As a die hard Oakland Raider fan, I remember the battle cries of nine years ago, ‘There’s a new kid in town” was the chant that welcomed coach Jon Gruden to the Oakland Raider ogranization. With his mean scowl and hot tempered ways, he was colorfully coined “Chucky” after …

I read today that the Jacksonville Jaguars hired former Bills’ head coach Gregg Williams as their defensive coordinator. I couldn’t think of a better movie.
Williams is a true motivator. His defenses will do anything for him and that commitment should help Jacksonville get over the final hurdle toward winning …

Heading into the 2008 season, I thought the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would be a legitimate playoff contender. Now I’m thinking they will finish near the bottom of the NFC South Division.
The Buccaneers are 2-1, I will give them that. But, they beat a rebuilding Atlanta Falcons team and they …

The Detriot Lions selected Joey “Heisman” Harrington out of Oregon U a few years ago with the promise of getting a franchise quarterback to replace the hype the team lost when Barry Sanders retired. Joey quickly proved he wasn’t worthy of the nickname everyone had given him. It turns …

My kids wanted to learn swimming. My husband arranged a swimming teacher for them. We arranged one lesson per week as she was not available for other days. Some times I took them for swimming without a teacher. I my self do not know swimming. I found my self …

In 2008, a new camera was installed in the ground to get a groundhog-type view of the cars racing around the track in NASCAR. The groundhog made for great folley and was on his way to becoming a star. Soon, the broadcasters set up a contest to name …

Tracy McGrady or more popularly known as t-mac for me is one of a handful of players that can take over a game and end it right there at that moment. T-mac scores in bunches and once he starts feeling it, it is game over. His such a dominant …

As part of the one/two guard punch for the Maryland Terrapins national championship winning basketball team a few years ago, Steve Blake was a surprisingly athletic player. The six foot three inch point guard did everything he could for Maryland to win that year, and the NBA scouts took …

Mike Tyson is one of the best boxers of all time. This man has knocked so many people out and won many championship belts, he is a true warrior of our time. Mike Tyson has been able to reach the status of a legend in the boxing world. Mike Tyson …

Tim Thomas who quit playing for the Knicks early on in his career has resurrected it and has found a home in LA with the clippers. Gifted with incredible range for an almost seven foot guy, Thomas is one of the most agile players i’ve ever seen in a …

This utility man for the Triple-A affifliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, has all it takes to be a MLB player next year. He has been amazing this year, swinging the bat, as well as fielding the balls that come of opponents bats. If de Caster continues to play this …

The San Antonio Spurs head coach Greg Popovich is probably the best coach this decade. I do give Phil Jackson that distinction last decade but certainly (and i doubt anyone will argue with me over this is) Greg Popovich will get the nod this time. He has led the …

Manchester United were the Champions of the Premier League and were starting the new season, at home to newly promoted Birmingham City. It was sure to be a tough game because Manchester United had sold their prized asset, Cristiano Ronaldo, to Real Madrid for a world record fee. It …

This coming weekend, Vikings Quarterback Brooks Bollinger may get yet another chance to start in the NFL. But, like his previous times starting, it is more because of injuries than him actually earning a job.
Bollinger was a great quarterback for the Wisconsin Badgers. But, his game is better suited …

I am in the middle of purchasing a putter so I am going through what my local golf store has. I am a big fan of Odyssey Golf so I got my hands on their Black Series i putter.
This is billed as their high end insert putter. Unfortunately, I …

The Vector Arms AK74u Airsoft gun is an amazing gun. It is a CPM(Compact Machine Gun). It is an awesome airsoft gun.
The gun has a very nice look to it. It looks exactly like the real gun. I wish the magazine was metal but the plastic still looks …

After starting out his career as a bench warmer for the championship team in Detroit Pistons, Mehmet has since signed a good amount contract to play for the Utah Jazz. And from being an off the bench type of player for the Pistons, Okur appeared in his first all …

The Atlanta Falcons are a hard team to judge. On paper, they could very well in be in the Super Bowl this year, considering they have a solid defense and one of the best running games in the league. However, it really comes down to the quarterback position.
Michael Vick …

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 …

I bought this cleats late last year. I have been using this whenever I play soccer. This costs around 90 USD. I checked the website it is exactly 90 USD but the retail shop where I got this gave me a more expensive price.
The thing that I …

Dunn is a shifty runner who possesses surprising ability to run beteen the tackles despite his small stature, at 5′9″ and 180 pounds. In 2003 the Falcons’ talented halfback tallied two 100-yard games. Dunn came over from Tampa Bay in 2002, and has had a great career so far …

Recently acquired by the Houston Rockets, Shane Battier is the NBA?s version of a workhorse. He often does the dirty things and at times be very functional on offense. Came from a solid organization under the tutelage of Mike kzywzyski at Duke University, Battier has taken the role …

