Bristol, Tennessee is a short track that always provides plenty of action, and today was no exception. Veteran Mark Martin led the field to the green flag.
Some news, notes, and perceptions:
–Darrell Waltrip commented on Kyle Busch’s actions at the end of the Nationwide race yesterday. The younger …

I am in the market for a putter and have heard that Odyssey is one of the leading companies when it comes to the flat stick.
I came across the new Odyssey White Ice Putter and I was pleasantly surprised. First, I can definitely see why odyssey is so highly …

Until recently, I only knew of two players who came out of France. One of them is the super lucky super star for the San Antonio Spurs, Tony Parker. This France phenom is the Seattle SuperSonics seven footer playing center, Johan Petro. Petro has only been in the league …

Playing in the shadows of the “more popular” town rival the Lakers, the Los Angeles Clippers are slowly rehabilitating there image and team concept in general. After being labeled as a team with a cheap owner who won’t spend big time money to acquire quality free agents, the clippers …

When there are SO many gyms in one area (including a higher level 24 Hour Fitness down the block!), it’s difficult to choose one. I chose this 24 Hour Fitness for two reasons. Firstly, my workout partner was a member of 24 Hour Fitness, and secondly, it …

former US open Champ Svetlana Kuznetsova from Russia has slowly descended from the upper echelon of the woman’s game of tennis to the lower part of the rankings. After winning her first and only grandslam at the 2004 US open, Kuznetsova looked like she was well on her way …

Allen Iverson who was very popular in Philadelphia before being traded last year to the Denver Nuggets is probably the best at the fast paced game. Iverson though has been struggling with off the court issues throughout his career and has been much maligned for it.
On the court though, …

The Buccaneers are a hard team to judge. They could either be in the playoffs or at the bottom of their division.
Coach Jon Gruden knows quarterbacks but I think he made a mistake when he let veteran Brian Griese get away. Chris Simms may be the future of the …

Ben Roethlisberger was a winner from the start, literally. Coming out of Miami of Ohio, Big Ben was the savior the Pittsburgh Steelers were hoping for. He set a record for games won by a rookie quarterback, and in only his second year, took the Steelers to the Super …

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 …

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers surprised me this year. They are an aging team and I thought the age would catch up to them. But, in an NFC South division that is in turmoil, they have managed to find their way to the top and make the playoffs again.
The defense …

The DeSean Jackson is a young star receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. DeSean Jackson was drafted by the Eagles out of the University of California in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. In my opinion, he had the talent to be at …

Brooking put forth some filthy efforts for the “Dirty Birds” in 2003. The Prow Bowl linebacker led the Falcons with 144 tackles, that made him second in the NFC, and had five games with double-digit solo stops. He seems pretty small to be doing that at 6′2″ and 245 …

Kirk Snyder of the Houston Rockets started his career with the Utah Jazz. He is primarily a defensive stopper for them but is getting very few playing time for the Rockets right now due to the fact that they do have an influx of players who play at that …

I just got my membership at the Country Club, so I needed a set of golf clubs that had style. The Distance Master Red 17 Piece Men’s Complete Set of clubs are just as gorgeous as they are functional. A lot of golf is a mind game, and having …

In my opinion, Kwame Brown is probably one of the most disappointing first over-all pick of all time. Probably second worst to Michael Olowokandi. Brown has the size, Athleticism and strength to be a marginal player at worst and an all star at best.
The problem with him is that …

Jeff Green who was drafted as the fifth overall pick in this year’s draft by the Boston Celtics and was traded immediately to the Seattle Supersonics for Ray Allen is one of the better Rookies out there today. He comes off the bench for the Seattle Supersonics and produces …

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 …

Wally Szczerbiak whom for the rest of this review will be calling Wally as it is so damn hard to spell his last name started his career as a sidekick to Kevin Garnett for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He even made an all star team in doing so and was …

My husband is always worried about every ones safety. He is worried that with the world the way it is today, that something will happen to me or the kids. To give him peace of mind, I decided to enroll, with the kids, in a karate class. We …

If you are a female skier who wishes to break the cycle of “gear promiscuity”, Dynastar’s Exclusive Legend might be the ski that inspires fidelity. In appearance, it’s as elegant as a medieval sword. However, it carves like a butter knife.
If you think that the Dynastar …

Manchester United headed into the home game with Blackburn Rovers, with Rooney back in the side, but Berbatov without a goal ion 10 games and Manchester United yet to really play well and thrash a team this season.
This game saw them produce something they had yet to really achieve …

Wrestler Ring Name: Awesome Kong, Amazing Kong, Margaret.
Wrestler Debut: October 20, 2002.
Wrestler Birth Name: Kia Stevens.
Wrestler Height: 6 feet 1 inches.
Wrestler Weight: 300 Pounds.
Wrestle Date Of Birth: September 4, 1977.
Wrestler Age: 30.
Wrestler Finishing Move: Awesome Bomb, Triple powerbomb, Diving splash,
Wrestler Signatures: The only Monster in female wrestling.
Personal Opinion: Awesome …

We went to see the Orioles play against the Rangers two summers ago and we were gone to Arlington Stadium in Texas. My brother had been asking me to go with them because they live in Shreveport La and attend at least one series of Oriole Baseball at …

