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 …

DJ Strawberry is the rookie point guard for the Phoenix Suns. And also the son of Legendary yet controversial baseball player Darryl Strawberry. Although his dad was a popular athlete, he made his name in the NBA without any help from his father.
DJ is a solid player and in …

Jerry Stackhouse was an excellent scorer early in his career as a Detroit Piston and a Philadelphia 76er. He has an unbelievable athleticism and can rise up at any moment to go for the dunk. He also was gifted with the ability to shot the three point shot with …

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 …

Foxsports.com has allocated a part of their website in the NBA section for Dime Smack. It is a page that is run by its magazine version editors and in this part, it voices their opinion of the going-ons in the NBA and around the players that are NBA potential. …

Sean Williams was drafted by the New Jersey Nets despite having a bad record coming into the draft. He was hastily dismissed by his collegiate team when he did a conduct detrimental to the team. He was kicked off the team and had the remainder of his collegiate career …

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, …

The first of two first round draft picks from the Buffalo Bills, Lee Evans turned out to be just what the team needed. A lack of speed and depth at the wide receiver position prompted the front office to go out and pick up some talent. For this, they …

Ime Udoka of the San Antonio Spurs has bounced from league to league in the whole world even playing in countries like the Philippines, Qatar and Italy and from team to team in the NBA. He has played very little time in the league but has had great experiences …

In my opinion, Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the best footballer in the world. He is playing for my favorite football club of all time, Manchester United. He is relatively unknown to the world when he broke the British transfer fee record for a teenager to join the club in …

NFL.com is the official website of the National Football League. This website is an excellent source on the league.
What I like is that the website is full of up to date news and information. The top stories of the day are fully explained by expert analysts and writers …

I will admit, I’m surprised by the Washington Redskins’ decision to hire Seattle Seahawks quarterback coach Jim Zorn as their head coach. This is both because I’m used to owner Dan Snyder making a big splash when he hires his coaches and because I’m not sure he’s the right …

Indiana Pacers Forward/Center Jermaine O’neal who’s annual participation in the All-star game is a proof of his talent and work ethics. Drafted and became the youngest player in NBA history to play in a regular season game, he was relegated to the bench early in his Career with …

Tonight was the finals for the Women’s Halfpipe event in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. The women don’t do as big of turns as the guys do, but it is still exciting to watch. They get two runs and the best individual scores win the medals.
I had …

The first time I came across Al Greene was in the earlier years of World Championship Wrestling, but I never saw enough of him to become a fan. Then however, he made a return in the later years of the company when he was being managed by Fit Finlay …

Jason Williams who earlier in his career was called the “white Chocolate” for his great vision and his passing with the Sacramento Kings has now matured a bit and has taken into account the importance of team play in a game that is played with five players on the …

When it comes to NFL running backs, you have those who go on to have Hall of Fame careers, those who either get hurt or just don’t have the talent to last more than a couple of seasons and then you have guys like Travis Henry, who could be …

Tom Brady is the current starting quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. I believe Tom Brady is one of the most accomplished quarterback of his generation. He has been able to do just about everything a quarterback could wish to do in professional football. …

I have been looking for a golf course that is in Calgary, not outside the city, and that is also appropriate for a beginner golfer like me-in other words, a golf course that has holes that are not too difficult, and one that is perhaps not going to attract …

A player that came with that deal for the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers is swingman Maurice Evans who came with Brian Cook for Trevor Ariza. Evans was supposedly a player thrown in that deal to make it work financially for both teams but so far he …

My mom had some free passes worth two $15 tee cards at the Chelsea Piers golf driving range. I went there with my boyfriend and we had the best time. The driving range is in the Golf Club House at Chelsea Piers, next to the Brewery and it over …

Rogers is one of the best receivers in the NFL and I believe that the Lions would not be smart if they let him go. Rogers could very easily become one of the best wide receivers in the NFL, if the Lions let him. I’m sure that if he …

Zydrunas Ilgauskus of the Cleveland Cavaliers is a unique player for his size. At 7-3 tall, Ilgauskus has the soft skills including hitting the jumpers, creating opportunities around the rim with jump hooks and spin moves. His also a very good offensive rebounder for the Cavs since he uses …

Not only she is famous for her career in Tennis but also for her will power to play against budding youngsters.I love to watch her shots.Really it is a miracle to play at this age.Even today she is playing and hope she will sign off from …

Ronaldinho is one of the best soccer players I ever saw in my life. He does everything very nicely: freekicks, dribles, shoot, velocity, stamina and the list goes on. Ronaldinho has a vision of the game that not many others players does. For example, even when he�s behind the …

