My son and hi friends love to play basketball during the warmer months. When he was younger he had a kids basketball hoop, but now that he was starting to get taller, he was ready for a taller basketball hoop to place near the driveway so he and …

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 …

Jamaal Magloire was a former all star for the Eastern Conference and very nice pick up for the New Jersey Nets who last year lacked the depth and the toughness to contend for the title. With Magloire in hand and the return of starting Center Nenad Kristic from injury …

Beno Udrih is probably the best European player that nobody’s ever heard of. Well, unless of course you’re an avid basketball fan like myself, or live in the Sacramento area where he plays for the Kings. The six foot three guard from Slovenia is among only a few other …

It never fails, the second some team has a great season, everyone wants to rob them of their assistants. Sometimes this works out, other times, they end up flopping.
As much as I like Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, I think he’s going to be one of those guys …

Known back in his homeland as the turkish shooter, Hedo Turkoglo of the Orlando Magic has all the attributes of becoming a bona-fide NBA superstar. For me, Turkoglo has the size at 6′10′, the shooting range and the talent to become an all star in the NBA. What i …

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 …

I love my Beval Butet Close Contact saddle. It is, by far, the most comfortable saddle I’ve ever ridden in. Beval makes several outstanding saddles, but the Butet is my favorite. It’s no lie that the Butet’s leather is as soft as butter. Even brand new, this saddle came …

Recently acquired by the Houston Rockets, Shane Battier is the NBA?s version of a workhorse. He often does the dirty things and at times be very functional on offense. Came from a solid organization under the tutelage of Mike kzywzyski at Duke University, Battier has taken the role …

Manchester United were the Champions of the Premier League and were starting the new season, at home to newly promoted Birmingham City. It was sure to be a tough game because Manchester United had sold their prized asset, Cristiano Ronaldo, to Real Madrid for a world record fee. It …

While the tactical standard of African football is generally behind that of the Europeans, the technical ability and skill levels of the players, I think, is evidently superior.
I really got confirmation to this after I watched this year’s AFCON finals and I have to say that I really think …

The zen master. The coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson, is synonomous with winning basketball games. The inventor of the triangle offense won more titles with the Chicago Bulls than a dart throwing champion could win Stairway to Heaven posters at a carnival. And that trent continued …

I bought my Candondale ST600 road bike used but the condition was like new. The ST600 is a road touring bike, meaning that it is built to carry heavy panniers for distances over 100 miles per day. I have not done any multi-day trips but I have …

The frenchman, Boris Diaw. A versatile 6 feet 10 inch import from the land of wine is a very good find for the Phoenix Suns. He has a respectable shot from the outside that in the valley of the suns is a must. In the team though i consider …

Warren Moon has a son that plays in the NBA? Well, no, I don’t think so. But that’s what I asked myself when I saw the Toronto Raptors forward, Jamario Moon, in a game earlier this season. Jamario Moon, who played for Meridian Community College, averaged twenty points there …

Donyell Marshall whom the Cavaliers acquired through free agency three years ago has been at sporadic at times. He can certainly shoot the ball and can also be effective in the middle. Marred with injuries so far these year, Marshall has seen his playing time dwindle.
I did remember the …

I have been an avid and ardent supporter of Arsenal Football Club since I was a child, fancying its attractive football as well as its players. In addition, Arsenal’s IPO listings have always been rather stable, safe to invest with a fair amount of assets under its …

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 …

Boris Beckar is one of the most popular tennis players that one can ever find. He is basically a grass court player and he has won Wimbledon three times. He was the youngest player to win Wimbledon he won it in age of 17 . He is basically …

Since the late 90’s and early 2000’s, the St. Louis Rams have been known as a high-powered, explosive, point scoring football machine. All that changed this year with new head coach, Scott Linehan. After firing their old coach, Mike Martz, the Rams quickly plummeted to the bottom of the …

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 …

Anon is the goggle brand from Burton. They create a big selection of goggles, among these the Realm which I bought. The Realm is a high end goggle with a great fit and an awesome design. It comes in many colors and with a wide variety of lenses.
I …

There’s been a lot of changes to NASCAR over the off season and now the boys of thunder are getting back onto the track for the first time in official racing. Today two practices were held for the Bud Shootout, a 75 lap race broken into two segments.
I …

The Green Bay Packers have a lot in common with the new wave of head coaches taking the league by storm. They’re young, inexperienced, yet everyone is willing to jump on their backs and let their fresh legs carry them to the promised land. This is true in Green …

