So it has finally happened. After all the ups and downs, ins and outs, yes he will, no he won’t, yes he’s retired, no he’s not…Brett Favre signs with the Minnesota Vikings. Read the full story

Terrell Owens kids, or T.O. for short, has come out with his own cereal, courtesy of PLB sports. It’s apparently only being sold in Buffalo (because of course he’s now in the Buffalo Bills) and it is selling out, fast. Even though Terrell Owens is not married, he does have two kids, which he aggressively makes sure he keeps them out of the public eye, and understandably so. Public life is very hectic and high-stress, and children just simply cannot understand what is going on around them and what people do to them, so it is best to leave them out of the public eye so they can lead normal lives.

Terrell Owens is very ambitious, and since he is a daddy, he understands the value of having a family so everything he does and his ambitions is to promote the well being of other fellow families and of course, his children. Terrell has his own clothing or fashion line, and if this sellout of cereal continues, soon a food business, specifically healthy low-fat cereal food. You may think how little money cereal generates but at a retail price of 3 or 4 dollars per box, times 10 million sales in 1 week (that’s about how fast this is flying off shelves, and this is a rough estimate because demand is too strong and supply too low), that’s 30 to 40 million dollars gross. Not bad for a breakfast cereal with a giant guy smiling and spinning a football (well holding it in his right arm). In an interview with PLB sports (the producer and owners of the cereal), CEO Ty Ballou states production is being ramped up to meet demand, he told a major media outlit. When you think about others, magical stuff happens, and for Terrell Owens kids, well, they have a rich, loving daddy who makes what appears to be great cereal.

The eyes of the racing world will be on Bristol Motor Speedway this week as NASCAR driver Ryan Newman attempts to become the first driver to win 4 races over 4 nights, in 4 different series, all at the same track. Newman didn’t choose to attempt this at just any track. Instead he chose Bristol Motor Speedway, often known at “The Worlds Fastest Half-mile”. Read the full story

The Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt made a world record for the 100 meters at 9.69 seconds during the Beijing Olympics . Now, he’s broken his own record by making it with 9.58 seconds! It was a clean start and there was no clear leader at first… Read the full story

Y.E. Yang is the newest PGA Champion! What’s so remarkable about that? Well in the one sport where fans almost always root for the favorite and against the underdog (especially when the favorite is none other than THE Tiger Woods) I don’t think anyone is upset that Yang got the win. On his second the the last shot, from 206 yards Yang got his ball about 10-15 feet from the hole. His birdie putt was good and now hundreds of people all over the world are googling “Y E Yang.” Everyone wants to know who took Tiger Woods down the the wire and emerged victorious. Read the full story

Oh man the Gina Carano VS Cyborg fight I can’t wait! Cris looks like she’s ready to tear Gina’s head off. The fans are barely cheering Cris as I think everyone is cheering on Gina. But alas, the fight is over but man what a hell of a fight. That went right at the buzzard at 4:59 of round 1. Cris cyborg must have known that she had a disadvantage later on but the advantage early on via raw power which she took advantage of early on.

While I’m not exactly a commentator I can tell you from the get go that both women came out swinging fast and VERY hard. I am guessing they were going for a quick knockout or attempting to take out each other’s stamina to ascertain each other’s strengths, weaknesses, and strategies. I think where Gina Carano went wrong was that she spent too many times kicking Cris Cyborg as Cyborg was constantly grabbing Gina’s kicking lags and pounding Gina in retaliation. Cris must have also recognized that each blow she dealt to Gina Carano vs the blows she herself took was way more than the pain she received. Seeing this, she knew if she could beat Gina in an attrition fight, which is where tic for tat, you keep beating each other down 1 by 1 because you know the math and stamina in this case, is on your side if you take enough blows and more importantly, give as many blows, which in strikeforce is known as strikes, and strike Cris Cyborg did.

While I personally doubt this will affect Gina Carano’s career much, her popularity may go down just a little bit, but that is ok. The Gina Carano VS Cyborg fight will serve as a humble reminder to Gina that despite her great looks and huge popularity, she still has a lot to train herself for. Both these fighting women are now at only 1 loss each, which is a ridiculously insane winning record. I bet that the next time these two women fight, the rematch will be furious and hopefully much more longer lasting.

