johnnie cochran: 1937-2005

So I'm sitting in my living room watching CNN (insert dork joke here), the breaking news on Anderson Cooper 360 is that Johnnie Cochran has died of a neural disease at age 67. Everyone knows who Johnnie Cochran is - he got O.J. aquitted. In fact, one of the main characters in the final episode of Seinfeld was a Johnnie Cochran look alike. He made a career pointing out racial discrimination in the legal system of Los Angeles. The headline on the CNN website included a quote from O.J. saying, "I loved him as a good Christian man; I look at Johnnie as a great Christian. I knew him as that. He was a great guy." Well, I knew a lot about Johnnie (not really a lot just what I've shared here), but I never in a million years would have pegged him as a "great Christian" - in all actuality, I wouldn't have pegged him as a Christian. In all likelyhood this could be because I don't KNOW Johnnie Cochran, but I'd like to think that people who don't know me - perhaps only know about me - would peg me as a Christian. Anyways, all of this got me to thinking that if the Johnnie that was portrayed wasn't the REAL Johnnie - then is there a discrepancy between the me that is portrayed and the real me? Just a thought.

Yes, I STILL love March

Okay, so tonight I watched my Duke boys go down in flames to an under-rated Michigan State team. While I don't like Tom Izzo - I think that the team that had the most depth and wanted it the most won. It was a shame that Sheldon Williams fouled out - Duke just isn't deep enough to play with injuries and foul trouble. Nelson is a freshman who made some stupid freshman mistakes, but it happens. Now, I get to enjoy the rest of a wonderful month of basketball without the stress. My bracket is completely shot - so that part of my competitive nature is done - so now I get to watch some really good games and honestly hope that the best team wins. (Granted, part of me wants see Michigan State get donkey-stomped in their next game.) I LOVE March!!!!!

March Madness

The greatest month of the year has officially begun. We are three days into the NCAA Tournament and there have already been some amazing bracket-busters, a fabulous double-overtime game between West Virginia and Wake Forest (which i didn't see coming at all), and some amazing teams that seem to have peaked at just the right time. Baseball has kicked off, the NBA is headed into the home stretch getting ready for the play-offs, and the Masters is three days after the close of the NCAA Tournament. I should be spending more time on homework, but basketball is way more fun (except for having to listen to Vitale - I could choke him). I predict that Coack K will lead his Blue Devils to another amazing victory and win it all for the first time since 2001. But then again, I predicted that Wake would be in the final four and they just got beat by West Virginia - so I could be wrong. Here's to blue skies, great weather, and wonderful sports - I LOVE March!!!!!!!