Back when Rasheed Wallace played for the Portland Trailblazers, I used to be a fan. I used to tune in and watch Sheed in the middle with his partner in crime, Bonzi Wells. Bonzi was unmistakeable. You could spot him from a mile away with his big six foot …

Lindsey Hunter for me is one of the best defensive point guards in the league. After starting out his career with the Pistons as a three point specialists, he figured that he needed to find a new niche in his game to be able to be more effective. When …

The Kentucky Wildcats have a tradition of winning in the NCAA mens division 1 basketball circuit that is second to none. They have produced some very fine talent for the National Basketball Association and continue to do so. One of these players to come out eleven years ago was …

Saniya Mirza is a very popular Indian tennis player. Prior to her, none of the Indian women player for able to make any mark at the international tennis circuit but saniya changed that she was a first player Indian women player to win any international tournament with her hard …

Newly signed guard/forward for the Dallas Mavericks Eddie Jones was signed for two things. first, they need his defensive skills in the perimeter and secondly, they need the three point shooting that he can provide them. In his prime though, while playing for the Heat and the Hornets in …

For a beginner golfer like me, it is difficult to find a golf course that is not intimidating, while at the same time, has nice scenery to make the experience somewhat enjoyable. (I say somewhat enjoyable because I do not find golf particularly enjoyable at the best of times). …

Ever since Ted Thompson was hired as the Green Bay Packers general manager, there has been about half the Packers fans wanting him fired. They believe, as long as he’s in charge, the Packers will never win again.
I, however, believe he’s building this team for a successful future.
One of …

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, …

Chris Wilcox is finally playing the way that the team that drafted him envisioned he would be. The Los Angeles Clippers might be kicking itself now with the decision to release Wilcox for nothing coming back to haunt them.
Chris has had a great year for the Seattle Supersonics …

With the english premier league starting today-the 19 of august all eyes will be on the four major teams Chelsea, Manchester united, Liverpool and ARSENAL. As you can see i am an arsenal fan but even so i think arsenal are in deep water even before the premiership starts.they …

Jay Cutler is a young all pro quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. I think that Jay Cutler is a one of the best quarterbacks in the league. This is why he is one of my favorite players.
What I really like about Jay Cutler is …

I have always loved attending matches at the Loftus Stadium in Pretoria, especially football matches.
Situated in Pretoria, affectionately known as the “City of Champions”, this stadium holds so much history for me that the up and coming FIFA World Cupâ„¢ will be nothing but the “cherry on top”.
In …

The “big Z” Zydraunas Ilguaskus of the Cleveland Cavaliers came into the league from lithuania and had really high expectations surrounding him. He is a seven foot three inch center who is very versatile and has a lot of moves in the pivot for chances of scoring. Although slightly …

For those who have never seen or play volleyball before, volleyball is a basically a game which requires to teams to try to keep the ball not to fall into their own side of the court. Well, it is not that difficult? That is just one of the beauty …

The Milwaukee Bucks are another team who have a long history of losing basketball games. They have never really had enough talent to do anything other than lose and that is the sole fault of ownership. If you want to have a winning team, you must pay the price. …

Here’s how I summarize the Carolina Panthers; they lost their starting quarterback for the season and their back up quarterbacks, including Vinnie Testaverde, who was signed a couple of weeks into the regular season, can’t seem to stay healthy. However, they are 4-4 and are still in the playoff …

The ninth overall pick in this year’s installment of the NBA draft is Los Angeles Clippers forward Al Thornton. And his drafting couldn’t have come at a better time for the Clippers with the loss of Elton Brand until Mid February and the injuries to Tim Thomas and Paul …

As a boxing fan I was always quite a follower of Joe Calzaghe, so once he retired I was partly delighted because he would retire unbeaten, but also disappointed that I had never had the opportunity to see him fight live.
Once Calzaghe The Story was released on DVD I …

Smush Parker of the Miami Heat who signed a contract with the team last summer after a successful stint with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Heat where hoping to get a combo guard with Parker much in the mold of Keyoon Dooling who previously played for the Heat as …

Al Perez was most famous in the late 1980’s, he was a great in-ring performer and didn’t really need a proper gimmick to get over due to his talent. He was trained by the legendary Boris Malenko, and as anyone trained by Boris Malenko, you are NATURALLY talented.
He broke …

It’s really hard to come up with the words to describe New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick. On one hand, he’s a heck of a coach. He’s 3-1 in the Super Bowl, has turned the Patriots into an annual contender for the NFL title and, quite simply put, could …

I don’t think there is a coach in the entire National Football League who has it tougher than Houston Texans coach Gary Kubiak. Though he is a very smart man with a great game plan and approach to the game, the talent he has in Houston is minimal at …

Chris John is one of the toughest boxer in Indonesia. He is one steady boxer who still hold the world tittle for such a long year. After Elias Pical the controversy boxer who win the world tittle, only Chris John that can play in the same and even higher …

I attended the draw for the Confederations cup to be held as a dress rehearsal for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and I generally felt as if they were making something really big out of something which is not all that big. The draw itself was …

The Utah Jazz drafted unknown Rookie Morris Almond in this years NBA draft selection last June. As i understand, it was coach Jerry Sloan who requested to have Almond on the team as he previously saw this guy in action in a pick-up game and was deeply interested.
So …

I bought the Coleman Red Fox Polarguard Sleeping Bag when I wanted to upgrade from the WalMart 0* Bag I had bought eight months prior. I wanted a warmer and more durable sleeping bag. This coleman bag wasn’t it.
What I liked most about the Red Fox sleeping …

