I started playing tennis about 2 years ago. I started out playing with an NCODE 6.1 95 Wilson. This tennis racquet did not fit me so I search for a more lenient tennis racquet. I searched online, but did not know what to buy due to my lack of …

The Packers have finished their 8th game of the season and have reached the mid-way point with a respectable 5-3 record. However, is it safe to say this team is living up to its expectations or are the Packers a team that simply is not what people thought they …

The Philadelphia 76ers suffered it’s worst season last year, not because of attendance decline or it’s record but because they traded away the player who was the face for that franchise for over 10 years. Allen Iverson whom they drafted as the first overall pick in the 1996 NBA …

Lindsey Hunter for me is one of the best defensive point guards in the league. After starting out his career with the Pistons as a three point specialists, he figured that he needed to find a new niche in his game to be able to be more effective. When …

Francisco Elson is one of those players who has benefited greatly by playing alongside Tim Duncan. From an unknown player in the league to a respected big man off the bench for the defending world champions. Before his stop with the Spurs Elson was playing a role with the …

My personal experience of the High Performance Sports Development Centre is one of a supremely impressed sports person!
During my varsity days, very recently, I was playing football for one of the residential university house league teams, at the University of Pretoria, and during that time I had the privilege …

Quincy Douby of the Sacramento Kings is entering his second season and has shown some positive strides in the league so far. I admire the fact that he is a very hard worker on and off the court and as i heard even on the practice sessions he is …

If you don’t know who Shane Battier is, or think that he’s a new sous chef in your favorite french restaurant; he is the incredibly talented six foot eight inch power forward for the Houston Rockets. Battier, who played his college basketball with the Duke Blue Devils, was among …

Heading into the pre-season the talk out of Minnesota was how Brett Favre would come out of retirement again and would likely quarterback the Vikings next year. Favre decided to stay retired so it’s time to look at where Minnesota now stands with training camps now on the way. …

New Jersey Nets point guard Jason Kidd was the NBA?s epitome of versatility. He probably still is, the only gathering concern is his health issues that has been hounding him the last couple of years. After an ACL surgery a couple of years back and an aging age of …

After being introduced to live cricket action for the very first time back when I was in the sixth grade, the live action bug hit me for a six and I found myself yearning for more.
A Nashua Titan’s game in which my favorite player, Herschelle Gibbs was featured against …

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. …

Mike Conley Jr. who was drafted as the third overall pick in last years draft behind Kevin Durant who went second to the Seattle Supersonics and to Greg Oden who was drafted first overall by the Portland Trailblazers. I would have thought that Mike will be the heir apparent …

My kids wanted to learn swimming. My husband arranged a swimming teacher for them. We arranged one lesson per week as she was not available for other days. Some times I took them for swimming without a teacher. I my self do not know swimming. I found my self …

I grew up in a family of baseball lovers. When the Phillies were home, the game was always on. There wasn’t a lot of money in my family at one point, but whenever we could, my dad would take us to watch the Phillies play at “the Vet.” We …

If you had fifteen men on your professional basketball roster and had to pick to twelve to play each game, how would you go about selecting? Popularity, scoring ability, sportsmanship? Which attribute would you pick. Well, in the case of the Milwaukee Bucks beloved guard out of Alabama, (Roll …

Belgian Tennis superstar Kim Clijsters has succesfully recovered from an ankle injury she suffered over three years ago and has been making waves again in the professional women’s tennis circuit. Lucky for her that she still owns one of the games biggest forehands that has become her bread and …

The Los Angeles Lakers have always been enamored with the glamurous life. After they traded Shaquille O’neal to the Miami Heat though, the Lakers has struggled to regain that competitive and championship caliber type team that they were.
With Kobe Bryant in their team, they will always be a play-off …

This is Odyssey’s newest edition to their putter family. I was fortunate enough to get my hands on the new 2010 Odyssey Black Series Tour Design.
I must say this is a phenomenal putter. They fixed up the black series to where it can compete with the other elite putters …

Of all the teams which are competing at the 2010 Fifa World Cup, the one which I am most intrigued by is North Korea - or “Korea DPR” as their management team insists everybody should refer to them. Of course, at least part of their attraction is in the …

Okay, so I got it wrong that Manu Ginobili was from Italy, I’m a profiler. But I know for a fact that the seven foot center from the Toronto Raptors, Andrea Bargnani is from Italy. The Italiano was drafed by Toronto in the draft two years ago. Since joining …

The biggest Event in the game of Cricket is going to start on sunday 11th of march in West Indies.for people of Asia to whom Cricket is their religion and the players are all gods this will be wonderful event and will always try to watch all the …

To the older English football fan the most famous FA Cup Final ever is probably what became to be known as the Matthews Final, except possibly the one in 1923 at Wembley when a mounted policeman on a white horse ushered the overspill crowds off the pitch so that …

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. …

The Portland Trailblazer’s started the offseason with a BIG BANG during the ‘06 NBA draft. Made 6 trades during the night that netted them the 2nd overall pick Lamarcus Aldridge from the Chicago Bulls. They also acquired the rights for the 6th overall pick Brandon Roy and Raef Lafrentz …

