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It doesn’t matter who’s NBA rankings you look at this year, they’re all pretty much going to be the same. Take a serious look at the NBA teams this year and it’s obvious the Los Angeles Lakers with the addition of Ron Artest are the favorites to go to the NBA Finals and take it all. The Boston Celtics are a close second with a healthy Garnett, but as the home opener showed, the Cavaliers with Shaq are a distant third.

And everyone talks about Ron Artest and the problems he can bring to a team but he proved himself in Sacramento by showing up and working hard every game, without incident. And he loves Kobe and Los Angeles so he should bring good things to the table in LA this year.

The Boston Celtics struggled at the end of last year with injuries and lost in seven games to the Orlando Magic in the playoffs after leading 3-2. Their first game this year resulted in a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers and gave the team a much needed moral victory to start the season.

Why did Cleveland think Shaq would make a difference, I don’t know. I don’t believe you can run an old big man like Shaq much anymore. Even when he was playing with the Lakers Phil Jackson wouldn’t work Shaq too hard, until the playoffs. So good luck with that one Cleveland, I just don’t see it.

Other than the top five, not many of the other teams even has a chance this year, unless of course, someone gets hurt!

Here are my predictions for the top five:

1. Los Angeles Lakers – Buy Tickets for the Los Angeles Lakers
2. Boston Celtics – Buy Tickets for the Boston Celtics
3. Cleveland Cavaliers – Buy Tickets for the Cleveland Cavaliers
4. Orlando Magic – Buy Tickets for the Orlando Magic
5. San Antonio Spurs – Buy Tickets for the San Antonio Spurs

Tickets for NBA games are on sale now for all the teams.

The Bon Jovi tour will fire back up in 2010 with a two year stint that will start in February at the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington. Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this past June.

Bon Jovi last toured in 2008 and it was the highest grossing tour of the year. The new album by Bon Jovi, the “Circle”, has more of a modern edge to it and more of an edge to it, as Richie Sambora was recently quoted in Live Daily, “There are a lot of really good guitar sounds and new kind of atmospheres on the new Bon Jovi record, that I think makes it really modern. I think people are going to dig it, man. And it rocks hard.”. Tickets to Bon Jovi are now on sale for many of the venues on the Bon Jovi concert tour.

Bon Jovi 2010 Tour Schedule
February 2010
19 – Seattle, WA – KeyArena
22 – San Jose, CA Bon Jovi at HP Pavilion
24 – Phoenix, AZ Bon Jovi at Jobing.com Arena
26 – Anaheim, CA Bon Jovi at Honda Center

March 2010
2 – Sacramento, CA Bon Jovi at ARCO Arena
4 – Los Angeles, CA Bon Jovi at Staples Center
6 – Las Vegas, NV Bon Jovi at MGM Grand Garden Arena
8 – Denver, CO Bon Jovi at Pepsi Center
9 – Omaha, NE Bon Jovi at Qwest Center
11 – Wichita, KS Bon Jovi at INTRUST Bank Arena
13 – Fargo, ND Bon Jovi at Fargodome
15 – Kansas City, MO Bon Jovi at Sprint Center
17 – Auburn Hills, MI Bon Jovi at Palace of Auburn Hills
19, 20 – Montreal, Quebec Bon Jovi at Bell Centre
23, 24 – Philadelphia, PA Bon Jovi at Wachovia Center
29 – Washington, DC Bon Jovi at Verizon Center

April 2010
7 – St. Paul, MN Bon Jovi at Xcel Center
10 – Dallas, TX Bon Jovi at American Airlines Center
13 – Tulsa, OK Bon Jovi at BOK Center
15 – Atlanta, GA Bon Jovi at Philips Arena
17 – Tampa., FL Bon Jovi at St. Pete Times Forum
18 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bon Jovi at BankAtlantic Center
21 – Nashville, TN Bon Jovi at Sommet Center
22 – Charlotte, NC Bon Jovi at Time Warner Cable Arena

May 2010
26, 27 – East Rutherford, NJ Bon Jovi at New Meadowlands Stadium

July 2010
15 – Edmonton, Alberta Bon Jovi at Commonwealth Stadium
17 – Winnipeg, Manitoba Bon Jovi at Canad Inns Stadium
20 – Toronto, Ontario Bon Jovi at Rogers Centre
24 – Foxboro, MA Bon Jovi at Gillette Stadium
28 – Regina, Saskatchewan Bon Jovi at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field
30 – Chicago, IL Bon Jovi at Soldier Field

U2 tour dates for 2010 have been released and tickets for U2 go on sale on October 27th to U2.com members with prices ranging from $30 to $250 per ticket plus service charges. No on sale date for the general public through Ticketmaster has been announced yet for the U2 360 Tour, but expect tickets for U2 to go very quickly for the only Northern California appearance of U2 in 2010 at the Oakland Coliseum.

The U2 360 Tour has been a huge success in 2009, selling out stadiums across the country with the massive stage, video and sound system that make up the Space Station stage the band created. Sunday night U2 played at the Rose Bowl to close to 100,000 fans with the Black Eyed Peas opening up the concert, and closing out their set with Guns N Roses “Sweet Child o’ Mine” with Fergie on vocals and Slash working the guitar.

If you don’t have any luck with Ticketmaster or U2.com, you can still Find Tickets for U2 on Tour.

The U2 Tour Schedule for 2010

June 6 – Anaheim, CA @ Angel Stadium
June 12 – Denver, CO U2 at Invesco Field
June 16 – Oakland, CA U2 at Oakland Coliseum
June 20 – Seattle, WA U2 at Qwest Field
June 23 – Edmonton, AB U2 at Commonwealth Stadium
June 30 – East Lansing, MI U2 at Spartan Stadium
July 3 – Toronto, ON U2 at Rogers Centre
July 6 – Chicago. IL U2 at Soldier Field
July 9 – Miami, FL U2 at Land Shark Stadium
July 12 – Philadelphia, PA U2 at Lincoln Financial Field
July 16 – Montreal. QC U2 at Venue TBA
July 19 – New York, NY U2 at New Meadowlands Stadium