Archive for year 2016

At 40 “Big Papi” Ortiz Keeps Breaking Records
0David “Big Papi” Ortiz keeps swinging a mighty bat in his last season as designated hitter for the Boston Red Sox.
At 40 years old, the Dominican keeps breaking records and playing at a level so high that is going to earn him some MVP votes and is making many fellow players doubt if he will indeed More >

Canada Favorite To Win The 2016 World Cup Of Hockey
0The 2016 World Cup of Hockey will begin this Saturday in Toronto, Ontario, with eight participating teams and featuring the rules and players of the National Hockey League.
The tournament, running from September 17 to October 1, will be played in its entirety at the Air Canada Centre, the home of More >

Miocic to Defend Title Against Overeem at UFC 203
0UFC’s heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic (15-2) will defend his belt against Alistair Overeem (41-14) on Saturday at UFC 203 in Cleveland, Ohio, a fight that will be the night’s main event.
Miocic won the heavyweight belt at UFC 198 on May 14, 2016 when he knocked out Fabricio Werdum in Curitiba, More >

Broncos Leave The AFC West Wide Open Despite Winning The Super Bowl
0Usually after having a Super Bowl-winning season the Denver Broncos would have to be the favorite to again win the AFC West and make it back to the postseason. However this will not be a typical year for the Denver Broncos even though they managed to hoist the Lombardy in Super Bowl XL against the More >

Phelps, The Golden Boy
0In 2014, arrested while driving drunk, he sent a message to his agent, Peter Carlisle: “I do not want to be alive”. In an article in The New York Times in which the new age of Phelps after his vices, is recounted that an inner peace so sharp and full of meaning of life that produces even more fear More >

Fourth Gold for Michael Phelps
0Michael Phelps won his fourth gold in Rio, his 22nd Olympic gold medal in total in the final 200-meter medley, the test measures the fastest, the most perfectionists and the most versatile in the art of deep water without more help than a hat and a pair of glasses. He touched the wall with two More >

Curry Salary Is Far From The New Market Standard
0The salary for the twice MVP Stephen Curry has become even more obsolete once they have closed almost all contracts of the new market. The star of the Warriors next year will receive $12.1 million. There are some 78 players who charge more than Curry.
Not to mention LeBron James. The star of the More >

Jeff Gordon Back In The Racing Seat
0The pilot will come out of retirement to take the seat of Dale Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Hendrick Motorsports next weekend in Indianapolis. Jeff Gordon will drive the No. 88 in the weekend of the Brickyard 400 in NASCAR Sprint Cup.
The now presenter of Fox Sports will be in the seat of Dale Earnhardt More >

Another “Almost” From Garcia And A Win For Johnson
0In the eternal search for the meaning of sport, precedents usually receive a misunderstanding to the issue: the protagonist who already has lived failures, and as always is customary to give a kind of superiority to that figure, “justice will be served,” deserves it more than anyone, when, indeed, More >

The NBA Mourns For Yet Another Former Player Premature Death
0The NBA family is seeing lately, by some circumstances or other, forced to say goodbye to some of its members much sooner than expected. Just two days after the unexpected death of Sean Rooks, comes the news of the death of another young former player, Brooks Thompson, who died at age 45.
They More >