Draftapalooza, Part Deux

The mad drafting continues. Please also remember to GET YOUR PICKS IN FOR THE WORLD CUP. The event starts in a week and a half and you must get your picks in before then.

Now, to current business. Time for the second PGA golf draft. Remember, we are drafting in reverse order of the PGA standings to date for the U.S. Open. You can find the draft order and current overall standings on the PGA page.

On The Clock: THE END

On Deck: THE END

Selections

60. Justin Leonard (Orlando Mendez-Valdez)

59. Michael Sim (Team Manciero)

58. Heath Slocum (Manny's Dreadlocks)

57. Yuta Ikeda (Serenity Now!)

56. Kevin Na (A-Fraud)

55. Hiroyuki Fujita (Roethlisburgh Womanziers)

54. Louis Oosthuizen (Cardiac Kids)

53. David Duval (Keyser Soze)

52. Thongchai Jaidee (Team Parzych)

51. Peter Hanson (Chapel Hill Rainmakers)

50. Scott Verplank (Cincinnati Rockers)

49. Ryo Ishikawa (Chief Noc-A-Homa)

48. Miguel Angel Jimenez (Chief Noc-A-Homa)

47. Rory Sabbatini (Cincinnati Rockers)

46. Rhys Davies (Chapel Hill Rainmakers)

45. Francesco Molinari (Team Parzych)

44. Ryan Moore (Keyser Soze)

43. Graeme McDowell (Cardiac Kids)

42. Alvaro Quiros (Roethlisburgh Womanizers)

41. Ricky Barnes (A-Fraud)

40. Chad Campbell (Serenity Now!)

39. Vijay Singh (Manny's Dreadlocks)

38. Bo Van Pelt (Team Manciero)

37. Robert Karlsson (Orlando Mendez-Valdez)

36. Ross Fisher (Orlando Mendez-Valdez)

35. Ben Crane (Team Manciero)

34. Sergio Garcia (Manny's Dreadlocks)

33. Nick Watney (Serenity Now!)

32. K.J. Choi (A-Fraud)

31. Matt Kuchar (Roethlisburgh Womanizers)**

30. Charl Schwartzel (Cardiac Kids)

29. Sean O'Hair (Keyser Soze)

28. Tim Clark (Team Parzych)

27. Y.E. Yang (Chapel Hill Rainmakers)

26. Angel Cabrera (Cincinnati Rockers)

25. Stewart Cink (Chief Noc-A-Homa)

24. Kenny Perry (Chief Noc-A-Homa)

23. Henrik Stenson (Cincinnati Rockers)

22. Geoff Ogilvy (Chapel Hill Rainmakers)

21. Camilo Villegas (Team Parzych)

20. Dustin Johnson (Keyser Soze)

19. Martin Kaymer (Cardiac Kids)

18. Lucas Glover (Roethlisburgh Womanizers)

17. Adam Scott (A-Fraud)

16. Paul Casey (Serenity Now!)

15. Retief Goosen (Manny's Dreadlocks)

14. Robert Allenby (Team Manciero)

13. Mike Weir (Orlando Mendez-Valdez)

12. Hunter Mahan (Orlando Mendez-Valdez)

11. Luke Donald (Team Manciero)

10. Rory McIlroy (Manny's Dreadlocks)

9. Padraig Harrington (Serenity Now!)

8. Jim Furyk (A-Fraud)

7. Zach Johnson (Roethlisburgh Womanizers)*

6. Ian Poulter (Cardiac Kids)

5. Ernie Els (Keyser Soze)

4. Steve Stricker (Team Parzych)

3. Lee Westwood (Chapel Hill Rainmakers)

2. Phil Mickelson (Cincinnati Rockers)

1. Tiger Woods (Chief Noc-A-Homa)

*Original selection, Anthony Kim, had thumb surgery and is not participating. Substitution pick.

**Original selection, Justin Rose, failed to qualify the day after winning the Memorial and is not participating. Substitution pick.

Danica Lets Owner Down, As Predicted

Just as I brilliantly predicted, Danica was a horrible pick where Cincinnati Rockers took her as she taken third overall and wasn't even the scoring driver for her team! (Editor's Note: Please disregard where she actually finished.)

This Memorial Day weekend event rightfully belonged to First Lieutenant Nate Browell and his Roethlisburgh Womanizers. Dario Franchitti dominated the day in Indianapolis. Although Nate has served in Iraq, he is currently in Texas thankfully serving from domestic soil. Also, he is scheduled to be promoted on Tuesday to the rank of Captain. Congratulations and thank you and all of your colleagues for protecting and serving those of us blessed by this freedom.

