Mario West is actually a good player for the Atlanta Hawks. The problem is the Hawks a lot of very good athletic, ultra talented players at the forward position. He has a bit of a range for a big guy and can play tough interior defense. He is primarily …

For those who have never seen or play volleyball before, volleyball is a basically a game which requires to teams to try to keep the ball not to fall into their own side of the court. Well, it is not that difficult? That is just one of the beauty …

CNNSI’s NBA basketball coverage is exemplary. I watch and follow the NBA a lot. And everyday i log in to Sportsillustrated.com/basketball to check their live updated scores, they also have articles from their acclaimed writers about the different teams in the NBA and their players. What i love to …

The Seattle SuperSonics really have fallen off the grid in these past few years. Losing their only two real super stars long, long ago has seemed to cost them some credibility with the fans and other teams alike. Head coach P.J. Carlesimo doesn’t seem to be bringing that back. …

Alando Tucker was a standout at the University of Wisconsin. He was the star there for 4 years straight. He can pull up and shoot the three, drive into the lane and score, drive and put a floater in off the board, as well as hit the mid-range shot. …

The Head Liquidmetal 2 Tennis rackets is one of my favorite mid plus sized tennis rackets out in the market today. It has a very cool design as well with a yellow trimmed with silver/gray in the sides and a black handle. With a head size of 106 square …

Daequan Cook is an explosive rookie for the Miami Heat. He established his potential and his value to the team early in the season while Dwayne Wade was struggling and out with his injury. Cook made most out of that opportunity and has since then gotten a steady playing …

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 …

Last year, the Arizona Cardinals surprised the league by winning the NFC Conference and advancing to the Super Bowl. They even came close to beating the Steelers to win it all.
Heading into this season, they obviously are going to be optimistic. But, they have several things working against them; …

This is what i call an embarrassment on the basketball court. New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas just fired Larry Brown, the pure basketball genius who turns everyone into a winner, two years ago to take over as head coach. Since then, all Thomas has done is lost seventy …

Fresh out of high school eleven years ago, power forward/center, Jermaine O’Neal, was thrown right into action for the Indiana Pacers. Along side Reggie Miller, O’Neal spent the first few years as an average player. But considering his top level competition came while attending Eau Claire High School, he …

I do play tennis once in a while. I am not really an expert but I think I love this game which to me is quite challenging. It tests my speed in movement and responding. Although playing tennis has been quite occasional to me, every time my …

We had a lot of fun at this golf course that is open to the public. We started by asking for a tee time and the pro shop reported that most members showed up after nine o’clock so to just come.
We did so on a Monday and found …

Just as is the case with Ronaldinho, wathcing Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a bit of a sad case for me because I really feel as if he is one of those players who never really worked hard enough to realize his true potential as a football player. With Ronaldinho though, …

We like to travel and whenever we travel we like to be able to get in a sporting event from the city that we are visiting. We were in Phoenix and got tickets to the Arizonia Diamondback game at Chase Stadium.
This was a stadium that I …

Andres Nocioni who came as an import from Argentina shows a lot of promise on the latter part of last season. And thus far, he has shown improvement and consistency on his shooting. Which in my opinion was his weakest point early on in his career. He now consistently …

It was my sophomore year of college, and after a previous year of using a brake-less $20 piece of junk bike I found off craigslist, 3 flats, 2 cracks decided that it was time to invest in a nicer bike for my daily mile commutes to campus. After …

Recently I purchased a Japanese Hardcore Wrestling DVD which featured some of the bloodiest and most gruesome matches I have ever seen. On this DVD which stood out however was a man by the name of Abdullah Kobayashi. I am a big fan of Abdullah The Butcher, and happen …

Even when Micheal Jordan roamed the NBA courts i have always adored Penny Hardaway. Coming out of Memphis, Hardaway was selected 3rd overall by the Golden State Warriors, on draft day he was traded to the Orlando Magic for the rights of the first overall selection of Chris Webber …

What i see in Keith Bogans game of the Orlando Magic is very similar to that of the Spurs guard Bruce Bowen. He can defend the opposing teams best perimeter players and be effective in the perimeter himself on offense. He is a more than adequate three point shooter …

This was the fight that got me into boxing. I had always admired the sport, I was only young and boxing was still on terrestrial t.v, so knowing that Nigel Benn was the cousin of Paul Ince, who was then playing for my beloved Manchester United. I tuned in.
I …

Tai Chi is an ancient martial art, one that is practiced in China for centuries as the exercise is martial arts, a way to improve the internal flow of energy in the body. The emphasis of the correct form and feeling with every movement and that is always taught …

Carlos Delfino, the Argetinian born small forward/shooting guard for the Toronto Raptors has a short, yet somehow long history in this league. The six foot six Delfino had always dreamed of NBA stardom. But he would soon find that a career in the National Basketball Association would be difficult …

Espn probably the most widely known sports channel in the world, also has a popular website to boot. Espn.com/nba is their offering to the world of NBA basketball coverage. More Spumier and hip than your regular sports webpage, ESPN tried to convey unto their webpage the type of character …

The Green Bay Packers may soon find themselves looking for a replacement for quarterbacks coach Tom Clements. That is, of course, if other teams realize just how great of a job he’s done and look to sign him as an offensive coordinator.
Clements had the task of taking a 38-year-old …

