NBA Playoff Picture

The 2014 NBA playoffs are almost upon us, and it is time for everyone to make their predictions. The Miami Heat, led by LeBron James are the obvious favorite for the NBA's bandwagon fans, but their chances may not be quite as good as in previous years. Dwayne Wade's health may be the deciding factor in their bout, as they will desperately need him to advance to the NBA finals. It also does not help that they fell 93-114 to the Washington Wizards, causing them to relinquish the number 1 seed in the east to the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers are my favorite for the east because of the disintegrating health of the Miami Heat. The west is more competitive this year with the Clippers on the rise. Also the Spurs have clinched the number one seed in the west, with Oklahoma City coming in second. I see the Thunder coming out of the west to challenge the Pacers in the 2014 NBA Finals. With a good Finals ending in 7 games, I believe that the Thunder led by Kevin Durant, and Russell Westbrook will beat the Pacer to become the 2014 NBA champions.

Harding's Not So Hard Punishment

Everyone knows the background to the this story. Tonya Harding was notorious among the skating world after her then-husband, and bodyguard hired Shane Stant to break the right leg of Harding's opponent, Nancy Kerrigan. She claimed to have no part of the deals, or conspiracy, but that is a blatant fallacy. Harding clearly had some part in the vicious attack because no one else had any real incentive to taking out Kerrigan, and the copious amounts of evidence, and simple common sense. The sick attack on Kerrigan forced her to withdraw from the competition, allowing Harding to secure the gold medal at the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

The worst part of the entire ordeal, is the lack thereof a justifiable punishment forced onto Tonya Harding. Everyone involved in the attack had to serve some form of time in prison, except Harding of course. She got off extremely lightly after agreeing to plead guilty to conspiring to hinder the persecution of attackers. All she had to do was some community service, and pay a fine. She still got to skate in the Olympics too, during a time when she should be in prison for conspiring assault on an innocent woman. It's simple really, Tonya Harding saw Nancy Kerrigan as a threat so she took care of the threat, and got away with it.