Posted by Harris Newman Featured, Sports & Recreation Monday, December 5th, 2011
Sunday afternoon saw Tiger Woods finish his birdie-birdie and hence clinch his first winning since two years back when his golfing career was marred by a major sex scandal that eventually culminated into a divorce from his wife. He made the mark at the Chevron World Challenge which saw the former golfing champion put an [...]
Posted by Ricky Martinez Featured, Sports & Recreation Sunday, November 27th, 2011
Talks between the NBA Owners and NBA players commenced on Friday and it was only on Saturday, some 15 hours later, when both parties arrived at an agreement that would finally put an end to the embargo on the 149th day. Convening for the talks were representatives of the owners and those of the players. [...]
Posted by Charlie Waddington Featured, Sports & Recreation Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
The Davis Cup final will see a clash of the Titans typically known for soccer, only now on a tennis court where Spain meets Argentina. Spearheading Spain’s side will be Rafael Nadal while David Nalbandian will be Argentina’s flag bearer. Spain sailed swiftly through the semi-finals when Nadal flagged off a 4-1 win against France, [...]
Posted by Molly Newton Featured, Sports & Recreation Monday, October 24th, 2011
Tim Burton, best known for his twisted sense of humor and dark children’s movies, has reportedly been allowed to throw his name in the proverbial hat at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Burton has made such films as A Nightmare before Christmas and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. His best films usually involve characters played [...]
Posted by Harris Newman Featured, Sports & Recreation Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
The governing body for football, FIFA, has recently come under a swamp of all manner of allegations from bribing, to corruption and impropriety. During a heated press conference that didn’t end well, FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter came out referring to the governing body’s recent spate of accusations as mere “difficulties”, refuting any claims that [...]
Posted by Harris Newman Featured, Sports & Recreation Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Manchester United beat Schalke 4-1 at London’s Wembley Stadium, with an aggregate score of 6-1 which will see the English Premier League team go head to head with Barcelona on May 28th when the final game of the Champions League will be held at Wembley. Wednesday night’s match between the Devils and Schalke saw [...]
Posted by Harris Newman Featured, Sports & Recreation Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Monday marked a touchdown for the NFL association of players which was delighted to receive US Dist. Judge Nelson, Susan Richard’s ruling to grant an initial injunction to halt the March NFL lockout imposed by league proprietors. The US Dist. Judge who ruled in favor of the NFLPA against the NFL, made calls for the [...]
Posted by Harris Newman Featured, Sports & Recreation Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre still hasn’t passed the neurological test he needs, so as to make his return following a nasty concussion he recently got. But the interim Vikings coach, Leslie Frazier, said that he was holding out hope that Favre can play in Sunday’s season finale at the Detroit Lions. He said there [...]
Posted by Harris Newman Featured, Sports & Recreation Thursday, December 9th, 2010
The American Airlines Arena in South Florida, Miami, saw a face-off between the Washington Wizards and homeboys, Miami Heat on Monday night. The MVPs for the night were LeBron James who managed to earn his team 30 points, and Dwayne Wade who topped up another 26 points granting the Miami Heat team a 105-94 [...]
Posted by Harris Newman Featured, Sports & Recreation Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
The Monday night tussle between the Yankees and Texas Rangers saw the Yankees ousted 8-0 at the Bronx, Yankee Stadium. The man of the show was Cliff Lee, who at the helm of Texas Rangers pitcher, made the threatening lineup of Yankees players look very susceptible in his hands. This win not only puts [...]