Overall, Colleen Conlon's Cardiac Kids have taken the early overall lead by a slim margin over Chief Noc-A-Homa with others on their heels. This picture will be changing again soon if the NBA Finals ever actually start.

NBA Playoffs: Conf. Finals

It is the Lakers and the Celtics once again in the NBA Finals and I couldn't be more... apathetic about it. With only two teams in the Heptathlon still having their NBA Champion alive, seven of the 12 spots are locked into their finishes.

Cincinnati Rockers has it all sewn up (and did after the last round) but spots two through six are still all up for grabs. With Team Manciero and Chapel Hill Rainmakers still cheering on the L.A. Lakers as their champion picks, they can shoot up as high as second and third. Roethlisburgh Womanizers, Orlando Mendez-Valdez and Cardiac Kids can all hold their ground with a Celtics win.

Check the NBA page for complete standings and be ready for the U.S. Open draft to begin in the next couple of days.

Go Bucks, Fear the Deer!

Indy 500 Draft Results

Well, that's another draft in the books. Now all that is left is sit back and enjoy the race. If something happens with your driver and they scratch before the race starts, you can drop and add from the rest of the field.

A couple quick thoughts...

Best 2nd Round Value: Ed Carpenter (Chapel Hill Rainmakers) - Carpenter has a good track record going into his 7th Indy 500. In six previous races, he's beaten his qualifying spot four times. All four of those races he finished 11th or better and has two top-tens the last two years.

Worst 1st Round Pick: Danica Patrick (Cincinnati Rockers) - The Rockers have reassembled their duo from last year that netted a third place result. This year, however, Danica has done nothing but complain about her car leading up to the race, say there isn't enough time to get things right, qualify poorly and generally be a bitch. I'm going to go ahead and say that's not a good sign... or she's just PMS-ing.

Good luck to all.

Draftapalooza, Part I

In the first of three events that are going to come up very quickly here. This week will be the Indianapolis 500 draft, followed immediately by redrafting for the U.S. Open and also the World Cup starts in a couple of weeks.

HIT UP THE WORLD CUP PAGE FOR SIGN-UP INSTRUCTIONS.

But for now, the Indy 500 draft order was randomized (thank you Random.org) and we are underway. For rules on the event, see the Indy 500 event page.

On the clock: DRAFT COMPLETE

On deck: DRAFT COMPLETE

Last Three Selections

24. Mike Conway (Serenity Now!)

23. Davey Hamilton (Orlando Mendez-Valdez)

22. Mario Moraes (Roethlisburgh Womanizers)

Way Late Round 2 Recap & Congrats

Round two is in the books for the NBA (was awhile ago, I'm just slacking) and we already have a winner. With a very impressive showing early on, Cincinnati Rockers cannot be caught and will take home the NBA crown this year. A few spots are still undecided even-though brackets have been totally busted except for the Lakers. There are a few spots already locked up as no more points can be earned...

9. Keyser Soze (31)

10. A-Fraud (29)

11. Team Parzych (21)

12. Chief Noc-A-Homa (19)

Serenity Now! and Manny's Dreadlocks are 4th and 5th respectively and can earn no more points. Their final position depends on what those behind them do.

Look for more updates as the World Cup, Indy 500 and U.S. Open are all quickly approaching!

Fear the Deer, Next Year (NBA Round 1 Recap)

Round one of this year's NBA Playoffs are in the books and it is time for a Heptathlon update. Congratulations to Cincinnati Rockers as the only team to correctly predict the winner of every opening round series. That prognostication prowess has given him an early 3 point lead over the next nearest competitor, Orlando Mendez-Valdez, who only missed the Denver/Utah series.

Dallas busted the most brackets (predictably) with 10 of twelve competitors picking them to advance, five of twelve had them representing the West in the NBA final and just Chief Noc-A-Homa expecting Dirk to hoist the gold ball at the end. Team Parzych also lost his predicted champion when Denver bowed out to Utah in the first round. Not surprisingly, those two are looking up at the rest of the field in the standings.

On a personal note, it was a very disappointing loss for the Bucks. I don't claim to be a die-hard fan, but certainly support them in the league. After losing Bogut to that wicked injury, I did not expect them to win in the first round. In fact, I was ready to consider taking the series 6 games to be a victory. I am pleased with what they did, but hoped for a better fight in game 6 at home to close out the series. I am excited for the team moving forward.

One thing that kind of pissed me off was the NBA starting the second round games before the opening round was over. It both takes away from those opening game sevens (the greatest competition in all of sports) and distracts me from realizing what is actually happening in those new series. Anyone else in the same boat? Is this even new this year or just something I've been too apathetic to notice?