The Green Bay Packers won the 2011 Superbowl yesterday. The final score of 31-25 doesn't reflect that at one point in the first half, Green Bay led 21-3. The Steelers were the stronger team but just didn't execute well...but it was an entertaining game.
The NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers lost their 24th straight game back on Saturday night. It is an NBA record; it is the first time a team has lost that many games in a row in the same season.
The Cavaliers also own the distinction of a 24 game losing streak over 2 seasons; going back to the end of the 1981-82 season and into the beginning of the 1982-83 season. The Cavaliers play tonight in Dallas where they can set the all-time futility record of 25 losses in a row--either in one season or over 2!
There seem to be some major conflict going on in the Toronto Maple Leafs dressing room between one of the star players and coach Ron Wilson. It has come to light over the last day or so that Leaf player Phil Kessel hasn't been speaking to his coach. He made a public comment yesterday about not feeling he may belong in Toronto because of the conflict and tried to save face today by saying this is where he wants to be!
Coach Wilson publicly commented on Kessel's lack of effort recently including a scoring drought. It is not new news that Wilson is not well liked by his players...a few years back while he was in San Jose and now in Toronto. A recent poll of NHL players indicated that Wilson was the coach they would least like to play for.
Kessel also has his share of issues...he was unhappy with his former team, the Boston Bruins when the Leafs acquired him back in the 2009-10 season for a first round draft pick which turned out to be the second overall draft pick in last year's draft...up and coming star Tyler Seguin. Kessel has not become the superstar in Toronto many had hoped he would become and some of his frustration this week seems to be pointed also at some players on the team as he indicated in his media meet & greet earlier today
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