Everybody...to the quad!!! We're going streaking!!

Historically, the Sunday before the Super Bowl is a drag. After 20 straight weeks of football, the NFL teases everyone by giving their fans a week off before the biggest game of the year. Usually not much fun. The guys at Surviving Grady called it possibly the worst sports day of the year. It could not have been further from the truth; if you enjoy streaks at least. Sunday saw three pretty impressive streaks extended. Tiger Woods stretched his PGA Tour tournament winning streak to seven straight victories. The man who is quickly becoming the best tennis player of all time, Roger Federer, won his third straight major (Australian Open), his sixth in his last seven tries, and his 36th match overall. Although, does the guy really need to fall down and start sobbing like a little girl after he wins so frequently? It is still tennis, got to keep that in mind. And the Phoenix Suns joined in the streaking, winning their 17th straight game, dismantling LeBron James' Cavaliers in Cleveland.

These are three great examples of how each respective sport is to be played. Each are dominating their sports at historic rate. There is hardly any question whether or not Tiger and Federer are the best ever in their sports. They are. And the Suns, who seem like they may never lose another NBA game, could be the most dominating single-season team in league history, at least statistically speaking. Watching a bit or all of all three of each party's conquest Sunday, you just knew how each would end up. That is the true defining factor of how dominating a player or team is. There was no question at one point or another before the conclusion of each contest, who was going to come out on top. When you watch these guys, you're watching history. Like watching these guys is what it was like for the generation before us to watch Jack Nicklaus play golf. Hell, watching Tiger Woods dominate a golf tournament has got to be comparable to something like the way Babe Ruth dominated baseball in the 20s. This is big time stuff people. I'd compare Federer to something, but it's tennis and you can't really compare it to anything else or anyone else, because the guy is just in a league of his own. He's better than Sampras, Agassi, you name it. And the Suns could be our generation's Showtime Lakers, minus the rings for now. Maybe I'm throwing around names and teams I shouldn't be, but come on. If you caught any of these three today, you were very lucky. It's history right before eyes. When you're old, you'll read it. In a book. Happy Monday, kids.
-MC