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A fantastic place to find cool broadband quality sports video and audio clips to view online for free is the BBC sports website which you can find at http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport They also have lots of great sports content for you to enjoy including the latest sports news, the latest sports results, photo galleries, scores & fixtures information and lots more besides. The BBC sports website also has dedicated sections on their website for football, cricket, tennis, golf, rugby union, rugby league, motorsport, boxing, athletics, cycling, snooker and horse racing.
Eurosport.com is another great place to find free sports clips to watch online and they have excellent sports news coverage of a range of sports including football, cycling, motorsports, basketball, athletics, golf, winter sports, boxing, baseball, cricket, field hockey, handball, NFL, Olympics, Rugby, Rowing, Sailing, Snooker and Swimming. One thing I really like about the Eurosport.com website is the Live Score feature which you will find on the homepage and shows you the live current scores on a range of different sports including football, tennis, cycling, motorsports, field hockey, basketball, rugby, athletics, snooker and winter sports. This site is very well designed, is constantly updated and is easy to navigate. It will definitely keep sports buffs busy for days!
SportsNews.com has a huge range of detailed and up to date sports news coverage from around the world. It is a very well laid out website which as well as having all the sports news you can handle, it also has extensive entertainment news, regional news, business news and science news.
A quality sports site which is especially good for American sports fans is Fox Sports which can be found at http://msn.foxsports.com It has detailed extensive sports news coverage of NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, golf, tennis, football, NCAA FB, Winter Olympics, Boxing, Horse Racing, F1, WNBA and beach volleyball.
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Well that is all the sites I think you sports fans will need to feed your hunger for more info on your favourite sports and teams, I hope you like them and have lots of fun on them!
Boise, Idaho’s 1st Annual Jamaal Al-Din’s Hoops 227 Summer Basketball Camp was a huge success. With community support from local area businesses to coverage of several media outlets, this could be a possible foreshadowing of things to come in the city of trees! Over 30 area sponsors support Jamaal Al-Din’s Hoops 227 which boasts a creative agenda of having 5 different countries represented in it’s 1st annual summer basketball camp which was held at Boise’s Owyhee Elementary.Coach Jamaal had kids dancing on the court during the later part of the day, which, at many youth basketball camps is unheard of, especially in Idaho. Yes, as evident by the coverage shown by local ABC television affiliate KIVI Channel 6 News this basketball camp and Coach Jammal Al-Din, himself, was able to keep Boise’s youth entertained and excited about Naismith’s game of basketball, one of our countries national past times, for the duration of his two-day basketball clinic. Countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Columbia, and the United States were represented by the kids who attended the 1st annual Jamaal Al-Din’s Hoops 227 Summer Basketball Camp! Coach Jamaal’s participants, 3rd-6th grades, shot an astounding 80-85% from the free throw line, as Jamaal Al-Din taught lessons attributed to Baden’s “Smartball” system advertised on ESPN and NFL Network and developed by his former high-school coach, Ed Palubinskas, the former Olympic record holder, LSU great, and former free throw tutor of the NBA’s 4-time World Champion, Shaquille O’Neal who now hosts a series on ABC television promoting healthy kids! During the summer of 2007, there were are more than 50 youth sports camps presently advertised for youth in Boise, Idaho and Jamaal Al-Din’s Hoops 227 holds acclaim to media coverage given as result of a giving nature which should be modeled by our nation’s AAU coaches and business owners alike!