Damn I was hoping the Gina Carano VS Cyborg would go on for 3 or 5 round as I knew every round would have been a hard, bloody, fierce fight every second, as we all saw in round 1. I still can’t believe it went down to the buzzard literally, but like a great sport Gina graciously admitted defeat and cheered her opponent on as Cris Cyborg was crowned the victor in this short but incredible fight. I think what the Gina Carano VS Cyborg fight shows is Cris was clearly more well trained. Given more time, Carano would have been able to train herself into a strength machine like Cris Cyborg was but nope, not enough time for Gina Carano. However, Gina Carano is not only a fighter, but she is also a gracious learner and she is no doubt right now going back to the locker room with her team and father who was present live to watch her daughter fight, and strategizing right now with everybody about what she did wrong, what she has to do to improve, and then take the necessary actions for a rematch of the Gina Carano VS Cyborg fight that we saw tonight (what an incredible fight).

Gina Carano Vs Cyborg, the fight every MMA fan has been waiting to see for about the last year and a half. Gina “Conviction” Carano has fought the biggest match of her career, taking on Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos in what will forever be known as “Carano vs. Cyborg.”

The ink in the history book is starting to dry, the first women’s championship MMA fight is over. Congrats to the victor. What an amazing fight!!! As usual the female MMA fighters did not let us down, we only got one round of the fight but it was an amazing round! I am not happy it ended right at the buzzer but sometimes that happens.

Cyborg’s brute force power house style was given the odds to win out the fight by most people but die hard Carano fans were just as certain Gina’s “Conviction” to remain undefeated would not waiver. The fight was hyped as a test to see whether brute force (Cyborg) would win out over strategy and technique (Carano). I’m not sure one fight proves which will win out every time but it certainly was a fun thing to speculate over and debate with people about.

So who won? Who do you think? Okay that is kinda mean of me. But hey, you should have been dedicated enough to stay up and watch the fight. Okay okay some of you probably had to work or had something major come up. I understand. The winner is Cris Cyborg. Congrats Cris.

Gina Carano will remain the face of women’s MMA. She is stunningly beautiful and an amazing fighter. In MMA being undeafeated is great and a truly remarkable accomplishment but having a loss on your record is not the kiss of death. Cris Cyborg lost her first MMA fight.

In fact it is expected. Not having a loss leads to speculation that all of your fights are rigged. Gina has battled that rumor for a very long time. Some say she was used as a pretty face to lure more fans to the sport but was never really given a powerful opponent. I think that is insulting not only to Gina Carano herself but also to all the women she fought. I never saw anything in a fight where I thought it was being thrown. Gina earned her wins and it is just plain wrong to claim otherwise unless you have credible evidence to support the claim. Female MMA fighters definitely face a harder time getting respect for the long hours they train and the beating they take inside the cage. So lay off the “fixed fight” crap already.

Fans were all over the map on how they saw this fight ending. Some thought it would be over in a matter or minutes by way of a quick knock out while others saw it going all the way to the end and being decided by the judges. This fight really was hard to decide on, personally I ran every scenario through my head and to be honest I wasn’t sure how it would end. I’m actually rather happy about that because it allowed me to watch and enjoy the fight without having to be worried about not being right about the winner and how it was won.

I still think both women are amazing fighters and look forward to watching them fight again — whether it be a rematch or some new opponent. Bring on more women’s mixed martial arts!!!

The Gina Carano Vs Cris Cyborg fight was one of the most anticipated bout in MMA history, or at least in women’s MMA history. Gina Carano and Cris Cyborg are the two highest profile women MMA athletes and it was only a matter of time before the two faced off in a fight to see who is queen of the women MMA world.

The American Gina Carano is a crowd’s favorite, at least in North America: she is beautiful and deadly at the same time. Gina Carano’s weigh in was an event onto itself and had the crowd roaring. She might be beautiful but she is also a very accomplished MMA athlete with convincing wins over some of the best fighters in women MMA. The Carano Cyborg fight set the record straight as to who is the best current MMA fighter.

The Brazilian Cris Cyborg had plans of her own to foil the meteoric rise of Gina Carano to the top of the women MMA rooster. An incredibly aggressive striker, Cris Cyborg has bullied her way to the top of the league, stringing impressive wins one over the other. To many, in this fight she was the favorite to win over Carano, who fought for the first time in her career as the underdog.

My prediction for the Gina Carano Cris Cyborg fight was that if Gina can weather the first round flurry of Cris Cyborg she would eventually get the better of the Brazilian. Cris has never faced a tough opponent like Gina whose striking is also world class and who will not stand there and take it without retaliating with a few shots of her own. That plus the fact that Cris cardio has shown signs of weaknesses before would mean that if the fight reaches the latter rounds things might sway in the favor of Gina as times goes on. Not to underestimate Cris Cyborg though, she is a real wrecking machine with real knock out power.

