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FIFA World Cup 2010: Can Anyone Stop the Americas?
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was supposed to feature African teams. After the group stage, the first World Cup on the continent of Africa has to be considered a failure for the African teams...
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup: "Sweet Sixteen"
The group stage of the World Cup has come to an end and the final 16 teams are set for the knockout stage...
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Handballs and Bad Calls; Time for FIFA to Add Replay to the World Cup
For the, at least, second time in six months, a soccer game ends in controversy. Everyone, by now, has heard about Thierry Henry’s handball that kept Ireland out of the 2010 World Cup...
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The 2010 US Open: Five Storylines to Watch
The site of golf's 2010 US Open, Pebble beach, is one of the most historic courses in this country. It has hosted this tournament four times, most recently in 2000...
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Pac-10 Expansion: Does Texas' No Halt or Just Slow Confernce Expansion?
In recent weeks, nearly all the talk in college football has been about conference expansion. Most of the talk has centered on the demise of the Big 12 and the rise of a 16 team Pac-10...
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2010 FIFA World Cup: A Look at Half The Groups After One Game
The 2010 FIFA World Cup is under way and half of the groups have played one game. While no team is mathematically out of advancing, some are in better position than others...
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World Cup 2010 Predictions: The 10 Teams Under the Most Pressure
Every team in the 2010 World Cup is under a certain amount of pressure. The 32 competing in South Africa not only want to make a good showing for themselves but for the countries as well...
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Don't Believe the Hype: No Deep World Cup Run for US Team
Most casual sports fans might not know this, but at one time during World Cup qualifying, the United States' place in South Africa looked uncertain...
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World Cup 2010 Predictions: An Updated Look Before the Opening Round
To Read my original predictions click here. As soon as the groups were announced, I quickly worked out who I thought would advance out of the group stage and then how the rest of the tournament would play out...
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Does The CWS Auburn Regional Hold the Key To Brett Favre's Future?
It has nearly become an annual summer event since 2006. This event has almost become a part of summer like watermelon, homemade ice cream or fire works on the Fourth of July. If it is summer, it is time to speculate...
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2010 NBA Finals: Preview and Predictions
The 2010 NBA Finals will once again feature the two flagship franchise of the NBA, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. The two teams have combined to win 33 of the 64 titles in NBA history...
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Ken Griffey Jr., Cleanest Star of the 90s, Retires After 22 Seasons
The face of Seattle Mariners has called it quits. Ken Griffey Jr., the once bright-eyed youngster with a million dollar smile and backward hat, ended his career Wednesday, June 2...
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2010 FIFA World Cup By the Numbers
We are less than a month away from the start of the 2010 World Cup. As the world prepares to descend on South Africa for the biggest global event, except for maybe the summer Olympics, let’s have a little fun...
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Five Reasons Why Thierry Henry Will Not Make Soccer Popular in the USA
A debate that has been raging forever in America is about to breakout once again. Reports are out that after the World Cup in South Africa, France’s Thierry Henry will play for the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer...
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LeBron James: A Crown-less King
More than any other sports league, the NBA relishes the torch being handed from one superstar to the next. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson in the 1980 passed the torch Michael Jordan in the 1990s...
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Super Saver and Calvin Borel Charging Toward History at The Preakness
The Triple Crown has not been claimed since 1978, a 32-year drought. This could be the year that the drought ends and one jockey could be leading the way...
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Big Ten Expansion: Right Idea, Wrong Teams
The Big Ten Conference has been looking into expansion since the college football season ended. Joe Paterno, the long time Penn State head coach, has been an outspoken supporter of ...
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao: One Boxing Fan's Pipe Dream
After Floyd Mayweather Jr. easily dispatched Shane Mosley, all eyes turned towards the potentially the biggest boxing match of the new millennium. That match would be Mayweather against Pilipino boxer Manny Pacquiao...
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Police Were Right To Taser Philadelphia Phillies' Fan
So there I was, sitting at the table watching sportscenter and drinking my morning coffee. My wife had woke up and fixed herself a cup of tea. As she rolled her eyes when she realized it was not the morning news, but sports once again, on the TV...
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2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Eastern Conference Semifinals Preview and Prediction
If the NHL Eastern Conference playoffs were like the NCAA Tournament, everyone’s bracket would be busted. Three of the top four seeds did not make it out of the first round...
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Sugar Shane Mosley: A Legacy Defined in the Desert
When “Sugar” Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. meet this Saturday, May 1st, one thing besides the WBA Super World welterweight title will be on the line for Mosley...
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2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Western Conference Semifinals Preview and Prediction
The first round of the Western Conference playoffs in the NHL were exciting, but did not have all the upsets that littered the Eastern Conference. Every series but one was won by the higher seed in six games...
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2010 Kentucky Derby: Favorites and Odds From Chruchhill Downs
On May 1st, the quest for the next Triple Crown winner begins at the 136th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. It is well known that the last Triple Crown winner was Affirmed in 1978...
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2010 NFL Draft: Notable Undrafted Free Agent Signings
The Detroit Lions made the final pick of the draft, taking Tim Toone, wide receiver out of Weber State. After that pick, every NFL team started looking for undrafted players to sign to their teams...
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2010 NFL Draft: Notable Second and Third Round Draft Picks
The second and the third rounds of the NFL Draft were both filled with well known college football stars. These are the two rounds of the draft were teams try to get high talent with lower picks...
