Sports Tidbits: The Great Jimmy Johnson, Forrest, Hesjedal And Massa
- The ride continues of former athletes losing their lives through violent acts. Boxing in particular lost three within a month - Alexis Arguello, Arturo Gatti and now former welterweight and light middleweight championVernon Forrest who was murdered in Atlanta.Add New Post ‹ Intersportswire — WordPress
-Three cheers - or four. I don’t care - for [...]
Healthy Skepticism In Sports Valid
By Sal Marinello
Health and Fitness Advice
World record performance in the 100-meter dash and climbing hills in the Tour de France are related and may be a starting point to design a better way to detect performance.
It’s become commonplace to hear accounts of world-class sprinters covering a 100-meter course in 9.9 seconds; 9.9 or faster has [...]
LeMond Careless With Accusations
By pelotonjim
Bitter at anyone who shows greatness, Greg LeMond seethes bitterness at his new target, Alberto Contador. Looking at the final climb of Mt. Verbier.
“Never has a rider in the Tour climbed so fast.”
Where does he get his opinion? LeMond takes some postulations from Antoine Vayer, former Festina Trainer. The face that Vayer clearly states [...]
Dallas Cowboys Aren’t ‘The Best Sports Franchise In The World’
By Beaker
I heard Michael Irving say on “4th and Long” that the Dallas Cowboys were the “best team in all off professional sports around the world.”
Meh.
I’m not even sure if they’re the best in the NFL. I mean, what, the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers are chopped bladder?
When one ponders his comment further, the [...]
Post-Joe Calzaghe, Six Super Middleweights Stake Their Claim
Originally posted on FightInsight.com.
Just like his compatriot Lennox Lewis, Joe Calzaghe left no doubt as to who the alpha male in his division was. Largely defined by his thrashing of then-undefeated Jeff Lacey as well as his dominant victory over then-undefeated Mikkel Kessler, “the Pride of Wales” ruled the 168-pound division with an iron fist, never losing a [...]
Watershed Moment For Michael Owen At Manchester United
By Soccernet
Who would have thought Michael Owen will be training at Old Trafford? Even though it has been a week since the official transfer was announced, the debate on his suitability rages on, at times emotionally charged with disbelief, vitriol and ridicule.
After trading in the “world’s best player” and then signing an over-the-hill striker whose panache has [...]
Breaking Down the Yankees for the Second Half - The Bullpen
By Rebecca
[So the All Star Game is officially over--and we can thus consider ourselves in the second half.
This is where it gets fun.
All of those days players got rested in the first half? Well, now they have to play. Now the pennant races start to heat up, and every move a team makes, be [...]
Mid-Season Sprint Cup Report
By Bob Ellis - NASCAR Ranting and Raving
Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart needed little time to grasp the driver-owner concept. At the season’s midpoint, he has already:
Won two races (Pocono and Daytona), becoming the first driver-owner to win a race since Ricky Rudd in 1998, and the first to win multiple [...]
Fantasy College Football’s Top Value Defenses
By Vince Mullins
Fantasy College Blitz
The most common complaint about new owners playing fantasy college football revolves around the number of teams one must cover, but I think that the exact opposite is true.
Call me a glass-half-full guy, but the opportunity to choose from 120 teams each week puts less pressure on you to nail down [...]
Baseball Shouldn’t Ignore Instant Replay’s Value
By Rebecca Glass
This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes
The New York Yankess are 13-4 in their last seventeen games. On the surface, that’s pretty impressive-but if you ask anyone, the Yankees should be better.
Some fans will tell you that the Yankees should be better than 13-4 because they are insatiable and anything less than a 162-0 season is [...]
