About fourteen years ago, there was a team in NCAA mens division 1 basketball that was probably the best team never to win a national championship. I’m speaking of course of the Michigan Wolverines and their fab-five team which included Juwan Howard. Juwan was one of the super stars …

I don’t often do reviews of the qualifying for NASCAR races, but every now and then I watch and think that things are worth mentioning, and this is one of those times. The qualifying was for the Saturday, April 10 night race at Phoenix International Raceway. This …

First practice for NASCAR’s 2009 race at the Martinsville short track took place Friday morning on March 27th. Rain was threatening and would eventually rain out qualifying for that afternoon, but the Sprint Cup drivers were able to get in their entire morning practice.
My favorite, Jeff Gordon, ended …

Donyell Marshall whom the Cavaliers acquired through free agency three years ago has been at sporadic at times. He can certainly shoot the ball and can also be effective in the middle. Marred with injuries so far these year, Marshall has seen his playing time dwindle.
I did remember the …

Antonio Thomas is probably best known for his short stint in the WWE with his partner Romeo Roselli as the overly effeminate ladies men ‘The Heartthrobs.’ They never actually got passed Jobber status before being released however.
Personally, I thought they had potential. They were bought up too soon from …

Earl Barron of the Miami Heat has been with the team for over three years now. He was signed by the team to play if and ever Shaquille O’neal or Alonzo Mourning gets injured. Barron though has played very little and far and off in between. It has been …

Some sports are hard to enjoy over television, and in my opinion, cross country events are in that category. The Men’s 15km Individual for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics featured competitors from 50 nations. There were actually 96 skiers. It’s a timed race, with 15 seconds …

If you watch a lot of television, and in particular pay attention to the online poker commercials that come on more and more frequently every day, you’ll doubtless have seen commercials for Full Tilt Poker.
Full Tilt seems to stake a lot of its success on using poker pros for …

Both Lynds and I used to bowl in a Sunday morning league at the Bowlplex in Dudley in fact this is where we first met. The Bowlplex is on the new retail park just down from Dudley Zoo and Castle, the Bowlplex is located next down to the …

Before David Stern, the commissioner of the National Basketball Association, changed the rule last year that prohibited players from making the leap from high school directly into the NBA, one player got in just before the shop closed. Louis Williams, the six foot two inch poing guard from South …

In my opinion, Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the best footballer in the world. He is playing for my favorite football club of all time, Manchester United. He is relatively unknown to the world when he broke the British transfer fee record for a teenager to join the club in …

New Jersey Nets forward/center Nenad Kristic who was drafted out of Yugoslavia compliments well with the rest of the superstars the team has. With the trio of the best athletic players in the league and perhaps the history of the game(Carter, Jefferson and kidd)Kristic comes in and be the …

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 …

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 …

I recently purchased two ‘Captains of Crush’ grippers, Supposedly some of the most well made hand grippers available on the market today.
Due to the marketing hype, I was expecting something extraordinary. I don’t think it should come as a surprise that my expectations were met.
The company that produces …

“One” brand Thai pads for kickboxing and other martial arts and self defense training are some of the best pads (especially for their cost) that I have used in my experience. These pads typically are available in a black/red style with double straps along the back. One strap is …

The NASCAR - 2009 Sam’s Town 300 Nationwide race was a comedy of errors and bad plays by veteran drivers. The Las Vegas race was full of yellow flags, many of which were spin outs done by Cup drivers participating in the race.
Since its repaving, the Las Vegas …

Red Bull Racing are, as I write this in the spring of 2010, a bit of an enigma when it comes to Formula One teams. By rights they ought to be streaking away with the world championship, since they have two extremely fast drivers in Mark Webber and Sebastian …

AC Milan is an Italian football/soccer club. AC Milan, usually refered to as Milan are one of the most decorated clubs especially in Italy where they compete in the Serie A against some of the best clubs in the world. AC Milan has won 14 European trophies, …

Rasheed Wallace one of the very reasons that detroit won that championship in the ‘04 season has transformed himself from the bad boy image he was percieved at portland to a team guy in detroit. He has bought into the system the coach has for the team and it …

Now that the 2010 World Cup is over, I suppose it is time to review the performance of the England side, which happens to be my home team. That’s not something I am particularly pleased about, given their disappointing (to use a very mild word) level of achievement in …

The teams that fired their head coaches this year weren’t much of a shock. What was more of a shock is the fact the Kansas Chiefs didn�t make any changes, at very least at General manager.
Let�s face it, this team is terrible; even worse than their record indicates. They …

For Joakim Noah, escaping his father’s shadow was almost an impossible task. For those of you who don’t know, Joakim’s father is tennis legeng and french idol pop star, Yannic Noah. Though Joakim never aspired to have fame greater than that of his father’s, he did want to step …

The team from the Bay, the Golden State Warriors have taken in a new portfolio in the NBA. After being another one of those doormat teams in the league the last decade, the Warriors have finally assembled a significant group of players that for me will guarantee them a …

Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks was named the NBA Most Valuable Player last year in recognition of the stellar regular season the Mavericks had. Alas, all of the hard work they put into it was put in vain during the play-offs as they were eliminated shockingly by the …