If like me you are a long time and long term fan of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, you will be very familiar with the fact that the man known as AJ Styles was TNA’s first legitimately home grown main event superstar, being the first ever wrestler in the companies …

If you’ve been watching NBA games in the past decade or so, then you probably know Bill Walton’s voice. I know, it is kind of annoying after about three words. But apart from being that pretentious, rhetoric spraying sports accouncer, he is also a few more things. He is …

The babolat aero tour tennis racket which combines the aero technology and the traditional power of babolat rackets is for me, the ultimate racket for creating head speed. To add more UMPH.. in your swing. I’ve used this since last year when i demoed one after purchasing a used …

I attended the draw for the Confederations cup to be held as a dress rehearsal for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and I generally felt as if they were making something really big out of something which is not all that big. The draw itself was …

Head football coach of the San Francisco 49er’s, Mike Nolan, has been trying to turn a once great football program around. Blessed with nothing more than a quarterback who is more like Ryan Leaf than Joe Montana, Nolan has been implementing his style of play on the field for …

When Randy Moss drew interest from the Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots this past off season, I thought both teams were making a mistake even looking at him. But, after watching him play for the Patriots this year, I think I was wrong on my assumption he …

I bought this golf set a little over a year ago and I think that it is a really good set and it is the best that I have ever owned. The set costs about $600.00 but I think that it is well worth the money though. The golf …

The NASCAR 2009 Shelby 427 Sprint Cup Race was a caution-filled race that still managed to have some nice surprises. Things I liked or disliked included:
–Italian Max Papis was so happy to be starting his first oval-track race. He’s long been used as a ‘ringer’ for the …

One half of the first ever two African American coaches to coach in the Super Bowl, Lovie Smith has had a very successful tenure with the Chicago Bears. Though he lost to his long time friend, Tony Dungy, Lovie Smith would never consider that particular game a defeat. It …

Here we go. A man after my own heart. The Oakland Raiders new head coach, Lane Kiffin, really breathes some hope back into a franchise that, once was committed to excellence, now seem to be adapted at losing.
The youngest head coach in the history of the NFL, Kiffin …

For anyone that loves boxing, the Super Six event appeared to be a great invention to wake up the Super-Middleweight division. Rather that have lots o pointless fights between boxers throughout the year that meant very little, 6 of the best fighters from the division agreed to take part …

Newly acquired Celtic guard James Posey is widely considered as one of the best defenders in the league at the two guard position. He is very agile for someone with his height. At six feet and seven inches tall, Posey has great speed and anticipation that makes him the …

The Head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, Avery Johnson has slowly ascended in the field of good coaches in the NBA. Johnson started out as an undrafted point guard for the San Antonio Spurs. He went on to lead that team to it’s first ever championship when he partnered …

The Masterpiece as he calls himself, is an up and coming professional wrestler currently wrestling in World Wrestling Entertainment in it’’s Smackdown Brand. I watched the debut of Chris Masters, and at first glance, i wasn’’t too impressed. I saw him as merely a Lex Luger wannabe, but after …

Al Harringto of the Golden State Warriors for me is one of the most agile big man there is in the league today. At six feet and ten inches tall, Harrington can bury the three point shot with no difficulty at all. He also has great versatility in driving …

The outcome of this game will, obviously, depend on which side you were rooting for. I, as a Ravens fan, did not like this game.
Putting aside my own fandom, one thing everyone noticed was the insane amount of penalties. They actually managed to get over …

Brian Kendrick is a great up and coming performer. He is currently wrestling as a cruiserweight, but from the matches I have seen him take part of in the past, his true talent lies in his technical ability. He was trained by Shawn Michaels, and it is obvious to …

Last year, the Arizona Cardinals surprised the league by winning the NFC Conference and advancing to the Super Bowl. They even came close to beating the Steelers to win it all.
Heading into this season, they obviously are going to be optimistic. But, they have several things working against them; …

Mission cliffs is the biggest rock climbing gym in San Francisco and its immediate entourage. So mission cliffs is pretty big and offers quite a lot to climb.
I tend to go to this gym about once every 2-4 weeks and every time I come back some climbing wall has …

Yesterday Brasilia, Brazil was the arena of a football match between Brazil and Chile teams. The stadium, called “Mane Garrincha” - the name of an excellent and legendary brazilian football player, was completelly full, with about 45,000 expectators. The spectators were so educated and the city demonstrated a very …

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 …

At the beginning of the season, the New Orleans Saints looked like they would have a terrible year. They were 0-4 and eventually lost their starting running back Deuce McAllister.
But, after a four game win streak, the Saints are back in contention.
I think early on, quarterback Drew Brees was …

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 …

Before this summer, i have always perceived Andre Kirilinko of the Utah Jazz as a consummate team member. I have never seen him as a selfish type of a person but, after the trade demands and his childish threats of rather playing in Russia than to go back to …

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 …