April 8, 2009; His Airness takes his place in the Hall

MJ, His Airness, Air Jordan. Whatever you want to call him, he is regarded as the greatest player who ever played the game.

And now, at 46 years of age, Michael Jeffrey Jordan will finally be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on September 13th.

Jordan attended the University of North Carolina for 3 years, where he won a National Championship in 1982. He was the 3rd overall draft pick for the Chicago Bulls in the 1984 draft. He won the Rookie of the Year award for his rookie year. He was a 14-time All-Star, a 5-time NBA MVP, a 6-time Finals MVP, won multiple All-NBA First Team honors (10 times), a 3-times NBA All-Star MVP, led the league in scoring for 10 different seasons, a 9-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team, a one-time Defensive Player of the Year, 2-time NBA Slam Dunk Champion, a 6-time NBA Champion, and a 2-time Olympic gold medalist when he suited up for the USA National Team as a collegian in 1984 Los Angeles Games and a member of the Original Dream at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

During his 16-year NBA career, he averaged 30.12 points, the highest for any player in the league. He also finished 3rd in the all-time scoring list, with 32,292 points, only behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone. He also tallied 6,672 rebounds, 5,633 assists, 2,514 steals and 893 blocks.

Just a trivia for all you MJ fans. We all know that MJ wore 3 different jersey numbers in his entire career. The famous number 23, which was retired by the Tar Heels, Bulls and Wizards, the number 45, and his Olympic jersey number 9. But did you know that he wore the number 12? Yes,he indeed wore that on one particular game during the year 1990 against the Orlando Magic. The reason behind this is that somebody stole his number 23 jersey prior to that game.

He will forever be remembered for his patented shots, his free-throw line dunk during the 1986 Slam Dunk Contest and for bringing the sport of basketball into a whole different arena. He brought a new game into the league, making him the greatest who ever played. There will not be another Michael Jordan, there's only one. And now, he will be enshrined into the infamous Hall to solidify a magnificent career.

Together with Jordan in the Class of 2009 is former Spurs center David Robinson, former Utah Jazz point guard John Stockton, Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan, and Rutgers women's head coach C. Vivian Stringer.

Now, I'mma bring you guys the results from today's NBA action!

April 8, 2009

Atlanta 118 (44-34)
Toronto 110 (30-47)
ATL: Josh Smith- 25 pts, 7 rebs, 2 assts.
TOR: Chris Bosh- 21 pts, 10 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.

Philadelphia 98 (40-37)
Charlotte 101 (35-43)
PHI: Andre Miller- 23 pts, 4 rebs, 7 assts, 1 stl.
CHA: Raymond Felton- 32 pts, 6 rebs, 5 assts.

New Orleans 93 (48-29)
Miami 87 (41-37)
Final/OT
NOH: Chris Paul- 26 pts, 9 rebs, 9 assts, 6 stls.
MIA: Dwyane Wade- 32 pts, 7 rebs, 6 assts, 1 stl.

Portland 96 (49-28)
Memphis 93 (22-55)
POR: Brandon Roy- 24 pts, 3 rebs, 4 assts, 3 stls.
MEM: O.J. Mayo- 31 pts, 4 rebs, 4 assts, 2 stls.

San Antonio 99 (50-27)
Oklahoma City 89 (21-56)
SAS: Tim Duncan- 25 pts, 15 rebs, 1 asst.
OKC: Kevin Durant- 24 pts, 7 rebs, 6 assts, 1 stl.

New York 103 (30-48)
Chicago 110 (38-40)
NYK: Wilson Chandler- 26 pts, 5 rebs, 3 assts, 2 stls.
CHI: Kirk Hinrich- 25 pts, 3 rebs, 2 assts, 3 stls.

Orlando 83 (57-20)
Houston 93 (50-28)
ORL: Rashard Lewis- 22 pts, 12 rebs, 4 assts.
HOU: Yao Ming- 20 pts, 16 rebs, 1 asst, 1 stl.

LA Lakers 122 (62-13)
Sacramento 104 (16-61)
LAL: Pau Gasol- 26 pts, 12 rebs.
SAC: Spencer Hawes- 21 pts, 15 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.

Minnesota 87 (23-55)
LA Clippers 77 (18-60)
MIN: Ryan Gomes- 24 pts, 13 rebs, 2 assts.
LAC: Eric Gordon- 28 pts, 4 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.

And now, for all you American Idol fans! Here are the things you will see later on tonight at 6pm on GMA 7! Not QTV this week because of Holy Week. Spoilers on tonight's show! Here are their performances!

Kris Allen- "All She Wants To Do Is Dance" by Dan Henley
Anoop Desai- "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper
Matt Giraud- "Part-Time Lover" by Stevie Wonder
Danny Gokey- "Stand By Me" by Mickey Gilley
Allison Iraheta- "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt
Adam Lambert- "Mad World" by Tears for Fears
Scott MacIntyre- "The Search Is Over" by Survivor
Lil Rounds- "What's Love Got To Do With It?" by Tina Turner

Adam Lambert was given a standing ovation for his rendition of "Mad World", while Lil Rounds continue her fair share of bad performances with her rendition of "What's Love Got To Do With It?". Check all the performances later at 6pm on GMA 7 people, not on QTV! :)

And now for the football fans, here are the results from this morning's UEFA Champions League quarterfinal action!

Manchester United 2
FC Porto 2
MANU: Rooney (15"), Tevez (86")
POR: Rodriguez (4"), Mariano (90")
74,517 fans
Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England

Villareal 1
Arsenal 1
VIL: Senna (10")
ARS: Adebayor (66")
El Madrigal, Villareal, Spain

The 2nd leg of these matches will happen on the 16th of April. The Man Utd-Porto match will be held at the Estadio de Dragao in Portugal and the Villareal-Arsenal match will be held at the Emirates Stadium in London.

The other two quarterfinal matches will be held tomorrow at 3:45 AM. It will feature FC Barcelona against Bayern Munich at the Nou Camp in Barcelona, Spain. And the other match-up will be against Premier League competitors Liverpool and Chelsea, at Anfield in Liverpool, England. I will post the results here tomorrow together with the other results from all across the sports world!

Well, that's about it for today. News fed from sports to entertainment.

May you guys have a very solemn and blessed day ahead of you.

God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here...:)

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)