Alex Rodriguez was born July 27, 1975, he plays for the New York Yankees as their third baseman. A-Rod, as he is known to his fans started his career with the Seattle Mariners and then went to the Texas rangers. I remember watching the All Star game, …

We like going to watch the horse racing and our local racecourse is at Worcester down by the river Severn. The course is a very nice course but it does have limited facilities. The course is very picturesque and it is lovely to go racing there in …

Affectionately known as the Springboks, the South African national rugby team is the pride and joy of our nation and their second world cup win makes me truly proud to be a South African indeed.
While we have potential in our soccer team, and a great cricket team, it is …

Having been postponed one day because of rain in Milwaukee, the Camping World Truck Series Copart 200 race took place on Saturday afternoon, June 20th. With the field lined up by owner’s points, it was Brian Ickler on the pole, and he did lead the first lap before …

As a die hard NASCAR fan you’ll find me sitting in front of the television or in the stands for every NASCAR event including both the Sprint Cup races and the Nationwide races. Every so often there’s a race that makes me turn off the television and the June …

I admit to the fact that i don’t know much about Leon Powe of the Boston Celtics. I’ve watched a number of Celtics game this year as they are constantly on the National TV schedule and things that i can attest to with Powe is the fact that he …

They will be a lottery team and will be at the bottom of the best division in the league. Looking at their line-up, I’m at a loss as to how they perform so bad with the team that they have. Starting Forward is Pau Gasol who a few years …

Recently let go from his head coaching position for the Baltimore Ravens, coach Brain Billick is the most deserving head coach released this season. Regarded as an “offensive genius” his Ravens team managed to be among the bottom of the offensive production head for every year he was …

Matt Bonner of the San Antonio Spurs has produced big time numbers this season for them. When Duncan was out early in the season i was amazed to see the scorebox and notice that Bonner had 37 minutes in the game with 27 points, 17 rebounds and six assist. …

Today I watched the qualifying for Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Women’s Halfpipe competition, and it was very interesting.
One of the things that amazes me about this halfpipe competition is that the competitors are different from other athletes. They have a different preparation and the camaraderie and feel of …

Ultimate Frisbee is a glorious sport. I have played it for two years on my college’s club team. I was a total beginner when I started but it is easy to pick up the basics, though it takes years of dedication to master every skill and aspect …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Since I was back in high school a decade ago I’ve been watching the former Wyoming star, Theo Ratliff, play in the NBA. The six foot ten center/power forward has always excited the crowd with his intense style and determined swagger. Though most of his career he’s been a …

Two years ago, Pat Riley sat up high in his ivory tower and dictated to the peasants that coach Stan Van Gunday wasn’t worth of leading the Miami Heat and their impressive roster to an NBA title. So, upon lopping his head off, (firing him) Pat Riley climbed down …

Luther Head who was drafted by the Houston Rockets started the season in a slump early. I remember drafting him on some of my deeper fantasy league teams and was really pissed at myself for doing so when he produced something like three points in his first five games. …

Alando Tucker of the Phoenix Suns is the team’s draftee in this year’s NBA draft. He is a solid rookie for the team but has seen very little playing time for now. The Phoenix Suns who will have to use new blood soon as the veterans that they have …

Reggie Bush is runningback of the New Orleans Saints, who was drafted with the second overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. I was really impressed in his rookie year where he managed to meet the expectations of him coming out of USC, but I really though he had …

Over the course of NBA history, the life expectany of a bench player has been short to say the least. Most players who don’t start get traded around and end up either unable to find a team willing to take a chance, or they get frustrated and retire. I’m …

The Rock is one of the best wrestlers of all time. Not only does he have the People’s Elbow the best move ever done in history. But he also has the Rock Bottom that lays out his enemies. I really like this guy’s personality. He has come a long way …

There have been a few sports families in history of American sport. YOu have the Mannings with the NFL, the Bonds’ and Griffey’s with MLB and the Barry’s with the NBA. A little known basketball family around is the Wilkins’. The Wilkins family consists of brothers Gerald and Dominique …

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 …

The New Jersey Nets once seemed to have it all in the eastern conference of the NBA. They had the speed, the big shot ability, Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin… what more could a team ask for? Kenyon, the six foot nine forward out of Cincinnati, was an incredibly …

David Haye v Audley Harrison. It was a fight that was really dividing opinion. Haye had been inactive since winning the world title against Valuev and with nothing yet agreed with the Kiltchkos it was Audley that stole in to claim a deal.
My initial thought was why on earth …

Well, the New England Patriots finally lost a Super Bowl a couple seasons ago and, as a result, felt the so-called curse that happens to Super Bowl losers. The funny thing is the team is so well built, they almost beat it.
OK, show of hands here, when Tom Brady …

Lindsay Davenport is one of the greatest players in the game but is fast approaching the end of her 13-year long career.For all the greatness Davenport is one of those sportstars who has always had run-ins with bad-luck and injuries.If not for her injuries she could still have been …

