Golf's greatest is back, ladies and gentlemen.
The Tiger Woods began playing along with his "equals" last week at the Accenture Advantage golf tournament where it was head-to-head matches instead of the regular you vs. the field.
He won his first match in the first round after coming back from ankle surgery. The last major tournament he was in was the Masters at Augusta, Georgia.
That event was one for the ages. Tiger literally played all those holes, walking up and down the fairways with just one leg! He had to go through a golf "OT"; extra holes; a playoff between 46 year-old golfer Rocco Mediate.
Back and forth, back and forth they went at it like a heavyweight bout between Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier.
Until the Tiger awakened from the short slumber. Woods perserved on the course, and truly through his ankle.
Now back to the present: Tiger eventually lost in the second round to a guy by the name of Tim Clark. This loss makes Woods 32-7 all-time in match-play.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
2009 NBA All-Star Game
The 2009 NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix was definitely a great game to watch! As always, All-Star weekend had the glits and glam with the famous people attending, but the game, was something else.
Of course, my guy Dirk was voted into the game; though whenever he gets onto the court, he hardly ever sees action to shoot the ball!
Now that really gets on my nerves when that happens. Of course, since it’s the West team he’s on, there’s a bit more superstars on the court. You got your Kobe, your Chris Paul, etc., etc., yadda, yadda, yadda, and so on.
So basically it comes down to the other four on court other than Nowitzki having all the fun. Then I guess when they’re a bit tired after all the alley-oops and such, then they find Dirk for an open 3 from downtown, or a perimeter jump-shot.
There was one play; it was on a fastbreak, where Dirk was keeping pace to attempt to score, and the gave actually gave it to him!
Finally.
I believe that it was New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul who dished it out to Dirk for the easy lay-in. And after that score, he found the ball a couple more times; one point when he was in the left wing and he drained a fade-away, and he also sunk in another and got in a couple free-throws, with a grand total of 7 points.
Hah! [no knock on Dirk.] Ah well. Dirk’s biggest scoring All-Star game was when he had 13 points. It was the 2007 All-Star game in Philadelphia, if I’m not mistaken.
Though the MVPs of the night, (Yes, there wasn’t just one winner.) were 2 rivals, Shaq and Kobe. Shaq provided as usual the little tricks he’d have up his sleeve when All-Star weekend rolls around, and as for Kobe, he led all scorers that night, so he was a no-brainer for the award.
I just can’t wait for the All-Star celebration to come to Dallas! It will be, hands down, the greatest All-Star weekend in history; a very important date in sports history, as well.
The great business minds of Cowboys GM and President Jerry Jones and the Mavs owner Mark Cuban banded together to get the NBA festivities here in North Texas. This is the breakdown: the Skills Challenge, Shooting Stars, 3-point Shootout, and the Slam Dunk competitions are all going to be held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, while the actually All-Star game…
It’s at the Cowboys’ boss-hog bowl over at Arlington. This will definitely be a day to remember for a long time to come; just imagine all that money that’ll be coming to D/FW area; it’s staggering to really think about.
And another thing that’ll make All-Star weekend even more special: LeBron James finally decides to compete in the Slam Dunk event. He’s no question the player to watch in that competition, probably even the favorite.
It’s going to be one heck of a spectacle to witness, folks.
Of course, my guy Dirk was voted into the game; though whenever he gets onto the court, he hardly ever sees action to shoot the ball!
Now that really gets on my nerves when that happens. Of course, since it’s the West team he’s on, there’s a bit more superstars on the court. You got your Kobe, your Chris Paul, etc., etc., yadda, yadda, yadda, and so on.
So basically it comes down to the other four on court other than Nowitzki having all the fun. Then I guess when they’re a bit tired after all the alley-oops and such, then they find Dirk for an open 3 from downtown, or a perimeter jump-shot.
There was one play; it was on a fastbreak, where Dirk was keeping pace to attempt to score, and the gave actually gave it to him!
Finally.
I believe that it was New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul who dished it out to Dirk for the easy lay-in. And after that score, he found the ball a couple more times; one point when he was in the left wing and he drained a fade-away, and he also sunk in another and got in a couple free-throws, with a grand total of 7 points.
Hah! [no knock on Dirk.] Ah well. Dirk’s biggest scoring All-Star game was when he had 13 points. It was the 2007 All-Star game in Philadelphia, if I’m not mistaken.
Though the MVPs of the night, (Yes, there wasn’t just one winner.) were 2 rivals, Shaq and Kobe. Shaq provided as usual the little tricks he’d have up his sleeve when All-Star weekend rolls around, and as for Kobe, he led all scorers that night, so he was a no-brainer for the award.
