Archive for September, 2008
Cristiano Ronaldo returns
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Yes, the biggest superstar in football today will finally be back.
And in case you haven’t heard, the 2008 UEFA Champions League is already underway and we already have quite a few teams looking quite strong already for this year’s campaign.
One of which is of course, Manchester United. After missing the services of Cristiano Ronaldo because of injuries to start the football year, the most expensive footballer today could be back for Man-U once they take on Villarreal in a UEFA Champions League Group E fixture on Wednesday.
Ronaldo has been making quite a few headlines the last few months with the rumored move from Manchester United to Real Madrid. Now that he’s officially a Red Devil again, he’s hoping Man-U fans will forgive him for his transgression.
For what it’s worth, Ronaldo remains confident Man-U fans will forgive him, (depends on how he helps the team in the 2008 English Premier League season of course…) although Real Madrid will definitely not, that’s for sure.
‘’When I put on the shirt, I give it my all,’’ Cristiano Ronaldo said. ‘’I’m already in the history of the club. When I play the fans will love me again.’’
Cocky ain’t he? And he uttered those words despite the rumors that aside from the possible move to Real Madrid, he’s also rumored to move to Manchester City after that club claimed they would pay Ronaldo a whopping US$270 million.
Of course, Ronaldo denied there is any chance of…
Cowboys, Super Bowl XLIII favorites
Friday, September 12th, 2008
With the Patriots losing their star QB, the Cowboys have inherited the title ”heavy favorites.”
After Bernard Pollard let loose a vicious hit on Tom Brady’s knee that ultimately put the Patriots quarterback out for the rest of the 2008-09 NFL football season, Pollard may have taken the Patriots out of this year’s title chase.
Now that Tom Brady is out, the Patriots’ chances of making a return to the Super Bowl this season just went from a probability to an impossibility and I won’t be surprised if the focus shifts to Texas where the Dallas Cowboys are looking to finally return to the big dance since the days of Troy Aikman.
Yes, with the season-ending injury to Tom Brady, the Dallas Cowboys have replaced the New England Patriots as the heavy favorites to win Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida.
After all, like the New England Patriots, the Cowboys also have a solid passing game with Tony Romo and Terrell Owens leading the way. And since Romo spends more time trying to avoid the paparazzi more than he avoids defensive ends during gamedays, you just know America will be rooting for this team.
Hey, the Dallas Cowboys are still dubbed as America’s team anyway.
Against the Cleveland Browns, the Cowboys showed us why they should be the heavy favorites to win it all. Tony Romo passed for 320 yards with Terrell Owens grabbing one of his passes for a touchdown to lead the Cowboys offense to a convincing 28-10 win over the Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium, one of the toughest places to win a football game this year.
And while many people like the Cleveland Browns to…
Can the Patriots win without Brady?
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
In case you haven’t heard yet, Tom Brady is out for the rest of the season.
While Pats fans continue to hope for a miracle that Tom Brady will still show up and be able to play in the 2008-09 NFL football season, we learned that No.12 being out for the remainder of the year after only Week 1 was made official.
This is probably the time to mourn Pats fans. Tom Brady, last season’s Most Valuable Player, is now ruled officially out for the remainder of the season after suffering a nasty injury on his left knee in their very first game of the year.
Playing a season after they were shocked by the New York Giants at Super Bowl XLII, the New England Patriots were coming in the brand new year still the heavy favorites to win it all. After this injury, these Pats won’t be favorites to win anything.
Playing against the Kansas City Chiefs, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had his knee collapse under him when he was hit by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard in the first quarter. For what it’s worth, the Pats won the game 17-10 to get their season going but you have the sense that the Pats still lost, BIG TIME.
Thanks to Bernard Pollard of course, who had his hit against Brady now being dubbed as dirty.
The Patriots organization, for some reason, remains confident about their team’s chances this season. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, in particular, still doesn’t believe the injury is that big of a deal to his team, to the extent that he could be dissing his prized quarterback already.
‘’As a team we all just have to do our jobs. That really doesn’t change,’’ New England Patriots head coach…
2008-09 NFL Week 1 Betting Tips
Friday, September 5th, 2008
The Giants win the first game of the season!
How about that huh? KNown to be slow starters, the Giants won with Eli Manning scoring the first touchdown of the 2008-09 NFL football season. It doesn’t get any better than that.
The question now is, can they return to the big dance and win Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa?
With the New York Giants covering the spread by five points and Eli Manning starting their campaign strong, they’re certainly on the right track.
Week 1 continues on Sunday with 13 games. Let’s start with the St. Louis Rams visiting the Philadelphia Eagles. After a tumultuous season, the Rams come in the brand new season with a new sense of hope. They just signed Steven Jackson to a new contract and with new offensive coordinator Al Saunders taking over, they’re hoping to bring back the offense once dubbed as the greatest show on turf.
However, the Philadelphia Eagles have Donovan McNabb healthy again and I don’t see these Rams beating the Eagles in Philly. Our pick? The Eagles by ten.
The Cincinnati Bengals, led by a focused Chad Johnson, will visit the Baltimore Ravens. The Bengals still have one of the high-scoring offensive schemes in the league but with Rudi Johnson now gone, I’m expecting this offense to slow down a little bit.
Our pick? The Baltimore Ravens cover the spread by a touchdown.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the New Orleans Saints next…
Will Ferrari lineup behind Massa?
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
They could, because at this point of the season, Massa is showing Ferrari why his team should do just that.
Much to everybody’s surprise, Felipe Massa has overtaken his more popular Ferrari teammate, Kimi Raikkonen, in the race for the drivers championship this 2008 F1 season with only six more races to go.
After playing second fiddle to Michael Schumacher and then Kimi, Felipe Massa has come to his own this year with 64 championship points to Kimi’s 57. And although Lewis Hamilton is still in first place, leading the two Ferrari drivers with 70, Massa definitely has a better shot of winning this year’s title than Kimi, despite the fact that Kimi still is THE defending champ.
That’s probably why the Ferrari team should start lining up behind Massa now or they could see their run for the drivers title end up with nothing.
We all saw that last season when McLaren – Mercedes let Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso settle for themselves who’s going to take home the title. It backfired when Kimi came out of nowhere to steal the drivers championship away from the two competing McLaren stars.
It’s ironic that Kimi Raikkonen finds himself in the same position and it’ll be up to him if he wants to cooperate with Massa or just go all out and try to compete with his teammate for the title.
Ferrari legend Niki Lauda believes that the 2008 championship is set to be a down-to-the-wire battle between Ferrari and McLaren. Although Massa only has a slight edge in total points over teammate Raikkonen, the Austrian, who won the drivers’ championship with the Scuderia in 1975 and 1977, has more trust in Massa than Raikkonen going to the 13th race of…
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