Flacco Re-Signs; Parker Injured; Seabrook game winner

1. According to Adam Schefter he has been told that Joe Flacco has reached a six-year $120.6 million contract with the Baltimore Ravens. This will make him the highest paid player in the history of the NFL. The deal is not completely done yet and certain language is still in the works. Drew Brees was the former highest paid player and while both of them are great QBs, they both seem selfish compared to Tom Brady who cut his pay so that his team could improve the talent on the roster. Flacco quite frankly does not deserve to be the highest paid player in the league right now; yes, he has had incrdible first five years, but that's the point. He has only played five years in the league and has had a top defense every year, but the Ravens are free to make whatever decisions they want to.

Parker

2. Lebron James, who has become even more well known over the past couple of days for his high-flying antics before games, has been offered $1 million by Magic Johnson to compete in the dunk contest. Johnson then said he would give $1 million to the winner of a James' dunk contest but chances are that would be James.
3. It's a good thing the Spurs played such a great team game because they will be without guard Tony Parker for a few games. He sprained his left ankle in the third quarter.
3. Rick DiPietro, who was waved on February 22nd after allowing 4.09 goals a game in three losses, made his first start for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the Islanders' AHL team. DiPietro is most famous for the 15 year, $67.5 million deal he signed back in 2006. His start was quite pathetic allowing 5 goals on only 12 shots before being pulled. This is quite scary considering he had made suicidal marks earlier in the week.
NBA Recap

The Pacers defeated the Raptors 93-81 and were led by Paul George's 22 points and 10 rebounds.

Bradley Beal scored 29 points of the Wizards and also chipped in 11 assists but they still fell to the Knicks 96-88. Carmelo Anthony dropped 30 in the win.

The Houston Rockets overcame a one point deficit entering the third to beat the Orlando Magic 118-110. James Harden led the Rockets with 24 points and 8 rebounds while Tobias Harris had a double-double for the Magic with 27 points and 10 rebounds.

Dwayne Wade was the leading scorer for the Heat as they won their 13th game in a row with a 98-91 victory over the Grizzlies. Lebron James also played a strong role in the win with 18 points, 10 assists, and 8 rebounds. For the Grizzlies, Marc Gasol had 24 points and 9 rebounds.

Paul Pierce scored a game high 26 points as the Celtics beat the Warriors 94-86. Stephen Curry scored 25 points for the Warriors and his teammate David Lee grabbed 19 rebounds in his first game back from suspension.

The Clippers walked through the Cavaliers 105-89 with Jamal Crawford leading the way scoring 24 points. Chris Paul did a great job distributing 15 assists. Dion Waiters scored 17 points and dished out 6 assists for the Cavs.

Dirk Nowitzki and Vince Carter both scored 20 points as the Mavericks pulled off a 98-90 upset of the Nets. Deron WIlliams led the Nets with 24 points.

Greivis Vasquez played great for the Hornets from start to finish scoring 25 points and also recording 9 assists in their 100-95 win against the Pistons. Al- Farouq Aminu had 14 rebounds for the Hornets and Greg Monroe had a 27 points, 10 rebound night for the Pistons.

The Spurs dominated the Kings 130-102 while evenly distributing the scoring. DeJuan Blair was the leading scorer with 16 points and 7 other Spurs finished in double digits. Manu Ginobili scored 9 points but was the leading assist man with 15. Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter each got double-doubles through points and rebounds.

Kanter

Lawson

The Bobcats really proved how bad they were last night getting smashed by the Utah Jazz 98-68. Enes Kanter truly had one of the best games of the year (still nowhere close to Noah's last night) with 23 points and 22 rebounds.

The Suns somehow have won three games a row and their latest was a 92-87 effort against the Hawks. Goran Dragic played a huge part in the win with 19 points and 6 rebounds.

Kevin Durant banked in a floater with around 17 seconds left to tie the Thunder with the Nuggets at 103. The Nuggets had one more possession to prevent overtime and they put the ball into the hands of Ty Lawson. Lawson dribbled around for about 15 seconds before pulling up for a jump shot and draining it. Russell Westbrook scored a game high 38 points for the Thunder and his teammate Kevin Durant secured 14 rebounds. Wilson Chandler led the victors with 35 points in the 105-103 win.

ALL NBA 3/1/13
Pos	Player	Note
G	James Harden- HOU	Shot 10-11 from the free throw line on his way to 24 points. Also had 8 assists and 7 rebounds.
G	Russell Westbrook- OKC	Scored a league-high 38 points last night shooting 12-23 from the field. Also had 6 rebounds.
G	Manu Ginobili- SA	One of the few Spurs to not reach double digits only having nine but had a tied for league high 15 assists. Shot 4-7 from the field.
F	Kevin Durant- OKC	Scored 25 points on 9-20 shooting and 6-7 from the line. Grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds .
C	Enes Kanter- UTA *PON*	It was against the piss-poor Bobcats but Kanter scored 23 points and grabbed 22 rebounds. He shot 10-12 from the field

All NHL

Sobotka

The Oilers perhaps thought they had this one in the bag after Taylor Hall and Ryan Whitney scored within 25 seconds of each other at the end of the first period. The Blues then answered back with two of their own in the second to set up a winner take all third period. Luckily for the Blues, Vladimir Sobotka scored four minutes into the third to break the tie and then David Backes added insurance ten minutes later to put the clamps on a 4-2 win. The Blues won despite committing two Too Many Men on the Ice penalties.

Seabrook

Vinny Prospal opened up the scoring 31 seconds into the Blue Jackets Blackhawks game to give CLS a 1-0 headstart. Victor Stalberg then equaled things up and the Blackhawks won the second 2-1 to enter the third up 3-2. Ryan Johansen scored his first goal of the year for the Blue Jackets in the third to tie the game up and from there it went to overtime (this meant that the Blackhawks continued their streak of getting a point). Brent Seabrook claimed victory for the Hawks scoring three and a half minutes into overtime 4-3.

The Ducks opened up their matchup with the Wild with three unanswered goals by Ryan Getzlaf, Teemu Selanne, and Matt Beleskey to put themselves comfortably in the driver's seat entering the third period. Kyle Brodziak gave the Wild some hope scoring 29 seconds into the final frame. Devin Setoguchi was able to tally another for the Wild but they were not able to muster another one falling short 3-2.

ALL NHL 3/1/2013
Pos	Player	Note
F	David Backes- STL	Had a two point night with one goal and one assist while playing some serious body with 6 hits.
F	Eric Belanger- EDM	Only played 15 minutes but dominated the faceoff circle going 13-3. Also played great defense blocking 2 shots.
F	Victor Stalberg- CHI	Scored a goal and an assist, his goal was an equalizer, in only 15 minutes of play.
F	Derek MacKenzie- CLS	Blocked 3 shots and forced three turnovers.
D	Brent Seabrook- CHI	Scored the game-winner in overtime and hit 8 Blue Jackets. Also blocked three shots.
D	Kevin Shattenkirk- STL	Scored one goal on the powerplay on his only shot of the night.
D	Adrian Aucoin- CLS	Did not know he was still in the NHL but he had 5 hits and one takeaway last night.
G	Jonas HIller- ANA	Stooped 31 of 33 shots in the Ducks' win.
G	Steve Mason- CLS	Although they fell short to the Hawks, Mason helped the Jackets out with a .886 save percentage on 35 shots. It helps that there were only 3 games last night.