December: The Things They Are A-Happenin’

We start with LBSU Women’s Volleyball. It was a typical year in that Coach Brian Gimmillaro won another Big West Title, lead his team to 26 wins and developed young talent into reliable players. They lost to the number two-ranked Stanford Cardinal in their second game of the NCAA Tournament three sets to none in Palo Alto. For Nicole Vargas, Iris Murray, and Quincy Verdin, it was their last match. As much as they’ll be missed next season, it’s comforting to think about Caitlin Ledoux, Naomi Washington, and Britney Herzog returning. Look out in ’09.

The Lakers are 16-2. The Celtics are 19-2. Both are clearly the class of their conference. TBL says skip this season for The Rematch. I’m so over the Knicks.

The NCAA regular football season has closed with five one-loss teams each having a gripe worth griping. TBL won’t stray into the all too familiar waters of moaning about the BCS—it’s like moaning about the Twilight series; we all know it sucks.

However, TBL doesn’t want BCS proponents to use a well-played, competitive BCS Title game as evidence that the system works. I don’t care if Oklahoma vs. Florida ends with Tim Tebow catching a deep pass from Tim Tebow in triple overtime—the system has already failed. I can only hope I’m preaching to a large, boisterous choir, and thank goodness Obama reads TBL.

C.C. Sabathia has been courted by five teams, according to a recent study by TBL: the Yankees, Angels, Red Sox, Brewers, and now the San Francisco Giants. Don’t be surprised if Barack Obama offers Sabathia a position in his cabinet. It must feel nice to be needed—TBL can only speculate.

Do you remember when Michelle Wie played in a PGA Tour event, and we all assumed she would go down as “Power” Nancy Lopez? So much for 15-year-olds. As of Saturday, she was leading a tournament…for an LPGA Q-School event. College, anyone?

Do yourself a favor and tune into LBPOSTSPORTS.COM‘s infamous SPORTSNIGHT podcast, also known as the Long Beach Podcast of Champions.