83 Predictions for 2011 that Should Happen but Probably Won’t

1. Matt Bonner starts an international sandwich chain called Red Rockets
2. Rasheed Wallace or Robert Horry hits the game winning shot in the NBA finals
3. Jimmy Fallon becomes the face of late night, with Questlove right there by his side
4. The Heat face off against the Spurs in the NBA Finals and break every TV rating record
5. Space Jam is re-released in 3D
6. NFL Redzone is offered online for a discounted price
7. Michael Vick graces the cover of Madden 12 and two weeks after release it is deemed illegal to use Vick because of his dominance
8. NHL games will be shown  two or three times a week on ESPN, FOX, NBC, or CBS (not all of us have VERSUS)
9. MMA fights will lead SportsCenter more than ten times
10. A batch of young exciting boxers and a newly implemented plan for boxing gets people excited about it again
11. Three More NBA Super Teams (Heat) are formed
12. Andre Johnson and Cortland Finnegan face off in the octagon
13. Andre Johnson and Cortland Finnegan have a much needed rematch in the octagon
14. Andre Johnson and Cortland Finnegan have a third and final fight in the octagon to settle the score
15. Technology allows Ted Williams to return to baseball
16. Ted Williams 2.0 signs the largest contract in baseball history
17. Prince Fielder endorses baseball pajamas
18. One of the major sports adds a new team called the Zombies
19. Chipper Jones announces his retirement and takes over as Manager
20. Manu Ginobli finishes in the top 3 in the MVP voting
21. Slam Magazine becomes a weekly mag
22. US Mens Soccer ranks 1^st in the World
23. Fatheads drop in price by 50%
24. College Football implements a 16 team playoff
25. Bill Raftery opens a traveling Onions! Stand to sell Raft’s Onion rings on location of college basketball games
26. 2002 MLB All Star game that ended in a tie will finally be decided as all players from the game are brought back to play some more extra innings
27. Brett Favre and Jenn Sterger go head to head on Dancing with the Stars
28. Kevin Durant is selected for NBA 2k12’s cover
29. A clueless mom fills out a perfect NCAA Bracket
30. The Colts figure out how to run the ball and stop the run
31. Steroids are nowhere to be found in all levels of sports
32. EA Sports loses its monopoly on NFL licensing in video games
33. LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Derrick Rose, and Blake Griffin all participate in the Dunk Contest
34. Jim Mora’s “Playoffs?” and Allen Iverson’s “Were talkin Practice” press conferences are never referenced ever again
35. Stuart Scott steps down from ESPN and or he stops the mid 90’s middle schooler act
36. Jack Johnson performs a 2 hour long halftime show at the Super Bowl
37. Backbreaker Football 2 comes out and is twice as good as the first one (if you have yet to check out the first BackBreaker game please stop reading and check it out now)
38. Aroldis Chapman becomes a dominate starting pitcher and loses no velocity on his fastball
39. Keene State College gets a football team
40. The Yellow Line is no longer “Unofficial”
41. The Cubs play baseball in October
42. All Networks decide that fans running onto the field is suitable for us to watch
43. Michael Jordan shows us all he’s still got it by competing and winning the 3pt contest
44. Baseball cards become more popular than video games
45. Neither the Celtics or Lakers make it to the NBA Finals
46. Peyton Manning is elected into the Hall of Fame
47. I in game dunk in a men’s league game
48. SBnation.com starts a magazine
49. Ron Artest plays in the NFL
50. Brandon Marshall plays in the NBA
51. Wesley Matthews will be a household name
52. ESPN on NBA’s halftime show coffee shop table will get even smaller and more uncomfortable
53. I will pick up a bigger interest in and follow college baseball
54. Dick Vitale and Bill Raftery call a game together
55. The Dunk Contest is amazing
56. Ron Artest wins Kobe his 6^th NBA Finals ring and gets another minute on the mic post game
57. Pau and Marc Gasol will get a reality tv show, and it will be great
58. Tim Tebow quickly becomes a top ten quarterback in the NFL
59. Baseball holds a Home Run Derby for pitchers during its All Star Break
60. The Pitchers Home Run Derby will be called the Chicks Dig the Long ball Competition
61. Micah Owings wins the inaugural Chicks Dig the Long ball Competition
62. Andrew Bynum, Greg Oden, Brandon Roy, Blake Griffin, and Yao Ming stay healthy for over a year
63. Reggie Bush becomes an every down back and wows us on a weekly basis like he did at USC
64. Patrick Roy coaches a Stanley Cup level NHL team
65. The new NFL playoff overtime rules will be used at least once
66. The Mets win the World Series
67. The Broncos win the Super Bowl
68. The Bulls win the Finals (ignore Heat vs Spurs prediction)
69. The Avalanche win the Stanley Cup
70. North Carolina wins the NCAA Mens Basketball Championship
71. Notre Dame football goes undefeated
72. Vince Young beats the Titans in the playoffs
73. A 16 seed beats a one seed in the Big Dance
74. The Basketball Jones tv show airs in the United States
75. Half court and beyond shots are counted at 4 points
76. 55 plus yard FGs are counted as 4 points
77. A Goalie scoring is counted as 2 goals
78. A pitcher hitting a Homerun is counted as 2 runs
79. The Olympics announce three on three basketball as its newest Olympic sport
80. HD tv, like color tv before it, is available for free
81. The Red Sox and Yankees have a benches clearing brawl resulting in 9 total broken bones
82. Tommy Heinsohn agrees with a call against the Celtics
83. And Finally, YOUR favorite team wins the big game