Dwyane Wade is a explosive player who gets to the rim anytime he wants. He plays with a recklessness abandon so you know he’s giving full effort every minute on the court. He carried a bad Miami Heat team with a overweight Shaquille O’Neal and barely average teammates to …

Dirk. The name of the Dallas Mavericks player and his sister. (According to Dirk in a movie he had a role in) There’s not a whole lot I can say abouot Dirk Nowitzki without become upset. I liken him to the NBA version of Ryan Leaf… only Dirk is …

Head coach of the legendary Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson was popularized with the Bulls dynasty rather than anything else. Many people think that Jackson is blessed of being able to choose his team and select a team with an already impressive cast of players but we also forget …

With the NFL draft just a week away (and dragging on in the process), I figured it was time to once again take a look at the Green Bay Packers and get a feel of where the team is heading into their one opportunity to land cheap talent before …

The New Jersey Nets once seemed to have it all in the eastern conference of the NBA. They had the speed, the big shot ability, Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin… what more could a team ask for? Kenyon, the six foot nine forward out of Cincinnati, was an incredibly …

The Women’s1500 meter event of Speed Skating competition during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic games was stellar and full of excitement. As an American, I’d like to say we were in the thick of the hunt, but this isn’t our event. Still, the thrill of the Olympics …

Toni Battie the back-up center for the Orlando Magic is a hustler who sacrifices his body and his game for the better of his team. He rebounds well with the minutes that he get and he can also defend on the post to counter the other teams best pivots. …

Just only five days to go for yet another Cricket World Cup in West indies. For the first time Westindies host the world cup. There are Sixteen teams are going to participate on the big event. The teams ae Australia, India, Pakistan, Srilanka, South Africa, Newzealand, …

I was first introduced to the PBA in grade three when I became a fan of Alvin Patrimonio and the Purefoods Team. Back then, my knowledge about the league is next to none and I seldom watch the games.
But when I was re-introduced once again when I was …

Sam I am. 39 years old and still playing at a high level of basketball. I have to give credit to where credit is due. And certainly Cassel deserves that. At 39 and signed by the clippers 4 years ago to teach and foster their lottery pick and prodigy …

The Orlando Magic offseason so far has been uneventful. During the ‘06 NBA Draft the Magic selected J.J Redick, a deadshot 3 point shooter from Duke university. The pick should be highly justified since the team in all likelihood will lose SG Deshawn Stevenson to Free Agency this summer. …

Turkish national player Hedo Torkuglo who currently plays for the Orlando Magic in the NBA has a very high potential to succeed in the NBA. He is six feet ten inches tall who shoots from the deep range. He can also put the ball on the floor to penetrate …

With the New York Jets trying to figure out exactly what went wrong this past season, you can bet one of the future casualties will be former starting quarterback Chad Pennington.
In some ways, I feel Pennington is being turned into the scape goat for what was a horrible season …

Since I was back in high school a decade ago I’ve been watching the former Wyoming star, Theo Ratliff, play in the NBA. The six foot ten center/power forward has always excited the crowd with his intense style and determined swagger. Though most of his career he’s been a …

As a boxing fan I was always quite a follower of Joe Calzaghe, so once he retired I was partly delighted because he would retire unbeaten, but also disappointed that I had never had the opportunity to see him fight live.
Once Calzaghe The Story was released on DVD I …

Reggie Bush is runningback of the New Orleans Saints, who was drafted with the second overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. I was really impressed in his rookie year where he managed to meet the expectations of him coming out of USC, but I really though he had …

It was a series that was supposed to be a walk in the park for the 2008 Runner-up, the Los Angeles Lakers. Being the top team in the Western Conference after the regular season, it was expected of the LA Lakers to dominate whatever team that it encounter.
However, …

Shoeb Kkhrar is one of the most controversial cricketers of all times. He is a fast bowler from Pakistan and he known from his super fast bowling and swinging ability. He is popularly called as Rawalpindi Express, as he is a fast bowler from Rawalpindi. He was very …

Rashard Lewis. An intriguing talent to most NBA managers and to myself. I consider myself a knowledgeable NBA fan and an avid supporter of the game in general and for me Lewis has that type of Game and body that can elevate himself to greatness. at 6′10″ he …

The Detriot Lions are somewhat of a sad commentary in sports. Nothing they ever do seems to work out. Now this has been blamed on everyone from head coaches, quarterbacks, front office management to a fan in the parking lot of the stadium. One thing all of Detriot’s failures …

The Redhead From California, Brian Scalabrine who was an instrumental player coming off the bench for the New Jersey Nets when they were making there run for the title is a good addition for the Celtics as he provides them with hustle, toughness and some offense off the bench. …

The New Jersey Nets is a quality basketball team. They are headed by the former NBA VP Rod Thorne. They have a number of significant pieces in their team that is quite valuable. First off is Point Guard Jason Kidd who leads by example. Kidd to me is the …

Not your average seven footer, Raef Lafrentz breaks the mold when it comes to US-born centers in the NBA as he usually plays from the outside and does little on the paint. Although he is quite valuable and was considered to be a great talent when he entered the …

