A few sobering thoughts on this Sixto de Mayo (yes, I now know six is really seis, though until taking seis years of Spanish, I was under the impression former Brewers outfielder Sixto was the 6th of the Lezcano children):

No matter which language you count in, LeBron James adds up to trouble for the Celtics. In my book, King James was already the C’s top Eastern Conference threat, far more dangerous than an aging Pistons squad that hasn’t gotten it done in a long time. But after watching what a borderline All-Star like Joe Johnson did to the C’s, I fear Cleveland’s All-World Star is going to average 40-points per game in the upcoming series.

Despite LeBron’s presence and the near meltdown against Atlanta, I’ll still take the C’s in five or six games. Check back in about a week or so to see if that’s my heart or my head talking.

It took a few years, but Kobe Bryant finally vindicated the Lakers for choosing him over a rapidly declining and aging Shaquille O’Neal. For some strange reason, however, fans around these parts seem to underestimate just how good the Lakers are now that Pau Gasol is aboard to play Tonto to Kobe’s Lone Ranger.

A number of people this weekend told me there’s no way Los Angeles gets by San Antonio. Don’t know how to break this to you folks, but not only will the Lakers get by the Spurs, I’m not so sure Tim Duncan and company are going to survive Chris Paul and the Hornets to get to Los Angeles in the first place.

Boy, thoroughbred racing just can’t catch a break. (Or maybe it’s catching too many “breaks”) On the day the sport of kings should have been talking about the possibility of Triple Crowning a new champion, its left defending itself against the likes of PETA.

News shows are ignoring Big Brown’s Kentucky Derby victory to focus on the collapse of second place finisher Eight Belles shortly after crossing the finish line. On the heels of Barbaro at the 2006 Preakness, plus having to put horses down during each of the last two Breeder’s Cups, those who love the sport have to figure out how to stop these beautiful animals and amazing athletes from breaking down.

Rumor has it Roger Clemens just bought some new wheels to help attract the ladies…a school bus. (Insert rim shot here)

Seriously, not since O.J. Simpson has a Hall of Fame athlete done so much harm to his reputation. And all because of what? Because the giant lug just couldn’t bring himself to do what every other cheater named in the Mitchell Report did...be a man and fess up.

Instead, the Texas Con Man did what he’s always done…try to lie his way out of it and intimidate anyone who dared get in his way. Only this time, Clemens was facing a more desperate opponent. This wasn’t Mike Piazza freezing like a deer in the headlights when the Rocketman threw a bat at him just months after drilling him in the head with a fastball. Brian McNamee had already hit rock bottom, and nobody fights back like a man already in the gutter.

I hope Clemens does go through with the defamation of character suit against his former trainer. I can’t wait to see what other secrets the man who knows Roger and Debbie Clemens well-enough to inject their bare bottoms with illegal substances is willing to divulge in an effort to prove there’s no real character to defame.

That's the view from Mt. Olympus...how do you see things?