Brett lee is one of the fastest bowler in cricketing world. He has a fast right hand bowler from Australia . Recently he seem to access the speed and swing to a deadly extend he is very successful Australian bowler. However his economy just quite a high but as …

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic games continued its biathlon events with the Women’s 12.5 Pursuit Mass Start. I prefer the mass starts over the individual, separated timed events. I want to see competition, fast and furious. It leads to more thrills and excitement, and that’s what …

For years he dominated the league in the block shots category. Theo Ratliff has great anticipation in going after those shots and blockin them, his defense though does not stop there. Although he has been slowed with his age and some injuries he suffered over the years, Ratliff was …

One half of the first ever two African American coaches to coach in the Super Bowl, Lovie Smith has had a very successful tenure with the Chicago Bears. Though he lost to his long time friend, Tony Dungy, Lovie Smith would never consider that particular game a defeat. It …

With the first pick in the NFl draft last year, the Oakland Raiders selected Jamarcus Russel, a quarterback out of LSU. Being a Raiders fan I’m estatic about this pick and I’m sure that Russell will not disappoint. However, it wasn’t looking very good for Russell in the few …

Brian Skinner who signed with the Phoenix Suns recently to sort of like lessen the impact of losing Kurt Thomas to the Seattle Supersonics in a cost cutting move in their part to avoid luxury cap threshold is a solid center in the league.
Brian has bounced from team to …

After a boring round of qualifying, the Men’s Snowboard Cross semi-finals and finals race were actually exciting. Now this could capture a person’s interest.
For the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, there had been 34 competitors originally. Four never made it out of the boring individual qualifying. After …

In this review, I will provide an in-depth review of the WE 1911 Tactical Gas Blowback Gun (Desert.)
I’m an avid airsoft fan. Like a lot of “airsofters”, I participate in skirmishes at my local airsoft community. Like all soldiers in the field, you want a good sidearm to …

Like Shane Warne, Mcgrath too recently retired his announcement announced his retirement from international cricket. He took more than 400 wickets latest & near about 300 wickets in 1-international cricket. He is one of the most successful bowlers of world & Australia as well. Mcgrath is one of the …

Devin Harris of the Dallas Mavericks in my opinion is one of the most speedy point guards out there today. He has this quick burst of speed that leaves defenders behind. Harris is a valuable part of the Mavericks drive to the championship. I’ve seen him a couple of …

I follow NASCAR pretty closely these days and have been the last few years. I watched it as a child, too, but left the sport behind into becoming hooked again circa 2005. The one thing that has bugged me, probably more than anything else, since that time …

After receiving multiple concussions in his career, it’s uncertain whethere the Miami Dolphins quarterback, Trent Green, will be back or not. He has been a journyman all his career, playing for multiple teams under harsh circumstances. His last success story was with the Kansas City Chiefs where he was …

A couple seasons ago, the New York Giants shocked everyone by making it to the Super Bowl and beating the undefeated New England Patriots for the championship. The success resulted in coach Tom Coughlin getting a contract extension.
But, I think it resulted in something else too, people overrating this …

Damon Jones declared himself as the Best three point shooter in the World three years ago. I don’t know if he was drunk or anything but sure seemed like it when he made that announcement.
In my mind, no doubt he can shoot and he has also proven that he …

Daniel Gibson or more popularly known as “BOOBY” of the Cleveland Cavaliers earned himself the starting point guard position for the team through his play-off performance last year. Against the Pistons and a virtual unknown at that time, Gibson delivered a legendary play-off performance that secured the Cavaliers it’s …

As a Jeff Gordon fan, I must admit to not being thrilled with the outcome of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season since Jeff came in third. I was really rooting for him to get that elusive fifth Cup. I especially didn’t want him to lose out …

We like to travel and whenever we travel we like to be able to get in a sporting event from the city that we are visiting. We were in Phoenix and got tickets to the Arizonia Diamondback game at Chase Stadium.
This was a stadium that I …

Sasha Vujacic of the Los Angeles Lakers was one of their projected player in the 2003 NBA draft that might make it big in the NBA someday. Although he hasn’t necessarily been big so far, he has at least shown that he can contribute to the team on a …

Charlie Bell caught my eye when he was playing guard for the Michigan State Spartans. This was only three short years ago, so I can remember him like it were only yesterday. Though he’s been drafted by and playing with the Milwaukee Bucks organization since then, I think i’d …

Doc Rivers is the former all star basketball player turned coach for the NBA’s Boston Celtics. This year they’re leading the league in wins. As I type this they have won 25 games and lost only 3. That’s impressive and reminds me of the great Chicago Bulls teams with …

Son of former NBA player Gerald Wilkins and a nephew to one of the 50 greatest players of all time in Dominique Wilkins, Damien Wilkins has slowly carved up a career for himself in the NBA this season with the Seattle Supersonics. He has scored his career high of …

Even though I read a lot of columns relating to NFL football, I usually don’t take the writers 100 percent at their word because, after all, they are just writers; what do they really know?
Sports Illustrated columnist Michael Lombardi is an exception.
After working in the player personnel departments of …

The Scotts Turf Builder 300 was everything that a race at the Bristol, Tennessee short track promises to be. There were wrecks, cautions, and disappointments galore.
The race was basically a three-way scramble between points leader Carl Edwards, the still rowdy Kyle Busch, and the veteran Kevin Harvick. …

It’s hard to draw any real conclusions from a team scrimmage (I’m reserving final judgement for preseason) but, from what I did see, the team looks much sharper than it did at this time last year.
Brett Favre was very accurate during the scrimmage and even managed to throw for …