Brief Memorial Day sports comments

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Way to go Maryland! Knocks off Northwestern to win women's NCAA Div 1 lacrosse championship. Northwestern was going for six in a row.

OK, congrats Duke. I was hoping for sentimental favorite Virginia, but Duke made a good run to win the men's NCAA lacrosse title. Surprisingly, it's their first.

Blackhawks go up 2-0 on the Flyers, with a nail-biting third, where the Flyers were offensively dominant; Antti Niemi was miraculous. That may be what it takes for Chicago teams to win a championship of any kind, a miracle.

Indy 500, which I used to follow closely when growing up, but my interest now has faded; Dario Franchitti's win should make Ashley Judd happy. (Well, it did.) The late crash was spectacular; I read that Danica Patrick drove under the race car that was crashing.

This picture shows that was close to true; Patrick is in the green "Go Daddy" car.

Daily Mail article including video of crash from other car cockpit cameras

Henin surprisingly loses to Samantha Stosur at the French Open; I thought she might end up facing Serena. Federer and Nadal still cruising toward ANOTHER Grand Slam final showdown.

Celtics vs. the Lakers for the NBA title; yawn. Lakers in 5.

Roy Halladay's perfect game; the most interesting thing was, given the rarity of perfect games, that it was within a month of Dallas Braden's perfect game on Mother's Day. That's statistically improbable. Also, apparently Halladay was really close before; a ninth-inning, two-out hit took away both the perfecto and a no-hitter. Not this time!