Sports Look:
The Wednesday Roundup - Europe and The NBA
The NBA is going to face a hard reality soon. That
reality is that there is money over in Europe and American players are going
to be more than willing to take that money. It’s a shift that has happened
slowly but something that was destined to happen eventually....
more
Sports betting is an extremely fun activity if you know who’s who in the
sports world. There are many types of betting involved, which makes watching
sports turn into a
casino like environment at home because of the stakes involved. In the
United Kingdom, this has been a traditional cultural past time making the
world’s most popular sport, football / soccer the game of choice to bet on.
Research the games, and check out the stats before you play, here on
Sportznutz.com.
Women’s sports have been very, very slowly making
progress. My granddaughter is ten, perhaps when she’s 30 women’s team sports
may have reached the point where they are able to draw fans and generate
profit. But the going has been tough.....
more
Internet
and Sports Gambling
Sports gambling has become increasingly popular over the past
few years. With the soaring popularity of online gambling as well as online
betting, sports betting has never been easier, or more straightforward. All you
need is the internet. The internet allows gambling on many different levels from
playing games like roulette and blackjack, to betting on your favorite sport.
With so many places to bet and gamble on the internet you are sure to find
something to suit you individual needs.
The 19th Hole: No Asterisk
Here
Padraig Harrington looked unlikely to
start in this week’s Open Championship
at Royal Birkdale due to a wrist
injury. After winning a warm up event
at the Irish PGA Championship, the
defending Open Champion was barely able
to practice at Birkdale. On the eve of
the Championship, his status was still
in doubt. In fact, first alternate
Heath Slocum was ready to go in his
place....
more
Full
Court Press Ray Allen had a season long homecoming, the former University of
Connecticut star returned to the New England area in a June draft night
trade. Allen's mother and stepfather meanwhile have been battling for
over 5 years to bring justice to the man who attempted to murder his
stepfather. This is their story...
Watch
As with sports
gambling,
casino games require some skill in the art of the bet. If you are interested
in reading about some of Europe’s finest online casino’s or just interested in
the industry itself, casino.co.uk has some of the best, most update industry
news for Europe.
Bonus offers, instant flash casinos, and strategies are some of the offering
available for your reading pleasure.
Quick Hits
NHL
Insider
By: Althea Pashman
NHL Insider: 2007-2008
NHL Award Finalists Each year the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association plays
homage to the many players that have excelled during the course
of the season under the lights with a spectacular awards show in
Toronto, Canada.
On June 12th, Martin
Brodeur, Sidney Crosby, Henrik Lundqvist and a handful of others are once
again award finalists. The three mentioned are no strangers to receiving
awards. Last year, Brodeur and Crosby were finalists for the Hart Trophy,
which Crosby won and Brodeur and Lundqvist were finalists for the Vezina
Trophy, which Brodeur went on to win.....
more
Upon
Further Review
By: Matt Yoder
Welcome to the latest
edition of “Upon Further Review”, it’s the dead period for
football and their fans. Sure there’s OTA’s and mini-camps and
all that stuff, but how exciting are those things really? Guys
wearing shorts, no contact, veterans not doing much other than
stretching and running and having to watch rookies and guys not
good enough to make the final roster practice. Talk about a
snooze fest. BUT, the fact of the matter is it all means
football, real football, is creeping ever closer and that’s
cause for excitement in itself. With all that said, let’s take
a look at some of the happenings from around the NFL recently,
shall we?...
more
Speaking
of Sports
By: Ted Fleming
Speaking of Sports: TRS: The Real
Story Behind the Garza-Navarro Meeting The Tampa Bay Sports Net has in its possession the
conversations between Rays’ pitcher Matt Garza and catcher Dioner Navarro on
the mound, when Garza got a close-up look at what Navarro wears on his face,
in the dugout when they met again and in the runway leading to the visitor’s
clubhouse.