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. …

The San Diego Charger came to life late this season and actually won a playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts. A bit part of this victory was the much hyped and talked about wide receiver, Vincent Jackson. Vincent is a product of his environment. He’s rough and tough and …

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 …

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 …

Chris Benoit was one of the greatest professional wrestlers ever to grace our fair sport, since the first day I saw him wrestle on an edition of WCW Nitro, I was an immediate fan, and later found out he was a HUGE fan of The Dynamite Kid Tommy Billington, …

Carlos Colon is one of the most recognizable and legendary personalities in professional wrestling history. He is the father of current WWE stars Carlito and Eddie Colon. I first noticed Carlos Colon wrestling in many matches against Abdullah The Butcher, matches I will remember forever as gruesome and horrific …

Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan has been the longest tenured coach in pro basketball today. He has been the coach of the Utah Jazz for over 21 years now and has just recently signed a contract extension that would guarantee him reaching his twenty fifth of the team …

Amare Stoudemire is the big named talent from a small named school. The six foot ten inch center/power forward played his college ball in Cyprus Creek which is located in Orlando FLorida. The Phoenix Suns were happy to grab this tremendous talent up and quickly built their entire team …

Although Grant is nearing the end of his career, he was and could still be a great tough player. Grant on his haydays playing for the Portland Trailblazers was a very tough player both offensively and defensively. He was a very solid inside and was like a rock to …

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 …

Coming out of USC in college with a Heisman trophy, much hyped quarterback Carson Palmer was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals with their first pick and was set to be the hero of the downtrodden team. Never having won anything since their superbowl of the early 80’s, Cincinnati sat …

This must be one of the most boring racing classes that is broadcasted on TV these days. There is nothing, absolutely nothing exciting on it anymore. After they introduced a few rules too far. I can understand that the safety of the driver is important especially after what …

RollerBlad, or in- line skating, is a very exciting sport. It gives you new ability, or I can better say, it helps you find your concealed abilities. You’ll learn to have a wonderful equilibrium on for in line wheels. You’ll learn how to fully concentrate and how to begin …

The Chicago Bulls are turning out to be an extremely talented team. With help of players like the six foot three guard from the Connecticut Huskies, Ben Gorgon, they’re sure to turn a lot of heads on the road to success in the future. The baby Bulls are an …

Oleksiv Pecherov of the Washington Wizards who is their version of a project has a great upside indeed. I really like the patience that they have shown with this player. Although i doubt that even your regular basketball fans will even know this player, in due time given the …

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 …

There is no other tennis athlete out there more enjoyable to watch than Roger Federer, if not ever. The smooth strokes like an artist at work, the effortless footwork and the style of play all fit together and for the past 6 years or so, this individual has dominated …

There where reports early in the preseason that a fist fight between Etan Thomas and Brendan Haywood erupted during a practice session when the two where going at it for the starting Center position. Unfortunately for Thomas he lost that job to Haywood when the doctors ordered him out …

I bought this cleats late last year. I have been using this whenever I play soccer. This costs around 90 USD. I checked the website it is exactly 90 USD but the retail shop where I got this gave me a more expensive price.
The thing that I …

Larry Hughes is the crafty veteren that played college ball at St. Louis and went to be a finals conentder for the Philadelphia 76ers. After the Los Angeles Lakers beat them in five games, the 76ers quickly fell off the grid and it wasn’t long until star Larry Hughes …

Jacque Jones is an outfielder for the Chicago Cubs. At the end of last year he was belting home runs like they were singles. Too bad he has not done that this year. So far he has only 1 HR and 17 RBI’s but he continues to start for …

As a die-hard Packers fan, I believe the best thing the Detroit Lions can do for my team is keep Matt Millen as their general manager.
I mean, how does that guy keep his job? All Millen has done as GM is waste first round picks on players who don’t …

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 …

When one talks of the world’s greatest players, certainly someone like Ricardo Isacsson Leite Santos comes to my mind, better known as Kaka.
During his rise to stardom though, when he was at the very top of his game with A.C Milan, I was quite surprised to learn that he …

Probably one of the best shot blocking big man to ever play the game. He has great timing and before he had kidney transplant, Mourning was an unstoppable force in the middle. He owned an array of shots and abilities with either facing up or posting down low in …

This was the fight that got me into boxing. I had always admired the sport, I was only young and boxing was still on terrestrial t.v, so knowing that Nigel Benn was the cousin of Paul Ince, who was then playing for my beloved Manchester United. I tuned in.
I …