Holy Shit Sports Update

Holy shit! (which, incidentally, is one of my wife's favorite Americanisms she has picked up recently...)

Did you see that Kobe Bryant poured in 81 friggin' points against the hapless Toronto Raptors last night? This is the 2nd-most points in NBA history behind Wilt Chamberlain's historic 100-point night (a record many insist will never be broken given the way in which the current NBA game is played). As much as I dislike Kobe (always have...even before all the rapist accusations leaked out), I've got to admit that the man is a scoring machine.

In other sports news, it looks like the Pittsburgh Steelers will be facing the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL. Aside from the weird fact that this year's Super Bowl is named after a T-shirt size, it seems like a good match-up. The Steelers have a good squad of guys with a vet who clearly deserves to win the Super Bowl before he retires (Bettis), and the Seahawks deserve to win one by virtue of the fact that they've never done so before.