Without anyone’s knowledge, a
miniature microphone was cleverly embedded in the catcher's mask padding and
every word was heard across the Gulf of Mexico (when you are in an area
loaded with 1,000-5,000 watt radio stations, you know you can hear them
further out in the water to the west than you do over land to the east).
So without further adieu, TBSN brings
you the complete blow-by-blow from start to finish.
Thinking
Out Loud By: Ted Fleming, Tampa Bay Sports Net
Thinking Out Loud: Going To Hell In
a Handbasket Almost a month ago I penned a piece about the entertainment at Tropicana
Field – (Rays Missing a Beat on In-house Fun) - and how the departure of
John Franzone, a.k.a John the Maestro, has left a huge void inside the
stadium.
Having been inside the House of the Tilted Roof this entire homestand, there
has been something else that has been gnawing at me but I just couldn't put
my finger on it until Sunday's homestand finale with the White Sox....
more
MLB
Insider
By: Althea Pashman
MLB Insider: The Call
for Instant Replay How many times have we as fans watched baseball games in
which an umpire has obviously missed a call? Personally, I’ve
run out of fingers and toes to tally up.
All of us have been subjected to
making some sort of error in the course of our lifetime – sometimes we own
up to those mistakes, sometimes we just let it go. For the most part, our
errors don’t affect the outcome that it would in a professional game.
Umpires are only humans and they too
make mistakes… but when you look at the other sports, such as the NHL, NFL,
NBA, major tennis tournaments and even the NCAA – they all use a form of
replay....
more
Thinking
Out Loud: The Wacky World of the Steinbrenner’s
By: Ted Fleming, Tampa Bay Sports Net
Answer me this? How am I to explain
Hank Steinbrenner to my grandchildren?
It's bad enough that I raised a son
who became a Yankee fan - it was a Mets' household until I moved to Florida
to join BaysBall Nation, and the so-called smart one of the twins went to
the dark side (of New York blue) - but what's up with the new mouth of the
north?
It appears for all all intents and
purposes the little Hankie has all of his father's mouth but not the sense
of his brother Hal, the Quiet Man, a dozen years his junior.
Not one month into the season the
team's co-chairman effectively called his new manager an idiot....
more
The
Armchair Quarterback
By: Hezron Joseph
The Armchair QB: A Way To Adjust The BCS Playoff
I took careful note of some of the positive things about the selection
process. They have a committee that selects the teams based on a set of
criteria. They have a “true playoff” in the form of the tournament and the
team that can win six games is crowned the champion. Could this format work
in college football. I believe it can and in the following article, I will
explain how this can be done.....
more
A
Fan Speaks Out By: Darrell Horwitz
“The Heckler” on a Fan Speaks Out: Ben Wallace and Aaron Gray Interview And the man in the
middle is Ben Wallace and Aaron Gray. So far Wallace is not playing like the
guy who cost the team $60 million to pry him away from Detroit. Gray, while
looking like a possible option in the pre-season, has does nothing but
gather splinters since the season started. In this interview, Wallace
comments on the teams’ chances to make the finals and what he did to improve
in the off-season. Gray explains the difference in the pro game compared to
college and if he regrets staying an extra year in college....
more
A
Fan Speaks Out By: Darrell Horwitz
"The Heckler" on a Fan Speaks
Out:
Jim Hendry Interview - 2007 With the Cubs on the
brink of the playoffs, Jim Hendry wears the hero crown again. But the last
two years, with the team a big disappointment, he wore the goat horns,
asking why he didn’t do more to improve the club. In this interview, he
addresses the issue if his hands were tied by Andy MacPhail, just what
Alfonso Soriano was promised when the Cubs signed him, his thoughts on Lou
Piniella, and what player surprised him this year....
more
This is my response to Jesse Jackson writing into the Chicago
Tribune and saying that Barry Bonds’ achievements should not be
minimized
In last weeks Other Views column, the Rev. Jesse Jackson
conveniently failed to examine all of the facts before
asking the readers to pay homage to the feat Barry Bonds is
about to accomplish. He constantly referred to the pre-1947
era, but Bonds is about to pass Hank Aaron’s record, not
Babe Ruth...more
NFL Power
Rankings: Final 2007 Regular Season Rankings
Really right now, it's New England's world and we’re just
living in it. Someone may knock them off, but until they do, we all bow down
to the kings of the NFL. They either stomp you, or you can play a perfect
game against them as the Giants did and they come from behind if necessary.
