AL:EAST: Yankees-- everybody's saying this all of spring.WILD CARD: Red Sox-- just because they're the World Champs, I want to see a Yankee revenge!WEST:Angels-- very strong, lock up the West but look out for the M's too.CENTRAL:Twins-- close pick over the White SoxPossibles:Orioles-- go Sammy!Jays-- here seriously is a team that can ruin Boston's playoff run if they don't win the East. If the lineup remains intact for the whole season, they can salvage a wildcard berth.Sleeper:White Sox-...
John Cena Def John Bradshaw Layfield for WWE Undisputed title Let the new era begin. After more than nine months and nearly 300 days as WWE Champion, the historic reign of JBL finally ended at the hands of John Cena at WrestleMania. JBL, who had overcome every obstacle and every Superstar put in his way since July, couldn’t defeat the athletic, hungry and determined Cena on this night. Cena mounted a flurry of offense late in the match, connecting with an FU and recording t...
Last year saw a cataclysmic event, inconceivable yet real. The Red Sox beat the Yankees in what was arguably the greatest comeback in baseball history. They lost the first three games of the playoffs and then swept the next four. They answered Pedro Martinez' question "Who's your daddy?" with ninth inning homeruns. Then they went on to sweep the Cardinals. Babe Ruth's ghost failed to put in an appearance and no balls went through Bill Buckner's legs. As always, the rivalry was bitter.
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I have my calendar (figuratively) marked for Monday's start of the baseball season. The Twins and Mariners will be playing game one (for me) beginning at 4:00 Central Time on Monday. That means that I will be able to catch most of the game after work on that day. I don't mind when the Twins play on the West Coast during my summer vacation; but during the school year, it is pretty tough to stay up for the night games in Seattle. Twins are looking good this year. The s...
Eric Crouch, formerly of the St. Louis Rams and the Green Bay Packers (and a now forgotten Heisman Trophy winner in 2001), is attempting to revive his football career with the Hamburg Sea Devils of NFL Europe. There's just one problem: Crouch is a two time quitter. When he was with St.Louis, Crouch retired because the team put him in the position of wide receiver, a position he had not played much since high school, and frankly did not want to play. After bailing on the Rams, he went on to...
Recently the amateur sumo association in Japan has encouraged the use of sumo shorts. Article from bbc.uk In order to encourage teenagers to participate in sumo, the amateur sumo association has advocated ridding the sport of the traditional mawashi (sometimes referred to as "loincloths") in favor of something resembling bicycle shorts. Competing in shorts apparently makes the youngsters less self-conscious than competing in the traditional sumo near-nakedness. Fortunately in ...
Bob Casey, the 44-year veteran PA announcer for the Minnesota Twins died today at 80. The most famous announcements of my lifetime probably came with how he called Kirby Puckett's name. Casey was a fixture with the Twins, and his absence will definitely be felt. As a teenager I didn't really care for Casey's over-the-top announcements. As I approached my current age, I began to appreciate the unique charm that Casey brought to the Twins. He added a little bit of atmosp...
The MLB Season is fast-approaching. Majority of the teams from both the AL and NL have had a fruitful offseason. Most of them did a really good job in filling in holes in the line up and in upgrading their respective bullpens. Last year, after all that's been said and done, the Gold relocated to Boston...and the "curse" is officially over (at last!). Yankee lovers, like me, shouldn't be grateful since it happened at our expense but there were certainly good things behind the Sox victory. One ...
Here's the problem I see coming out of the inane congressional steroid investigations. See,certain senators have specified that they want ALL sports tested,at ALL levels. With that in mind, I present the following scenario: Little Johnny is an insulin dependent diabetic. He is a dextrously challenged six year old, but he has always had a passion for baseball, if not the skills to match. His ever vigilant mother keeps a ready supply of insulin and needles, knowing that Johnny's condition re...
I heard today that Barry Bonds arrived at training camp on crutches after knee surgery. After blaming the media for "getting to him", Bonds indicated that he will be out for at least the first half of (and possibly the whole) baseball season. The timing of the surgery and the announcement are a bit fishy. Inactive players don't show a performance dropoff since they're not playing. Do injured players have to take drug tests? If this knee injury ends up being "career threateni...
The most common question I get from younger athletes is how do I gain weight? Most of these people tell me they eat a lot but just don't get bigger. THE SCIENCE OF MASS To pack on size, it's critical you do three things very well: train hard, eat like crazy and get enough rest. If you lack in any of these factors, your progress will suffer. Assuming you train hard and rest well, you need to maintain a positive energy balance in order for your body to grow. In other words, you...
Well I just finished book 10 and it was decent, although I would have liked more action and fighting. As to Robert Jordan's saga, I hope he finishes it before he dies! I started reading the series in like 1991! I love the series and recommend it to fantasy fans.
Heard some discussion about this today on the radio, and thought it might make for a good topic for the sports forums here at JoeUser (a nice diversion away from the Politics forums for a change). Here's the setup - you have a team that is in the final four, with a good chance of going to the championship game and winning same. With this mythical team, who would you want to have as your coach so that your team would have the best chance of winning? Pick any coach you wish, active or re...
Years ago, when I still lived at home, my father and I would get tickets to first round games of the NCAA tournament up at the Huntsman Center at the U of U. Hours and hours of basketball, good basketball played by kids who just wanted to play their hearts out and make the season last a little longer. It wasn't extravagant, but it was a lot of fun, just two guys hanging out and watching some basketball. Since our little one was born my mom came out for a week, then my dad came out. This...
Well the first brutal night is over for the NCAA tournament and already I am doing about as well as random chance : Rights? Illinois Boston College Arizona Washington Texas Tech Gonzaga Wake Forest West Virginia Utah Oklahoma Kentucky Total so far :11 Right Wrongs? Nevada Wisconsin UAB Pacific Cincinatti Total 5 Wrong... Not too bad but not too good either....