…His camp participants attended for free as a result of such great community support! How else would a group of talented refugee students take part in camp which charged an entry fee of $75-$225 as most do? This was a model structured basketball camp for ada county aau and others to immulate. Why, because kids who are extremely athletic and gifted, recieved the opportunity to participate in a sporting venue that otherwise they would not have been able to attend. The self-esteem generated by such an event is immeasurable.Coach Jamaal Al-Din will not stop there. These same camp participants will be invited back, in late August for a FREE School Supply Giveaway, sponsored by Boise area businesses! Now, in my mind, this solves two issues. Number one, kids from other contries or cultures may have a difficult time with studies and the english language, resulting in summer school, FREE school supplies will help that cause. And number two, refugee children, etc, attend the first day of school with new books and pens similar to those students who later end up attending our nation’s Yale and Harvard Universities. Hey, the self-fulfilling prophecy is alive and real and maybe these kids will end up doing the same…become Ivy League graduates!Coach Jamaal is quickly opening doors for Boise, Idaho’s youth, and hopefully others will be inspired, as evident by, get this, you open up the Boise newspaper (Idaho Statesman) and the community events section, this week, now lists an organization as ”Hoops 101″ hosting its own free basketball clinic in late July, hey Coach, you’ve done it! Lastly, the community and media support has been a true compliment to the people of Boise. Randy, of local ABC television affiliate KIVI Channel 6 News did an outstanding job with coverage. Get this, the guy even went so far as speaking with each participant of the camp, individually! These kids had the time of a lifetime. And the original date scheduled for an interview with Coach Jamaal was changed from June 13, 2007 to June 14, 2007, which could not have been better timing, as the newscast ended up preceding game 4 of the NBA Finals aired on June 14, 2007 day of this particular newscast! Great job KIVI Channel 6, prime exposure of a great cause, thank-you! Jamaal Al-Din’s Hoops 227- the everything basketball website, is off to a great start! For questions or comments call (208) 340-1839.
For the first time since 1993 both number one teams from the NFC and AFC have made it to the Super Bowl. The Indianapolis Colts were able to comeback from an 11-point deficit to win the game 30-17 despite stars Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark being shut out of the game. The New Orleans Saints were able to take down the Minnesota Vikings on a 40-yard field goal in overtime for a final score of 38-21. The Vikings had their chances to win but to many turnovers cost them the game. This years Super Bowl XLIV is looking like a high-powered event that features two of the best quarterbacks in the NFL today. The game will be held at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium on Feb 7 6:25 pm.
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Quarterbacks — Matt Schaub Houston, Vince Young Tennessee, David Garrard Jacksonville Running Backs — Chris Johnson Tennessee, Maurice Jones-Drew Jacksonville, Ray Rice Baltimore Fullback — Le’Ron McClain Baltimore Wide Receivers — Andre Johnson Houston, Brandon Marshall Denver, Chad Ochocinco Cincinnati Tight Ends — Antonio Gates San Diego, Heath Miller Pittsburgh Centers — Nick Mangold N.Y. Jets Guards — Alan Faneca N.Y. Jets, Logan Mankins New England, Kris Dielman San Diego Tackles — Ryan Clady Denver, Jake Long Miami, D’Brickashaw Ferguson N.Y. Jets, Joe Thomas Cleveland AFC Defense Ends — Mario Williams Houston, Kyle Vanden Bosch, Tennessee Interior Linemen — Haloti Ngata Baltimore, Vince Wilfork New England, Casey Hampton Pittsburgh Inside-Middle Linebackers — Ray Lewis Baltimore, DeMeco Ryans Houston Outside Linebackers — Elvis Dumervil Denver, James Harrison Pittsburgh; Brian Cushing Houston, LaMarr Woodley Pittsburgh Cornerbacks — Nnamdi Asomugha Oakland, Darrelle Revis N.Y. Jets Champ Bailey Denver Strong Safety — Brian Dawkins Denver Free Safeties — Ed Reed Baltimore, Jairus Byrd Buffalo, Brandon Meriweather Patriots AFC Specialists Punter — Shane Lechler Oakland Kick Return Specialist — Joshua Cribbs, Cleveland Placekicker — Nate Kaeding San Diego Special Teamer — Kassim Osgood San Diego NFC
