers 12 Reds 0 F

Mets 7 Indians 6 F

Rays 10 Braves 4 F

Brewers 7 Angels 1 F

Athletics 9 Cubs 5 F

Blue Jays 2 Padres 8 F

Orioles 4 Giants 1 F

Wednesdays Games

Orioles vs Giants

3:45Pm

Pick: Giants

Blue Jays vs Padres

6:35Pm

Pick: Jays

WhiteSox vs Pirates

7:05Pm

Pick: Sox

Mets vs Indians

7:05Pm

Pick: Indians

Phillies vs Yankees

7:05Pm Espn

Pick: Yankees

Brewers vs Angels

7:05Pm

Pick: Brewers

Nationals vs Tigers

7:05Pm

Pick: Tigers

Rays vs Braves

7:10Pm

Pick: Braves

Diamondbacks vs RedSox

7:10Pm

Pick: Sox

Rangers vs Marlins

7:10Pm

Pick: Rangers

Dodgers vs Reds

7:10Pm

Pick: Reds

Athletics vs Cubs

8:05Pm

Pick: Athletics

Astros vs Royals

8:10Pm

Pick: Royals

Rockies vs Twins

8:10Pm

Pick: Twins

Mariners vs Cardinals

8:15Pm

Pick: Cardinals

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theROOTofsports for June 14th and June 15th

Welcome to theROOTofsports! On Monday the Ncaa football expansion drama came to a rest for now, another Nfl quarterback has been cited at a strip club, and the Mlb and World cup kick off their week of action.

World Cup- Monday featured games from group E and F. The Netherlands shut down Denmark, Japan pulled an upset against Cameroon and Italy tied Paraguay in a shocker. The most entertaining game of the day was Paraguay against Italy. The game started with the rain soaking the field. Italy did what most people predicted and controlled the field early. Italy had one defensive lapse and Paraguay grabbed a goal of it shocking the soccer nation. As the game went on many people were wondering if Italy actually had what it takes to keep Paraguay from getting this huge upset. In the 63rd minute Italy showed life scoring a goal. The rest of the game was Italy trying shot after shot to win the game but Paraguay held on for the draw. On Tuesday the world cup features a game in group F and 2 games from the so called group of death, group G. Early Tuesday Slovakia faced New Zealand in a thriller. Slovakia came out in the second half scoring immediately going up 1-0. New Zealand ended up tying the game in the 3rd minute of

stoppage time! That game ended in a draw. Also on Tuesday Portugal faces a tough opponent in

Ivory coast, and highly praise Brazil faces North Korea.

Monday's Scores

Group E

Netherlands 2 Denmark 0 F

Group E

Japan 1 Cameroon 0 F

Group F

Italy 1 Paraguay 1 F

Tuesday's Games

Group F

New Zealand 1 Slovakia 1 F

Group G

Ivory Coast vs Portugal

10:00Am Espn, Espn3, Mobile Tv

Pick: Portugal

Group G

Brazil vs North Korea

2:30 pm Espn, Espn3, Mobile Tv

Pick: Brazil

Mlb- There was 4 Games in the Mlb Monday night, all of which were blow-outs. The Brewers

destroyed the Angels after they hit a grand slam in the 3rd to carry them on, The cardinals stomped the Mariners, Giants killed the Orioles, and Blue Jays beat the Padres after an earthquake shook the stadium in the 8th inning. The league goes back to 15 games on Tuesday and back to Inter league play. The Dodgers face the Red hot Reds in Cincinnati, The Rays look to get back to their winning ways against the Braves, the Rangers face off against the Marlins in a good pitching match up and the Athletics battle the Cubs in Chicago.

Monday's Scores

Brewers 12 Angels 2 F

Mariners 3 Cardinals 9 F

Blue Jays 6 Padres 3 F

Giants 10 Orioles 2 F

Tuesday's Games

Mets vs Indians

7:05Pm

Pick: Indians

WhiteSox vs Pirates

7:05Pm

Pick: Sox

Nationals vs Tigers

7:05Pm

Pick: Detriot

Phillies vs Yankees

7:05Pm

Pick: Phillies

Diamondbacks vs RedSox

7:10Pm

Pick: Sox

Rays vs Braves

7:10Pm

Pick: Rays

Rangers vs Marlins

7:10Pm

Pick: Marlins

Dodgers vs Reds

7:10Pm

Pick: Reds

Athletics vs. Cubs

8:05Pm

Pick: Athletics

Astros vs Royals

8:10Pm

Pick: Royals

Rockies vs Twins

8:10Pm

Pick: Twins

Mariners vs Cardinals

8:15Pm

Pick: Cardinals

Blue Jays vs Padres

10:05Pm

Pick: Padres

Brewers vs Angels

10:05Pm

Pick: Angels

Orioles vs Giants

10:15

Pick: Giants

Nba Finals- You might as well call Tuesday Judgement day for the L.A Lakers as they face elimination against the Boston Celtics in game 6 of the Finals. If the Celticxs win the title Tuesday night it will be their 18th Nba title! Kobe looks to keep it at 17 as they try to force a game 7. The game starts at 9:00 on Abc.

