Manchester United strengthened their English Premier League lead with a 3-0 win
United stay top after downing 10-man Liverpool. Manchester United’s Portugese midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo (R) celebrates with Rio Ferdinand after scoring.
Manchester United strengthened their English Premier League lead with a 3-0 win at Old Trafford over arch-rivals Liverpool, who had to play more than half [...]
March 23rd, 2008 | Posted in US Football Tournament | No Comments
Coach of most aggrieved team to miss NCAA tournament refused to play victim card
By-the-book brackets produce few surprises, controversies in NCAA men’s basketball tournament
The coach of the most aggrieved team to miss the NCAA tournament refused to play the victim card.
The chairman of the selection committee said nobody called him to complain.
The defending national champions [...]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in NCAAB basketball tournament, Sports Games | No Comments
Iflove NCAAB Review: how NCAA men’s basketball tournament will play out
The word bubble has been retired for another year.
No more worrying about quality wins and strength of schedule. The NCAA’s field of 65 has been set, and here’s one way to look at the next three weekends (seedings in parentheses, winners in uppercase):
EAST REGIONAL
First Round
NORTH [...]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Baseball Game, NCAAB basketball tournament, Sports Games | 48 Comments
ACC championship Conclusion: Ellington leads No. 1 North Carolina past Clemson 86-81
One by one, North Carolina’s players climbed onto the platform to snip a piece of the net to celebrate their Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship. There were plenty of smiles and laughter, yet the victory party seemed somehow subdued.
After all, the top-ranked Tar Heels [...]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Sports Games | No Comments
Tiger Woods‘ latest victory: Most emphatic and dramatic
It was only seconds after Tiger Woods rolled in his first birdie putt Sunday that you could tell he was still a bit hungry. He threw out his first fist pump of the afternoon and walked leisurely to the back of the second green at Arnold Palmer’s Bay [...]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in American Golf Clubs, Golf Tournaments | No Comments
Zimbabwe’s Denis Watson won AT&T Champions Classic for his third Champions Tour title
Zimbabwe’s Denis Watson won the AT&T Champions Classic for his third Champions Tour title in two seasons, beating Loren Roberts with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff Sunday at Valencia.
Watson, the 2007 Senior PGA Championship and Boeing Classic winner, birdied [...]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Sports Games | No Comments
Tiger ties Hogan with dramatic finish at Bay Hill. Tiger Woods made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational by one shot, extending his PGA Tour winning streak to five and keeping intact a perfect season in golf.
In his biggest challenge since this streak began seven months [...]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Sports Games | No Comments
No injury, no pain; no pain, no game. No Sidney Crosby. No Rod Brind’Amour. No Sergei Zubov. Yet for the Penguins, Hurricanes and Stars, those absences haven’t been problems.
Somehow, Pittsburgh, Carolina and Dallas have gotten by without arguably the most important players in its lineups for an extended period of time.
The Penguins were without their [...]
March 13th, 2008 | Posted in College Basketball scores, Sports Games | No Comments
Capture a 13-hour Major League Baseball charter flight in a single image
How to capture a 13-hour Major League Baseball charter flight in a single image?
Hmm.
A TV crew was interviewing Sandy Alderson, CEO of the San Diego Padres, smack in the middle of the aisle an hour after takeoff from Phoenix. Now, we all know who [...]
March 13th, 2008 | Posted in Baseball Game | No Comments
Baseball America 2008 Analysis: Important Guide to Rising Stars from Definitive Source on Baseball Prospects
The Baseball America 2008 Prospect Handbook is the leading annual reference guide to the next generation of rising stars. The Prospect Handbook profiles in-depth analysis and statistics of 900 players, provides a detailed amateur draft report card, a list of the [...]
March 13th, 2008 | Posted in Baseball Game, College Basketball scores, Sports Games | No Comments