Quarterbacks – Aaron Rodgers Green Bay, Donovan McNabb Philadelphia, Tony Romo Cowboys Running Backs — Adrian Peterson Minnesota, Steven Jackson St. Louis, Frank Gore San Francisco, DeAngelo Williams Carolina Fullback — Leonard Weaver Philadelphia Wide Receivers — Larry Fitzgerald Arizona, Steve Smith N.Y. Giants, DeSean Jackson Philadelphia, Miles Austin Dallas, Sidney Rice Minnesota Tight Ends — Vernon Davis San Francisco, Jason Witten Dallas Centers — Andre Gurode Dallas, Jonathan Goodwin New Orleans, Shaun O’Hara New York Giants Guards — Jahri Evans New Orleans, Steve Hutchinson Minnesota, Leonard Davis Dallas Tackles — Bryant McKinnie Minnesota, Jason Peters Philadelphia, Jonathan Stinchcomb New Orleans NFC Defense Ends — Jared Allen Minnesota, Julius Peppers Carolina, Trent Cole Philadelphia Interior Linemen — Darnell Dockett Arizona, Kevin Williams Minnesota, Jay Ratliff Dallas Inside-Middle Linebackers — Patrick Willis San Francisco, Jonathan Vilma New Orleans, London Fletcher Washington Outside Linebackers — Lance Briggs Chicago, Clay Matthews, DeMarcus Ware Dallas, Brian Orakpo, Washington Cornerbacks — Asante Samuel Philadelphia, Charles Woodson Green Bay, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie Arizona, Terence Newman Dallas Strong Safety — Adrian Wilson Arizona Free Safeties — Darren Sharper New Orleans, Nick Collins Green Bay, Quintin Mikell Philadelphia NFC Specialists Punter — Andy Lee San Francisco Kick Return Specialist — DeSean Jackson Philadelphia, Percy Harvin Minnesota Placekicker — David Akers Philadelphia Special Teamer — Heath Farwell Minnesota
There are millions of reasons why we will probably never see a college playoff system and they all relate to money. Just from Boise State and TCU making it to a BCS Bowl game their entire conference will earn a profit. The Mountain West Conference which TCU belongs to will split $9.8 million, the Western Athletic Conference which Boise St belongs to will share $7.8 million. But the real winners are the big major conferences like the Big Ten and the SEC conferences each earning $22 million, while the other four Big Twelve, Big East, Pac 10, and the ACC each earning $17.7 million. While a playoff system is what many fans want to see, the bowl games bring a lot of revenue for all the schools even if they don’t qualify for a bowl game.
Things just don’t seem to get any better for the NY Knicks who lost yesterday to the Dallas Mavericks 128-78; the 50-point loss was the worst loss in team history. At the beginning of the game the Knicks looked like they were going to make a good game out of it by only being outscored by the Mavericks by two points in the first quarter. But after that the game quickly turned into a blowout as the Knicks got outscored by at least 9 points in the remaining three quarters.
In other NBA news the LA Lakers got the chance to meet president Barack Obama today. The Lakers were invited to the White House in honor of winning their 15th NBA title last years NBA championship.
7:00 PM ET Indiana at Philadelphia FOX MIDW COMCAST 7:30 PM ET LA Clippers at Boston FSN Prime Ticket 7:30 PM ET Cleveland at Miami Sun Sports NBA TV 8:00 PM ET Orlando at Memphis Sun Sports Fox South – Tenn 8:30 PM ET Atlanta at Houston SportSouth Fox Sports Net Houston 8:30 PM ET Chicago at San Antonio Comcast Sports Chicago FOX SW 9:00 PM ET Charlotte at Denver SportSouth Altitude Sports 9:00 PM ET Phoenix at Utah KUTP 45 FOX ROCKY 9:00 PM ET New Orleans at Portland
Dallas 128, New York 78 LA Clippers 92, Washington 78 Toronto 106, LA Lakers 105
After losing to both Connecticut and Kansas St the Texas Longhorns dropped from 1st to 6th place in the current college standings. With the Longhorns out of first place the Kentucky Wildcats takeover the Number one spot and remains the only team in Division 1 with no losses.
9:00 PM ET Missouri at (2) Kansas ESPN 7:00 PM ET (11) Georgetown at (4) Syracuse ESPN
Seton Hall 64, (11) Pittsburgh 61 Florida State 68, (18) Georgia Tech 66 (19) Wisconsin 79, Penn State 71 (22) Northern Iowa 67, Indiana State 58
Former Olympian Nancy Kerrigan father passed away this weekend at their home in Stoneham MA. Kerrigan’s mother originally told authorities he passed away from a heart attack, but police still arrested Kerrigan’s brother Daniel for assault on a person over 60 years old.
