Jamaal Tinsley should be considered as one of the most unfortunate players in the league. His history of injuries are really disappointing the pacers and affecting their run at the play-offs. When healthy he easily belongs to the upper echelon of point guards in the league. His offense relies …

When I look at the 2007 Minnesota Vikings, I am reminded of Murphy�s Law �What can go wrong, will go wrong.� The reality is, if the Vikings didn�t have bad luck, they would have no luck at all.
The defense is probably the only bright spot on the team. Or, …

Raja Bell is one of the best one-on-one defenders in the league. Night in and night out he goes after the opposing teams most dominant player and often Bell does the job. He has a solid body and a good speed that allows him to stay on his feet …

Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Childress who sports a dynamic hairdo has slowly made the transition from a magnificent collegiate career to a respectable career in the NBA. Childress’s game early in his NBA career was a bit too erratic and at best mediocre. But with the additions of other …

Over a decade ago, Virgina Union had a nasty player in their mens basketball program that they knew was a phenominal player. Unfortunately for teams of the NBA, they found out about him too late. Ben Wallace is probably the best all around low post defender in the last …

A long time removed from the glory days of Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton, the Seattle SuperSonics woke up with a high draft pick in last years NBA draft. A lot of players on the board were looking good. But after Greg Oden went to the Portland Trailblazers, there …

The other day, I was watching a Packers game and one of the announcers mentioned Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and how he reminds them of Brett Favre.
Out of curiosity, I decided to watch a Cowboys game to see just how accurate this description was. And, I was impressed.
When Romo …

Every once in a while you’ll find a player coming out of high school and expecting to make the leap into the NBA. Though league commissioner, David Stern, has since set the age limit for acceptance into the NBA to nineteen years, it wasn’t always like that. And nine …

The Charlotte Bobcats confuse me, where they the Charlotte Hornetts once? I don’t really know. I can’t keep up with the way basketball is moving. Now the Hornetts are the New Orleans Hornetts and Baron Davis plays for Golden State. The only thing I know for sure about the …

Jarvis Hayes of the Detroit Pistons started his young career with the Washington Wizards playing alongside the likes of Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison and Gilbert Arenas. He has made some strides in his career in the NBA but he still generally lacks the overall confidence that will make him …

The half Korean, half African American wide receiver Hines Ward is no stranger to adversity. Born in Korea and eventually coming to the states to play college football for the University of Georgia, Hines Ward has had to deal with a lot of stuff. But, it’s not what you …

Brazil’s main man, Leandro Barbosa who plays for the Phoenix Suns in the NBA has unparalleled speed that favors his game with the suns. Phoenix often plays in a fast tempo game that suites Barbosa’s game. With the ball and streaking to the lane he is very tough to …

Raef LaFrentz is the little known power forward for the Portland Trailblazers. Though not one of the best power forwards in the National Basketball Association, this six foot eleven, nine year man from the Kansas Jayhawks is definitely a top notch player. I’ve only seen him come off the …

The consensus starter for the point guard position of the Los Angeles Clippers is star guard Sam Cassell. He is also one of the oldest players in the league but when healthy and in the mix of things he can still get the job done. Early in the season …

When people think about NFL quarterback Joey Harrington, he’s usually lumped in the large class of first-round busts. But, I think he gets more criticism than he deserves.
Harrington is a proto-type passer who actually has decent accuracy and is able to be a game manager in the right situation …

I have been a personal fan of Chuck Palumbo since I saw his debut in the old and now defunct World Championship Wrestling. Chuck was apart of an ‘evolution’ and ‘new school’ based Faction called the Natural Born Thrillers along with Shawn Stasiak, Sean O’Haire and Mark Jindrak, all …

Last season, I honestly believed the Tennessee Titans would become the second team in two years to go undefeated in the regular season. They just seemed to be unstoppable and that defense was downright scary.
That wasn’t the case, but the team did finish with the best record and got …

Darrell Jackson is the eight year veteran from Florida who currently plays wide receiver for the San Franciso 49ers. Though most people who aren’t fans of the sore San Fran footballers would think that was an embarrassment, it is a label that the six foot Darrell Jackson wears with …

I am a huge fan of AJ Styles from his cocky persona to his amazing and unmatched high risk and fast paced move set. AJ Styles in my opinion is one of the best in the world today. Why ONLY at the age of 29, he is a two …

Indiana Pacers Forward/Center Jermaine O’neal who’s annual participation in the All-star game is a proof of his talent and work ethics. Drafted and became the youngest player in NBA history to play in a regular season game, he was relegated to the bench early in his Career with …

For anyone that loves boxing, the Super Six event appeared to be a great invention to wake up the Super-Middleweight division. Rather that have lots o pointless fights between boxers throughout the year that meant very little, 6 of the best fighters from the division agreed to take part …

Brandan Wright who was selected as the fourth overall choice in this years NBA draft after a successful collegiate career with the North Carolina Tar Heels in the NCAA. He was involved in that Jason Richardson deal that the Warriors made on draft day to acquire the rights to …

I can’t say too much about Bruce Bowen without becoming completely infuriated. He is a six foot seven small forward out of Cal State Fullerton who currently plays with the San Antonio Spurs. He has played eleven extremely dirty and rule breaking years in the National Basketball Association. And …

Recently let go from his head coaching position for the Baltimore Ravens, coach Brain Billick is the most deserving head coach released this season. Regarded as an “offensive genius” his Ravens team managed to be among the bottom of the offensive production head for every year he was …

