Friday, August 31, 2012

Preview: Michigan vs. Alabama

#5 Michigan VS. #2 Alabama should be the most watched game this weekend in the first weekend of collage football. Alabama starting the 2012 season are trying to win their 15th NCAA Football Championship.


http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-08-29/news/sns-rt-fbc-michigan-alabama-previewsdi298601-20120829_1_denard-robinson-trent-richardson-crimson-tide

Colorado Rockies

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=320831127&teams=san-diego-padres-vs-colorado-rockies

Rockies with the off day yesterday hope to start off September with a strong weekend series against the Padres.

Denver Broncos beat Arizona Cardinals

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=320830022

The Denver Broncos came home with the win over the cardinals last night. The final score being 16-13 Broncos, finishing there Pre-Season strong!

The rapid rise of UNCG's Wes Miller

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8317101/the-rapid-rise-unc-greensboro-spartans-coach-wes-miller-men-basketball

Wes Miller played basketball for North Carolina 5 years ago, and is now the head coach for North Carolina basketball. He was signed by NC as head coach 24 hours ago. He is only 28 years old and had one a National Title for NC in 2005.

Laker fans overwhelmingly predicting an NBA championship

http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakersnow/la-sp-ln-la-laker-fans-overwhelmingly-predicting-an-nba-championship-20120831,0,2086387.story

Fans are predicting an NBA championship in the next season.  Many people have doubts of the Lakers because they say they have two "ball hogs."  But Laker fans are saying that wish Steve Nash, an excellent point guard, will make the offense flow a lot better.  I dont know what I think about it, although I'm excited to see the new team play together.

Tiger opens with 7-under 64

The 2012 Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachussettes kicked off today, and Tiger Woods opened the day with a 64, or 7 under par and is currently in the lead. Go Tiger!!
http://tourreport.pgatour.com/category/tournaments/deutsche-bank-championship-tournaments/#

Giguere Signs One-Year Extension

The Colorado Avalanche Hockey TEAM announced today that the team has signed goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere to a one-year contract extension through the 2013-14 season!Giguere appeared in 32 games during his first season with the Avalanche in 2011-12, posting a 15-11-3 record with a 2.27 goals-against average and .919 save percentage!! Hope he has a great season!! Go Avalanche!!

Thursday, August 30, 2012

San Diego Chargers VS Oakland Raiders

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/intel?gameId=320910013

San Diego Chargers are facing the Oakland Raiders on Semptember 10th. The Chargers are donimate the raiders at thier own turf.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

NHL Lockout: Fans Would Be Biggest Losers of Another Work Stoppage

The NHL plans to have a lockout for the 2012-2013 season. Most players are planning on going over seas to Russia and other countries to play in their leauges. Hopefully this will be resolved so we can have a 12-13 season!! GO RED WINGS!
                           -Nick Visocky
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1313949-nhl-lockout-fans-would-be-biggest-losers-of-another-work-stoppage

alabamas first title

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/softball/story/_/id/8019650/alabama-crimson-tide-win-school-first-women-college-world-series

Alabalma takes there first title. They took a rain deley and were behind and they pulled together to take the win. They took the win by one point 5-4.

Peyton Manning Did Not ‘Shred’ San Francisco 49ers’ Defense: Fan Reaction

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/peyton-manning-did-not-shred-san-francisco-49ers-035200740--nfl.html

fans were not very happy about about Peyton Manning perfomace vs san franciso 49ers.
The 49ers won the game 29-24. People are wondering if getting rid of tim Tebow was a mistake?
We will have to wait and see what haoppens later in the season.

Ex-Pistons guard Chauncey Billups' rehab going well, won't back down from Lakers

http://www.freep.com/article/20120820/SPORTS03/120820056/detroit-pistons-chauncey-billups?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Sports|s

After the Lakers decided to stack their team by adding Steve Nash and Dwight Howard to their roster, the cross town rivalry, the Detroit Pistons will not be afraid. The Pistons have signed Grant Hill and have the recently injured Chauncey Billups working hard in rehab to get back into tip top shape. Come season time, hopefully the Pistons will be ready for the stacked Lakers powerforce.

Three more sign with Tiger softball

http://www.georgetowncollegeathletics.com/sport/0/10.php

3 star softball players sign with the Georgetown college softball program. Sandy Young, Rachel Simms, and Shelby Dees all signed with the Tigers for the 2013 season. They are expected to make put Georgetown in the top 25 for the 2013 season.

Anderson Silva Set on Fighting Georges St Pierre

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/anderson-silva-set-fighting-georges-st-pierre-next-023600569--mma.html

This fight has been talked about  for a long time. If it really happens I expect it to be a great fight. I hope that GSP will accept the fight in early 2013, but it depends on how hurt he gets in his next fight against Carlos Conduit. If it happens I know that the fight will be exciting.

2012 Alabama Football Preview: Acceptance

http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2012/8/29/3274359/alabama-football-2012-preview

This article is all about how Alabama continues to play powerhouse football despite losing big stars every year. Stud players get replaced by other stud players. We will see how long they will keep dominating the NCAA.
Pro downhill mountain bike racer, Aaron Gwin, is leading the UCI world championships. His 1556 points make him a man amongst boys.  Danny Hart, the defending champion is back over 700 points.  Aaron Gwin rides for Trek World Cylces, and is a young mountain biker. From http://www.mtbworldcup.com/dhi/riders/137/aaron-gwin

Los Angeles Lakers 2012-2013 Game-by-Game Predictions: One NBA Fan's Outlook

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/los-angeles-lakers-2012-2013-game-game-predictions-125800423--nba.html
Over the off-season, the Lakers acquired two all star players, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash, along with the two great players Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol that were already on the team to create a very powerful starting five.  Along with them, they acquired Antawn Jamison and Jodie Meeks to create a powerful scoring bench also from being one of the worst bench scoring teams in the NBA, the previous year.  The predictions for the season came out to 64-18 to win their sixth Pacific Division Title. Hopefully they can overcome the Heat and Thunder also.

Patriots close the Preseason against the Giants

http://www.patriots.com/news/article-1/patriots-close-the-preseason-against-the-giants/af033398-8ff2-476b-bfd9-78fb7c64eed7

The New England Patriots close their preseason in a rematch of last years Super Bowl game against the New York Football Giants. The game is today at 7pm et.

Madden NFL 13 Bull Rushes Into Stores

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/news/article.asp?docKey=600-201208281000BIZWIRE_USPRX____BW5293-1&params=timestamp%7C%7C08/28/2012%2010:00%20AM%20ET%7C%7Cheadline%7C%7CMadden%20NFL%2013%20Bull%20Rushes%20Into%20Stores%7C%7CdocSource%7C%7CBusiness%20Wire%7C%7Cprovider%7C%7CACQUIREMEDIA%7C%7Cbridgesymbol%7C%7CUS;EA&ticker=EA

EA sports has just released Madden 2013 for the xbox 360- the program has a new audible system and is much more advanced than last years edition.  Calvin Johnson is on the cover of this software- I look forward to hearing how my students like it. 

Friday, December 16, 2011

Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds will fins out if he goes to jail on friday for obstruction of justice.