So was I right or way off with my prediction? On to the Gina Carano Cris Cyborg fight proper:
Round 1: Cris Cyborg dominating, landing more shots and scoring more take downs. It looks like Gina Carano is having trouble coping with the strength and aggressivity of Cris Cyborg Santos. Near the end of the round Cris scores the take down and grounds and pounds Carano to take the victory.

Gina Carano Vs Cris Cyborg fight result: Cris Cyborg wins the fight by GNP round 1.

The biggest fight in the history of Mixed Martial Arts and Strikeforce is between two of the worlds hottest, most ferocious women in the world, Gina Carano VS Cyborg (first name Cris). As I write this I’m teething with anticipation as I watch it live online (search strikeforce justin tv online) or showtime. As usual they save the best fight for last as I just watched Werdum beat Fedor with a Guillotine choke hold. Now I’m watching a midweight fight but of course I’m just waiting to see the main event.

Man I hope the Gina Carano VS Cyborg is as awesome as this round 1 fight with Ishida and MeLendez, where it seemed like Meledez was the clear winner but Ishida was able to bring Meledez down with an attack at the legs. Personally I think the fight between Gina Carano and Cybord will last all 5 rounds because both know the stakes are very high and the profile and fame is going to be unprecedented. Apparently maintaining and holding ground at the center of the ring (the black hexagon in the middle of the ring) is very important. Oh man round 2 was great, Melendez just wore Ishida down and made his ear bleed and then kept pounding at him. I think Melendez is going for the wear Ishida down. Of course the strikes and fists seem like they don’t hurt but they actually do. These fighters hit very hard and very fast. The fact that you don’t hear sound is very critical because all the force of the kick or punch or charge is channeled through the target impact area, which in this case is the face or head or poor Ishada’s case his ears. And oh boy round 3 was totally a win for Melendez as he pounds the crap out of Ishada. What a great fight. Melendez beat the snot out of Ishada with 104 strikes versus Ishada’s 21 strikes, almost a 5 to 1 ratio.

What I like about this kind of fight (Gina Carano VS Cyborg) versus UFC is that this is more elegant and about skill and strategy than bruteforce like say UFC. I usually cannot withstand too much blood so I like the stricter rules about fighting. The chat channels are filled right now with furious chat about this fight and the predictions of how Gina will beat the crap out of Cyborg or how Cyborg will smash Gina into a bloody pulp. Right now I’m seeing Cris Cyborg for the first time and oh my god she is scary. She easily can lift a tank or pound it into dust. My guess is that Gina will try to go for either the quick wrestling victory or outlasting Cris. My money’s on Gina because she always uses the power of underestimation to her advantage but Cris doesn’t seem to buy it. Whatever the case may be I will be watching the Gina Carano VS Cyborg fight and will let you know how it goes with my thoughts, after the knockout of course.

This is a quick recap of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers first pre-season game of the year against the Tennessee Titans playing at their stadium. The first series of the game was the nothing impressive with the new Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense on the field as Luke McCown threw two incomplete passes along with a rush for a couple of yards leading to a 3 and out with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers first possession of the game against the Tennessee Titans.
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Pro wrestler Kurt Angle was arrested early this morning in Pittsburgh. Kurt Angle was arrested on PFA violation, possession of HGH. Mr. Angle’s car was also towed away since his license is suspended in connection with a previous drunken driving arrest. Read the full story

Famous baseball player David Wright was hit in the head today and there sure is a big bump on his head where that ball smacked him. We’re all glad that he is going to be alright and at worse suffer a mild concussion. If I got hit in the head with a baseball at 90 miles per hour, I’d probably be in critical condition at the hospital, with severe head trauma and internal bleeding, not to mention a bunch of dead brain cells. I suppose that is why baseball players wear those metal blue helmets, or black if that is their preferred color of choice.

Now I know David Wright is not a ninja or a practitioner of the secret Japanese arts of Ninjutsu, but if he was, he would have been able to have avoided being hit in the head. The way of the ninja teaches you many skills and martial arts, including the ninja’s most prized skill, the art of dodging things, whether it’s baseballs, axes, swords, houses, bricks, gunfire, or rabid beanie baby toys. So if our mythical David Wright was nimble and agile like a ninja, he would’ve been able to dodge or contort his body in such a way that he would have been able to have his head narrowly miss the baseball. Also, do not forget ninjas are very very fast, lightning fast almost, just like the pitcher’s speed when throwing a curve or fast ball.

