What to Look Forward To

Lots happening in the world of sports over the past couple days and should be a busy weekend, so here are a couple of musing for you...

1 - Tiger Woods: He is really good, but it is hard to come back after 8 months and expect to be in top form. Woods lost in the second round of the Match Play Championship which is going on this weekend in Arizona. In fact this tournament has gone nowhere close to form and there is a good chance the winner will not be a household name. As for Tiger, he will round into form and dominate the events he enters.

2 - Manny Ramirez: We get it, Scott Boras needs some extra dough and you don't want to participate in Spring Training. Would you please just accept the contract the Dodgers are offering you because no other team has even made you an offer.

3 - Carling Cup: Now most of you won't care about one of the lesser trophies on the soccer schedule, but this could be the start of the quad for Manchester United or it could salvage an otherwise horrendous season for the Spurs. My prediction - 2-1 United (as much as it pains me to say that).

4 - NASCAR: The good ol' boys are in Vegas this weekend to go round in circles. Matt Kenseth will try for his 3rd straight win to open the racing season. Too many proud men on the circuit to allow him to do that. My prediction - Scott Speed comes out of nowhere to win the race. For those of you who are not familiar, Speed was in F1 last season and has been hampered by poor performing race cars.

5 - Baseball: The Toronto Blue Jays continue their spring training games versus Detroit, Atlanta and Florida. Although it doesn't really matter the record when the team comes North, it would be nice to see the offense produce runs (6 runs vs. Phily yesterday is a good start) and have the decision made on 4th and 5th starters as soon as possible (Scott Richmond had 2 shutout innings yesterday vs. Phily).

6 - NFL: Free Agent season opened with a bang this morning as the Washington Redskins signed DeAngelo Hall AND Albert Haynesworth to huge deals. No one should be surprised owner Dan Snyder opened his wallet, but it will be interesting to see where some other top FA land and if they can generate the same type of money. The headlines will be dominated by Ray Lewis, Kurt Warner, Rex Grossman and TJ Who's Your Momma.

7 - Twitter: Thanks to those who have joined me on twitter this week. For those who haven't signed up yet, it is an amusing pastime. Reading about Shaq is worth signing up alone...