In 1990, I may only have been 8, but I was a big football fan and it was the world cup. I was amazed by this competition mainly because I thought that anything that allowed there to be so many games of football per day and per week was …

NFL.com is the official website of the National Football League. This website is an excellent source on the league.
What I like is that the website is full of up to date news and information. The top stories of the day are fully explained by expert analysts and writers …

Ira Newble of the Cleveland Cavaliers is one of those veteran presence that helps a teams other young players develop in terms of character more than anything. He is in the mold of a Greg Buckner who helps a young team like the Cavaliers are develop into a contender …

My best friend has this superb Hummer mountain bike, which she purchased for close to $700. Fancy such an expensive mountain bike. I managed to ride test it, as she wanted to go jogging on one fine morning, and I asked her to bring along her Hummer.
Boy, …

Mad about NBA statistics? I am.. hehe.. Anyway, 82games.com is a website that offers probably the best statistics in the whole worldwideweb. For NBA fantasy league owners such as myself, there is no better site to check on a player or a teams statistics. I highly recommend this site …

Mardy Collins of the New York Knicks is a less heralded player whom the Knicks drafted. There was this speculation that he was asked by coach Isiah Thomas to deliberately foul hard Carmelo Anthony in that game where the Nuggets blew out the New York Knicks in New York …

Miami Heat Guard Gary Payton who recently captured hislong awaited quest for that special ring as an NBA champion has been in the league for a while now. He was instrumental in the Heat’s run towards the Championship last year where they dominated the Dallas Mavericks. Early in his …

Women’s Moguls is an exciting skiing competition that begins with a trick, proceeds to traversing the moguls, and ends with a final trick right before crossing the finish line. The judges award points based on air, speed, and turns. Canadian Jenn Heil was a favorite going in …

In my opinion, yes. Last year, they went as far as NBA final. However, they lost to the Miami Heat after leading 2-0 in the final series. Many people still believe that the Mavs deserved to win because they beat the Suns and the Spurs on the road. In …

Women’s Snowboard Cross at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics was quite fun. The qualifying was boring, but the heats were much more exciting.
France’s Claire Chapotot stalled out at the beginning of her quarter final heat that included Norway’s Helene Olafsen and Faye Gulini of America. Gulini didn’t …

If the Mannings are like the Bush’s of the National Football League, then the Barry’s are like the Kennedy’s of the National Basketball Association. Brent Barry, son of professional basketball player, Rick Barry, is alost one of four basketball playing brothers. Drew, Scooter and Jon. Brent is by far …

Every team skates to the same dance, doing two rotations on the rink. It’s a contest of technique. It’s much more of the classical ice dancing that I grew up watching versus the free style post-Bolero entry that changed the sport forever. It’s really a head …

Brian Scalabrine started his NBA career with the New Jersey Nets playing in that team that went to the NBA finals with Jason Kidd, K-mart, Kittles and RJ at the helm.
Scalabrine came off the bench and was a fighter. He often comes in to games knowing that his …

To the older English football fan the most famous FA Cup Final ever is probably what became to be known as the Matthews Final, except possibly the one in 1923 at Wembley when a mounted policeman on a white horse ushered the overspill crowds off the pitch so that …

Fabricio Oberto of the San Antonio Spurs is a player that compliments All-Star Forward Tim Duncan. He does all the hard, dirty work in the middle and often defends bigger Centers so that Duncan can conserve his energy for the clutch where the team sorely needs his contributions.
What i …

NCAA mens basketball has always had some big named schools, this is especially true of the Georgetown Hoyas who have given the league greats like Patric Ewing, Alonzo Mourning and Allen Iverson. There was a little known player in Georgetown during the days of A I, his name was …

Nine years ago, the Tarheels of North Carolina offerend up an amazing specimen of human agility to the NBA draft. His name was Vince Carter, and wow, he was amazing. Vinsanity, half man, half amazing were just two of the names giving this talent. He took the National Basketball …

I will never lay claim to being a super star cyclist, but I have managed to get some pretty good results in some time trials and I consider myself to be gaining a good bit of knowledge and experience about equipment as I work to do the best I …

This is a very unique golf push cart. It is Linksman Golf’s X6 golf cart which is probably their most popular model.
The reason I say this is unique is the X6 is the easiest to collapse golf cart on the market. No doubt about this. The cart it self …

Cotney Walsh along with Ambrose, was one of the most successful dual bowling pair that has ever been there in international cricket. Like Amrose, he too was accurate and had a very economy rate in one days international. He also over took kapil dev�s record of 434 wicket and …

Matt Harpring of the Utah Jazz was originally drafted by the Orlando Magic as the thirteenth overall pick in the NBA draft in the year of 2000. After spending three years with the team they decided to let him walk away for nothing when his contract expired and Harpring …

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 …

This is Odyssey’s newest edition to their putter family. I was fortunate enough to get my hands on the new 2010 Odyssey Black Series Tour Design.
I must say this is a phenomenal putter. They fixed up the black series to where it can compete with the other elite putters …

For the first few years of his career, Tony Romo was forced to sit on the Dallas Cowboys sidelines and watch other quarterbacks like Drew Bledsoe play the position. Last year, Romo got his chance to shine midway through the season when Drew wasn’t playing up to par. Since …