A.D.D. Version

NBA Finals(Boston vs. LA) ---> US Open(Tiger Woods' return) --> Wimbledon ---> British Open ---> Meaningless Baseball games ---> NFL Preseason ---> COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!

Non A.D.D. Version
Ahhh... It's that time of year where us sports fiends dred. It's too early in the baseball season to really care about. Basketball is coming to a close and the start is of the football season is more than two months AWAY!

So what is one to do with himself?

For me it's time to get that last fix of intense action by watching the NBA Finals. The NBA couldn't have asked for a better storyline than the one leading up to this years finals. Two storied franchise making a return to the Finals for a chance to win their 17th or 15th NBA Title. That's right, Boston has a chance to win the franchise's 17th NBA title and LA has a chance to win it's franchise's 15th title. Now why does that matter? The last time Boston was in the finals (21 years ago) they lost to guess who? If you said the Lakers that's a gold star for you. Now aside from the fact that the Celtics are making their first finals appearance in 21 years, they also have three superstars who are making their first appearances in the finals after Hall of Fame like careers. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen have been at the top of their game individually for years and all have made conference finals before but none of the have ever made to the NBA Finals. (Until this year of course) Don't you just love the grandeur and drama of three of the NBA's best getting an opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream. (Sorry for the bit of sarcasm, but that is a bit story bookish, don't you think?) Seriously though, I have always been huge fans of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen and hope they get a ring. Not so much Paul Pierce, he can be a ball hog at times, but I can live with it.
Now toss the storyline of these three great players and the games best player today(Kobe Bryant - you can hate on him all you want, the man can ball) in the mix and you've definitely got a finals that is likely to carry you into the third week of June. (Which by the way overlaps the US Open and Tiger Woods' hopeful return.)For me that's icing on the cake, then I only have to wait six weeks for the NFL preseason to start and then three weeks after it's the start of the college football season. Ahhh... what a glorious time of year that is.
So for all you fiends (sports that is) out there, it's not all bad. After the NBA Finals there's the British Open(Golf), Wimbledon(Tennis), NASCAR (WOO-whooooo... NOT!) and a bunch of meaningless baseball games in between the start of the football season to get you through the dog days of summer. Now I feel the need to clarify my baseball comment, or at least explain it a little. All the games mean something(yeah right) but let's be truthful, the MLB season isn't truly that interesting until the end of August. I'm just saying, aside from the couple of No-No's that were thrown in the past two weeks and Manny Ramirez hitting his 500th career home-run the other day what can you tell about the baseball season?
So for the two of you that actually took the time to read down this far (aside from my wonderful co-worker Carla, which could care less about what sports fiends do from the end of basketball to the start of football), be a real pal and leave your thoughts. I probably won't care to read them but I'm sure someone will approve them and post them to the site.