I just can’t wait for the All-Star celebration to come to Dallas! It will be, hands down, the greatest All-Star weekend in history; a very important date in sports history, as well.
The great business minds of Cowboys GM and President Jerry Jones and the Mavs owner Mark Cuban banded together to get the NBA festivities here in North Texas. This is the breakdown: the Skills Challenge, Shooting Stars, 3-point Shootout, and the Slam Dunk competitions are all going to be held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, while the actually All-Star game…
It’s at the Cowboys’ boss-hog bowl over at Arlington. This will definitely be a day to remember for a long time to come; just imagine all that money that’ll be coming to D/FW area; it’s staggering to really think about.
And another thing that’ll make All-Star weekend even more special: LeBron James finally decides to compete in the Slam Dunk event. He’s no question the player to watch in that competition, probably even the favorite.
It’s going to be one heck of a spectacle to witness, folks.
Friday, February 13, 2009
A-Rod The Fraud?
Yankees 3rd baseman and former Texas Ranger Alex Rodriguez has been found out to have been using a banned substance during the 2001-2003 seasons with his time with the Rangers.
During an interview with Katie Couric, Rodriguez was asked about if he had ever taken any performance-enhancing drugs/banned substances. Here’s a video of the interview.
Now he has come out to say that he actually did take performance-enhancing drugs during the tenure as a Ranger, and he went to ESPN Baseball analyst Peter Gammons for his truthful tellings of the whole ordeal.
I used to be big on A-Rod, especially whenever I already knew that Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, and most notoriously, Barry Bonds. Since Bonds "allegedly" became the home-run king, I was all like, "A-Rod's the closest into becoming the real home-run champ after Henry Aaron".
Well, I guess he isn't one of the clean ones. You just have to play the game; no matter the sport; with the God-given talent you possess and play your heart out and work hard. Not to take any short cuts.
Because you end up getting cut short.
During an interview with Katie Couric, Rodriguez was asked about if he had ever taken any performance-enhancing drugs/banned substances. Here’s a video of the interview.
Now he has come out to say that he actually did take performance-enhancing drugs during the tenure as a Ranger, and he went to ESPN Baseball analyst Peter Gammons for his truthful tellings of the whole ordeal.
I used to be big on A-Rod, especially whenever I already knew that Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, and most notoriously, Barry Bonds. Since Bonds "allegedly" became the home-run king, I was all like, "A-Rod's the closest into becoming the real home-run champ after Henry Aaron".
Well, I guess he isn't one of the clean ones. You just have to play the game; no matter the sport; with the God-given talent you possess and play your heart out and work hard. Not to take any short cuts.
Because you end up getting cut short.
Friday, February 6, 2009
The "Bullet" Hits Its Target
Former Cowboys WR and ex-Olympian Bob Hayes makes it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the class of 2009, though passing away at the age of 59 battling problems with his liver and prostate cancer on September 18, 2002.
This announcement has come to be very late; well after he’s been eligible to be inducted into the Hall during recent years, especially for the 2004 class. Many questioned why he wasn’t able to get in that year. There were and still are rumors of how the committee handles votes, on how they might have a certain bias voting in Dallas Cowboy members.
That just isn’t right, especially to a certain few Cowboys that are exceptionally deserving of the honor and that are still long awaiting. Though the last of the “Triplets” in the ‘90’s era shouldn’t have a hard time getting in.
Emmitt Smith is who I’m referring to; being the NFL’s leading rusher with 18,355 yards, 164 career TDs, and don’t forget the 3 Super Bowl Championship rings to go with it; he’s definitely getting in on the first ballot.
That's only if people are just in their right minds to vote him in instead going on the Cowboys-bias.
This announcement has come to be very late; well after he’s been eligible to be inducted into the Hall during recent years, especially for the 2004 class. Many questioned why he wasn’t able to get in that year. There were and still are rumors of how the committee handles votes, on how they might have a certain bias voting in Dallas Cowboy members.
That just isn’t right, especially to a certain few Cowboys that are exceptionally deserving of the honor and that are still long awaiting. Though the last of the “Triplets” in the ‘90’s era shouldn’t have a hard time getting in.
Emmitt Smith is who I’m referring to; being the NFL’s leading rusher with 18,355 yards, 164 career TDs, and don’t forget the 3 Super Bowl Championship rings to go with it; he’s definitely getting in on the first ballot.
That's only if people are just in their right minds to vote him in instead going on the Cowboys-bias.
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