Archive for January, 2009
Boxing Betting tips for the Shane Mosley – Antonio Margarito Boxing match
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Future Hall Of Famer Sugar Shane Mosley (45-5-0 with 38 KOs) is heading into one of the hardest bouts he would be involved in against WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-5-0 with 27 KOs) on January 24th in Staples Center, Los Angeles, California. A good Boxing Betting tip for this bout is that as of the last three fighters that have challenged Antonio Margarito they all have been stopped within the distance and suffered a tremendous beating as the fight went along.Now Sugar Shane Mosley who is 37 years old wants to defy the odds and duke it out against the Tijuana Tornado Antonio Margarito, a brawler that averages over 100 punches per round in his boxing matches.
Sugar Shane Mosley’s last boxing match was a 12th round stoppage victory over Ricardo Mayorga last September and sad to say we can tell how much Sugar Shane Mosley has declined as a fighter. Looking at the rest of Sugar Shane Mosley’s pervious fights you would immediately see a defeat at the hands of Miguel Cotto, others were notable wins over Luis Collazo, Fernando Vargas, Jose Luis Cruz and David Estrada, followed by two heart breaking defeats to Winky Wright in 2004.
Most people say that styles make the fight interesting, however when you take a look at the Sugar Shane Mosley – Antonio Margarito fight you definitely have to usher in the factors like age and conditioning which are all on the side of Antonio Margarito. Antonio Margarito has the advantage in youth, is stronger, is bigger and definitely the more active fighter. Antonio Margarito’s a work horse and…
Can Steelers win another Super Bowl?
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
A second Super Bowl title in four years, now that’s impressive if Pittsburgh can pull it off.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are back in the big dance, they will play the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida looking to win their second championship in four years. Amazing huh?
The Steelers outhit and outplayed the Ravens, 23-14 last Sunday to win one of two Super Bowl XLIII tickets at stake. And with the Cardinals already winning their ticket earlier, the pressure was on the Steelers to perform as good, or even better.
Ravens undrafted rookie
quarterback Joe Flacco was harassed by the Pittsburgh Steelers defense all game long. Normally unflappable, he looked lost at times and finished just 13-for-30 for 141 yards with three costly interceptions.
On the other end of the field, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, the same guy who was picked off four times by New England in his rookie-year AFC title game, was a steady 16-of-33 for 255 yards and, most importantly, no interceptions. If nothing else, it showed how much experience mattered in a game so important.
After Polamalu’s twisting, turning run sealed it with 4:39 to play, the game was held up when Willis McGahee, who scored both Baltimore touchdowns, was carted off the field following a frightening hit to the helmet by Pittsburgh safety Ryan Clark.
With Pittsburgh heading for Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida, they are now walking into their seventh Super Bowl. Only the Steelers, 49ers and Cowboys have won five, and Pittsburgh can be the first to win six.
If the Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals, the 36-year-old Mike Tomlin would be…
2009 WTA Australian Open updates and Betting Picks
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
1st seeded Jelena Jankovic has pulled through to the third round of the 2009 Australian Open with a thrilling win over Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium. Jelena Jankovic who is ranked number 1 in the WTA standings is trying to get her first Grand Slam singles title, beat Kristen Flipkens 6-4 7-5. The 23-year-old Serbian Jelena Jankovic WTA tennis player lost the last U.S. Open title to Serena Williams and also made the semifinals in the 2008 Australian Open and the 2008 French Open while only lasting till the fourth round of the 2008 Wimbledon Championship. Jelena Jankovic would be playing Ai Sugiyama of Japan, who beat Nathalie Dechy of France 1-6 6-1 6-3 in the second round of the 2009 Australian Open.
Ana Ivanovic is getting back on track in the 2009 Australian Open after defeating Italian Alberta Brianti 6-3 6-2 to move onto the third round. Ana Ivanovic lost in the 2008 Australian Open final to Maria Sharapova then moving on to winning her first Grand Slam title at the 2008 French Open and gaining the No. 1 ranking in the WTA rankings.
