2010 Predictions

With 2009 on the way out and we welcome 2010 in a couple of days. Now they we have spent a couple of weeks looking back at 2009 and the decade, it is time to look forward and no longer dwell on the old - bring on the new! Here is the Sandwich Shoppe's fearless (and somewhat illogical) predictions.


Five Predictions for 2010

1. The NBA stops play at the end of the regular season, and declare the Lakers champions so that the greatest off-season EVER can commence. With Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, Joe Johnson, David Lee, etc...all free agents the landscape of the NBA could change greatly with a couple of signings.

2. The Phoenix Coyotes are finally sold to Jim Balsillie who, in a radical move takes the team to Russia! The Coyotes officially defect from the NHL to the KHL. This allows the NHL to expand by a team and they decide to add a team in Las Vegas! The first major sport to expand into Sin City. People in Hamilton, Winnipeg and Quebec City are devastated.

3. NASCAR and IndyCar racing merge and work on a combined schedule where they race the same tracks every weekend to make super events. The IndyCar's go off on Saturday and the NASCAR guys and gals race on Sunday's. This would allow the best drivers to race against each other every weekend and fans would get tons of racing for their money.

4. Tiger Woods returns as the bad boy of golf. He parades a different women out at every tournament. He even dates Lindsay Lohan at one point. With his golf game going downhill quickly - right before the start of the PGA Championship he starts to date Kate Hudson and wins the tournament by 10 shots.

5. TV ruins sports. By this, I mean that the invention of HD and the PVR has changed the way we watch sports. As fans we are more critical of officials, more critical of of the broadcasters and we don't watch commercials anymore (except for during the super bowl). With the immediate nature that broadcasters give us replays and zoom in on controversial calls, it has started to ruin sports. There are several huge sporting events this year and at least one will be ruined by TV. The World Cup, Super Bowl, Olympics or all of the above will have a controversial call because of the TV broadcast and for one reason or another it will not be reviewed or changed and this will overshadow the spectacle.

6. 2010 Champions - NFL: SD Chargers, NBA: Denver Nuggets, NHL: LA Kings, MLB: Philadelphia Phillies, World Cup: England, Olympic Hockey: Not Canada, Oscars Best Movie: Up In The Air, NCAA Basketball: Syracuse, The Masters: Sergio Garcia, PBA Bowler of Year: Jason Thomas.