Stromile Swift entered the NBA with high expectations. He was drafted third overall by the Memphis Grizzlies in the hopes that he would someday become the next Kevin Garnett. So far though, Swift has done nothing but disappoint the Grizzlies. He has teased them with extraordinary leaping ability and …

Im not a huge fan of Carl Froch, but i was interested to see how he would come back from his first career defeat when he faced Arthur Abraham in the Super 6 boxing competition. I didn’t know too much about Abraham, but the press seemed to build him …

Oh my goodness, talk about fun and thrills at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic games! That’s exactly what the Women’s Aerials, part of the freestyle skiing competition, are. These women ski down a small slope for speed, power up a vertical ramp, do some incredible trick, and …

Toni Battie the back-up center for the Orlando Magic is a hustler who sacrifices his body and his game for the better of his team. He rebounds well with the minutes that he get and he can also defend on the post to counter the other teams best pivots. …

Following the end of the 2006 season, the Atlanta Falcons parted ways with their coach Jim Mora. I thought it was a mistake then and still believe that now.
Mora, now an assistant with the Seattle Seahawks, was a decent coach who managed some success in Atlanta despite the fact …

Shawne Williams of the Indiana Pacers started out his career on the wrong end of the spectrum as he got involved in some trouble with the law thereby the suspensions from both the team and the league itself. He was involved in a bar fight with teammate Marquis Daniels …

Bobby Jackson is probably my favorite name in the history of names. It was my bosses name at my former job and I called him “OG Bobby Jacson” as a name play on OG Bobby Johnson, the famous gantsa turned activist from the duece gang on the highly acclaimed …

As a former sportswriter, I found myself covering tons of talented guys in high school who were poised to be the “next big thing” in the NBA. After seeing many of them fall flat on their face, I often times found it unfair that individals like myself, and the …

Aaron Brooks of the Houston Rockets is a very small point guard for that team that they signed out of the D-league where he was having a career year with an average of 23.5 points a game, 5.5 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game. This numbers are the very …

When the Atlanta Falcons announced they had hired Mike Smith as their head coach, I was actually a bit surprised.
Normally, owner Arthur Blank looks to make a big splash by hiring someone he expects to turn the team around overnight. Smith isn’t going to be that guy.
I do …

Tim’s wife Elisabeth has been a finalist on the reality televison show Survivor, and that’s a mode the quarterback has been during his short NFL career. After being cut by the Bills, Panthers, and Eagles, as well as toiling in NFL Europe, Hasselbeck began to crash in on his …

This was a unique tournament played in India in April-May 2008 where some of the world’s best cricket players were seen in action. This was a multi million dollar tournament watched by millions of cricket lovers all over the world. I watched a number of matches on the TV. …

Sachin Tendulkkar is one of the best batsmen of all time. He represents India in Cricket. He started of his carrier at his early teens and made it to the Indian national team at a tender age. He took a long time to score his first One day …

Carlos Delfino, the Argetinian born small forward/shooting guard for the Toronto Raptors has a short, yet somehow long history in this league. The six foot six Delfino had always dreamed of NBA stardom. But he would soon find that a career in the National Basketball Association would be difficult …

When the Chicago Bears traded running back Thomas Jones this year, I had to question the move. And, after watching their former first round pick Cedric Benson play, I now know I was right when I said the Jones trade was a mistake.
Benson is not an elite running back …

An awesome bike! I’ve been biking for 29 years and have bought and broke a lot of bikes by now. There are a few bikes standing in a garage, and P7 is a pride of my ‘collection’. I bought this mountain bike a couple of years ago. I …

Finally,the reign of mikey as the formula 1 czar has come to an end.Unargubaly the fastest man on four wheels,Michael was finally beaten by a very impressive Fernando Alonso.
Breaking some sort of a monotony in many ways with many saying that F1 days have come to an …

Imraan Khan is best Pakistani all rounder of all times. He was a very successful caption and he lead his country to win the world cup 1992. Imraan Khan was a good accurate fast medium bowler and he useful middle order batsman. He consistently contributed with his batting and …

NCAA mens basketball has always had some big named schools, this is especially true of the Georgetown Hoyas who have given the league greats like Patric Ewing, Alonzo Mourning and Allen Iverson. There was a little known player in Georgetown during the days of A I, his name was …

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 …

Forward/Center Ike Diogu of the Golden state warriors is a bit rough around the edges. He just came off an injury plagued rookie season which was somewhat successful as he was vital to their chase for that play-offs spot. When he came back from that injury he suffered early …

Big Guido was one of the big men that Extreme Championship Wrestling bought in as their product lacked any solid Big Men capable of doing anything major, and mainly consisted of smaller more ‘hardcore’ wrestlers.
I only remember him as a minor member in the faction known as the Full …

I’m not a huge fan of Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette. However, when his only election competition is a woman who’s only claim to fame is her alleged affairs with a few Green Bay Packers, he’s going to get my vote.
Sandy Sullivan has no chance of winning …