They played the game is great. A surprise, also have disappointed.

Like the game.Granted, you could argue that the Spurs offense only works because of the players they have. Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginóbli are the keystones to that offense, and it’s true that the system works because of those three. When people make this argument to me I have a one word response: duh. If you’re going to play real basketball, you need to have real basketball players on your team, which is why most teams can’t run a real basketball offense. Look at the Clippers, whom the Spurs swept in their last series, by the way.No matter what, someone happy, some sad. This is our fans.

 Granted, they weren’t the strongest team in the West (far from it, to be honest), but they rely on a flashy point guard in Chris Paul and a high flying, highlight-reel poster boy in Blake Griffin. Not to take anything away from Paul or Griffin, they are good players. Perhaps even great if they’re given time to prove themselves. But compare them in the Western Conference semis to Tim Duncan and Tony Parker or Manu Ginóbli. Griffin’s game is one-dimensional: give me the ball and let me dunk it. Then look at Duncan. When he gets the ball, he gives the defense four things to worry about; Duncan can pass, shoot, back his defender down, or drive off of the dribble. And he can do all of those things equally effectively. How do you defend against that? You don’t; you can’t. Then, when you have Parker and Ginóbli who can do exactly the same things, you find yourself having a bit of a problem.

NFL players, sick, the disease is terrible.

These are all the things we don't want to sThe evidence doesn’t stop there however; other former NHL players are now being confirmed to have suffered from this tragic disease. The list includes Bob Probert and Reggie Fleming, both enforcers and both suffered from drinking problems late into their careers. Rick Martin, another former NHLer is now being confirmed to have had CTE as well. What is baffling to researchers however, is that Martin wasn’t an enforcer, he was a goal scorer. Martin’s finesse game dazzled crowds for years; he only had ever suffered from one known concussion and he rarely fought. What this suggests then is that the constant hitting experienced everyday by anyone playing contact sports is enough to do this damage. A scary thought, but what is even more startling is that this disease doesn’t only affect middle-aged players, but can already be evident even at a young age.

We should feel sorry for them.Owen Thomas, a 21 year-old lineman for the University of Pennsylvania football team hung himself just last year. His brain samples revealed the characteristic tau protein which is found in all CTE victims. Owen isn’t the only football player to have suffered from CTE, in 2006 Andre Waters, a former NFL defensive-back, shot himself in the head. Dr. Bennet Omalu performed the autopsy and later noted that his brain looked eerily similar to that of an 85 year-old with Alzheimer’s.

In Germany the mother's day

German Mother’s day has a completely different origin. Back in the 1920s, Germany had the lowest birthrate in Europe, and politicians, churches and women’s groups were concerned with promoting the value of motherhood. In 1923 the Association of German Florists decided to introduce Muttertag – the Mother’s Day holiday celebrated in America and Norway.

The greatest champions of Muttertag were the Nazis, who declared it an official public holiday and awarded varying levels of the Mutterkreuz to women who had large numbers of children.  To count the children also had to be genetically healthy, of Germanic blood, politically reliable and have no obvious vices.  A minimum of four such Aryan children was required for a Mutterkreuz – and at least eight for a gold one.