Sunday Chatter: Preakness Shackleford, Indy 500, Carl Edwards, Bernard Hopkins

  Shackleford:  The Preakness Stake winner Shackleford stays strong to the finish just holding off  Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom. Astrology came in third,  Dialed In was fourth and rounding out the top five was Dance City all horses ran well.  The jockey on Shackleford was Jesus Castanon riding for his first Triple Crown win.

2011 Indy 500:  The most highly regarded indy race is the Indy 500 and it will have its 100th Anniversary. The Indy 500 is the world's largest single day sporting event. It covers 500 miles with 200 laps of the famous 2.5 track. Taking the pole on this historic race will be Alex Tagliani the first canadian to ever win the pole for the Indy 500. The last two years pole winner Indy star Helio Castroneves will start in 16th position his lowest in 11 tries. Danica Patrick a once fan attraction will not be competing in this years race due to her commitment to Nascar. 

Congrats to Alex Tagliani for winning the pole of the 100th Anniversay of the Indy 500!

Bernard Hopkins : The ageless one, the fountain of youth or whatever you want to throw in his name Bernard Hopkins "The Executioner" won the  world championship and WBC Light-heavyweight title by a decision over the younger Jean Pascal. Bernard the oldest ever to win at 46 years old, just six months older than legend George Forman, did it with finesse. Boxing over the last decade one would have to believe has been diluted in talent by the MMA and the UFC gaining in so much popularity. So, you wonder how long can a "boxer" keep going with the skills Bernard has in his arsenal? Congrats to Bernard Hopkins!

 Carl Edwards: Charlotte Motor Speedway and Nascar held the 2011 Sprint All-Star Race and Carl Edwards took home the trophy and a $1 million dollar prize purse. He did leave us with a little drama with an odd move that caused his car to dip in the grass and crumple up his #99 car that had no effect on his customary victory back flip he still made it happen! Kyle Busch came in a disappointing second, David Ruetimann a suprising third, birthday boy Tony Stewart who turned fourty a day earlier fourth and Greg Biffle fifth.

I am sorry to all my followers that I was a day late getting my Saturday chatter out, but I won't miss your cartoon.

SI Vintage Look: Tim Duncan Kobe Bryant 5.31.1999 - Indy 500 Venus Serena Williams

Tim Duncan - All Time NBA San Antonio Spurs

Scoring Leader

On Friday, November 19, 2010, Tim Duncan passes David Robinson for the scoring champion of all time for the NBA San Antonio Spurs. Next, taking on George "the Iceman" Gervin and his 26,595 points for the All time ABA/NBA San Antonio Spurs Scoring Champion.

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Cover:

Back when they partied like it was 1999, Sports Illustrated saw into the future and put a first ballot Hall of Famer on the cover. With outstretched arms and showing you why he is one of the greatest by guarding Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers another Hall of Famer in the making.

Off the Pine:

Mini Articles:

• Mia Hamm - US Womens' Soccer
• John Landy  - A World Record Miler

On the Court:

An outstanding 10 page spread on The Indy 500 and A. J. Foyt through the years. Incredibly written by A. J. Foyt himself and accompanied with Anne Fornoro.  Illustrations of many cars raced from the late 50's through the late 90's. An amazing run of the legend. Here is a pic I found on the net of A. J. Foyt Winning the 1964 Indy 500!

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Dribbling on Down the Court:

Getting center stage is the 1999 NBA Playoff Coverage. With the main man of the day Tim Duncan featured leading it off taking care of the losing Lakers. Turning the page we find the Indiana Pacers "86'd the 76ers" in their battle for the title.

Next we get into baseball and on the mound with Cy Young winner Greg Maddux having a tough year.

From the mound to the outfield, and there we find Luis Gonzalez of the Arizona Diamondbacks swinging away.

It must be getting cold because we are going to the ice and finding NHL Playoffs and rookies Milan Hejduk and Chris Drury of the Colorado Avalanche. Both still Playing! Buffalo Sabres and the loss of Dominick Hasek played well and beat the Toronto Mapleleafs.

Finally I can get out of my winter coat and check out the sisters Venus and Serena Williams. With all the grand slams covered the father had a tennis goldmine in his two daughters.

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Whew, what a copy of SI.