David Wright getting hit in the head reminds me of this one time when I went to my friend’s place. Now he is a gun fanatic, as many men are, and had a cool looking airsoft bb pistol, which looked almost identical to a USP tactical .45 caliber (counterstrike fans will remember that as simply the USP for CT’s). Anyway, he thought the gun was empty and he always loved pointing it at people’s head. This time the clip or magazine of bb’s was missing but he forgot to empty the chamber which still had one loaded bb pellet in the bullet holder and had it cocked. He pointed it point blank at another friend, Philip, and pulled the trigger, firing a point blank bb at poor Philip’s head. Needless to say Philip got very angry at warren just like David Wright no doubt got super angry at Matt Cain. It left a pretty big bump on Philip’s head and for the next 2 hours I heard Philip whining and angrily bitching about how anyone could be so careless about wielding bb pistols.

I bet this David Wright hit in head story will tell you how David and Philip feel when others accidentally hit them in the hit with objects, bbs, baseballs, glass shoes, books, you name it. But the best remedy for such a big bump on the head is to get some nice bucket of ice, preferably in a bag, and just place it on top of wherever the bump is. It might sting a little and the cold will send chills down your spine, but the swelling will be at a minimum and your bump won’t hurt so much, especially if you’re David Wright who got hit in the head with a big, fast baseball.

With the 2009 NFL Football pre-season in full swing, the annual Fantasy Football team owners are gearing up for their new season’s draft. To this end each team owner will be putting together their own fantasy football cheat sheet 2009. What this sheet will do it to identify which players are the best players at each position so that when the draft is in full swing, they can keep track of who has been drafted and who remains to be selected. Here’s how you can win your next fantasy league trophy

Every fantasy football league will have their own scoring rules so any source that promises you that a particular player is always going to to be selected at a particular point in the draft is not going to be completely accurate. For instance, a league that gives out points for each reception will find running backs that catch alot of passes valued more than running backs who don’t. Similarly, there are wide receivers who catch alot of passes each game, but don’t produce as many yards as the wide receiver who catches 3 balls all game but ends up with 120 yards and 2 touchdowns. So establishing the unique rules of your league is the first step to creating your fantasy football cheat sheet 2009 .

The second step is to establish a ranking for each player at each position. You need to rely on historical data for the player and also any changes to the player’s team. So a wide eceiver that has a new rookie quarterback will not necessarily do as well as they did last year. In that case, you need to take last year’s production and discount it somewhat. Similarly, if your team just added a stud wide receiver, you might want to increase the predicted stats of your quarterback.

The next step in creating your cheat sheet is to put it all down on paper. Personally I use Microsoft Excel to put all the information in so I can see it all at a moment’s notice. I put all of the positions on separate worksheets in the spreadsheet and label them by position. Then I add an overall worksheet so I can who the obvious choice might be relative to the other positions. I then establish “tiers” at each position so I can decide when the production level drops off alot.

So how should you use your fantasy football cheat sheet 2009 ? This varies from league to league and person to person but the general rule of thumb is that running backs are the most valuable, followed by quarterbacks. The next position of value is wide receiver. After this it all depends upon your league rules but in most general leagues it is followed by tight end, team defense and then the place kicker.

The overall sheet is the best way to keep track of how the draft is going. If you have only picked 1 runnng back (most leagues start 2 so you should try to get 2 stud running backs early) and all the top tier running backs are gone, but a top tier quarteback is still available, then pick up the quarterback if you need one. This saves you from always chasing the 2nd or 3rd best at a position rather than getting the best wide receiver or quarterback. Players typically face this dilemma at the end of the first round. The first 5 or 7 picks are running backs and that exhausts the tp tier running backs. You then must decide if you go running back or draft the best wide receiver or quarterback. Your best bet here is to go non-running back and get the #1 at the other position and then when the draft snakes back to you, pick up the 2nd tier running back, If you draft this way, you will ensure that you do well during the season.

Remember, championships are won on draft day.

