Tony Battie of the Orlando Magic who is currently off the shelves for the season with a torn rotator calf injury would have helped the Magic further this season if he was healthy. Battie is a very good on the ball defender for the Center spot or the Power …

The Gait Icon was my first lacrosse stick and I have found it to be an excellent stick. Although it is meant for beginners, the Icon will hold out well at intermediate and expert levels of play. It is reasonably priced at around £40-50 and is …

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 …

As a die hard supporter of Orlando Pirates FC, one of the most exciting and tense games for me is the SOWETO derby match against our bitter rivals, Kaizer Chiefs.
The latest derby which was to take place on the 15th of November was an eagerly anticipated match for …

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 …

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 …

America’s Bode Miller finally won his gold medal at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. It was in the Super-Combined Alpine Skiing event, a sport that combines one downhill run with one slalom run. Miller is known for being a downhill king of the slopes, but not being …

The frenchman, Boris Diaw. A versatile 6 feet 10 inch import from the land of wine is a very good find for the Phoenix Suns. He has a respectable shot from the outside that in the valley of the suns is a must. In the team though i consider …

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 …

Jason Kapono of the Toronto Raptors led the league in three point accuracy last year. He averaged a total of 50.1 percent field goal percentage from the three point arc and beyond while playing for the Miami Heat.
The Heat though decided to let him walk away for nothing …

As a football player and admirer from the continent of Africa, I am naturally in love with a certain way in which the game is played, particularly with focus on technical skill and flair and I get really excited when I see players giving others nutmegs and showboating when …

Chucky Atkins, no relation to the famous Dr. Atkins who made the low-carb diet famous, is the five foot eleven inch guard for the Denver Nuggets. He is an eight year veteran of the NBA and hails from South Florida where he was a little known talent to most …

In the NBA, the draft is designed to turn the worst teams into first teams. The worse you do in a season, the higher the pick potential is in the draft. And for a team like the Memphis Grizzlies who have been really bad for a really long time, …

Liverpool Football Club is one of the most famous names in football anywhere in the world, let alone just in its native England. For many years Liverpool was also the most successful club in England, winning league championships and FA Cups by the bucket load, and also achieving considerable …

The recent release of strong safety Donovan Darius should make him one of the top free agents on the NFL market and I expect him to attract attention from several teams.
The 31-year-old Darius is a solid run stopper and a fierce hitter, making him perfect for the strong safety …

Yukon Seated Calf Machine is a piece of exercising equipment designed specifically to shape your calves. Calves are considered among the hardest muscles to exercise, so a machine like this specifically targeting them is a nice idea. However, the same can be considered a drawback: this piece of equipment …

Ever since I started playing tennis, I’ve always used my old twenty dollar tennis racket I got from a local sports outlet. But when my tennis addiction grew, along with the skill of my level of tennis playing, my cheap old racket began to feel weak and brittle. Starting …

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 …

Manu Ginobili from Argentina is probably the NBA’s best sixth man ever. He is a dynamic player who electrifies the arena once he gets inside a game. Playing for the San Antonio Spurs, he was one of the reasons the Spurs won it all last year.
Teaming up with …

Although for some people driving ranges are pretty much all the same, I find there are huge differences at many ranges that either add or detract from my experience. I use driving ranges to practice my swing, try different clubs, try new techniques and basically get in shape for …

Don’t let the last couple of games fool you, Eli Manning is no where near as good as his brother.
He may have survived the playoffs and may be going to the Super Bowl for the first time in his career. But, he did that largely because of his surrounding …

The Turks must love their basketball over there. I had no idea that it was players dreams in Europe to play for the NBA. Or is Turkey in Asia? I know that every kid in America dreams of either being an athlete or a rock star. And with the …

Stave Waugh is was one of the most successful Australian player. He captioned Australia as well and won many matches for them. Steave wags was an aggressive right hand bats man an he came in the middle order and provide it strength to Aus cricket team. middle order. …

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 …

Andy Reid is a well known coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. His tenure is one of the longest currently in the National Football League. His teams have appeared in four consecutive NFC championship games and hit team with Terrell Owens went to the Super Bowl and lost to the …

Never in the long history of the National Football League has there been a player as flamboyant as Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver, Chad Johnson. Chad is the type of guy who don’t care if his team is losing by sixty points, if he scores a touchdown, he’ll moonwalk the …

After yet another losing season, the Detroit Lions decided to make a major change to turn their fortunes around�.they fired their offensive coordinator. Give me a break.
How many lives does Lions general manager Matt Millen have? Don’t get me wrong, as a Packers fan, I’m glad he’s calling the …