Desagana Diop who is a very good shot blocking big man for the Dallas Mavericks hails from Congo. At seven feet and one inch tall, Diop often intimidates smaller players from driving to the lane with his physical presence. And not just that, he also has great instincts and …

The more I look at Brian Billick’s career as the Baltimore Ravens head coach, the more I think he got a raw deal when he was fired by the team.
Billick isn�t an offensive genius, like many people thought he would be when he was hired 9 years ago. …

Los Angeles Clippers mainstay and franchise player Elton Brand was one of last seasons top candidates for Most Valuable Player. He averaged career high’s in points, rebounds and assist. Had a very high field goal percentage and was also tops in the league in the shot blocking department. Very …

So, the Oakland Raiders have elected to stay in-house and go with Tom Cable as their new head coach rather than just on an interim basis. Interesting decision but why do I feel like I’ve heard this all before?
I mean, let’s face it. The only reason the Raiders even …

Amare Stoudemire the Starting Center of the Phoenix Suns has had knee troubles the last three years. He underwent microfracture surgery three years ago and was out for the whole year that season. He came back last year with a vengeance and proved that with his youth and …

Snowboarders should beware! Burton’s new 2007 Snowboard is fabulous! My brother-in-law is all about snowboarding in the Poconos each winter season. His other snowboard needed replacing, and so I went with him to investigate Burton’s new 2007 edition Snowboard. In comparison to far more costly …

The greatest single spectacle in the world, otherwise commonly known as the FIFA World Cup, is a very big part of my life, as a serious soccer fanatic and my life just comes to a halt every four years as everything about me is centered around the World Cup.
It …

One of the best defensive point guards in the league today is Seattle Supersonics point Earl Watson. After a tumultuous stay with the Denver Nuggets, he was finally traded to the Supersonics for Reggie Evans and as produced for the team.
Although his offensive skills are in some manner a …

Former New York Jets and current Kansas City Chiefs head coach Herman Edwards is probably best known for saying the line, “You play to win the game!” in a press conference a few years back regarding his teams (The Jets) performance. But let’s not have that one comment, however …

Sadly for Marcus Williams he hasn’t played a game so far this year. Plagued with injuries since the opening game of the season. Williams has got nothing to do but wait for his injuries to heal and get his chance to play again for the New Jersey Nets. With …

The reason the Philadelphia 76ers are one of the worst team in the NBA right now is shown in the fact that their starting power forward is journeyman Reggie Evans. Don’t get me wrong, Evans is a serviceable big man in the league. The problem i have with him …

While we were in Arlington Texas, to catch an Oriole Game against the Texas Rangers we were walking along the promenade when we saw a notice that they had a baseball museum. We have a baseball museum in Baltimore and decided that we would check theirs out while …

With the peak of my interest in football entering its nova phase in the late nineties, one my international footballing heroes would unsurprisingly be Ronaldo De Lima, given his popularity at the time and his epic rise to stardom.
At the 1998 FIFA World Cup held in France is the …

I first watched Shawn Michaels wrestle back in the early 90’s and I always knew that he would be a massive superstar. In wrestling it is easy to see some young stars will never be the face of the company, but with Shawn it was obvious that he would …

Chuck Hayes who currently starts at the power forward position for the Houston Rockets is a rugged type of a player that bruises up his opponents. He is really good at roughing it up in the shaded lane which is a contrast to what starting Center Yao Ming does …

Well, the New England Patriots finally lost a Super Bowl a couple seasons ago and, as a result, felt the so-called curse that happens to Super Bowl losers. The funny thing is the team is so well built, they almost beat it.
OK, show of hands here, when Tom Brady …

I don’t recall ever watching the Team Sprint competition before but I have to say that it was definitely exciting to watch the Men’s Team Sprint during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. What I like about this snow event is that it’s a fast competition and we …

One of those prep to pro stars. Andrew Bynum came into the laker organization with some expectations that he might be the next shaquille O’neal. He has the size, strength and the body to rival that of O’neal’s. He also has the passion and the drive to win at …

It’s short track racing again for the 43 drivers of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Rain had washed out practices and qualifying on Friday and Saturday, so the track was raw as the race began. By virtue of being the points leader, Jeff Gordon was on the …

Minnesota Timberwolves who owned the seventh overall selection in this years draft took university of Florida Gators standout Corey Brewer. Many projected Brewer as probably the next Scottie Pippen in the league. They both have the same attributes physically in the sense that they are both tall and lanky. …

The seattle Supersonics are the only NBA team with two players coming from France and the other one being Mickeal Gelabale who is a running mate for center Johan Petro in the French National Team. Gelabale is by any standards still quite raw. No matter for what team he …

Fantasy football season is approaching fast and, after some research, I have settled for NFL.com for my fantasy football league.
NFL.com offers free fantasy football, which is something that’s important to me since I don’t like to pay for something that is more of a thing to do when I’m …

The projected starting point guard for the Atlanta Hawks this year is Tyronne Lue. He was suppose to start games while teaching rookie point guard Acie Law IV the tricks of the trade. Unfortunately of Lue he hasn’t played in a single game in the NBA this year due …

I now have a Ping G5 Driver in my golf bag after thinking about it for a while before buying. I finally decided to get my own after testing those belonging to my golf buddies who were forever telling me how good it was. I suppose having the opportunity …

Bushwhaker Luke is most known for his time spent with his real life blood relative Bushwhacker Butch as a member of the team The Bushwhackers. A team of hillbillies providing smash mouth and to the point action mixed with classic and vintage comedy to entertain the fans.
Luke however in …