People are no longer shocked at what Manny Pacquiao is doing to opponents. After annihilating the well-respected Miguel Cotto on November 14, Bob Arum, who has been in boxing for over 43 years, said Pacquiao was the best fighter he had ever seen... even better than Ali, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Marvin Hagler.

For five plus years now, boxing fans have been awestruck by Pacquiao's uncanny combination of speed, power, defense, and smarts that have made many consider him to be the most balanced boxer the sport has ever seen.

What makes Pacquiao special is his ability to confuse an opponent because he can hit you at so many angles with such unrelenting speed that you won't even have the chance to counterpunch. What makes it even harder for opponents is that Manny has a chin of

August is, without a doubt, the most uneventful month in all of sports. The NFL hasn't started. Major League Baseball divisional races have yet to hit their stride. The NHL is nonexistent, and the best the NBA has to offer is the upcoming league schedule.

But I'm still keeping score.

First off... let's not forget Tiger Woods, who keeps on winning and building his legend like my boy Kobe Bryant. Right now, I don't know who has been more dominant over the last five years in their respective sports, Tiger or Roger Federer.

At least Federer has Rafa Nadal pushing him to be better than ever. Woods' longtime rival, lefty Phil Mickelson, hasn't been relevant for quite some time now while up-and-comer Anthony Kim needs to deflate his ego a bit so he can focus on what it takes to be consistent

When Phil Jackson came to the Lakers during the 1999-2000 season, Dr. Jerry Buss knew exactly what he was doing. He wanted to take the blueprint for success that Jackson had in Chicago and implant it onto the Laker fabric.

Because there was no longer Showtime and the players who orchestrated the show, it was obvious the system could never be repeated in '99 with Shaq, Kobe, Nick Van Exel, Eddie Jones, et al. Therefore, he had to bring in the Zenmaster to install a different machine that would eventually capture three more NBA titles.

Although Jackson has always had the best superstars on his teams, the common denominator to all of his championships has always been the triangle system. That's been the constant, and that's the main reason Jackson has the most rings of any coach in the history