There is a very good soccer club here in Vitoria, BC, Canada called the Juan de Fuca Soccer Club. I am particularly writing about the youth soccer although they also have men’s and ladies’ leagues. The youth soccer is well organized and run by adults who believe …

Charlie Haas is one of the best technical wrestlers to hit the big leagues in many years. I watched his first ever match on his debut in the WWE along with his then tag team partner Shelton Benjamin, who had both just debuted as ‘Team Angle’ prot’g’s of Wrestling …

The Coca-Cola 600 is one of those NASCAR races that real fans consider one of the biggest races and one of the races they have to see in person along with the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400. For the last two years I’ve been lucky enough to see …

For Liverpool fans the club’s eSeason Ticket is brilliant value for money. For less than £3 a month or £45 a year subscribers are given a chance to enter ballots for priority seating at home Premier League matches, hear live commentary of all the first team’s games, watch …

Australia’s Cheltzie Lee gave a nice, clean program. There was nothing technically awesome about it, but she’s living her Olympic dream. She received a score that was her personal best. I think more than ever before I’m enjoying these moments. Medals are wonderful, but it’s …

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. …

Going to witness one of the greatest derbies of the game of football live, was one of if not the best birthday present I had ever received in my lifetime, considering the fact that watching Real Madrid up against Barcelona in person is something that was beyond my wildest …

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 …

Very rarely has someone came along in the sports world that has captured my attention so compeltely. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons gave the National Basketball Association a real gift when Tim Duncan came out in the draft over ten years ago. The San Antonio Spurs, who were habitual …

Some sports are hard to enjoy over television, and in my opinion, cross country events are in that category. The Men’s 15km Individual for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics featured competitors from 50 nations. There were actually 96 skiers. It’s a timed race, with 15 seconds …

The Rookie point guard of the LA Lakers whom they drafted this year is Javaris Crittenton. Although Javaris has seen little playing time this year behind in the rotation to Derek Fisher who signed back with the Lakers after a buy-out with the Jazz and Jordan Farmar who was …

Damon Stoudamire of the Memphis Grizzlies is one of the most quickest point guards there was in the NBA. With age catching up with him though he has slowly declined and his contributions are lower than what they used to be. Still Stoudamire is a serviceable point guard at …

While I like his leadership, I do think teams that are serious about signing former Miami Dolphins Linebacker Zach Thomas as a free agent are going to have to look at him very closely.
The former 5th round pick has been two 7 Pro Bowls. That’s great. But, he’s also …

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 …

The Bob XL is great product for any martial artist looking for a free standing punching dummy. The Bob (Body Opponent Bag) is a very well made product from century martial arts that is one of the best options if you’re unable to have a hanging bag in or around …

Brian Charles Lara is one of the finest cricketer world has produced and on his day he is simply unstoppable and the records he created speaks about his greatness.He holds the world record of scoring highest test runs in an innings when he scored 400 runs in an test …

Johan Petro of the Seattle Supersonics who originally hails from France is another of the teams slew of Centers originating from around the world. Petro plays very similar game to Sene but is a bit bigger and is better at getting scoring opportunities for himself by being active in …

Malik Allen of the New Jersey Nets has been around the league for so long that i can’t even remember when he started or where he started out. It seems to me that he has played in every team in the league since he get signed year after year. …

The Atlanta Hawks have never been much of a threat in the NBA. And since 2005, they haven’t made much improvement on their push over status. The hiring of head coach Mike Woodson was supposed to signal the start of something different. But with his combined record of 69 …

Rasho Nesterovic is a 7 footer out of Slovenia. He is a serviceable big man at best and can contribute on the defensive end. He plays for the Toronto Raptors and starts at times in place of Andrea Bargnani. On the offensive end, Nesterovic has little range on his …

Brad Johnson has been around the league for a long time and there’s a reason. He’s not someone who’s going to light up the field at quarterback and make highlight reels. But, he’s a solid quarterback who is very accurate and very careful with the ball.
Last year, he proved …

Novotna is one of the most powerful tennis player in the history of women tennis . She had very powerful serve and valley game. But she lack discipline, some loose guts as well, and was shot temper and so she was not able to do very well …

I have been a personal fan of Chuck Palumbo since I saw his debut in the old and now defunct World Championship Wrestling. Chuck was apart of an ‘evolution’ and ‘new school’ based Faction called the Natural Born Thrillers along with Shawn Stasiak, Sean O’Haire and Mark Jindrak, all …

Though for some reason I’ve never been a fan of the NCAA mens basketball division 1 team, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, I have always been a fan of Chris Bosh. I loved watching Bosh play in college five years ago. He was super tall, coming in aat six …

Fresh out of high school eleven years ago, power forward/center, Jermaine O’Neal, was thrown right into action for the Indiana Pacers. Along side Reggie Miller, O’Neal spent the first few years as an average player. But considering his top level competition came while attending Eau Claire High School, he …

Often times when playing paintball, players realize that they’re on a budget and are going to have to buy cheaper paintballs to make up for their loss. Cheaper paintballs obviously aren’t going to have the same qualities of more expensive paintballs, but they’re still good enough to “get the …