There is one thing I love more than to see naturally gifted players showing off their technical skill and flair, and that is underdogs coming to the fore and showing the world that they are no pushovers. With a player like Diego Forlan it was a case of a …

The recent prized addition to the MLS’s New York Red Bull franchise is none other than former French National team standout Thierry Henry. In addition to his duty with ‘Les Bleus’, Henry has starred for English Premier League team Arsenal, and La Liga giants FC Barcelona.
A month …

When the Eagles first signed Jeff Garcia as a back-up quarterback, my question was “why.”
After seeing him play filling in for Donovan McNaab Sunday, I still have the same question.
There is no way Garcia should be playing in the NFL, even as a backup. He no longer has the …

Mike Mussina started his baseball career as a Baltimore Oriole. He had a command of the game that was rare in this day and age. He could throw a number of pitches from his two- and four-seam fastballs up to the plate in the 93-94 MPH …

When the Chargers started the 2007 season, it looked like they made a huge mistake firing Marty Schottenheimer last year. But, as the season progressed and the team got more comfortable with Norv Turner, I think they will once again be a dangerous team in the AFC playoffs. Granted, …

Kenyon Martin of the Denver Nuggets is a former first overall pick in the NBA draft. He was selected first overall by the New Jersey Nets and on that year he won the Rookie of the year award. At six feet and ten inches tall, Martin is a pure …

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 …

It’s interesting to see NFL Guard Mike Wahle continuing his career with the same coach he started his career with, Mike Holmgren. However, if the Seahawks think they are getting the same dominating lineman that left the Green Bay Packers a couple of years ago, they are mistaken.
Wahle is …

Kenny Thomas of the Sacramento Kings has noticeable lost some edge to his game this season so far. He has been lost deep in the bench and averages only a few minutes a game for new head coach Reggie Theus. When he first started out his career with …

Andre Dawson was a right fielder that played for the Expos and Cubs. He was a very good hitter and packed a lot of power in his swing. He was born on July 10,1954 in Miami, Florida. Since then he grew to be 6′3″ and 195 pounds. He bats …

Legendary Tennis superstar Pete Sampras who’s considered to be the greatest player of all-time retired on 2002 at age 33 and at the peak of his game after winning the US open. Sampras was a class act on and off the court and was/still is a great ambassador for …

I am a big fan of baseball at any level.
For the last couple of years, I’ve subscribed to On Demand’s baseball coverage on cable. This service has let me watch baseball games when I’m sitting in front of my TV, but frankly it was expensive.
This year I subscribed to …

For the beginner golfer like me, the sport can be extremely frustrating and hardly fun at all. I am a good athlete at most sports and activities, but I find golf to be a very difficult game to be good at. However, I do enjoy it, and every once …

Earlier in this year, a lot of people thought the Dallas Cowboys were the favorite to go to the Super Bowl. I thought they would end up missing the playoffs.
Turns out I was right.
The Dallas Cowboys have arguably the most talented team in professional football. But, for every talented …

I mentioned at one point that I was surprised when Dick Jauron kept his job following yet another 7-9 season with the Buffalo Bills. But, I wasn’t as surprised by that as I was when Marvin Lewis kept his job with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Going into this season, I could …

Titan Poker is by far my favorite of all online poker sites, for various reasons.
One thing they have which I will note is a great thing for both fish and sharks who just want to make small gains are excellent “double-up” tables where if you place 1st, 2nd, or …

This is a very unique golf push cart. It is Linksman Golf’s X6 golf cart which is probably their most popular model.
The reason I say this is unique is the X6 is the easiest to collapse golf cart on the market. No doubt about this. The cart it self …

NASCAR’s truck series was supposed to get under way on Friday evening, February 12, but rain meant that the race wasn’t held until Saturday evening, after the Nationwide race was concluded. The truck series is a different breed, a mix of veteran drivers, Sprint Cup wannabes, and everything …

The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada was the site of the 2010 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix race. This event was held after not holding the event in 2009. I actually enjoyed this race much more than most other F1 events, which normally bore me big …

Cuttino Mobley who was drafted at the second round in the NBA draft by the Houston Rockets and paired with Steve Francis to bring that team back to respectability after the Hakeem Olajuwon Days. He is a consistent threat from the three point range and he also has a …

Cotney Walsh along with Ambrose, was one of the most successful dual bowling pair that has ever been there in international cricket. Like Amrose, he too was accurate and had a very economy rate in one days international. He also over took kapil dev�s record of 434 wicket and …

This is what i call an embarrassment on the basketball court. New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas just fired Larry Brown, the pure basketball genius who turns everyone into a winner, two years ago to take over as head coach. Since then, all Thomas has done is lost seventy …