Why do they let criminals play in the National Basketball Association. (NBA) Is it because the kids look up to that sort of garbage? Oh, nevermind. It’s because it sells tickets and gets rating. Basketball is going the way of the gangtsa rapper, evidenced by the allowance of Ron …

Sebastian Telfair was a great high school basketball player. He was a legendary playground baller that resulted in his high pick in the 2004 NBA draft. He has the size, the speed and the power to be a force in the middle and from the perimeter as well. 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 …

The 2009 NASCAR season got under way with the Bud Shootout 2009 race on February 7 and while it didn’t end exactly how I wanted it to, it was a very good race.
This special race is run in two segments, the first being 25 laps and the second being …

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 …

The Houston Texans made two mistakes prior to the 2007 season. First, they put their fate in the hands of a back up quarterback who had never won a game he started. Secondly, they invested a lot of money in a running back who barely managed 1,000 yards last …

For most of its history, NASCAR races featured drivers who raced their way into the field. Regardless of the number of drivers in a race (and it did vary until the last ten years or so), the field was set by qualifying. For the most part, if …

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 …

This was like one of the most biggest highlights of all in my country for the year of 2008. I didn’t get tickets whatsoever but I caught the race on near the key building areas that allowed visible viewing. Everything was so awesome and I was so enjoying …

The New York Knicks certainly were not considered an elite franchise for the past 9 years. The NBA always criticizing the moves the franchise made up until two years ago when Donnie Walsh took over as team president. From the day he started working he had two goals; one …

In my last badminton doubles match, I played using a Yonex Armortec 30 racquet. When I bought this racquet, it was highly recommended by the salesman at Toby’s which he said far better than the Yonex Armortec 150.
I think the Yonex Armortec 30 racquet is good for intermediate and …

Luther Head who was drafted by the Houston Rockets started the season in a slump early. I remember drafting him on some of my deeper fantasy league teams and was really pissed at myself for doing so when he produced something like three points in his first five games. …

The starting two guard for the Washington Wizards, Deshawn Stevenson has slowly built up a reputation as a hard nosed defender in the league. Much like in the mold of a Bruce Bowen, although he has better offensive skills than that of Bowen. Stevenson is a lethal three point …

My brother uses this perenial installment of the legendary classic series of the “Pro Staff tour” rackets from the Pete Sampras Days of dominating the sport to the evolvement of this stick as used today by probably one of the greatest if not the greatest of all time Roger …

The Target Fitness Exercise Ball is a very useful exercise tool. I have found it to be a good product and would love to share my experience with you.
Let me start this review by saying that I like the way this exercise ball is designed. It comes in a …

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 …

When playing paintball, most people realize that the price of paint is extremely expensive. Seconds paintballs are definitely a good way to beat the price of paintballs.
Of course, seconds paintballs aren’t up to the quality of the other brands of paintballs being sold, and are therefore much cheaper.
Seconds paintballs …

Beautiful Bobby Eaton is one of my personal favorite Tag Team wrestlers, being one half of the legendary Midnight Express. His best matches of course were in the tag-team division against all time greats such as The Rock ‘N’ Roll Express, which actually is one of my all time …

Brother Devon is one half of one of the most decorated tag-teams in professional wrestling history, Team 3D along with his long time friend, tag team partner and on-screen ‘Half Brother’ Brother Ray.
Devon is essentially the muscle of the team, and the one who inflicts most of the pain …

The NASCAR 2009 Sprint Cup Race - Fontana didn’t end up quite the way I’d hoped, but it a was a good race. Matt Kenseth won his second race in a row, with Jeff Gordon coming in second. Kenseth’s pit crew got him out ahead of Gordon …

Another year in the Madden franchise which in the past few years has seemed to be dwindling. Madden 2009 makes a strong comeback and is the first strong title for the next-gen system.
EA sports created over 80 innovations for Madden 09 but its the clear cut big …

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 …

Widely regarded as the best league in the world, I am rather mixed in opinion as to weather the Barclays Premiership is in fact the best football league in the world. If it is though, I don’t think it beats the rest by much.
In terms of organization, money and …

Tom Brady is the current starting quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. I believe Tom Brady is one of the most accomplished quarterback of his generation. He has been able to do just about everything a quarterback could wish to do in professional football. …

Not too long ago, I took a post-draft look at each of the NFL teams, including the Green Bay Packers and discussed what I liked and disliked about each. Now that the teams have each played two games, I have a better feel for what they have to offer …

Weather I hate to admit it or not, being a rival team fan in the English Premier League, if one speaks of the best teams in the world, Manchester United under the guidance of Sir Alex Furgason, is one of the first teams that come to mind.
I may not …

People might remember Afa Anoia as one half of the legendary savage team from the 80’s from both the WCW and the WWF known as The Wild Samoans. Afa is an amazing performer and always has been, and the Wild Samoans themselves were a prominent and legendary tag-team in …