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October 09, 2007
Yeah. Sure. Whatever.
Yep, on October 27, the best horses of the country will be competing for horse racing’s latest extravaganza, (if you can still call it that…) and by that I mean, the 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Oh by the way, in case you didn’t notice, I just can’t wait for this horseshit to be over and done with.
Heading to this year’s intense Breeders’ Cup betting extravaganza, people are starting to brand the goddamn Classic as something that will probably crown both the ‘Horse of the Year’ and the proverbial king of the three-year-olds.
Of course, for the rest of us who would just love to sit our asses in front of the TV and watch football, we really don’t care.
The $5 million Breeders’ Cup main event will feature horses like Curlin, Hard Spun, Any Given Saturday and Tiago, all four scored wins over older rivals in these major prep races for the Classic.
Other three-year-olds that’ll be behind the gates on October 27 are horses like Street Sense and Lawyer Ron. They didn’t win their…
October 09, 2007
And probably adding some excitement to what should be a boring one-sided affair, Wade Phillips returns to Buffalo looking to kick some ass.
Yep, current Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips is finally making his return to Buffalo after almost seven years since leaving his ex-employer. Coach Phillips have the Cowboys going on a perfect 4-0 mark this 2007-08 NFL football season and you just know he’ll be looking to pound on his former team when his powerhouse Cowboys meet the Bills on Monday Night Football.
It won’t be pretty for the Buffalo Bills too. Hell, these guys are having all sorts of problems this season. Because of key injuries to the team, they had no choice but to feed a rookie backfield to the rest of the league.
Rookie quarterback Trent Edwards and rookie running back Marshawn Lynch each had their own time to shine, and when you talk about them Bills, ‘’shining” on a football field doesn’t come by often. But the fact of the matter is, the injuries to the team is definitely a huge problem, add that to what has been a dismal 1-3 start to the season and you’ve got yourselves an already lost year.
As for the red-hot Dallas Cowboys, Wade Phillips has led this Cowboys team to…
September 09, 2007
Remember the ”Zinedine Zidane head-butt” that ended France’s chances of winning the 2006 FIFA World Cup?
Apparently, both France and Italy still remember it so well that they can’t help it but generate some controversy already heading to their Euro 2008 qualifier this Saturday at the San Siro stadium.
For one, France head coach Raymond Domenech is suspended for this Saturday’s fixture between the two rival countries. Domenech was suspended for the Euro 2008 qualifier for accusing Italy of fixing an Olympic qualifying match that happened eight years ago.
And just because Italy probably provoked France’s Zinedine Zidane to unleash a vicious head-butt to Italy’s Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final that virtually let the Italian contingent celebrate with the 2006 FIFA World Cup title, the France head coach decided to tell all of us about something that happened for almost a decade ago.
”The hype surrounding this game doesn’t surprise me. The memory of July 9 is still within all of us,” Italy forward Alessandro Del Piero said, recalling the date last year when Italy beat France on penalties in the 2006 FIFA World Cup final.
France currently leads these…
September 09, 2007
One, because Vince Young now plays for the Tennessee Titans in the NFL. Two, because if Vinnie was still playing for Texas, he’ll cream the Indians.
That was not the case last Saturday when the Texas Longhorns hosted the Arkansas State Indians. To say that the Longhorns had somewhat an embarrassing and ugly end to their contest against the visiting Indians could very well be an understatement.
Oh yeah, with the Michigan Wolverines already becoming the first victim of a horrific upset in the early stages of the 2007-08 NCAA college football season, the Texas Longhorns ALMOST became victim number two.
For all ya’ll who missed it, yes, the No.5 ranked team in the country today, that’s the powerhouse team of the Michigan Wolverines, was defeated by a lowly team of the Appalachian State Mountaineers, 34-32, after the Mountaineers’ Corey Lynch blocked a 37-yard field goal try by Michigan to get the improbable upset.
How’s that to start the season eh?
As for the Texas Longhorns, they almost fell to an embarrassing loss themselves, if it wasn’t for an onside recovery that helped them avoid that same sick feeling those Wolverines must be…
September 09, 2007
The first of the final five races of the season begins when McLaren, Ferrari and the rest of the top constructors of the game collide on Sunday.
As of press time, McLaren-Mercedes, despite all the controversies surrounding them and the now infamous Stepneygate scandal, is lording over the rest of the pack as far as the best team in F1 is concerned. They lead the constructors’ championship standings with 163 points, ahead of rivals Ferrari, who has 137.
And yes, it’s all because of their two drivers, rookie Lewis Hamilton and two-time F1 world champion, Fernando Alonso. Although the two teammates are no longer on the same page this 2007 F1 season, they are still the best two drivers in Formula One these days and nobody can tell them otherwise yet.