Patrick O’bryant is the Golden State Warriors version of a pet project. He is a good seven foot Center who certainly has an upside in this league. He has good hands, speed and power to be a good contributor someday but as of now, coach Don Nelson and the …

If there is one under-rated player in the PBA today, it has to be the Purefoods TJ Giant’s Richard Yee. For all I care, Yee deserved a spot in the rotation of Coach Ryan Gregorio. He is tall and athletic and can definitely provide quality minutes off the bench. …

I was lucky enough to have a really great seat for the Car Quest Auto Parts 300 Nationwide NASCAR race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on May 24, 2008 in Concord, North Carolina. My best friend and I picked up two tickets to the race just a few weeks before …

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 …

Following the end of the 2006 season, the Atlanta Falcons parted ways with their coach Jim Mora. I thought it was a mistake then and still believe that now.
Mora, now an assistant with the Seattle Seahawks, was a decent coach who managed some success in Atlanta despite the fact …

James Jones started his career in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers as some sort of a Reggie Miller clone. Since he entered the league with a deadly three point shot, they trained him with reggie and taught him every tricks that Miller use to do in the game. …

Andre Dawson was a right fielder that played for the Expos and Cubs. He was a very good hitter and packed a lot of power in his swing. He was born on July 10,1954 in Miami, Florida. Since then he grew to be 6′3″ and 195 pounds. He bats …

When the Chargers started the 2007 season, it looked like they made a huge mistake firing Marty Schottenheimer last year. But, as the season progressed and the team got more comfortable with Norv Turner, I think they will once again be a dangerous team in the AFC playoffs. Granted, …

Amare Stoudemire is the big named talent from a small named school. The six foot ten inch center/power forward played his college ball in Cyprus Creek which is located in Orlando FLorida. The Phoenix Suns were happy to grab this tremendous talent up and quickly built their entire team …

Kurt Thomas of the Seattle Supersonics is one of the classiest guys you will ever see in the NBA. He is one of the NBA’s version of a gentleman. The Sonics acquired him after stints with the Miami Heat, New York Knicks and the Phoenix Suns. The Suns decided …

It was a tough year for the Washington Redskins. Deaths and injuries prevented them from playing to their full potential. Jason Campbell seemed to be a bright lining early on in the year. He was learning the system very well and playing Joe Gibbs’ brand of football to its …

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 …

The Los Angeles Clippers through persistence has risen from the ruins of being the league’s doormat team to team filled with players capable of taking this team to another level and to respectability at last. Corey Maggette is one of those players they’ve got. He is offensively gifted when …

McNabb led the Eagles to their unprecedented third straight NFC championship in 2003, earning his fourth Pro Bowl selection in the process. He led Philadlephia to nine straight wins last season and took his team to a dramatic playoff win vs the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre. Donovan …

I am a Los Angeles Dodgers fan. Or was until the team’s crash and burn at the hands of financially embattled owner Frank McCourt. I was pretty disillusioned over the team’s performance in 2010 and downright disappointed by their 2011 season.
I don’t care that the Dodgers finished over .500 …

Carlton badminton racquets have been raising the standards in badminton for over 50 years. The difficulty of the sport and preciseness needed to carrying out every quick swing is what drives Carlton badminton racquet’s designers to make such great racquets. We go to great lengths to make sure that every …

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 …

The half Korean, half African American wide receiver Hines Ward is no stranger to adversity. Born in Korea and eventually coming to the states to play college football for the University of Georgia, Hines Ward has had to deal with a lot of stuff. But, it’s not what you …

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 …

Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets is one of those NBA pure point guards that i really admire. He has these pass first mentality and an eye for the open lanes. What i like about his game is the fact that he’s never scared to turn the ball …

After Terrell Owens left the Eagles for less green pastures, The Philadelphia footballers have been really struggling. Not able to find a decent receiver in the lot, Donovan McNabb has unfairly been taking the blame for the teams decline. There is a decent playing among them however. Reggie Brown, …

The Denver Nuggets volatile guard JR Smith entered the league with a huge potential. And even I myself joined that bandwagon that proclaimed him as probably the next coming of the great one. He came to the New Orleans Hornets as a highly touted player out of high school. …

The Cubs this year are going to be amazing. I know that every year Cubs fans always say that, but this year is definately a year to be a fan. With the addition of a left handed bat in Milton Bradley, and the return of almost their entire starting …