Since the start of the NBA long, long ago, the point guard has always been to basketball what the quarterback is to football. They control the ball and set up the plays. Pass to whoevers open and try to score points and give their team the best chance to …

In the Purefoods TJ Giant’s current line-up, there is no more exciting player to watch then Peter June Simon. He is, in my opinion, the most effective guard in the league today.
Simon is a testimony of hard-work, discipline and perseverance. In his early years as a professional basketball …

Emeka Okafor of the Charlotte Bobcats who was selected second overall after Dwight Howard has played in the pro’s the way i envisioned him to be. A shot-blocking big man who can rebound and score off of missed shots and great passes from teammate and starting point guard Reymond …

Another of the young talents that i really expected to blossom this year for the Philadelphia 76ers is young guard Thadeus Young whom they drafted in the first round of last years draft. He has the physical attributes to be a good scorer in this league. His lean, his …

When the Rams parted ways with coach Mike Martz and replaced him with Scott Linehan, I thought that was a great move and expected it to get them back into the playoffs. I didn’t expect them to be 4-1 and contending this season though.
Overall, the Rams aren’t overly impressive …

Watching the Packers offseason moves this year, I’m thinking they are either going to be a playoff team or another 4-12 team. They have more raw talent than they’ve had in years but the players are young and are going to need time to develop.
Brett Favre’s return does help …

The Great Catch (www.greatcatch.org) is an item that is used to improve your catching skills for a football. The goal of the product is to teach you to automatically catch a football correctly with your fingertips. This is accomplished by wearing the product and forcing you to catch with …

Wally Szczerbiak may be the only person in the world (outside of his family who share the name) whom contains a name with two Z’s in it. I had to google this just now to spell “Szczerbiak” I had it “Sczerbiac” Close, but no cigar. With the name you …

Mike Dunleavy of the Golden State Warriors who’s also the son of the coach of the Los Angeles Clippers defines in my opionion the combination of potential and versatility. At six-feet nine inches, Dunleavy can easily handle the ball and take it up the court. He can also drive …

Bostjan Nachbar of the New Jersey Nets has FINALLY found his mark in the NBA. And man it took him quite a while to get there. Playing for numerous teams in the league throughout his career, Nachbar has found his home with the Nets as their best offensive player …

Robert Horry has more rings than an old oak tree. The star from Alabama has played an amazing fifteen years with the National Basketball Association and has always been around for the biggest and best games this league has had to offer in the last decade and a half. …

Nene Hilario of the Denver Nuggets has been a disappointment ever since he joined the Denver Nuggets. He was drafted quite high on the rookie draft since the Nuggets and pretty much everyone on the league expected him to be a star someday. Coming from Brazil, Nene has all …

Wrestlemania has come around once again and did not fail to dissapoint, I really enjoyed the feeling of seeing Wrestlemania in an outdoor venue with all the extra effort put into the pyro and titantron, it just adds to the event so much. Anyways, on to the matches:
—1st Match: …

When Todd Bouman was playing as a back up quarterback for the Vikings, I never once thought I would ever see him as a Packer. However, when Green Bay signed him last week, I thought it was a great personnel move.
Bouman is never going to be a full-time starter …

In the NCAA mens division 1 basketball tournament last year, many had the Ohio State Buckeyes winning the national championship in a route. And with players like Greg Oden and Mike Conley, it’s easy to see why. The Buckeyes made it to the national championship game but lost to …

With the first pick in the NFL draft, the Indianapolis Colts select, Peyton Manning out of the University of Tennessee. Man, I can still remember those words. I graduated high school in 98 and played quarterback, and the one guy I looked up to and wanted to be just …

Barry Windham was one of the first people I saw when I first watched Professional Wrestling as a child. He was a heel at the time, so naturally I took a disliking to him as you do when your that age, but as I grew older I started to …

Better known as Ronaldinho, Ronaldo De Assis Moriera is undoubtedly one of the most naturally gifted players to have ever played the game of football and at his best he was unplayable at times.
Although it seems as if his best days are behind him, as he is really struggling …

Every year, the Minnesota Vikings are expected to be the next Super Bowl winner. And, each year, they disappoint.
This year, I think they might be able to compete for the division title but they are a long shot.
They’ve been making efforts to improve their defense through free agency, but …

The New England Patriots finished this regular season winning all sixteen of their games. This has a great deal to do with the entire organization as a whole, but more specifically, their off season acquisition in wide receiver Randy Moss. For his years with the Minnesote Vikings, Randy Moss …

This review is for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics - Figure Skating - Pairs Free Skate, and I’ll start by saying the gold medalists from China deserve their medal. It was a little shaky and they had a close call on a twist, but Shen and Zhao were …

When the Packers re-vamped their linebackers last season, the guy I didn’t expect to see starting was Brady Poppinga. However, I think it was a good move.
Poppinga is a decent-sized guy with good instincts and tackling ability. He’s able to get to the ball carrier quickly and is good …

I’ve been watching NASCAR for quite awhile and today’s race was the first time this season that I turned off the race and started flipping through the channels. There is something about Pocono that is completely boring and it makes me wonder why they use the track for two …

Let me say going in that I think the scoring for the Original Dance of the Ice Dancing event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics was pretty spot on. I can’t really complain at all about how the judging went down, except that I might question just a …

