There’s an old saying “No place to go but up.” That description pretty much describes the Detroit Lions, who enter their first training camp after going 0-16 last year.
The Lions have made some significant changes over the past couple of months ranging from a new coaching staff to efforts …

Cnn’s affiliate sports network the Sports Illustrated has NBA basketball coverage in their main page at Sportillustrated.com. What i like with their site better than most Sports related pages is its approach and dedication to simplicity. Most Sites that handle sports as their content are full of scripts made …

The First Overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft, Andrew Bogut from Australia has slowly find his niche in the NBA as a solid big man who can score inside and rebound well. For a big man, Bogut has a good touch from the mid range and can score …

For me, Camby is the best weak side help defender in the league. Majority of his blocks are made helping out. He has led the league in blocks the last couple of years and it shows the type of player Camby is. Although often injured with his slender build, …

At the start of the year, I was certain this would be Coach Jon Gruden’s last year in Tampa Bay. He had an aging team and seemed desperate to find a starting quarterback; signing both Jeff Garcia and trading a draft pick to get retired quarterback Jake Plummer (who …

Now this player is someone i slept on in my fantasy league rosters. And admit that most of y’all fantasy addicts out there didn’t pick him up as well in your respective drafts. Beno Udrih was transformed from a mop up player off the bench for the defending champions …

Just before preseason, I took a look at the Minnesota Vikings and thought they were an overrated team; especially since they didn’t have an answer at the quarterback position. Then they signed Brett Favre and are now off to a 2-0 start.
You know what, they are better than I …

Coach George Karl of the Denver Nuggets is one of the most discipline oriented coaches in the NBA. He has great defensive philosophy that he incorporates to each and every team that he has coached for. With the Nuggets though Karl has a team filled with superstars and really …

“Get Strong—¦Get Ripped—¦Quick!” that’s what the on-box ad copy for the Iron Gym from Pro Fit purports it’s going to do for your body. But, does it live up to the claim? Let’s take a closer look.
Iron Gym isn’t so much a “gym” per se’ as it is a …

Of all the teams entering the AFC Playoffs this coming weekend, the Tennessee Titans are the one I think has the least chance of advancing past the first round.
While the Titans have managed to win three in a row to clinch the final wild card spot, their last game …

Troy Meyers is one of the best high-school running backs in the entire USA. Just last night 8/25/06 he probably ran for about 250 yards against the Pendleton Heights Arabians in their upsetting 27-21 defeat for Greenfield. Meyers will probably easily make a college squad, and then from their …

For the former Maryland Terrapins star guard, D.J. Strawberry, growing up in the shadow of his father was a hard thing to do. Young Strawberry, who is best known as lil’ Darrell, is the son of former Major League Baseball (MLB) player, Darrell Strawberry. It was no question for …

Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs might be the ultimate superstar in the NBA. You won’t see that many Duncan jersey being worn around the country or the world for that matter but if i want to start a team and build it to be an NBA champion …

Cody Rhodes is the son of legendary wrestler and World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer, The American Dream Dusty Rhodes. Cody is also the younger brother of Dustin Rhodes. I can see him as a future prospect and a potential future main eventer after recently watching his WWE RAW …

With Michael Vick seeming to be the franchise quarterback for the Atlanta Falcomes, backup quarterback, Matt Schaub never got a chance to strut his stuff in front of the world. Now with Vick in jail and the Falcons in desperate need of a quarterback, they mistakenly sent off their …

Anil Kumble is the most successful Indian team bowler in the history of Indian cricket. Recently he cross 500 wicket mark. Which is record for Indian cricket bowler Kumble is a tall man and he got a built of fast bowler and he is a fastest spinner in the …

This game can hardly be touted as the 2nd best bowl games of the year.
Michigan and USC is the BCS game I wanted to see, but Ohio State is #1 for sure and Florida isn’t my team by far and I don’t enjoy watching them this year.
2007 Rose Bowl …

Man what a good year can do to you. Mikki Moore who in some NBA player standards exploded last year with the New Jersey Nets as the starting Center for that team when they lost Nenad Kristic to injury has a really good year last year when he consistently …

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 …

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 …

Newly signed free agent forward Peja Stojakovic of the New Orleans Hornets has been saying the right things in the media about his new home. He skipped the world championships for Serbia and Montenegro to go into training early for the coming season and hopes to relive the season …

Sacramento Kings Center Brad Miller was not a well known prospect coming out of college. He was widely considered as a slow footed center who can only shoot the ball from the outside as his main offensive arsenal. And at first, when he came into the league it seemed …

Vladimir Radmanovic of the LA lakers was so hampered with injuries last year that he struggled so much and most of the people at the media and his supporters wondered if his playing career was over or at least his NBA career. Now healthy and walking with that bounce …