Paraguay’s World Cup Soccer star and lead striker Salvador Cabanas was shot in the head and is in critical condition after being at a bar in Mexico with his wife. So far two suspects have been detained but no formal arrest have been made. Cabana was currently playing for the Mexican team Club America where he has become one of the top strikers in the Mexican league.
By: Frank Bilotta
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Former Indianapolis Colts wide receiver and future hall of famer Marvin Harrison is now under investigation by the FBI for a shooting incident that occurred in 2008 near a carwash he owns in Philadelphia. After a long investigation by local authorities showed that Harrison was not directly involved in the shooting, the DA said they would not pursue charges on the NFL star. But after the victim recently died after being shot again while sitting in his parked car. The FBI has opened up an investigation into the incident and are going through all the evidence in hopes of making an arrest.
Retired NFL great Herschel Walker has finally found an opponent to fight in his first MMA fight. The 42-year-old Walker is not listening to all the critics that he is to old to be fighting in the brutal sport. But Walker feels that his 5-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and his workout that includes 3000 push ups and sit ups a day will help him succeed in the ring.
Saturday 1/16/10 4:30 PM ET Arizona at New Orleans FOX 8:15 PM ET Baltimore at Indianapolis CBS Sunday 1/17/10 TV 1:00 PM ET Dallas at Minnesota FOX 4:40 PM ET NY Jets at San Diego CBS
Washington Wizards shooting guard Gilbert Arenas took his nickname “ Agent 0 “ a little to far by keeping 4 unloaded guns in his locker at the Verizon Center where the Wizards play. Today Arenas pleaded guilty and was released but is expected back in court on March 26 for his sentencing date. Through his plea deal Arenas is expected to serve at least 6 months behind bars. He has already been suspended by the NBA indefinitely.
Friday 1/15/10 7:00 PM ET Sacramento at Philadelphia Comcast Sports Sacramento COMCAST 7:00 PM ET San Antonio at Charlotte FOX SW Fox Sports Carolinas 8:00 PM ET Phoenix at Atlanta SportSouth ESPN 8:00 PM ET Washington at Chicago Comcast Sports Baltimore WCIU 8:00 PM ET New Orleans at Detroit Cox Sports Television FOX DET 8:00 PM ET Indiana at New Jersey FOX MIDW YES 8:00 PM ET Toronto at NY Knicks MSG 8:00 PM ET Minnesota at Memphis Fox Sports North SportSouth 8:30 PM ET Oklahoma City at Dallas FSOKHD FOX SW 8:30 PM ET Miami at Houston Sun Sports Fox Sports Net Houston 10:30 PM ET Milwaukee at Golden State FSN North – Wisconsin CSNBayHD 10:30 PM ET LA Clippers at LA Lakers FSN Prime Ticket FOX WEST 10:30 PM ET Orlando at Portland KGW Port, Or ESPN
Saturday, January 16 MATCHUP AWAY TV HOME TV NAT TV 6:00 PM ET New Orleans at Indiana FOX MIDW 7:00 PM ET Sacramento at Washington Comcast Sports Sacramento 7:00 PM ET Phoenix at Charlotte NBA TV 7:30 PM ET NY Knicks at Detroit MSG FOX DET 8:00 PM ET Miami at Oklahoma City Sun Sports FSOKHD 8:00 PM ET San Antonio at Memphis FOX SW 9:00 PM ET Milwaukee at Utah FSN North – Wisconsin FOX ROCKY 10:30 PM ET Cleveland at LA Clippers Fox Sports Ohio – High Def FSN Prime Ticket
Sunday, January 17 12:30 PM ET Dallas at Toronto FOX SW CBC 9:00 PM ET Utah at Denver Altitude Sports ESPN
During a basketball game last night against Kentucky Wesleyan College, Southern Indiana University center Jeron Lewis fell and banged his head hard on the court. After being rushed to the hospital he was later pronounced dead hours after sustaining the injury. Autopsy later revealed he had in enlarged heart that he probably never knew about. He leaves behind a son Jamel who was born in December and a fiancé.
