Today's Top Three

Again I've abandoned this blog for a long time, despite having many things to say! I would promise that this post will lead to many more, but there's a strong chance that it won't. Be that as it may, I will likely be inclined to write about the next few weeks in sports with March Madness, the NHL playoff race, the Masters and much else coming soon!

I'm going to try to re-format a little in an effort to get myself writing more frequently. With that in mind, I'll attempt to offer a top three thoughts of the day ...

1. Red Wings bounce back - after getting hammered by Columbus last weekend, Detroit looked like a completely different team with a complete effort in the 4-0 win over the Blue Jackets last night. Still though, giving up 8 goals to Columbus last week and Nashville the week before (not to mention 6 to Calgary mid-week) has got to worry the management that didn't bother to find any goaltending beyond the shaky Osgood with Conklin backing him up. Detroit is going to have a tough go of it trying to defend their championship if the backstop continues to be as shaky as it has appeared lately.
2. Michigan going dancing - the resume proved to be enough to get the Maize and Blue into March Madness for the first time in 11 seasons. Those wins over Duke and UCLA must have done it, because after watching them come out flat for the second half of what could have amounted to a play-in game Friday vs Illinois, I thought their hopes were in jeopardy. But they've been handed a 10 seed and a date with Clemson on Thursday. It's certainly going to be a stretch to get past the Tigers, but the Wolverines have done a good job this year against favoured opponents. I know I'll be tuning in with excitement!
3. Phil vs Tiger debate - With the win at Doral yesterday, Phil Mickelson pulls within a hair of El Tigre in the official world rankings. There was talk during the NBC telecast yesterday of how Phil could actually be number 1 and how he might be driven by the desire to be called the World's Best Golfer. But come on - can anyone really consider him the best with Tiger still around?! He's only gotten so close because Tiger has spent the last eight months not earning any ranking points while re-habbing his knee. Phil might take over that #1 ranking, but we'll all still know who the king is. For now, I'm just anxious for the Masters and to see Tiger figure out a putting stroke that looked shaky at Doral. He was every bit as good as Phil from tee to green this week. Now let's just see him get that feel back and continue his winning ways.