For everything that the Philadelphia Eagles are, what they are not is a team without a quarterback. Regardless what you think about Donovan McNabb, he is a very gifted athlete and a tremendous quarterback in the national football league. His problem is, he loves football to a fault. He …

Al Perez was most famous in the late 1980’s, he was a great in-ring performer and didn’t really need a proper gimmick to get over due to his talent. He was trained by the legendary Boris Malenko, and as anyone trained by Boris Malenko, you are NATURALLY talented.
He broke …

The Rollerblade Lightning inline skates are awesome! I have been inline skating for 18 years now, and have found that Rollerblade is the best brand. They have the best technology, excellent quality, and most durable inline skates. I have owned other Rollerblade inline skates along with a few other …

A good helmet for skiing and snowboarding is for me not that easy to find. I want a helmet that looks good, feels comfortable, does not get too warm or cold and without costing too much.
I decided on the Bern Watts helmet. Bern designs really cool helmets …

I took some time to express my opinion of the Harlem Globetrotters and how entertaining they are to watch. But, I also want to take a few moments to also commend the Washington Generals; one of the teams the Globetrotters always beat.
Most people will wonder why I’m doing this. …

Shelden ” the Landlord” Williams has had mixed reviews in his game in the league so fat. In his collegiate days, williams was called the Landlord due to the fact that he was a monster in the middle for the Duke Blue Devils. Being a former lottery pick …

With the injury to Gilbert Arenas, Antonio Daniels should have gotten the bulk of minutes playing the point guard position for the Washington Wizards. Unfortunately for him and the Wizards he got injured and is again out of the line-up for the nest month. This is unfortunate in the …

It was the second game of the new season for Manchester United. Fulham away. We had a great start at home to Newcastle, but having lost at Fulham last year with an injury hit team this, this game was going to be far from easy and I knew it. …

New York Knick guard Jamaal Crawford is much maligned for his lack of maturity in his NBA career. And, playing on the spotlight at the “Mecca of Basketball” with the knicks at Madison Square Garden, all his mistakes are often magnified to highlight the negative part of his game. …

Under the cloudy Loudon, New Hampshire skies, the NASCAR Sprint Cup series continued their hectic race schedule with the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 race on Sunday, June 28. Qualifying had been rained out, so the field was set by owner’s points, which put Tony Stewart on the poll …

Manchester United were holders of the Carling Cup. They had actually retained it the year before for the first time in the clubs history and were now looking to do something that only Liverpool had done and tat was to win it three years on the trot. So when …

Jared Swopshire is a 6-7, 215 pound Freshman playing for the University of Louisville. He hails from St. Louis, Missouri. He has not received a lot of playing time this year but has cracked the rotation as the 9th man.
Pros: Swopshire has good height and length …

Brian Cardinal of the Memphis Grizzlies who is often referred to as the “White Janitor” by the media and the fans lives up to that moniker due to the fact that he goes hard after every loose balls and rebounds as well. He can also score the basket when …

I just got my membership at the Country Club, so I needed a set of golf clubs that had style. The Distance Master Red 17 Piece Men’s Complete Set of clubs are just as gorgeous as they are functional. A lot of golf is a mind game, and having …

The biggest thing Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn has going for him is the fact he was coached by Charlie Weis, the guy who turned Tom Brady, an unknown 6th round draft pick, into a star.
Physically, I think Brady is only second to JaMarcus Russell in this year’s draft. …

I’m really disappointed by the way NASCAR races have been going lately and I think a lot of that falls onto the new car they’ve been running. This new car is making things safer and supposedly better, but it’s also making things a lot more boring. I’m used to …

When Joe Calzaghe vacated his belts and retired and left undefeated, it meant that his WBC Super Middleweight belt became available and the two men to fight it out would be Carl Froch, a man who had been angling for a fight with Calzaghe before he retired and Jean …

The New York Knicks has probably the worst management in any pro sports in my own estimation. They suck from the President all the way down to the towel guy. The owner probably is ok since he pays for the salary of his players without complaints but other than …

After getting this barrel, I was kind of frustrated that I didn’t get the quick line thread. I constantly am changing between barrels, and every once in a while I’ll need to take the flatline barrel off, which is a complete pain because sometimes it requires completely disassembling my …

For as long as I have been a keen follower of the game of football, Real Madrid always posed as the benchmark in terms of success at club level, having won the most sought after club prize in the world of football a record nine times.
Admittedly though, I only …

Sean May who won an NCAA championship with the University of North Carolina tar Heels had a stellar collegiate career. He is a son of a former NBA player as well. His collegiate success though has not resulted in an NBA success. A native of Chicago IL., May was …

Fresh off their win from the 2010 Finals, the Los Angeles Lakers are the early favorites to come of on top of the Western Conference. With their core roster intact and a few key additions, the Lakers are among the few contenders that can match up well with almost …

The Orlando Magic were once a super star franchise who had all the pieces in place to be the next NBA finals champions. I’m not exactly sure how they let their chance slip away with players like Shaquille O’Neal and Anfernee Hardaway on their roster, but they did nonetheless. …

When I think about Jim Bates, I think of a guy who had the potential to be a great defensive coordinator but basically blew his chances because he�s a big cry baby.
Bates ran dominating defenses on the Miami Dolphins and, in his one year with the Green Bay Packers, …

Darius Songaila of the Washington Wizards was a free agent of the year 2003 when he signed with the team after a successful start of his career with the Sacramento Kings. He elevated his game from a bench player that played very little minutes to a starter with that …