Lewis Hamilton, despite missing the podium twice in his last three races, still leads the F1 championship standings with 84 points. Not far behind is his two-time champion teammate, Fernando Alonso, who now has 79 points, after he took advantage of his teammate’s blunders the last three races, getting to the podium in two of them.
Fernando Alonso has already made it clear that he no longer wants to be in McLaren. Yes, rumors about a return to Renault and a reunion with Renault boss Flavio Briatore began to come up although Alonso, at his point of the season, still refuses to…
September 09, 2007
Yep, the poor guy is still being investigated as of press time.
And although the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is still refusing to even utter a single word about the death of Chris Benoit (yep, they’re actually pretending as if Benoit did not exist these days…) doctors are still investigating what brought Benoit to kill his wife and child before hanging himself.
Recent findings say that Chris Benoit may have severe damage to the brain after suffering numerous concussions throughout his career in pro wrestling. Doctors say that’s probably why he killed himself and his family.
You see, taking chair shots to the head is a fan favorite in pro wrestling. Wrestling fans always wait for that moment when a wrestler will pick up a steel chair (for some reason, always found underneath the ring…) and bash the opponent’s skull until it cracks open and blood is spilled.
Brutal, yes. But apparently, the viewers like it. Hell, they even have sledgehammers and baseball bats wrapped in barbed wire now so I guess you can say steel chair shots would have to be the ‘’safest way to bash an opponent’s head in.”
The analysis by doctors affiliated with…
September 09, 2007
The first touchdown of the season was something we’ve always witnessed for years now, Peyton Manning to Marvin Harrison.
Yep, the defending Super Bowl XLI champions, Indianapolis Colts, was indeed still in championship form after they simply dominated the New Orleans Saints at both sides of the field, 41-10, Thursday.
It definitely looked like the Colts are ready to do it all over again. After coming up with the first touchdown of the 2007-08 NFL football season when Peyton Manning connected with Marvin Harrison for a 27-yard TD play, Peyton had two more, connecting with Reggie Wayne TWICE to shatter any hopes the Saints have in beating the defending champs.
Coming to the season opener, Peyton Manning faced his hometown team, growing up idolizing the Saints his father, Archie Manning, led in the past. This night though, this Manning was out to lead the Saints to their first loss of the young regular season.
For what it’s worth, the New Orleans Saints did look as if they were about to dealt the Colts their first loss since winning Super Bowl XLI in Miami, Florida. The Colts were helping too, showing signs of rust, so to speak, at least after first half of football.
However, the Saints failed to take advantage as the game was tied…
August 30, 2007
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August 19, 2007
As of press time, Daunte Culpepper looks good. Very very good.
Coming to the brand new 2007-08 NFL football season, it seems the Oakland Raiders may have finally found the solution to their problems at the quarterback position.
With overall No.1 draft pick JaMarcus Russell STILL refusing to sign with the team, it looks like Daunte Culpepper can still play good enough to have Raider Nation forget about Russell’s Elway-like arm and win a couple of games for a change. Well, it’s still early but that’s what it looks like the past few days anyway.
Daunte Culpepper, since arriving in Oakland, has shown signs of brilliance back when he was the explosive Minnesota Vikings quarterback who once led the league with 39 touchdowns, while piloting the Raiders offense. And with JaMarcus Russell holding out, Culpepper can very well be the answer, hell, the Raiders doesn’t have much of a choice anyway.
JaMarcus Russell costs more than $30 million in guarantees. Yep, such is the price for quarterbacks taken in the first round. And if the Cleveland Browns had a rather difficult time signing Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Brady Quinn, you can just imagine what the Oakland Raiders have been dealing with since they drafted this guy.
But figure this, if Daunte Culpepper did turn out to be…
August 19, 2007
You read it, as great as they claim the NBA is, Team USA can’t seem to win in these international basketball tournaments.
And with the 2007 FIBA Americas tournament ready to kick off by August 22, it sure looks like we’ll see more of the same as far as the fabled Team USA is concerned. THAT being coming up with good starts to the tournament only to lose BIG TIME in the end.
Why? Get this, Team USA probably lost three key guys who might probably carry the United States off what has been an era of disappointing international runs.
After already losing the overall No.1 draft pick Greg Oden and Houston Rockets forward Shane Battier from playing with the team for the FIBA Americas tournament in late August, the United States lost Kirk Hinrich after the fiery Chicago Bulls guard pulled out for personal reasons.
Kirk Hinrich played in all nine games for the United States in last year’s world championships, starting three of them. He is probably the most consistent ”true point guard” to play for the team then and with his withdrawal from the FIBA Americas tournament, Team USA could very well be in a whole lot of trouble.
Well, they do still have triple-double monster point guard Jason Kidd and of course…