Archive for August, 2008
Brett Favre traded to the New York Jets
Friday, August 8th, 2008
This is probably the biggest trade we’ll see in the NFL season.
Just when we thought we’ll see Brett Favre playing for the Green Bay Packers in the 2008-09 NFL football season, we saw the Packers trading the future Hall-of-Famer to the New York Jets.
You read it, Brett Favre was traded by the Packers to the New York Jets after all the speculations about ‘’the ultimate Packer’’ moving to either the Minnesota Vikings or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
We already knew the Green Bay Packers were already committed to starting the young Aaron Rodgers at quarterback for the coming season. And after they traded away Green Bay’s football icon, we now know how serious the Packers are of finally putting the young Rodgers to test.
The New York Jets traded a fourth-round pick to the Packers for Favre. A draft pick that increases in value depending on how far Favre takes the Jets in the coming season.
If Favre takes 50 percent of the total snaps with the Jets this season, the fourth rounder becomes a third-round pick. If Favre gets 70 percent of the snaps and the Jets make the playoffs, it becomes a second-round pick.
If Brett Favre gets 80 percent of the snaps and the Jets make Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida, it becomes a…
Team USA wants Gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Redemption. Team USA wants it come August 8.
The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is only a day away and the USA basketball team wants one thing and one thing only, GOLD.
While other countries may be satisfied with a silver or bronze, Team USA don’t have the same luxury. Showcasing the best athletes in the world, there is no excuse on God’s green earth that the red, white and blue shouldn’t retrieve what to them is rightfully theirs.
Taking a deeper look on Team USA, it is fun to watch these players take pride in every sport that they play.
They are backed up by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). The Committee supports American athletes, specifically Olympic athletes and selects which athletes will participate in the Games of the Olympiad, the Olympic Winter Games, and the Pan American Games. The Committee also provides training centers, funds, and support staff to elite athletes.
The USOC also acts as the United States representative for all Olympic matters, including for the evaluation of cities that are prospective nominees to host an iteration of the Olympic Games. The Committee ultimately submits a bid to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on behalf of a selected city.
With the Beijing Olympics almost…
Maria Sharapova pulls out of 2008 Beijing Olympics
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Sharapova fans, mourn.
As we count the remaining days heading to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, news broke out that we won’t have the privilege of watching Sharapova run around the tennis court when the biggest sporting event of the year starts on August 8.
You read it, the hot and sexy Maria Sharapova won’t be playing for her mother country Russia, pulling out of the tournament because of a right shoulder injury. Sharapova, winner of three Grand Slam singles titles, said that an MRI exam and other medical tests showed she has two small tears in tendons in her shoulder.
Sharapova, before opting out of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, already pulled out of the WTA tournament in Montreal because of the said injury.
‘’After yesterday’s match, I knew there was something seriously wrong with my shoulder,’’ Maria Sharapova said in a posting on her web site under the headline that reads, ‘’No chance of me competing in Beijing.’’
‘’This is something that needs a lot of time to heal, which really hurts me to say that I have to miss the Olympics.’’
‘’I’m currently packing up really quick to hop on the plane and head to [New York] for a second opinion, but I wanted to let all of you know first that there’s no chance of me competing in Beijing. The timing is so unfortunate and this makes me more sad than anything.’’
Sharapova opting out of the 2008 Beijing Olympics means she’ll have more time to prepare for the last Grand Slam of the…
Can LSU Tigers win 2009 BCS Title?
Monday, August 4th, 2008
Can LSU do it all over again?
The brand new 2008-09 NCAA college football season is ALMOST here, kicking off football season that we have been missing. On that note, can the LSU Tigers, after cracking the uncrackable team from Ohio State, win it again this season and celebrate a re-peat?
The LSU Tigers will enter the 2008 season with 693 victories, the 12th most in NCAA history, and the 4th most of any SEC team, behind only Alabama (787), Tennessee (771), and Georgia (714). LSU will also enter the 2008 season with a 0.640 all-time winning percentage, the 14th best in the NCAA, and the 4th best in the SEC, behind only Alabama (0.706), Tennessee (0.697), and Georgia (0.644).
This LSU football team started having the success they’ve been having after they won the BCS national championship in 2003 with a 21-14 victory over Oklahoma in the Nokia Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
Five years later, they did it again, beating the Ohio State Buckeyes with a 38-24 score, thus becoming the first team since the advent of the BCS to win multiple BCS national titles.
LSU is ranked as the number one team both in the AP Top 25 and USA Today. Yes, the nation agrees that this team is a powerhouse in the college gridiron and being a national powerhouse has its advantages.
One of which is easier recruiting. The Tigers already have top-tier speed and talent throughout the entire roster, from receivers to linebackers to water boys. As their starters graduate or go pro, there always seem to be an All-American backup waiting for his turn to shine and be a part of LSU.
And despite the fact that former defensive coordinator Bo Pellini has moved on to take the head coaching job at Nebraska, the Tigers will still be a consistent and well-coached football team. Les Miles has established himself as one of the top five elite coaches in the nation and you can bet your ass that as long as he…
No Substance Abuse in 2008 Beijing Olympics
Friday, August 1st, 2008
The 2008 Beijing Olympics’ International Olympic Committee has laid down the law.
The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China is almost here and the event’s organizers have begun running here and there to bring its fans the best only the Olympic Games so rightfully deserve.
In fact, the International Olympic Committee has come up with ‘’anti-doping rules’’ that they are hoping to be the answer to the somewhat dangerous trend the world of sports is in these days.
For starters, they have increased the number of tests in these Olympic events. From the 3,600 tests they made back in the 2004 Athens Olympics, they moved it up to 4,500 for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, a clear example how they want to have fair play on the biggest sporting event of the year.
There are some new elements of the ruling too, like one where an athlete may be notified and tested more than once during the same day. If an athlete misses a test on two separate occasions during the Olympic Games, or on one occasion plus twice in the 18 months beforehand, that athlete will be considered to have committed an anti-doping violation.
Mere possession of the prohibited substances will also be considered a violation.
As the ruling body for the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will delegate the responsibility for implementing doping controls to the Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
They will act under the IOC’s…
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