Game 6

Celtics vs Lakers

9:00Pm Abc

Pick: Lakers

- In other Nba news, The Atlanta Hawks name their new Head coach as Larry Drew. Drew has been working for Atlanta as a long time assistant to the team. Dwyane Wade made a statement Monday saying, instead of looking for a franchise that fits him come free agency month, he will look for a player to join him in Miami. Also The question of Izzo coaching the cavs is still up in the air.

College Football- The College football expansion drama has ended for now. Just as the Big 12 conference seemed to be falling apart Texas, Oklahoma, and others agree to stay with the conference and leave it at 10. This decision was led by Texas making its decision Monday after being offered 20 million a year to stay. They would also be able to start their own television network which would also bring in 5 million a year. All of the teams ended up agreeing to stay knowing that they might lose their rivals changing to a different conference. So as for now, the Big 12 is at ten teams and the Big 10 remains at 12.

Nfl- Titans quarterback Vince young was cited by poilice for sexual assault outside a strip club Monday. This is the second incident involving abuse and a night club this off season. Young looks to avoid suspension.

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theROOTofsports June 13th

Welcome to theROOTofsports for June 13th! This weekend was very entertaining in the world of sports. The Nba finals go to a decisive game 5 tonight in Boston, the world cup completes day 3 of action, the Ufc and Nascar held very exciting events and the College football Conference corruption continues. Were covering all this plus the Mlb's latest news and scores in theROOTofsports!

World cup- 8 Games have already been played in the world cup so far, 3 of which have resulted in draws. In day 1 South Africa tied mexico in a back and forth momentum changing opener. Later that night France tied Uruguay in a defensive 0-0 draw. Group B played their games Saturday with dominating performances by South Korea and Argentina. The most anticipated game of perhaps the entire world cup between England and the

Usa ended in a shocking draw after the England goal keeper let in a soft goal by Clint Dempsey. The weekend ended Sunday with Slovenia and Ghana winning their first match ups and

Germany Destroying Australia. Serbia vs Ghana onSunday ended up being one of the more entertaining match ups of the weekend. The game went scoreless as the teams attempted shot after shot. In the second half a Serbia player gets the red card after tripping a player and was ejected leaving only ten players for Serbia. As time Wound down each team goalie made incredible saves but Ghana ended the game late in a thrilling penalty kick goal. Play resumes Monday with group E and F.

Scores

Group A

South Africa 1 Mexico 1 F

Group A

Uruguay 0 France 0 F

Group B

South Korea 2 Greece 0 F

Group B

Argentina 1 Nigeria 0 F

Group C

England 1 United States 1 F

Group C

Algeria 0 Slovenia 1 F

Group D

Serbia 0 Ghana 1 F

Group D

Germany 4 Australia 0 F

NBA-The Boston Celtics have pushed the Lakers the the brink of losing the championship. The Celtics won Sunday night in Boston 92-86. A big reason why the Celtics won was Paul Pierce with 27 points. Tempers flared when Ron Artest fouled Kevin Garnett hard sending him to the ground, Rondo then came over and shoved Artest which earned then Technical fouls. Game 6 will be held in L.A Tuesday night.

Game 5

Celtics 92 Lakers 86 F

Celtics lead 3-2

*Bryant-38pts-L.A

Pierce-27pts-Bos.

College Football- This has been without a doubt one of the biggest weeks in Ncaa football history when you consider off season decisions. Nebraska, Colorado and Boise state have already switched conferences, Nebraska to the Big 10, Colorado to the Pac 10, and Boise state to the Mountain West. Many people may be questioning why Boise state would go to the Mountain west after Boise repeatedly finds themselves in late season drama regarding the strength of their schedule. The Mountain west is by far done. The Mountain west is hoping to land Big 12 schools Missouri, Kansas, and Kansas state by next week. Adding these schools would without a doubt step up the competition in a somewhat questionable conference. Other Big 12 schools including Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M look into changing conferences in the upcoming days. Stay posted to theROOTofsports for the latest news on the Big 12 conference.

UFC 115- Ufc 115 took place Saturday night in sold out Vancouver. The night was ended in Shock as Rich Franklin knocked out Chuck Liddell cold late in the first round. In a fight in which many fans say it was Liddell's last, Franklin and Liddell exchanged huge punched and kicks, one of which broke Rich Franklin's arm. Even with the broken arm Chuck Liddell could int avoid being finished early. Possibly the most exciting fight of the night included Carlos Condit against undefeated Rory Macdonald. Condit and M

acdonald exchanged quick and accurate blows in all 3 rounds. After the second round Macdonald seemed to have control after causing most damage. Before the 3rd round began you could hear the corner of Condit screaming, " you have to go and take this fight! you have to finish this!". Well thats exactly what Condit did. Condit finished the fight with a technical knockout, 10 seconds before the ending bell. Also on Saturday Evan Dunham remained unbeaten against Tyson Griffin, Ben Rothwell won a decision over Gilbert Yvel and Mirko Cro Cop surprised the Ufc nation by submitting Patrick Barry in the 3rd round. The Knockout of the night bonus went to Rich Franklin, Submission bonus to Mirko Cro Cop and the fight of the night bonus went to none other then Carlos Condit and Rory Macdonald