Patriot Golf Day 2009! It’s that awesome unofficial holiday- but- not- really- a- holiday- but- we- just- made- one- up- holiday! Yes, from the people who brought to you patriot fries (USA copyrighted?), patriot milk, and patriot dogs (hot dogs because frankfurter is german and the germans didn’t support us in Iraq), they bring you the latest invention of the American Freedom Machine, Patriot Golf. Just think of how great or hilarious or ridiculous it is to see the likes of Jack Nicholson, Tiger Woods, or Michelle Wie, swinging their golf clubs with a bright red, white, and blue American flag strapped to their backs. Surely any lover of freedom would find this a patriotic thing to do. I myself am always physically too lazy to do anything that requires me to walk 50 feet in any direction but I am always proud of such weird yet um, yeah weird events.

With the advent of Patriot Golf Day 2009, I wonder if we will have video games for it. I mean, it would be an awesome title for a game. Say it with me,’ Patriot Golf! 2009!’ and the game would always be released on well, Patriot Golf Day of course. I remember a few years back when I was traveling with my best friends Warren and Bill, we also invited some of our geeky computer science buddies over to play video games at the Stony Brook Computer Science graduate center. We chose that location because they have these incredible projectors that are awesome to play xbox 360 games with. Anyway we got really hungry and had to go get some food, so we went to a local diner along the Stony Brook Road highway. My friend Bill made a bet with John, one of our buddies, that if John told the waitress that he wanted an American meal, he’d give John $1 on the spot. John took up Bill on this amazing dare, and did it with extremely American skill.

The waitress comes with a big happy smile on her face (it was a real one, not a fake one so she liked her job) and John’s order goes like this:
Waitress: “May I take your order, sir?”
John: “Yes, I would like a Patriot Burger with cheese, an American Coca Cola, and some Liberty Fries.”
Me: “John also would like a side of freedom with that order.”

Bill gave John his most deserving $1, American.

I’m only 27 years old as I write this but I imagine that some day I will be playing golf, and will there ever be another Patriot Golf Day 2009? You bet. While there is all this hoopla over Americans being way too patriotic and being borderline fanatical, I just think of all the good times patriotism and freedom brings all humans. After all, that is what democracy is all about, doing what you want, saying what you want, disagreeing with everything you can imagine, and eating some patriot fries, with a side of freedom of course. So get out there and swing away at Patriot Golf Day 2009, and be sure to wave flags and look as ridiculous as you can because freedom is also funny.

Breaking News: Leadville 100 Updates – Lance Armstrong, the famous French Bicyclist who against all odds bested cancer, has made his comeback official by winning the Leadville biking tour, beating 6 time champion Dave Wiens.

Now I remember when I wanted to enter a bicycle tour just like the Leadville 100 but I can’t remember the last time I updated my contact info. It was about 5 years ago when I actually bought my first bike and learned to ride it (yes I know I’m quite late to the whole biking and bike tours thing) but it was a heavy metal bike and I remember it was very heavy to lift, which can be a blessing or a curse.

See, if you’re competing in the Leadville 100, you need to update your bike or cycling gear to the best and latest, and lightest. The only time I can think of using a heavy duty steel bike is when you’re going to take a lot of hits or collisions, which is generally bad to be doing in the first place because you can injure yourself, others, the bike, and external property. A heavier bike might also make pedaling much harder to do. If that happens well, you lose your energy and you’ll fall behind the race.

If you look closely at one of the pictures on the internet about the Leadville 100 updates, you’ll see many bikers cheering and lifting their bikes. You may think they are all heavy bikes but they’re actually a lightweight titanium alloy (very expensive but durable as steel) and feel almost like a feather when lifted. If you ever go to a biking tour or marathon, it is not uncommon to see bicyclists whizzing by you at 30 or 40 miles per hour (35-45 kilometers per hour) which is almost as fast as slow moving cars, that’s really fast! But it takes a lot of energy and carbohydrates to be able to have enough energy to pedal such speeds for such a sustained amount of time.

The Leadville 100 tournament is held once in a while but I have been checking out an update on whether or not they are changing that. While bicycles usually get some money, a lot of the proceeds goes to noble charitable causes that can range from saving the homeless, cancer research (always a biggie for Lance Armstrong because he is a cancer patient survivor), or AIDS research. Also, if you bike a lot, you’ll stay very fit and it always feels good to feel healthy. I hope the next Leadville 100 Updates will feature some new blood as Dave and Lance are quite notable bicyclists in this region of the world.