“I was in this situation before French Open last year, coming into the tournament as pretty serious finalist,” Ana Ivanovic said. “That experience will help me a lot to approach this Australian Open.”
“I improved a lot since last match. I was committing much more, coming to the net more often,” she said, adding she still had plenty to improve. “When you come against top players or high-ranked players, you automatically raise your level and your consistency. That’s something that I can do”
Dinara Safina moved on to the third round of the 2009 Australian Open after rallying for a three-set win.
“It was amazing, I’m so happy to be back here,” Ana Ivanovic said. “I had lots of great matches here last year.”
Dinara Safina overcame…
Arizona to win Super Bowl XLIII?
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Nobody saw how good these Cardinals will be this year.
Believe it, once the second worst franchise in sports next only to the Chicago Cubs will play in Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida as the Arizona Cardinals punched in their ticket to play the Pittsburgh Steelers on February 1.
The Arizona Cardinals beat the heavy favored Philadelphia Eagles 32-25 last Sunday to win the 2009 NFC championship and earn the right to play for this year’s Super Bowl.
Capitalizing on Larry Fitzgerald’s three first-half touchdown receptions, the 
Cards’ continued to step on the gas, thanks to Kurt Warner’s eight-yard TD pass to rookie Tim Hightower with 2:53 left.
Donovan McNabb was superb in leading Philadelphia’s second-half rally from 18 points down to a 25-24 lead, but after Hightower’s score, he misfired from midfield four times in the final moments.
37-year-old Kurt Warner, a Super Bowl MVP from almost a decade ago with the St. Louis Rams, engineered a precise, 72-yard drive to win it with his fourth TD pass of the day. He finished the game with the eight-yard pass to Hightower, before hitting Ben Patrick for the 2-point conversion.
The unstoppable Larry Fitzgerald, who had nine receptions for 152 yards, had two big catches on the decisive drive. The All-Pro set a single postseason record with 419 yards receiving, surpassing the great Jerry Rice. And to think that Fitzgerald still has one more game to go, the Super Bowl.
Blown out by the Eagles 48-20 on Thanksgiving…
Pittsburgh V Arizona in Super Bowl 43
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Can Arizona’s high-flying offense run over the defense of Pittsburgh’s ‘Steel Curtain?’
Yes, Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida is finally set as the favorites to win it all this year, the Pittsburgh Steelers, will do battle with the season’s ultimate underdogs, the Arizona Cardinals. This is Pittsburgh’s second trip to the Super Bowl in four years while Arizona finally earned the trip to the big dance for the first time in franchise history.
It has been one heckuva’ season and one that could very well be described as one of the most unpredictable campaigns the NFL has ever seen. Who would’ve thought that the Pittsburgh Steelers will be kings of the AFC again with Ben Roethlisberger? Of course, nobody saw the 
Arizona Cardinals coming and the kind of campaign those guys just had.
The Pittsburgh Steelers punched their ticket after closing the curtains on the Ravens offense. Baltimore’s undrafted rookie quarterback Joe Flacco was harrased by the Steel Curtain all night. After posting awesome numbers during the last two playoff games, he had a terrible night against the Steelers secondary, forcing him to finish 13-for-30 for 141 yards and THREE interceptions.
The Steelers defense stopped the running game for the Baltimore Ravens as well, although nobody thought Pittsburgh would be doing it in a literal sense. Pittsburgh safety Ryan Clark literally stopped Baltimore’s most productive force of the night, Willis McGahee.
With 3:29 left to play and already leading 23-14, the Steelers saw Clark lay out Ravens running back Willis McGahee with a vicious hit that sent the tailback motionless on the field for a few minutes. McGahee was carted off the field on a stretcher before the rest of his team gave in to the Steel Curtain.
The Arizona Cardinals earned the right to play in Super Bowl XLIII after once again shocking the world for the…
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