Either way, they win...more
Richie Sexson of the woeful Seattle Mariners is simply the latest example of the
silliness of Major League Baseball's love affair with high-priced superstars
whose production is pathetic.
Pity the Seattle Mariners, whose 37-58 record through Sunday (7-13-08) in the
American League West Division was tied for the second worst in the majors, a
whopping 20 games BEHIND the league-leading Los Angeles Angels at Anaheim, who
are 57-38...more
After years of struggles, PBC Chairman Clay
Bennett and the City of Seattle have come to an agreement which will move the
Seattle Supersonic to Oklahoma City for the 2008-2009 season. Ever since Bennett
has had his influence in the Seattle SuperSonic in 2006, he has wanted to move
the team to there. Now, his dream is coming true...more
After 1,230
regular-season contests, the stage is finally set for the second season. In the
Eastern Conference, the match-ups are: Bruins vs. Habs, Senators vs. Penguins,
Flyers vs. Capitals and Rangers vs. Devils. In the West, the Predators face the
Red Wings, the Flames square off against the Sharks, the Avs meet with the Wild
and the Stars tackle the Ducks. Who will hoist Lord Stanley's cup. Over the next
what will seem like a year, we will find out...more
The man who has been the Green
Bay Packers' starting
quarterback for all but three
games of the last 16 seasons,
the only quarterback an entire
generation of football fans even
remember quarterbacking the
Packers, is retiring...more
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Features
Is
Tiger Woods Cheating? By: Rafael
Moret
Recently Tiger has been roaring, dominating the PGA as if he was invincible.
First it was the British Open, then the Buick Open followed by the PGA
Championship , The Bridgestone Invitational and finally the Deutsche Bank
Championship . What's going on here? Where is every one else? It's not as if
Tiger is first and the same other guy is second every week. It's always someone
new. So what is it?...more
NBA Age Limit - A Blessing in
Disguise
The 2007 NBA draft class was the most hyped and highly covered
of any draft class in the last five years and maybe even this
decade - and 9 of the 10 first picks were still teenagers.
Something very profound has occurred in the NBA in the past two
years due in large part to the new rule that disallows any high
school student from entering the NBA draft until they are 19
years old...more
The
Savant
It's time to make it legal Steroids,
Doping, Gambling, Dog Fighting,
and everything else. American
sports fans have lived through a
few months of hell and some of
it needs to be fixed. How to do
that? Legalize it.
A few weeks ago we talked about the case against Michael Vick.
Since then, sports in general have suffered through some of the
worst scandals in the shortest time. Point shaving, dog
fighting, blood doping, its an epidemic at this point and its
time someone does something.
The International Olympic Committee has upheld a ban on Iraqi teams at the Beijing Games, saying Thursday the government missed the deadline to address accusations of political interference.
German Marcus Burghardt won a two- man sprint to the finish line to capture Stage 18 of the Tour de France, while Spain's Carlos Sastre retained his overall lead in cycling's most prestigious event.
July 23, 2008 - A melee at The Palace of Auburn Hills - also the site of the infamous brawl between the Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers and fans in 2004 - broke out Tuesday night with 4.6 seconds left in a WNBA between the Detroit Shock the Los Angeles Sparks.
The game turned heated after a collision between LA's Candace Parker and Detroit's Plenette Pierson turned into a shoving match....
Candace Parker scored 21 points and DeLisha Milton-Jones added 19 before both were ejected after a scuffle in the final minute as the Los Angeles Sparks held on to beat the Detroit Shock 84-81 in WNBA action.
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Insider
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