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 …

We bought the Bic 7ft3 mini mal surfboard to teach my friend to surf last year.
As there are very few places near us that hire out boards apart from one surf shop that rents out soft top boards from a van at the beach on weekends buying a cheap …

The Echo-1 airsoft gun is great. It is the first airsoft I used and it was amazIng. I bored it from my friend for a few months and absolutely loved it. I actually went out and bought one.
The design is great. I love the fold able stock. It locks …

With the acquisition of Brett Favre at quarterback, many people might think the New York Jets have finally taken steps to become a legitimate AFC playoff contender. I’m not so sure that’s the case.
Favre does provide a legitimate upgrade over Chad Pennington and Kellen Clemons both because he has …

I didn’t know a whole lot about the Cincinnati Bengals this year until I got a chance to watch them first hand last night against the Green Bay Packers in pre-season.
After seeing them, I have to say I think Marvin Lewis needs to be afraid of losing his job …

Phoenix Suns Forward/Center Amare Stoudemire who as of now has been recovering from an ACL surgery should be one of the best players in the NBA when Healthy. The fact in professional sports is that health is always an issue. You can easily get injured playing and depending on …

The Dallas Mavericks will forever be known as donkeys in my book. They had the greatest point guard in National Basketball League history and let him go. Not only did they let him go. But they let him go to a divisional rival in the Phoenix Suns. Since joining …

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 …

The Lone All-star for the Boston Celtics the last couple of years. Paul Pierce is known as a ?slasher? in the game of Basketball. He often penetrates to the lane with utmost disrespect to his defenders and evades big men in the paint with combinations of Strength, speed, girth …

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 …

As the new coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, first year hopeful Randy Wittman certainly has his hands full. After Kevin Garnett finally got out of there, the Timberwolves don’t have another start to speak of. Trapped in the toughest conference in the history of basketball with teams like the …

Barry Windham was one of the first people I saw when I first watched Professional Wrestling as a child. He was a heel at the time, so naturally I took a disliking to him as you do when your that age, but as I grew older I started to …

Whenever someone asks me about San Diego Chargers Head Coach Norv Turner, my response to them is ‘one heck of a coordinator, lousy coach.’
Turner is an innovative offensive coach who pretty much designed the offense the San Diego Chargers have had success with over the past few years. But, …

There’s something special about the Houston Rockets. I’m not sure if I’m just feeling nostalgiac about Rudy Tomjanovich’s famous comment where he stated “never underestimate the heart of a champion” or if I’m just a huge Yao Ming fan. Regardless of why I think the Rockets are special, I …

Indiana Pacers General Manager and Former NBA MVP and a Legend Larry Bird has done an inspiring job with the Pacers. Although they are struggling to make the play-offs the last couple of years, the Indiana Pacers have stayed competitive and has given their opponents a run for their …

Thursday the 25th was the conclusion of the women’s figure skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. It was an eagerly anticipated free skate event.
Australia’s Cheltzie Lee continued her Olympic dream, skating a nice free skate. You could tell she was tired and some of her …

OK, so the NFL draft is now over and the Chicago Bears, minus a couple picks because of their trade for Jay Cutler last year will once again be making an effort to re-claim the NFC North crown.
Sorry Bears’ fans, I just don’t see that happening.
There are a couple …

I can’t say I’m a huge fan of the Nordic Combined sport. I do watch it, every four years at the Olympics, but something about it doesn’t usually excite me. However, the ending alone of this grueling event, the Nordic Combined Individual Normal Hill - 10kh of …

When the Oakland Raiders hired coach Lane Kiffin, I had a lot of doubts about him. And, while I’ve gained a little more respect for him following this past season, I do still think he’s way over his head.
Kiffin did a decent job producing on offense this season; despite …

Justin henin from the Belgium is the current world no. tennis player. Despite her average built, she is surprisingly a very powerful player with grate ground stroke, particularly the fore hand.. She won all the major grand slam tournament.She has been dominating women ennis for past few years. …

I first watched Shawn Michaels wrestle back in the early 90’s and I always knew that he would be a massive superstar. In wrestling it is easy to see some young stars will never be the face of the company, but with Shawn it was obvious that he would …

The Atlanta Hawks drafting of small forward Marvin Williams as the second overall pick in the 04 draft was the single move that really irked the Hawks nation over their current GM. The fact being that the position the Hawks truly needed to fill was the point guard spot …

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 …

After a couple years of playing disc golf, I decided that I really wanted to develop my overhand and sidearm game. Luckily, there is one disc by Innova that fits both of those niches quite nicely. The disc I’m talking about is the Firebird.
This disc …

Since the formation of the Premier Soccer League in 1996, as a means for there to be a single professional body that operates elite football in South Africa, I have witnessed some very interesting developments. Firstly, a lot more professionalism has been introduced and I have noticed a generally …