As the proud owner of a set of Taylor Made Golf Clubs I was looking forward to the release of the new Taylor Made Burner Driver. My previous driver, an older Taylor Made Ti Bubble, had served me well but I was looking at new ones toward the …

Steve Waugh is my all time favorite cricketer, this is probably the most impressive captain that Australian has ever produced as well. I like his aggressiveness and positive approach towards the game. He leads his side very well and motivated them thoroughly, apart from his brilliant captaincy, he was …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Red Bull Racing are, as I write this in the spring of 2010, a bit of an enigma when it comes to Formula One teams. By rights they ought to be streaking away with the world championship, since they have two extremely fast drivers in Mark Webber and Sebastian …

Sorav Ganguly is one of the opening batsman of Indian team. He is a left handed batsmen, and has scored over 10,000 runs in one days cricket, with an average of over 40 which is considered very good for one days international cricket. He is also useful …

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 …

It took me some time to write a view about this year�s version of the Green Bay Packers. This is mainly because, up until last week, I didn�t know what to think of them.
The Packers currently stand at 8-1 but, for some time, I had a hard time telling …

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 Holt family has definetly been good to North Carolina State’s football program that they have. Both Torry and brother Terrence, a walk -on safety, were Wolfpack All-Americans. Torry really supported his yonger brother both financially and with good advice. After following Torry’s suggestion that he not take easy …

The NFL Draft is an event that occurs once a year in the offseason. At the NFL Draft in New York City, all 32 NFL teams meet to select the newest eliblle football players to play in the league. This a highly anticipated, televised event. I think the 2009 …

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 …

Now that training camps are starting, I’m taking a look at the NFL and looking at each team individually.
I’m currently looking at the AFC East and what could be an interesting division to watch this year. One of those teams is the New York Jets.
Last season, the Jets took …

Bryan Danielson, probably better known as The American Dragon on the independent circuit is one of the best wrestlers on the circuit right now in my opinion. The technical skill of this young man is easily unmatched right now, and I can’t understand why he isn’t involved in any …

The more I look at Brian Billick’s career as the Baltimore Ravens head coach, the more I think he got a raw deal when he was fired by the team.
Billick isn�t an offensive genius, like many people thought he would be when he was hired 9 years ago. …

When the Packers traded last year’s star, Samkon Gado for Vernand Morency, my first thought was “who.” But, after seeing him play Monday night, I do think they got the better end of that trade.
Gado has potential to be a star in the right system. However, during preseason and …

Ski instruction for the people by the people. That’s what the Epicski Academy Ski Camp is about. It was created by a meeting of the minds on the ski forum, epicski.com. Throughout the year, you get to chat with some of the top pros in the country about ski …

In professional wrestling, the words great and greatest get thrown around a lot. Some proformers achieve greatness in their careers, but few ever get considered to be the greatest of all time. Ric Flair, who began his career in the 70’s, and only retired in 2008, is definitely one …

The North Carolina Tarheels have long been atop of the NCAA Men’s Division one college basketball standings. They have put tremendously talented basketball players through to the National Basketball Association, and through to the real world where young men have made a success out of life. Such is the …

Women’s Snowboard Cross at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics was quite fun. The qualifying was boring, but the heats were much more exciting.
France’s Claire Chapotot stalled out at the beginning of her quarter final heat that included Norway’s Helene Olafsen and Faye Gulini of America. Gulini didn’t …

Bo Outlaw has bounced around the league for quite some time now. I think his career really did start with the Orlando Magic for that Shaquille O’neal and Penny Hardaway era that they had. He was a vital player off the bench for that team. Since then he was …

I was never much of a hockey fan growing up as a child or as an adult, until I met my husband. I never used to watch any sports other than wrestling and that got old for me as I grew up. So, the idea of me liking a …

Loul Deng who’s a native from Congo in my opinion is one of the best mid range shooters we have in the NBA today. He can shoot with great consistency from ten to twenty feet at any angles in the court. His also their best slasher and probably the …

A shuttlecock is made of Volant nylon having a cap in red/blue/green color. Shuttle having Red cap is fast & used in cold condition. Similarly shuttle having Blue cap is middle & used in normal condition, And Green cap shuttle is slow & used in warm condition. The most …

After getting this barrel, I was kind of frustrated that I didn’t get the quick line thread. I constantly am changing between barrels, and every once in a while I’ll need to take the flatline barrel off, which is a complete pain because sometimes it requires completely disassembling my …

Francisco Garcia of the Sacramento Kings is a type of player that any team in the NBA could use. He is scrappy, he hustles for the ball and he can also defend in three positions. I really like this player coz he does all the dirty work for the …

James Jones started his career in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers as some sort of a Reggie Miller clone. Since he entered the league with a deadly three point shot, they trained him with reggie and taught him every tricks that Miller use to do in the game. …