Ken Griffey Jr. came to Cincinnati with the expectation of reaching milestones like 600 home runs sooner rather than later. Earlier this week he did hit the 600 mark but it came after a number of years of injures that have left Red’s fans frustrated.

Michael Strahan took advantage of the perfect timing of a Superbowl upset of the Patriots to declare his retirement from the NY Giants earlier this week. The dominating defensive end played as well as he had when he was younger causing all kinds of trouble for quarterbacks on a defensive that controlled lines of scrimmage all season long.

After the Boston Celtics picked Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in the offseason to complete a super trio with Paul Pierce, Boston was expected to make it far into the NBA playoffs. The Lakers had a major melt-down with Kobe Bryant ready to bolt to somewhere, anywhere. No one expected LA to go very far.