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Post-Joe Calzaghe, Six Super Middleweights Stake Their Claim
Originally posted on FightInsight.com.
Just like his compatriot Lennox Lewis, Joe Calzaghe left no doubt as to who the alpha male in his division was. Largely defined by his thrashing of then-undefeated Jeff Lacey as well as his dominant victory over then-undefeated Mikkel Kessler, “the Pride...
Watershed Moment For Michael Owen At Manchester United
By Soccernet
Who would have thought Michael Owen will be training at Old Trafford? Even though it has been a week since the official transfer was announced, the debate on his suitability rages on, at times emotionally charged with disbelief, vitriol and ridicule.
After trading in the “world’s best...
Breaking Down the Yankees for the Second Half - The Bullpen
All star baseball
By Rebecca
[So the All Star Game is officially over--and we can thus consider ourselves in the second half.
This is where it gets fun.
All of those days players got rested in the first half? Well, now they have to play. Now the pennant races start to heat up, and every move a team...
Choosing Career Over Nation Is Not Treacherous
Originally from Whowerare.
Following his two goal performance in a 3-1 victory for Italy over the United States at the Confederations Cup soccer tournament, Giuseppe Rossi finds himself a topic of discussion among American sports writers and commentators.
You see, Rossi is originally from Joisey (also...
Do Long-Term Contracts In The NHL Make Any Sense?
By Chris Boersma
This article assumes that:
For players that the team has filed an LTI exception, the team is allowed to exceed the cap by up to the amount of the injured player’s salary with as many replacement players as needed, provided that when the injured player is activated the team comes...
Has Tevez made a mistake?
By Tom Malley
After months of claim, counter claim, conjecture and rumour it is now confirmed that Carlos Tevez is to leave Manchester United. That may not come as a surprise to some, but what I think did raise a few eyebrows was that it was Tevez who decided to leave, rather than Manchester United...
Posted by exposrip in Featured Articles on 06 17th, 2009 | No Comments
General Motors Should Aim To Be Like The Red Wings
America's real team?
Has anyone noticed those GM commercials? Yeah, the one about resurrection or something. Oh, reinvention you say? Well, good for them I suppose. It would have been nice if it was 100% private but hey…it’s a sports blog.
Anyway, here’s a great article by Terry...
Posted by exposrip in Featured Articles on 06 12th, 2009 | No Comments
Basement Sports Bloggers Unite!
Proud to be a sports blogger and wedding crasher
I was going to weigh in with my own opinion about Phillies slugger Raul Ibanez going pre-Middle Ages on a Midwest blogger with his “basement” blogger comments and the subsequent (and predictable) reaction from sports journalists. But instead,...
Posted by exposrip in Basketball, Featured Articles, Motor Racing, Olympics on 06 7th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Lebron Misses The Point But Deserves Benefit Of Doubt
Someone I know is fond of saying “you can do nine great things but the minute you slip up once by making a mistake, people will remember that and forget everything else”.
There’s some truth to this. I kept reading about how Lebron James “gets it”. A superstar that is the...
Posted by exposrip in Featured Articles, Hockey, More Sports, Olympics on 06 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
Angry Commentary: The Montreal Canadiens And A Bunch Of Douche Wannabe Owners
By Beaker
Like anything in life, sports has its fair share of dipshits, defenders of mediocrity, bad commentary and egomaniacs. That’s just the way it is. I totally get why bloggers are angry. I’m not like these guys but some day I just may be.
Enter Pierre-Karl Peladeau. Boy-man CEO of a...