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Ufc 115 results

Mike Pyle Def. Jesse Lennox-Submission (Round 3)

Claude Patrick Def. Ricardo Funch-Submission (Round 2)

James Wilks Def. Peter Sobotta- Decision

Mario Miranda Def. David Loiseau- Tko (Round 2)

Matt Wiman Def. Marc Danzig-Submission (Round 1)

Evan Dunham Def. Tyson Griffin-Decision

Carlos Condit Def. Rory Macdonald- Tko (Round 3)

Ben Rothwell Def. Gilbert Yvel- Decision

Martin Kampmann Def. Paulo Thiago- Decision

Mirko Cro Cop Def. Patrick Barry- Submission (Round 3)

Rich Franklin Def. Chuck Liddell- Knockout (Round 1)

MLB- This weekend featured more Inter league games as Detroit swept Pittsburgh, Rays Struggle, And Strasburg moves to 2-0. None of the Divisions in the American league are at all secure as the Yankees Caught up to the Rays over the weekend. The Rays and Yankees are now tied for the lead of the AL East with the RedSox a mere 4 games back. Minnesota continues to hold a slim lead over Detroit in the AL Central and Texas hangs on to a 1 point lead over the Angels in the AL West. Things are even

tighter in the National league with no division team leading by more than 1.5 games. Atlanta is holding off the hard charging mets in the NL East, The Padre's lead is down to .5 in the NL West with the Dodgers on their tale and the surprising Reds hold a1.5 lead over the Cardinals in the NL Central.

Saturday's Scores

Cardinals 2 Diamondbacks 7 F

Nationals 1 Indians 7 F

WhiteSox 2 Cubs 1 F

Astros 3 Yankees 9 F

Rangers 4 Brewers 3 F

Phillies 2 RedSox 10 F

Royals 5 Reds 11 F

Mets 3Orioles 1 F

Blue Jays 0 Rockies 1 F

Pirates 3 Tigers 4 F/10

Mariners 1 Padres 7 F

Braves 3 Twins 2 F

Athletics 4 Giants 5 F

Marlins 5 Rays 6 F

Angels 4 Dodgers 6 F

Sunday's Scores

Cardinals 5 Diamondbacks 7 F

Nationals 9 Indians 4 F

Pirates 3 Tigers 4 F

Royals 7 Reds 3 F

Rangers 7 Brewers 2 F

Astros 5 Yankees 9 F

Blue Jays 3 Rockies 10 F

Mets 11 Orioles 4 F

Mariners 4 Padres 2 F

Phillies 5 RedSox 3 F

Athletics2 Giants 6 F

Marlins 6 Rays 2 F

Angels 6 Dodgers 2 F

Braves 7 Twins 3 F

WhiteSox 0 Cubs 1 F

Nascar- Denny Hamlin wins his second race in a row Sunday at Michigan International speedway. The Race was Dominated early by Kurt Busch, but as race changes were made Denny Hamlin found a familiar place on the race track, First place. Denny Hamlin has dominated the series the last month or so along with Kurt Busch. Michigan's race involved many long green flag runs and not to much action. This goes to show how strong Denny really was. He drove away from the field every time the green flag flew. One incident that occurred on track was when Red Bull teammates collided taking out both drivers Scott Speed and Casey Mears. Scott Speed was running in the mid 30's when Mears pulled along side and spun speed around. Speed was not to happy about the situation saying, " What the hell?, Were running in the back like crap and he wants to wreck us? I dont get that". This has been the 4th incident this year involving teammates. Drivers like Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhart Jr. and A.J Allmendinger had great finishes Sunday finishing 5th,7th,and 11th. Kevin Harvick, The points leader going into Sunday struggled finishing 19th.

Michigan Results

1st Denny Hamlin #11

2nd Kasey Khane #9

3rd Kurt Busch #2

4th Jeff Gordon #24

5th Tony Stewart # 14

6th Jimmie Johnson #48

7th Dale Earnhardt #88

8th Jeff Burton # 31

9th Greg Biffle #16

10th Joey Logano # 20

* Other notible finishes, Edwards 12th, Harvick 19th, Kyle Busch 20th, Bowyer 22nd, McMurray 24th, Newman 32nd.

Standings after Michigan

1st Kevin Harvick -0

2nd Kyle Busch -22

3rd Denny Hamlin - 47

4th Kurt Busch -118

5th Matt Kenseth -150

6th Jimmie Johnson -170

7th Jeff Gordon -182

8th Jeff Burton -224

9th Greg Biffle -304

10th Carl Edwards -313

11th Tony Stewart -329

12th Mark Martin -343

^^^^^Chase for the cup^^^^^

13th Clint Bowyer -46

14th Dale Earnhardt -81

15th Ryan Newman -91

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