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5 things we learned in sports on Saturday:
1) North Carolina and UCLA are not the best teams in college basketball. Actually Kansas and Memphis are and they showed the world just how powerful they were in blowout wins over their counterparts on Saturday.

2) In what seems to be an everyday mention on the blog for now the Detroit Tigers have lost again and are now 0-5. The White Sox 5-3 win made sure that the Tigers would remain the only winless team in MLB.

3) Break out the Rays. Since removing the Devil out of their name they have won 75% of their games. Ok you caught me, I know they've only played four games. Still give some love to Tampa Bay, they have knocked off the Yankees on back to back nights and at 3-1 they are tied for the AL East lead.

4) Louisville's Earl Clark and Arizona's Jerryd Bayless have both decided to enter the NBA Draft. Not sure about where Clark will get drafted but a lot of NBA teams are looking at Bayless.

5) In the NBA the Celtics clinched homefield in the East and the Magic clinched the three seed.  The Nuggets lost despite Carmelo Anthony's 47 points and fell back into a tie for eighth in the West with Golden State.

What to Watch on Sunday:

1) NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas

Predictions for Sunday:
*Sorry I couldn't get these up on Saturday, but just in case you are wondering I would have picked BOTH North Carolina and UCLA. Not good.

1) Jeff Gordon gets Hendrick's first win of the year by winning at Texas.

2) Loreno Ochoa wins the LPGA's frist major of the year.

What we learned in sports on Friday:
1) The Tigers are 0-4. Uh oh Detroit. The Tigers are a favorite to win the AL and compete for the World Series title but they have struggled out the gate. On Saturday they play Chicago again, still searching for that elusive first win.

2) The Lakers have made the playoffs for the 55th season after knocking off the Dallas Mavericks 112-108 on Friday night. Lamar Odom scored a season high 31 points.

3) Also clinching playoff spots in the NBA on Friday night were the Hornets, Raptors, Wizards, and 76ers. One thing is for sure, in the west Toronto, Washington, and Philadelphia wouldn't have a chance at winning a playoff series.

4) The Royals won't go 162-0 after losing to the Twins. Anyone that expected an undefeated season must be crazy, but hey it was possible until they lost on Friday. Kansas City starting the season 3-0 was news to me.

5) Tyler Hansbrough won the player of the year award in college basketball. Drake's Keno Davis won the coach of the year award. In case you are wondering Michael Beasley finished second in the POY voting.

5 things we learned in sports on Thursday:
1) Detroit is playing like the old Tigers three games into the regular season. The Tigers were swept by Kansas City in their season opening series and after the first few days of the season they are the only winless team in MLB. In the series they batted just .206 with 24 strikeouts. They were also outscored 13-5 in the series overall, including 8-1 in the last two games.

2) Ohio State beat Massachusetts to win the NIT title. After the 92-85 win Jamar Butler screamed, " "This is what happens when you put an NCAA tournament team in the NIT. Write that down and send that to the committee." Not sure about that but apparently they are the 66th best team in America so congratulations Ohio State.

3) The Bengals released wide receiver Chris Henry after his fifth arrest since 2005. Henry was in jail waiting arraignment when he was cut. Cincinnati finally did something that gets them going in the right direction. Finally!

4) Tennessee basketball player Candance Parker has been cleared to play in the women's Final Four against LSU on Saturday after dislocating her shoulder in their Elite Eight game.

5) I know I've already mentioned the Royals once in this article but it was mainly talking about the Tigers. Wow. The Royals are 3-0 and the only unbeaten team in baseball. I'd love to see KC play well throughout the season.

What to watch on Friday:
1) Can the Royals stay undefeated against the Twins?

Predictions for Friday:
1) Lakers beat the Mavericks, 108-97 and put Dallas back in playoff trouble.

5 things we learned in sports on Wednesday:
1) There's no reason to be concerned yet but the Cubs and Tigers, two World Series favorites, are both 0-2 at this point. Chicago has lost two games to divisional rival Milwaukee and Detroit has lost to Kansas City, a team that nobody had high expectations for outside of the KC area (or even in the KC area). The high scoring offense of the Tigers has scored four points in two games so far. Also at 0-2 are the Phillies, who were held to one hit on Wednesday.

2) An update on yesterday's Pedro Martinez story. The Mets are going to be without their star pitcher for 4 to 6 weeks after a doctor's visit revealed a mild strain of his left hamstring.  Martinez can't seem to stay healthy anymore.

3) Gilbert Arenas made a surprise arrival for Washington on Wednesday. Agent Zero had not played in 66 games, his first game since having knee surgery in November. He waited until 5:30 left in the first quarter to appear. He scored 17 points in just 19 minutes on 5 of 9 shooting. I'm sure it won't be long before he is back to his old self again.

4) The Dallas Mavericks will probably be playoff bound. Talk about a huge win without your star player at full health. Dirk Nowitzki had 18 points but the Mavs were prepared to play without him and they played well with him, beating Golden State 111-86.

5) Memphis backup point guard Andre Allen did not make the trip to San Antonio for the Final Four with his teammates after being suspended for a violation of team rules. He averages 14.1 minutes per game.

What to watch on Thursday:

1) Will the Tigers (vs. KC) or the Cubs (vs. MIL) get swept?

Predictions for Thursday:

1) Both the Cubs and Tigers win.

2) A-Rod hits his second homerun of the season.