Today In Sport

Today former MLB Home Run King, Mark McGwire revealed that he had in fact used steroids during his career.  In his forthcoming book due out in time for next christmas he reveals that water is wet, fire is hot and a thousand other things that we already knew.

Action Sports superstar Travis Pastrana wanted so badly to be a part of the now annual New Years stunt show put on by Red Bull and dominated by Robbie Madison that he came up with a stunt that would attempt to top all the previous shows.  And he may have succeeded.

Travis Pastrana decided to jump from the Long Beach Pier onto a landing ramp on a barge in the harbour 250 feet away to break the world record of 171 feet.  There were many factors that were against him, tides, wind and ultiamtely trying to stop if he landed it on the ramp which was barely 200 feet long.

Well here it is.

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Well the glossy untarnished world of Tiger Woods has come crashing down around his ears.  But he has finally admitted it is all of his own doing and has decided to take a leave of absence from the pro golf tour to try and clean up the mess he has created.

So what has he really done here?  He has completely ruined his once squeaky clean image but over the past few years even that has taken a few hits with his little temper tantrums on the course every now and then.  I would say his biggest crime is being greedy.  But he had everything of the highest quality and then he went and lowered his standards.  (continue reading…)

Washington Capitals superstar forward Alexander Ovechkin has been suspended for two matches by the NHL for a knee on knee hit involving Carolina Hurricane’s defenseman Tim Gleason.  It was determined that Ovechkin had deliberately caused the collision even though both players had been hurt.

Here is the incident in question.

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Danny Green defied all the critics and naysayers who believed he was not able to go with an aging Roy Jones Jr and recorded a TKO in the first round of their fight.  After an inordinate delay to the fight, Jones Jr was forced to wait even longer after his entrance to the ring as Green took his time before entering the ring after his music hit.

Whether or not this had an effect on Jones Jr we will never know but he seemed to be very tentative in the opening exchanges of the fight.  Nearing the midpoint of the first round Jones Jr was backed into a corner and was lightly swatting away some ineffective left hand jabs from Green who then launched a stinging blow to the temple of Jones Jr that sent him to the canvas.

Roy was able to regain his feet and answer the standing eight count but he was obviously still dazed and confused as Green immediately went back on the offensive after the resumption and was forced into duck and cover mode.  After a slight clinch the fight was stopped after another flurry of Green punches that Jones Jr was not fighting back against.

The referee officially stopped the fight at two minutes and two seconds of the first round.  An incredulous Green then went on a ten minute rant in the ring thanking everyone from his trainers to Jones Jr to the guy on the corner of his street that washes his car windscreen.  Green had a few choice words for his critics as well.

A fight between Jones Jr and Bernard Hopkins had been in the works had both of them won their fights this week.  With Green defeating Jones Jr he might be in line for that fight now.  Anyway, an excellent effort by the Green Machine and hopefully many more to come.

Here is the fight in full…

The Green Machine, Danny Green defends his IBO Cruiserweight title against arguably one of the greatest fighters in the history of boxing, Roy Jones Jr who is striving to become the first person in history to have held a title belt in five different weight divisions from Middleweight to Heavyweight.

On Wednesday night in Sydney the two fighters will meet for the first time in the ring after a lead up to the fight that has been full of mouthing off between the two camps and Danny Green’s apparent dislike for Jones Jr’s management and promoter, McGee Wright.  Hopefully Green is right when he says that this will not distract him during the fight.

The fight will be a battle between Jones Jr’s legendary hand speed and quickness, which is still evident despite his 40 years and Green’s hard chin and even harder fists.  If Green can be patient and wait for his opportunity he might have a chance to test out Jones Jr’s increasingly suspect chin.

Roy will have to keep Green at arms length and stay away from the big one.  He will have to stay out of the corners or risk being unable to use his quickness to elude the knockout blow Green will be looking for.  Danny will be looking to trap Jones in a corner, evade the flurry of punches coming his way and then go for the knockout.

Jones Jr can still deliver his own knockout blow so Green will have to be wary about rushing in too quickly.  Hopefully it will be a great fight and personally I hope Danny Green retains his title.

Dejan Stankovic of Inter Milan this week made Genoa goalkeeper Marco Amelia look a little foolish after his ill advised clearance fell straight to the Inter player who volleyed it back from the halfway into the empty net vacated by the unfortunate shot stopper.

Also here are the Top Ten goals from the NHL for the past week.

The Phoenix Mercury are the 2009 WNBA Champions after beating the Indiana Fever in game 5, 94 - 86.  Lead by Finals MVP Diana Taurasi, livewire Cappie Pondexter and Aussie star Penny Taylor, the Mercury were able to fight back from a 2-1 series deficit and win on their home court in the decider.

Tamika Catchings from the Fever did all she could to keep her team in the contest ably aided by Tammy Sutton-Brown and back-up center Jessica Davenport who was unstoppable down low but guard Katie Douglas had a shocker hitting only one of her nine 3-point shots including two misses late in the contest when they were trying for the miracle comeback. (continue reading…)

Well we are back again, this time with the teams from the NFC.  If you read the AFC version then you know where we stand.  If you didn’t, then go here AFC Preview Cheerleader Edition.  So without further ado, let’s get to the preview. (continue reading…)

Welcome to the 2009 NFL season preview.  The best way to rank teams at the start of the year when you don’t have much information to go on (other than rosters, last years stats, information from real analysts) is to go by their cheerleaders.  It just makes sense.

Now, I understand that a few of the NFL teams do not have cheerleader squads (the one question you have to ask is, why?) but I have been able to locate some pictures of girls wearing the teams colours so they will have to suffice for those teams.

So without further ado, let the season preview begin! (continue reading…)