I remember Aaron Williams now with the Los Angeles Clippers the most when he was still playing for the New Jersey Nets where i believe was the high point of his career in the NBA as well. Back then he was an active contributor to a team that had …

Over these past few years, San Francisco 49er quarterback, Alex Smith hasn’t seemed to work out. Coming out of college this kid had some high hopes attached and weighing down on his shoulders, and he hasn’t seemed to handle it well if at all. His first year in the …

Terrence Williams is 6-6, 215 senior forward playing for the University of Louisville basketball team. He plays “point forward,” typically leading the team in assists. His nickname is “T-Will.”
Pros: Williams is probably one of the most gifted athletes in college basketball. He can jump, defend, drive and …

The recent decision by the Houston Texans to release quarterback David Carr will come back to haunt them in the future.
Even though Carr has not performed well since the team selected him first overall, most of his performance can be blamed on the lack of talent surrounding him on …

Beno Udrih is probably the best European player that nobody’s ever heard of. Well, unless of course you’re an avid basketball fan like myself, or live in the Sacramento area where he plays for the Kings. The six foot three guard from Slovenia is among only a few other …

After Losing Kevin Garnett to the Boston Celtics for that trade that happened these summer, the Minnesota Timberwolves enter this season in a search for their new leader and for a new identity. Garnett was such a huge part of their team that his departure signaled an end to …

The Men’s Aerials finals in the freestyle skiing sport of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics was exhilarating. These amazing athletes ski upside down into flips, tucks, and spins that are barely comprehendible. They go anywhere from 35 to 50 feet in the air, twist around, tumble over …

Sacramento Kings forward Kenny Thomas who they acquired from the Philadelphia 76ers from that Chris Webber deal is an important factor on the kings success if he just plays more consistently. Always a double-double threat in the games that he plays in. Thomas is a gifted midrange shooter who …

There is one thing I love more than to see naturally gifted players showing off their technical skill and flair, and that is underdogs coming to the fore and showing the world that they are no pushovers. With a player like Diego Forlan it was a case of a …

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. …

Since I only started really understanding what the World Cup means in magnitude, back in France 1998, my anticipation for each subsequent FIFA World has grown in leaps and bounds and South Africa 2010 was the most highly anticipated one for me.
Alhtough I was dissappointed that South Africa didn’t …

Bobby The Brain Heenan is one of the greatest managers to ever set foot in professional wrestling, the only man capable of getting an audience booing and chanting ‘Weasel’ just by stepping through the curtain and showing his face. That was the effect Bobby the Brain Heenan always had. …

After Larry Brown left the Philadelphia 76ers, nobody thought they would have a good team again for a while. And then Allen Iverson left and everyone in Philadelphia pretty much went back to liking football. Maurice Cheeks arrived after Allen had left the team and never got a chance …

The Detroit Lions had a good chance of going to the playoffs this year. They started out the season six and two behind their quarterback, Jon Kitna. Kitna is a product of bench warmer blues. The talented quarterback has been forced to sit behind less talented started for most …

June 22, 2008, Sunday! The sixth year of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho hosting their own Ironman competition with athletes from all over the country and the world. They come from our very own little town in the form of a teacher to the far reaches of Finland. They pay their …

The Carolina Panthers have always been a team that everyone knows about. Since they were expanded to be in the league in the early 90’s, they’ve been known to win a game or few. And with their quarterback, Jake Delhomme, it’s no wonder why. Jake is an amazing quarterback …

Manchester United had made a shaky start to the season. Silly dropped points away from home meant they were yet to win on their travels. Dropped points at home last night time out had concerned everyone and they traveled to Stoke with the news that Wayne Rooney, who had …

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 …

I found the perfect gift for my husband, an avid golfer, and he assures me that it is not only useful, but it has become integral to his golf game. I never go wrong with gifts that have something to do with golf, but I didn’t think he needed …

I’m really happy to see that Stan Van Gundy got himself another coaching job after Pat Riley gave him the boot from on high three years ago. The Van Gundy family has two very talented, basketball minded coaches with Stan and older brother, Jeff. I was thinking that Stan …

The 2009 Taylormade Burner Plus Iron set is taylormade’s upgrade to their previous burner iron set.
Overall, I was not a big fan of these clubs. I tried them out in steel, regular flex. I felt that they were not forgiving at all. They have a good amount of mass …

This is definitely the most popular push golf cart on the market. It is touted as one of (if not the) most compact golf cart that money can buy. It is a standard 3 wheel golf cart which opened is a pretty large.
It comes with rubber wheels which …

Memphis is home to more than the blues and country music. They serve more there than some good southern barbeque. Memphis is home to the Tigers, a NCAA mens basketball division 1 team. And on that team that is rarely known to most people, they do have some talent. …

The 2010 Boston Celtics stand out as one of the most surprising teams at the end of the season. While they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals, no one could have predicted that they would make it that far. Kevin Garnett’s return to their play-off …

Known back in his homeland as the turkish shooter, Hedo Turkoglo of the Orlando Magic has all the attributes of becoming a bona-fide NBA superstar. For me, Turkoglo has the size at 6′10′, the shooting range and the talent to become an all star in the NBA. What i …

Charlie Bell caught my eye when he was playing guard for the Michigan State Spartans. This was only three short years ago, so I can remember him like it were only yesterday. Though he’s been drafted by and playing with the Milwaukee Bucks organization since then, I think i’d …