Archive for April, 2009
Can Ricky Hatton KO Manny Pacquiao?
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Ricky Hatton is set to fight Manny Pacquiao this Saturday.
For all ya’ll wondering, we’ll be having the Manny Pacquiao – Ricky Hatton fight on May 2, dubbed as ‘’The Battle of East and West.’’ And as always, I’m hoping that Hatton would be the one who’ll finally end Pacquiao’s career inside the ring.
If there was ever a bad match-up for Pacquiao, a fight against Ricky ‘’the Hitman’’ Hatton would have to be it. While probably the slower puncher than the lightning fast fighter, Hatton is much, much tougher, in estimation.
Hatton attacks and will be more than happy to brawl with anyone. And while I had my problems with the way Manny ‘’the Pacman’’ Pacquiao throws scientific boxing out the window, I won’t have any problems at all watching Ricky disregard his technical skills to go toe to toe with Manny as long as he gets the job done.
Besides, Hatton tends to wrestle his opponents on the inside and when used against brawlers like Manny, Hatton should be able to tire him out easily. Pacquiao will soon find out early on that Hatton is a bit too tough for his tastes after the Englishman bullies him and pushes him around from the opening bell.
Yep, it definitely doesn’t look good for Manny Pacquiao and his remaining supporters.
To make matters worse for Pacmania…
Can Celtics beat Bulls in Game 5?
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
This series has been one of the most exciting ones to watch in the first round.
Game 5 of the best of seven series between the Celtics and the Bulls is on this Tuesday as both try to take the 3-2 series lead in the first round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs.
We’re back to square one. After the Boston Celtics took the homecourt advantage back from Chicago after annihilating the Bulls in Game 3, 107-86, at the United Center, the Bulls bounced back, coming up with a double overtime 121-118 win in Game 4.
It looked like the Boston Celtics would take the commanding 3-1 series lead heading back to the TD Banknorth Garden. Luckily for the Chicago Bulls, Ben Gordon just wouldn’t let that happen.
Ben Gordon continued his stellar postseason play in Game 4, scoring 22 points to help the Bulls overcome the Celtics, 121-118, after two extra periods. ‘’This is the biggest game of the year for us, the biggest game of our careers right now,’’ Ben Gordon said.
‘’It was a big win for us. It was exciting.’’
The Bulls backcourt has been a thorn to the Celtics’ side after the first four games of their postseason campaign. And in Game 4, the Bulls backcourt was once again, virtually UNGUARDABLE.
While Ben Gordon had his 22, 2009 NBA Rookie of the Year Derrick Rose also came up with huge numbers. He was one assist shy of a triple double, putting up 23 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists.
The Celtics know they can’t afford to…
Detroit Lions aim for better NFL Year?
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
And since they’re coming off an 0-16 season, accomplishing the feat shouldn’t be much of a burden.
The 2009 NFL football season is still a few more months away and yet, teams have already been busy preparing for the next war to be waged on the football field the moment the Steelers won the world championship back in Tampa.
One team undergoing a major overhaul is the Detroit Lions. Rumors began coming out that the Lions are going for a fiercer, more intimidating look for the coming season probably to help them do better than the laughable 0-16 campaign they suffered last year.
Yes, it has been rumored for a while that the 0-16 Lions would be unveiling a new logo, new colors, and even new uniforms. However, people from the Lions organization were kind of tight-lipped about it, probably because they prefer to reveal their new stuff at a higher-profile time and destination.
Unfortunately, some dude got so excited about his team that he decided to post a model truck for sale on NFL.com sporting the new Detroit Lions logo. It wasn’t until recently that the world found out that the new Lions logo that leaked all over the Internet was actually real.
The Detroit Lions will no longer sport the bland Lion on their uniforms. Instead, they now have this fiercer Lion that has stripes to indicate a mane, better separated paws up front, an eye, (apparently the Lion they had before was blind…) some fangs and a distinguishable crotch.
The Lions will also have this new text logo. They will no longer have the standing straight up font with little embellishments in the middle of the letters that made it look like something you’d see in a saloon in 1893. For the 2009 season, the Lions will have this new italic font that is slightly curvy to make it look like downright aggressive.
The only problem is, the new font STILL reads…
Tennis back on Clay for French Open
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
The clay courts of Paris beckons near.
Billed as the most challenging of all the grand slams, the 2009 French Open tennis tournament is coming and it’s sure to bring in the best of the world’s top tennis superstars.
Hosted by one of the most romantic cities in the world, Paris, the 2009 French Open will run from May 24th to June 7th at Roland Garros, sure to unleash some of the most riveting grand slam tennis action.
The clay courts of Roland Garros have broken the hearts of many players wishing to complete a grand slam sweep, with a slow demanding surface testing not only the physical but also the mental resolve of the competitors.
Rafael Nadal won his fourth straight title in 2008 with his victim, Roger Federer, easily defeated in straight sets.
Nadal, ranked world no.1, produced an absolutely sublime display of tennis brilliance in 2008. Picking up 6 ATP Titles, making the semi-finals at the Australian Open and the US Open, and winning Wimbledon and the French Open. Nadal smashed numerous records in the process and overtook Roger Federer as the world’s premiere male tennis player.
Ana Ivanovic will be defending the women’s title following her two set victory over Dinara Safina. The world will be watching if she can defend her title in 2009.
Over the years, the French Open has epitomized the steel and resolve of the very best in tennis, and the Roland Garros Stadium is a more than apt venue. It is named after the World War I fighter pilot who gave his life for ‘King and Country’ and his bravery is remembered and celebrated on the dusty, challenging red clay courts every year.
It is also the very stadium where Roger Federer…
Can the Lakers take 3-0 lead over Utah?
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Kobe Bryant smells blood.
The 2009 NBA Playoffs continue in Salt Lake City, Utah where the Utah Jazz hope to take advantage of the visiting Los Angeles Lakers as they visit the Jazz where they are virtually unbeatable the last couple of years, the Energy Solutions Arena.
Isn’t it ironic that the Utah Jazz, down 0-2 in their series with the Lakers, are hoping to find the energy and solution to beat L.A. in front of their home crowd at the Energy Solutions Arena?
For their fans’ sake, they better find them soon. You see, the Los Angeles Lakers won the first two games of this series by double digits, winning Game 1 by 13, 125-112 before winning again in Game 2, 119-109.
In case you didn’t notice, the final score of the first two games suggest that the Jazz played better on Game 2 than they did on the first one. Unfortunately for them, it didn’t matter since the Lakers had all their stars aligned last Tuesday night.
It was a balanced attack from the Lakers as all five of their starters scored in double digits. Kobe Bryant scored 26, Pau Gasol 22, Trevor Ariza continues his surprising play in the postseason with 13 points, Derek Fisher added 11 and Andrew Bynum had 10.
To make matters worse, the Lakers bench also came up big as Lamar Odom came up with 19 off the bench while Shannon Brown added 12.
Still, despite the two dominant victories, Kobe Bryant is…
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