June 16 2007

SPORTSNIGHT 360 TAKES IT'S ANNUAL SUMMER BREAK . IT DOESN'T MEANS SPORTS CEASES TO EXIST. LET ME WARN YOU OF THINGS TO COME IN THIS SUMMER OF 2007. TRUST ME NOW.

BARRY BONDS WILL HIT HIS 756TH HOME RUN. HE'LL DO IT AT WRIGLEY FIELD
IN CHICAGO. THE CUBS FANS WILL HONOUR BONDS FOR PASSING HENRY AARON'S
ALL TIME RECORD AND THEN THEY'LL THROW THE HOME RUN BALL BACK ON THE
FIELD.

WITHOUT A DOUBT, OUR NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM, WILL BEAT A TEAM FROM
SOMEPLACE LIKE THE TURKS AND CAICOS IN ONE OF THOSE ENDLESS RUNUP
TOURNAMENTS TO THE NEXT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE
VICTORY OVER THIS CARIBEAN OUTPOST, SOCCER CANADA IN TORONTO WILL
DECLARE THAT CANADA IS READY TO GO TO THE WORLD CUP FINAL.

COUNT ON THE NEW YORK YANKEES CLOSING TO A SINGLE GAME OF THE RED SOX BY
SEPTEMBER. IN THE SHOWDOWN SERIES AT FENWAY PARK ALEX CORA WILL HIT HIS
2ND HOME RUN OF THE SEASON AND ERASE FOREVER MIKE TORREZ AND BUCKY DENT
AND THE RED SOX GO TO THE PLAYOFFS.

THERE WAS THE BORING MASTERS, THE IMPOSSIBLE U.S. OPEN. IN AN EFFORT TO
MAKE GOLF AS BORING AS POSSIBLE BY TRICKING-UP COURSES FOR MAJOR EVENTS
THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE WON AT 12 OVER PAR AND GOLF'S TELEVISION
RATINGS FALL BELOW THOSE OF THE NHL.

IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS BOOKS, THE SEQUEL TO THE TELL-ALL BOOK WRITTEN BY
KOBE BRYANT'S BODYGUARD WILL BE RELEASED. BRYANT'S PLUMBER WILL REVEAL
THE DIRTY SECRET BEHIND KOBE'S PIPES AND HIS EFFORTS TO KEEP THEM FREE OF
CONTAMINANTS.

FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS ROGER FEDERER HAS BEEN CALLED, SEEMINGLY WITHOUT
QUESTION, THE GREATEST PLAYER EVER TO PLAY MEN'S TENNIS. DEPEND ON IT;
RAFAEL NADAL WILL BEAT FEDERER ON A HARD COURT SOMETIME THIS SUMMER AND
NADAL WILL THEN BE THE GREATEST THERE EVER WAS.

AND ON JULY 4TH AT CONEY ISLAND NEW YORK THE SPORTS WORLD WILL BE SHAKEN
TO IT'S CORE BY CALIFORNIA'S JOEY CHESTNUT. CHESTNUT, IN FRONT OF A
CROWD OF 30,000 WILL BRING THE WORLD HOT DOG EATING CHAMPIONSHIP BACK TO
THE LAND OF THE FREE AFTER A 6 YEAR DOMINATION BY JAPAN'S TAKERU
KOBAYASHI. CHESTNUT WILL CONSUME A WORLD RECORD 60 HOT DOGS AND THEIR
BUNS IN A 12 MINUTE PERIOD. ESPN WILL TELEVISE THE EVENT AGAIN THIS
YEAR. LAST YEAR 1.5 MILLION WATCHED ACROSS THE U.S. THIS YEAR THAT FIGURE WILL BE 2 MILLION.

IT MAKES ME PROUD TO BE PART OF A WORLD THAT INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL
EVENTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

TRUST ME, IT'S ALL GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS SUMMER OF 2007. GO TO THE
BANK WITH IT.