It’s Super Bowl time (not quite yet) and everybody is trying to get their hands on the fantasy football cheat sheet 2009 as quickly as possible! It’s that time of year again to be thinking about Matt Baker, Roscoe Parrish, Justin Jenkins, Anthony Kimble, Kevin Faulk, and for die hard old fans John Elway. This year is an exciting one as no doubt the masses of the world, or at least the masses of Americans In the United States Of America (that sounds redundant) are looking evermore to national sports games to drown out and phase out their worries about the economy and this disastrous recession we are living in.

So, what will this year’s kick ass fantasy football team for 2009 that maybe won’t require a cheat sheet, you ask? Well, the cheesiest way is to just stock up on stars, but of course that can be a problem because depending on the rules you have to adhere to for your particular fantasy football game, you can only stock up on so many star players. Now this is completely my opinion and I’m quite a noob novice when it comes to fantasy football, but I believe in what is called the “min / max” principle to playing and winning a game.

Min maxing is a video game term (or at least that’s where I always hear that term used) where you maximize whatever it is you want, usually a statistic or skill, and you minimize the rest so you free up “points” or “stats” or “slots” to dump into the statistic or skill you are maximizing. It’s called min maxing and it should work great for everybody’s fantasy football cheat sheet 2009.

Now, what would I minimize in the min max part of this formula for my fantasy football cheat sheet for 2009? Well, my play-style is to ignore as much as I can of both teams. Yes, that is right ignore. Hear me out. The basic goal of football is to score a goal or kick the football into the end. Since I’m a person that would heavily favor ranged type plays (throwing and kicking footballs), I would set up my team to have the maximum best chance of successfully kicking the ball. Yup that’s right, I’m going for the punt strategy. Basically with everybody able to throw and kick, the objective would be to make it to the 30 or 40 yard line and just punt the ball for an easy 3 points. You can ignore defense as you only have a few seconds for the quarterback to throw the ball before he gets sacked. Now the problem with this strategy is that maybe the receiver of the football will get hosed but that’s why you pick one player on your team, ideally two players, that are the best receivers. Then you have both receivers stay and spread the hell apart to divide the defense’s tacklers.

For defense it’s quite simply, just load up on big scary fast people. Speed is probably more important since you always want to tackle everybody quickly or ideally, intercept the ball. Melee type players will favor huge front end players who are trying to charge the opposing quarterback and go for the sack, but this is often a very difficult maneuver to attempt. When it comes to fantasy football cheat sheet 2009, all I can say is min max to your heart’s content.

Detroit Lions vs. Atlanta Falcons in the 2009 preseason game. The Detroit Lions will host the Atlanta Falcons at Ford Field in Detroit at 4PM EST today. Daunte Culpepper will be the starting quarterback for the preseason game with the first draft pick quarterback Matthew Stafford expected in the second quarter. Read the full story

As a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan, I was extremely disappointed with them last season, as the whole 2008 season for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just collapsed. Some will argue that the defense had given up and started to slack off once the defensive genius Monte Kiffin announced that he would be leaving the team to help his son coach college. Hopefully we will see a superbowl caliber team tonight when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers open up the 2009 pre-season against the Tennessee Titans. Read the full story

The English Premier League 2009-10 soccer season is starting this weekend and it may prove to be an interesting one if Manchester City can put pressure on the “big four” who have dominated the league for years. Only Everton has ever cracked the top four in the last six years, finishing fourth in the 2004/05 campaign.

Manchester United [the reigning champions], Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal have been successful for three reasons…money, money and more money! All four have spent like drunken sailors to acquire players and have made it nearly impossible for anybody else in the league to compete. Read the full story

Mark Sanchez was the center of attention as he lined up as the Jets’ rookie quarterback- and then he dropped it! Not the ball fortunately – but his mouth guard!

I must admit to not be too familiar with the ins and out of football – but I know what first night nerves are all about! Mark Sanchez seems to as well – he completed the play he called with a 48-yard pass to David Clowney, a good start for his first NFL play.

It got me thinking about the pressure we put on our sportsmen and athletes With today’s long-zoom cameras and with many players playing with a mic turned on! There is nowhere to hide if something goes wrong – even if its totally irrelevant to the outcome of the game.

Its a bit like the outcry every time Michael Phelps does something a bit wrong hes front page news. To be honest anything a sportsman does outside of their sporting arena is really irrelevant and why anyone cares is beyond me.

But the intrusion has become even worse when we watch their every on field move. It appears that Mark Sanchez was surprised to be called onto the field at that particular time in the game. Maybe he hadn’t quite got his mouth guard in place before he made the call. Whatever why are the headlines all about the mouthguard rather than his impressive contribution to the Jets’ win?