Archive for February, 2008
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China are ready for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China is almost here.
August 8 is the date that will officially kick off the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. The Beijing National Stadium will be the first stop for the highly anticipated event and will stretch until August 24.
The Games of the XXIX Olympiad, also known as the 2008 Olympic Games has an official logo titled ‘’Dancing Beijing,’’ featuring a stylized calligraphic character JING (meaning capital), referencing the host city. ‘’Dancing Beijing’’ is a milestone of the Olympics. It serves as a classic chapter of the Olympic epic inscribed by the spirit of the Chinese nation.
The mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympics are the five Fuwa, each representing one color of the Olympic rings.
Designed to express the playful qualities of five little children who form an intimate circle of friends, the Fuwa also embody the natural characteristics of four of China’s most popular animal. Those are the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, the Swallow and the Olympic Flame.
You’ll also be seeing the Olympic Rings by August. These five rings; blue, yellow, black, green and red, represent the five parts of the world now encompassed by Olympism and ready to compete against each other.
Moreover, the six colors (including the…)
Can Ben Wallace lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to the 2008 NBA Playoffs?
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
In case you missed it, Ben Wallace got traded to Cleveland merely hours before the trading deadline passed.
Yes people, as the window of opportunity to deal players away closes, the Cleveland Cavaliers came up with a huge 11-player trade that landed them former Piston now former Bull, Ben Wallace, this 2007-08 NBA basketball season.
In what has been a rather confusing deal that saw 11 players move that involves the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Chicago Bulls and the Seattle SuperSonics, Ben Wallace and Joe Smith move from Chicago to Ohio in hopes of helping LeBron James at the offensive end.
As far as the rest of the guys involved in the trade is concerned, Seattle SuperSonics stars Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West will also be going to the Cleveland Cavaliers after Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry literally gave up half of his roster.
The Cavaliers moved Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown to the Chicago Bulls while also sending Ira Newble and Donyell Marshall to Seattle. Now I don’t know about you but it seems the Cavaliers are going all out this year to finally win a title.
‘’Ben Wallace is tough,’’ Cavaliers GM Danny Ferry said. ‘’He’ll bring an energy, a toughness, a presence to what we are doing.’’
Ben Wallace, after spending all those years…
2008 NBA Betting Tips for Feb.21 Games
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
The 2007-08 NBA basketball season resumes on Thursday, a day after both Shaquille O’Neal and Jason Kidd made their respective debuts, losing to the Lakers and Hornets respectively.
And while watching Shaquille O’Neal play surprisingly well only to be spoiled by his STILL poor free throws not to mention losing to one of his former teams from Los Angeles, ENTERTAINING to say the least, Shaq’s ex-teammates from Miami are playing on Thursday and watching those guys lose again should be a treat.
Yes people, the Miami Heat will be visiting Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and the rest of the Houston Rockets in Texas.
The Houston Rockets, one of the hottest teams in the NBA this year, have won their last nine games to improve to 18-3 since January 4. NBA oddsmakers put the spread against the surging Rockets –11 against the hapless Miami Heat who have lost their last five games.
Expect the Houston Rockets to cover with Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming leading the way.
Meanwhile, the defending NBA champions, San Antonio Spurs will also be visiting another struggling team, the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Spurs recently added defensive specialist Kurt Thomas from the Seattle Supersonics in exchange for Brent Barry and Francisco Elson. Spurs guard Toy Parker will not play due to a heel injury, while the Timberwolves will…
Sportsbetting.com picks their favorites for March Madness
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
With 9-2 odds to win it all this 2008 NCAA college basketball season, the Kansas Jayhawks join the UCLA Bruins as the teams to beat in the coming madness this March. That’s according to the folks who work with Sportsbetting.com.
The Kansas Jayhawks are ranked 4th in the AP Top 25 polls, while the UCLA Bruins sit at No.6 overall with a 22-3 record. Of course, we have more than enough of college hoops left until March Madness so don’t expect those rankings to remain the way it is at this point of the season.
As far as the team at the top is concerned, the Memphis Tigers still remain unbeaten with an incredible 25-0 record. However, we’re not expecting those guys to remain perfect.
The Tennessee Volunteers sit behind the No.1 Tigers with a 23-2 record. Can they keep this up ’til March Madness? Um… Probably not.
Perhaps the biggest rivalry in all of college hoops is being relived this season with both the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Duke Blue Devils doing so well to own the No.3 and No.5 spots, respectively.
Sportsbetting.com has the…
Will the Mavericks get Jason Kidd before Feb.21?
Monday, February 18th, 2008
February 21 is the trading deadline in the NBA.
And as far as the 2007-08 NBA basketball season is concerned, we have FOUR huge trades completed already heading into the trading deadline on February 21. Nice huh?
Trade No.1 is when the Boston Celtics came up with a deal on draft day to land Ray Allen. Of course, the following trade after that was bigger after they sent Al Jefferson to Minnesota to land Kevin Garnett. And mind you, that’s BEFORE the regular season even started.
A few weeks ago, trade No.3 happened when the Los Angeles Lakers dealt both Javaris Crittenton and Kwame Brown to the Memphis Grizzlies for Pau Gasol. And just like trades one and two, another trade was completed soon after Kobe got the help he was looking for.
The Phoenix Suns sent Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat for the seven-foot, 300-plus pound, Shaquille O’Neal. The deal sent Shaq back to the Pacific division. THAT means we’ll be seeing a lot of Shaq and Kobe on one basketball court all over again.
With merely DAYS away from the trading deadline on February 21? Who will get traded next? Rumor has it that Jason Kidd STILL wants out of the New Jersey Nets. There were also rumors that the Dallas Mavericks are interested in landing the triple-double machine.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban thinks…
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