Let’s try to forget about recent disappoints of this past year. I’d like to remember the New Orleans Saints coach, Sean Payton for his commanding performance the year before. He brought a team back to glory and took them to the NFC championship. They were the pride of a …

Jacque Vaughn who is the back-up point guard for the San Antonio Spurs to the starter Tony Parker. Vaughn is a respectable back up for any team to have. He has great leadership abilities and can sustain an offense for limited stretches of time. His style of play is …

Kyle Lowry of the Memphis Grizzlies is one of the better athletic point guards out there in the league today. Although he has seen less and less of a playing time with the Grizzlies primarily due to the fact that back-up point guard Juan Carlos Navarro has been playing …

David West of the New Orleans Hornets started his career as a nobody. He came into the league with little to no credentials at all and he was given little playing time at first. But, with the continued growth of West both on and off the court. The Hornets …

The martial art ninjutsu is known as a very secret, very clouded history. The history is not documented all that well, since most of what is known about the martial art that is passed on from generation to generation. There are many historical records of the state, Whom families …

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 …

Chicago Bulls starting point guard Kirk Hinrich from the University of Kansas has come a long way from the days when he started in the league. He has become a leader in a very young team that has unlimited potential in the future.
The Bulls have a number of …

Mike Wilks is a very well traveled point guard in the NBA and his current stop is with the Washington Wizards. I vividly remember him having stops at Toronto, Boston and the Sixers to name a few.
Don’t get me wrong or anything, Mike Wilks is a talented player to …

As a former sportswriter, I found myself covering tons of talented guys in high school who were poised to be the “next big thing” in the NBA. After seeing many of them fall flat on their face, I often times found it unfair that individals like myself, and the …

So I recently tried out the KSix-One Tour 90 raquet on an open day at my local tennis club. The raquet is the same as used by world number one tennis player Roger Federer. As I approached a practice set with my playing parter I decided to use the …

Devin Brown started his career in the National Basketball Association by winning a championship trophy with the San Antonio Spurs in the West. He was a very popular player there as he grew up and played in the local area. After two more years with the Spurs though, the …

The Miami Heat who won the NBA championship against the Dallas Mavericks two years ago has gone from a legitimate contender to being a team on danger of not even making the play-offs. Although injuries and aging stars are at fault, i still can’t see them duplicating that championship …

The back to back NCAA mens division 1 National Champion Florida Gators gave the NBA a few of their key contributing players last year in the draft. Joakim Noah went to the Bulls where he lays in wait, undecided if he’ll be around for years to come. And they …

Brazil is best known for skimpy thongs the the Carnivale. What they’re little known for is producing athletes for American sports, especially the National Basketball Association. This trend of no Brazilian athletes changed when Leandro Barbosa joined the Phoenix Suns four years go. Barbosa, the six foot three shooting …

Rather as I had feared, the 2010 World Cup Final proved to be a pretty disappointing affair, which will probably end up being remembered more for the enormous number of niggling fouls and yellow cards (fourteen, including two - and therefore a red - to one player) than for …

Over a decade ago, Virgina Union had a nasty player in their mens basketball program that they knew was a phenominal player. Unfortunately for teams of the NBA, they found out about him too late. Ben Wallace is probably the best all around low post defender in the last …

Edgar Sosa is a 6-1, 175 pound Junior point guard from New York City playing for the University of Louisville men’s basketball team. He is the team’s most emotional player. Most fans either love him or hate him.
Pros: I have to say that Sosa is passionate. …

If there was a team on the rise in the East then i would have to say that it is the Charlotte Bobcats. Acquiring Jason Richardson on a draft day trade with the Golden State Warriors gave them that go to scorer who can create his own shots on …

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 …

This is prince’s version of a players racket. 100 sq. inch headsize and slightly lighter than its counterparts offering. I was wxpecting a more traditional feel on this racket before i used it and was pleasantly surprised with its versatility. You can basically serve and volley then get back …

Perhaps the player who hasn’t done anything for his NBA team for now but has the biggest potential of all is Gerald Green. The question from me is whether he will be able to live up to that potential of his. I think Green has an unbelievable scoring capabilities …

The 15km Pursuit in Cross Country during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics was much more exciting than I had thought it would be. It’s somewhat of a marathon, and I’m not a big marathon fan. The difference is that this race is on skis, with beautiful scenery. …

At the beginning of the year, I thought the 49ers would win the NFC West division. Half way through, it doesn’t look like that will happen. But, they are still improved over what they have been from the past couple years.
The move to Alex Smith at quarterback was a …

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 …

New York Knicks Guard Quentin Richardson who came over from the Phoenix Suns last year after a succesfull season their. Was non-existent last year for the Knicks. He was somewhat lost in the rotation with the superb line-up of other guards the Knicks had (Marbury, Francis, Robinson, Rose) and …

This was the fight that got me into boxing. I had always admired the sport, I was only young and boxing was still on terrestrial t.v, so knowing that Nigel Benn was the cousin of Paul Ince, who was then playing for my beloved Manchester United. I tuned in.
I …

Jarett Jack of the Portland Trailblazers started the year as the team’s official starter at the point guard spot. He has since then lost that starting position to Steve Blake as he now comes off the bench but his play has dramatically improved since the switch.
He has played inspired …