There’s nothing quite like the smell of the infamous black and blue division in the morning, so christened because this is another division full of teams that are close to each other geographically, for the most part have rabid fan bases and love beating the hell out of each other. Last year the Bears suffered some injury woes at key positions and dropped out of playoff contention about halfway through the season. The Packers pretty much dominated the division with a stellar aerial attack but couldn’t win when it mattered. The Vikings were in a rebuilding mode and the Lions finally showed some promise, but it may just have been a bunch of smoke and mirrors. Continue reading
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Training camp has started and soon your favorite team for which you had high hopes will lose a key player in a meaningless preseason game and dash your hopes for the entire season. Let’s start off my preview of the coming season with a look at our current champions and their chances of repeating. While overall this division is weak, these teams love beating the hell out of each other, so at least if you are forced to watch an NFC East game, you can laugh as the woeful Redskins spoil the Cowboys’ playoff chances when Romo throws 4 picks in a game. Continue reading
Can we talk about LeBron?
With LeBron James being one of the most polarizing figures in sports, he has drawn a lot of comparisons to other athletes. What other athletes have as much pressure to perform on them as LeBron does while trying to win his first NBA Championship and the second for Dewayne Wade and the Miami Heat? Continue reading
It is true that Game 7s are among the most entertaining events in all of sports-especially as the stakes rise. With a trip to the NBA Finals on the line, the Evil Empire Heat and the Celtics will face off in Miami tonight. Even with six games in the books, there are a number of questions that remain heading into this game. Continue reading
What is National Running Day you ask?
From the National Running Day website:
“National Running Day, held annually on the first Wednesday in June, is a day when runners everywhere declare their passion for running. Wherever we are and whomever we’re with, we run—fast or slow, alone or with others, all over town or just around the block. It is a coast-to-coast celebration of a sport and activity that’s simple, inexpensive, and fun. It’s the perfect way for longtime runners to reaffirm their love of running and for beginners to kick off a lifetime and life-changing commitment.” Continue reading
Everyone knows that what’s holding back the sport of badminton from greater international acceptance is that the players aren’t sexier.
Sure, the world’s number one-ranked badmintress, Wang Yihan, is rather fetching, but other than her they are easily only the third-sexiest of all raquet sports, after tennis and full-nude Bangkok ping pong.
So you can’t blame the Badminton World Federation for trying to pass a rule requiring that the top-flight badminton biddies put on skirts and tart up the game a bit. Continue reading
So it’s not enough that the Brits make us seem ridiculous for pronouncing “schedule” with a hard “k” in the beginning, now they’ll probably ruin the Olympics for us (and the Australians unless this Aussie motivation video above helps.) We’re just flimsy pawns in their game of entire world Olympic domination, you see. They’ll know the outcome of all the major events we care about — Gymnastics, Swimming & Diving, Track & Field, and Beach Volleyball (We care about this? YES!)– before we do — and we bet they won’t hesitate to tell us. Continue reading
The first installment in this series covered some basic running tips that helped me get started. Now it’s time to Get Serious. Here are the tips that have helped me get to my next running level. Continue reading
Yes, you read that correctly. Saturday night Floyd “Money” Mayweather made his grand entrance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, ahead of his title fight with Miguel Cotto. It turned out to be a great matchup but one of the highlights of the night was when Mayweather came out dressed in a Michael Jackson-esque studded leather jacket and accompanied by 50 Cent, the hulking professional wrestler Triple H and teen pop songstress Justin Bieber. Continue reading
ARE YOU READY TO RUMMMMMM BLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEE?
The 66 games in 123 days are over. Linsanity is a distant memory. The Bobcats wish their worst-winning-percentage-in-NBA-history was a distant memory. The Lakers were too old and washed up, and now they’re back. The Spurs were too old and washed up, and now they’re back. The Celtics were… look, there’s a bit of a theme going on here.
16 teams enter and 1 team leaves. Who will be… America’s Next Top Model the next NBA champion?