The weekend review

Whoa Nelly! This past weekend was an amazing one for fans of a multitude of sports.

The Preakness Stakes: Most people wanted to see if Big Brown's Kentucky Derby win was a fluke; It wasn't. The colt obliterated the field at the Preakness by 5 1/2 lengths. His jockey, Kent Desormeaux didn't even have to use his whip. Big Brown is amazing and three weeks from now could make history. However remember this name: Casino Drive.

David Stern didn't sleep a wink this weekend as he prayed for two of his four piece dream playoff to come into shape. The Pistons were already locked in, and then the Lakers won at Utah to seal up that series, and then came Boston-Cleveland. In a game that will be remembered for decades to come, Paul Pierce and LeBron James went off. Pierce had 41, LeBron had 45 and all 18,000 plus fans in attendance stared in awe as both future hall-of-famers traded lay-up for lay-up and point for point. The game was back and forth throughout the afternoon and once the dust settled David Stern was able to exhale as the Celtics advanced through to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Sidney Crosby wants a Stanley Cup, Gary Bettman wants Sidney Crosby to win a Stanley Cup, and The Firm wants to see Pittsburgh win a Stanley Cup. All three will happen as Crosby's Penguins destroyed Philadelphia 6-0 to take the series 4-1. The only question now is; Who will they play?

Kasey Kahne won the Sprint All-Star Race. We at The Firm would like to congratulate him on winning a race that doesn't count.

In the world of baseball; Barry Zito continued his extremely consistent season and Hank Steinbrenner found out the hard way that he shouldn't have passed up on Johan Santana.

And finally; to all boxing fans, remember this name: Yuriorkis Gamboa