The Boston Celtics used to be known as the greatest Boston sports team ever. With the Red Sox, their beloved baseball team under the spell of a curse from 1918 till 2004 and their Patriots dead in the water until 2001, it was the Celtics championship banners from years …

This is undoubtedly an event I eagerly anticipate and have done so ever since I first understood the objective of the beautiful game, otherwise know as football or soccer in some parts of the world, so much so that one can safely say I live for it.
It is so …

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 …

I was listening to Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN radio as I do every day on my commute into work when Peter King was brought on as a guest earlier this week. The topic of discussion was the NFL’s overtime rule. As it stands …

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; …

Detroit Pistons PG Chauncey Billups carried the pistons into the finals and during the classic battle with the then heavily favoured the LA lakers. Billups is a scoring point guard who can post-up and also step outside to shoot the deep balls. Widely known for his heroics during end-game …

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 …

Sports Skool, and yes it is spelled right, is on Time Warner Cable.
Sports Skool can be seen on Channel 1068 which is (On Demand TV).
The Instructors are professionals. This is a great channel for sports fans! Every sport teaches you just about everything you need to know. Each sport …

I’ll admit it, I had to look at a globe to find where Senegal is at. I had no idea it was a country in West Africa. I may not be be geographically sound, but I know a thing or three about basketball. And the six foot eleven inch …

The Milwaukee Bucks aren’t necessarily known for their winnings ways. They hoped to change all this two years ago by selecting Andrew Bogut from UTAH via the NBA draft. Bogut, the seven foot center, has incredible foot work for a big name and can actually shoot unlike so many …

Two years ago, the Chicago Bears were the team to beat in the NFC and were good enough to win a Super Bowl (though they ended up losing it).
This year, I really can’t see this team being anything more than a bottom feeder in the NFL.
I don’t even know …

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 …

Tonight’s race made me wish that it were next week already. As much as people whine and complain about the NASCAR Cup drivers racing against the up and comers in the Nationwide Series, I think it makes things much more interesting. Seeing only a handful of drivers pulling double …

Cassidy Riley is one of the new up and coming Wrestling Talents I first took a shine to in 2004. I have been a fan of his ever since although I haven’t seen him in a year or so, I am pretty sure he is wrestling in WWE’s Development …

The commitment of the Detroit Pistons to finally have a bench play this year continues with Ronald Dupree. He has been around the Pistons for quite some time now and was never given any playing time before this season where he was surprised to have gotten the ticks early …

The Heddon Supersonic lures, a great example of a item ahead of its time, and ultimately destined to fail. First introduced in the 1970’s, the Supersonics are a freshwater lure made in a large assortment of color schemes. Everything from basic black to shocking pink and everything in between. A …

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 …

A couple of years ago, Javon Walker wanted to be paid like one of the best wide receivers in the league. The Green Bay Packers said no and, a year later, he forced them to trade him.
The Denver Broncos bit and paid him the money he was seeking only …

Former New York Jets and current Kansas City Chiefs head coach Herman Edwards is probably best known for saying the line, “You play to win the game!” in a press conference a few years back regarding his teams (The Jets) performance. But let’s not have that one comment, however …

It’s short track racing again for the 43 drivers of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Rain had washed out practices and qualifying on Friday and Saturday, so the track was raw as the race began. By virtue of being the points leader, Jeff Gordon was on the …

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 …

The San Antonio Spurs is the ultimate NBA team this decade. Coached by Greg Popovich who teaches team play and team oriented defense, the Spurs have mastered the art of winning ugly in my humble estimation. I saw a poll in ESPN one time and it ranked the Spurs …

The boys had barely gotten back on the track to begin the second hour-long practice for the Bud Shootout when action exploded. Juan Pablo Montoya’s 42-car hooked the rear of Kurt Busch’s 2-car, causing Busch to contact the wall and slide across the track. Montoya again! …

The 2005 FA Cup Final at Cardiffs Millennium Stadium. Fans thought the FA Cup was dying a slow death when in the previous year Manchester United had contested the final with Millwall, but this year Manchester United would face Arsenal, in the attempt to retain the trophy for the …

There are so many European players in the National Basketball Association that I’m not even sure we’ll have enough American Born players to compile an Olympic team here in a few years. I don’t mean to sound like I want to keep European players out, because I’m a firm …

You talk about durability over here!
Nahka-Sakke manufactures hand made heavy bags in Finland and it really shows. This one can take a beating, of all of my life of bags which I have ever tried, this has been clearly the best! It is made from same material as inflatable …

The Ice Dancing competition finished up with a rousing set of performances. I’m so happy to be able to say that the teams skated their bests. I might argue about the ultimate results here and there, but it’s minor and potentially very subjective. It would be …