As of this writing, Game 2 of the 2009 Western Semi-Finals has just concluded with the Lakers winning against the Rockets. It still was an exciting game and the Lakers bounced back from their first loss against the Rockets this season with a 40-point performance from Kobe.
I’m not …

Drew Gooden who came out of the Kansas Jayhawks program in the NCAA has been a consistent player for the Cavaliers. He was an integral part of that run they made last year that eventually netted them the eastern conference champions.
Gooden seems unorthodox at times, he uses an array …

I am a huge Oklahoma Sooners fan in college football. I have stuck with the team through the 90’s when they were down and then they won the national title in 2000 and have lost their last 5 bowl championship series games including three national titles. The one common …

If you’ve watched professional football at all in the last decade, then you probably recognize the face of Tennessee Titans head coach, Jeff Fisher. Coach Fisher has been heading up this team long enough to compile a professional record of 105-93-0 and has the longest tenure current in the …

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 …

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 …

Plummer clogged up the Bears’ passing lanes in week 1 of 2003, when the ultra-gifted cornerback tallied two passes defensed and two picks, including a staggeing 68-yard interception return for a touchdown. He finished his remarkable compaign with 16 passes defensed. Ahmed certainly does know how to defend his …

Foxsports.com has allocated a part of their website in the NBA section for Dime Smack. It is a page that is run by its magazine version editors and in this part, it voices their opinion of the going-ons in the NBA and around the players that are NBA potential. …

Many goalkeepers will find that there is nothing worse than playing in wet conditions. And every time you reach for the ball it just slips through your fingertips and into the back of the net.well look no further for the glove that ergonomically fits your hand to perfection, and …

This is one event I always look forward to, to kick start the new year in terms of the sports calendar and this time around the local summer MTN One Day International Series featured the Indian cricket team as opponents for South Africa’s Proteas.
After having sat through the drawn …

I have to give the New York Giants credit; first they upset the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl and then they managed to keep the man who is most likely responsible for that win.
I had never even heard the name Steve Spagnuolo before the NFL post season …

Son of NBA legend Bill Walton, Luke Walton has slowly made a name for himself in the league as one of the best one on one defenders in the league. He currently plays the small forward position for the Los Angeles Lakers but he can also defend the opposing …

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, …

2008 Topps Kickoff was a great low end football product released by Topps at the beginning of the 2008 NFL season. I really appreciate this product because it is affordable, at only $1.00 a pack.
This set is based off of the 2008 Topps set, the difference is that …

The Jacksonville Jaguars enter this year�s playoffs as the #5 seed in the AFC. The reality is, if they played in the AFC North or AFC West, they would easily be the #3 seed behind the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts.
The Jaguars are in the playoffs simply because …

Nike Mens Zoom Lanang ST Running Shoes are a great pair of spikes to use for distance races in Track & Field, and Cross Country. I’ve used them from events ranging from the 1200 to the 5K on the track, 8k, and 10K’s for cross country. As well as …

The Washington Wizards has been a constant figure in the Eastern Conference play-offs picture since the day they signed Gilbert Arenas. With the trio of themselves in Arenas, Jamison and Caron Buttler, The Wizards will remain a play-off team for the East in the next five years. Their …

From my personal point of view, as someone who is head deep into the beautiful game of football, there is quite a disturbing trend I have noticed in world football, something I am quilty of myself too, and that is how players that score the goals get all the …

Although retired now, i just can’t dare not to review the perhaps the greatest player to grace the courts of basketball. Michael Jordan was and will always be on a league in his own. Unparalleled player only levelled with by an elite few in the history of the game. …

I was watching an NBA basketball game last year and all of the sudden I heard an earth shaking scream. It quickly caught my attention and i looked up to see this beast of a man hanging on the rim after dunking over top of someone. Luol Deng, the …

Since day one of enrolling in the Capoeira class, I have become hooked into this African-Brazilian fighting and survival tactic that mixes fighting, dance, and aerobics in one blood-pumping session. At first, I was a bit scared and insecure because from the what I saw on the floor, the …

Bjron borg a legendary tennis player from Sweden he has the only player who has won Wimbledon and French open for 5 times. Consedering that todays player are either good on grass or clay, it seems unbelivalbe that Borg was able to win on both the surfaces not once …

Whether it’s doing sit ups in his driveway or holding press conferences to announce that he did not try to kil himself, Terrell Owens seems to love the media spotlight. I’m not sure what type of person it takes to be able to stand all the scrutiny and yet, …

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. …

Brevin Knight is one of the smallest players in the league right now. But this is not a measure of his character. Knight who has continually battled the public perception on him being too small to play in the big man’s game has in my opinion more than made …

Two years ago, the NBA draft produced some big names. Among these included was not a six foot two guard from the Texas Longhorns by the name of Daniel Gibson. Daniel may have taken this a little personally as he exploded last season as a rookie to give the …

Soccer or football is one of my favourite sport. I love the game so much that i choose to watch this game instead of sleeping in the night, because many interesting games are held in the middle of the night for my country (since we are belongs to the …

Orien Greene played for the Indiana Pacers last season in 2006-07. He was really the only player on the team that knew how to play man-to-man defense and play it well. His number was #0 as it was on the Boston Celtics. The Pacers did not play him very …

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 …

My son and niece used to work at Camden Yards, Oriole Park and I would go with them to the games to assure that they arrived home safely. I had the opportunity to meet many baseball players during this period because I was always at the games.
I …

When I first looked at these paintballs, I figured that since they’re labeled “Great American” paintballs, that they’d either be really good, or a really good “American Value”. I was pretty much wrong on both. It was also really weird that the paintballs are scented, although they’re not nearly …

The National Basketball Association has been ever-changing. From the early times of the league, the golden age, where most players were crafy with the ball and could pass through traffic and do some crazy finger roll looking stuff, to the midway period in the league that seen a little …

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 …

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 …

Philadelphia 76ers forward Chris webber who has been hampered with injuries this late in his career has been trying the road to recovery for a number of years now. He tore his ACL on the 2004 season and since then has struggled with his game. Famous before entering the …

Peyton Manning is the best quarterback in the history of the National Football League in my humble opinion. But to be that good, you always need someone whom you can throw the ball to at all times. Joe Montana had it, Troy Aikman had it, Steve Young had it, …

Chad Collyer is one of my personal favorites on the independent circuit of professional wrestling today. The second I found out he had been trained by the legendary Dean Malenko, who in my opinion is possibly the greatest pure technical athlete of all time, I immediately browsed far and …

Phoenix Suns Center Kurt Thomas whome they acquired from the New York Knicks on that Quentin Richardson deal is one fo the classiest guys on the league. He has won several community awards and acts like a true professional inside the court. Kurt Thomas also is very valuable for …

Anon is the goggle brand from Burton. They create a big selection of goggles, among these the Realm which I bought. The Realm is a high end goggle with a great fit and an awesome design. It comes in many colors and with a wide variety of lenses.
I …

The Cleveland Browns fate for the playoffs this year didn’t rest in their hands. After winning nine games, it was totally dependant on what the Tennessee Titans did against the Colts (win or lost) that would decide the Browns fate. This was a shock for the people of Cleveland. …

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 …

After watching the Oakland Raiders through 4 games this season, I think it’s time for the NFL to force Al Davis to give up his ownership rights to the team.
In an era of parity, Al Davis has put together a team that has a better chance at getting the …

Donnie Nietes was able to defend his WBO minimum weight championship title against Marlon Rodriguez last weekend. Although the fight was held in his opponent’s hometown of Mexico, he still scored a unanimous decision victory. This proved the ability of Nietes to fight well even in hostile territory. Not …

CJ Miles of the Utah Jazz has been in the league for over two years now as he is entering his 3rd season this year. The problem is the fact that he has not made any good strides for his career and is in danger of losing his roster …

Newly acquired Magic Center Darko Milicic who came from Serbia and Montenegro and drafted by the pistons as the second overall pick in the ‘03 draft has slowly shown why he was drafted over the likes of Dwayne Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh. After two and a half …

Having grown up in Virginia and Maryland I supported the Redskins. At first, it was only because they were the home team and I really didn’t have an interest in football. As I got older, I got more into the sport and supported the team more diligently. …

The Washington Redskins have had more than their fair share of troubles this past season. Though making it to the playoffs, they were decidedly booted out by a much hungrier, and less beat up Seattle Seahawk team. Though each year, wheter they seem to make the playoffs or not, …

The head coach of the National Football Leagues sweetheart team, the Jacksonville Jaguars, Jack Del Rio is a man’s man so to speak. He doesn’t let the normal things of coaching in this league irritate him like so many others seem to do.
Jack Del Rio, whose real name …

Brad Miller the hulking seven foot center for the Sacramento Kings who can shoot from the perimeter is your atypical NBA pivot. Miller went undrafted when entered the league and was signed by the Chicago Bulls as a back-up big-man. After given the chance to prove his worth, Miller …

Chicago Bulls Small Guard Ben Gordon who before entering the NBA was a national champion at the University of Connecticut won the rookie of the year award last year. He often hit big shots at the end of games to slowly gain a reputation as one of the league’s …