SATURDAY 1/16/10 6:00 PM ET Texas A&M at (1) Texas ESPNU 4:00 PM ET (2) Kentucky at Auburn ESPN FULL COURT 1:45 PM ET Texas Tech at (3) Kansas ESPN FULL COURT 12:00 PM ET (5) Syracuse at (9) West Virginia ESPN 5:30 PM ET (6) Purdue at Northwestern 3:30 PM ET Illinois at (8) Michigan State CBS 1:30 PM ET (23) Mississippi at (10) Tennessee ESPN FULL COURT 4:00 PM ET (12) Kansas State at Colorado ESPN FULL COURT 2:00 PM ET (18) Georgia Tech at (13) North Carolina ESPN 9:00 PM ET (14) Gonzaga at San Diego 8:00 PM ET (16) Wisconsin at Ohio State 6:00 PM ET Colorado State at (17) Brigham Young 12:00 PM ET (19) Clemson at North Carolina State ESPN FULL COURT 12:00 PM ET Louisville at (20) Pittsburgh ESPN FULL COURT 2:00 PM ET Massachusetts at (21) Temple 2:00 PM ET Youngstown State at (22) Butler 4:00 PM ET Oklahoma State at (24) Baylor ESPN FULL COURT 6:00 PM ET Virginia Tech at (25) Florida State SUNDAY 1/17/09 12:00 PM ET (11) Georgetown at (4) Villanova ESPN FULL COURT 8:00 PM ET Wake Forest at (7) Duke Fox Sports Net National 1:30 PM ET (15) Connecticut at Michigan CBS
Finally after years of denying allegations that he took steroids during what once looked like a brilliant career. Mark McGwire finally came clean and admitted to taking steroids off and on during a 10-year span. However McGwire stated that the only reason he took steroids was to stay healthy because of all the pressure he felt. My personal opinion is he is lying again, the only reason someone takes steroids is to get stronger which he did not to stay healthy.
After a great 19 year career goalie Curtis Joseph announced his retirement earlier this week. Joseph who was best known as “ Cujo “ finished his career as the 4th all time in career victories.
Former Hockey star Theo Fluery just announced that he will be filing a complaint against his old coach Graham James from when Fluery was a teenager. The complaint states that James repeatedly sexually abused Fluery and other young hockey players while be coached by James.
Now that Mike Danton has been released after serving his 5-year prison sentence for attempted murder on his agent David Frost. Danton is trying to play college hockey for St Mary’s University in Nova Scotia. Danton who was once a rising star in the NHL claims he really intended to kill his father who regularly abused him and not Frost.
Friday 1/15/10 7:00 PM ET Toronto at Washington HTS TSN 9:00 PM ET Nashville at Calgary RSNW Saturday 1/16/10 2:00 PM ET Detroit at Dallas KDFI 27 2:00 PM ET Chicago at Columbus FXSO 3:00 PM ET New Jersey at Colorado ALTI 4:00 PM ET Boston at Los Angeles FOX WEST 4:00 PM ET Edmonton at San Jose FOX BAY 7:00 PM ET Ottawa at Montreal CBC 7:00 PM ET Buffalo at NY Islanders 7:00 PM ET Tampa Bay at Florida 8:00 PM ET Atlanta at Carolina 8:00 PM ET NY Rangers at St. Louis FOX MIDW 8:00 PM ET Minnesota at Phoenix 10:00 PM ET Pittsburgh at Vancouver CBC
Sunday, 1/1710 12:30 PM ET Chicago at Detroit 12:30 PM FOX DET , NBC 3:00 PM ET Philadelphia at Washington 3:00 PM HTS 7:00 PM ET Montreal at NY Rangers 7:00 PM RDS, MSG 8:00 PM ET Calgary at Anaheim 8:00 PM FOX WEST2
Remember Bode Miller who was supposed to be the next great thing in skiing before he had one of the worst performances in history at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Miller went into the games the odds on favorite for every event he entered but seemed to just melt under the pressure and left with nothing. Now Miller is back to his winning ways after he just one the World Cup Super Combine today in Wengen Switzerland.
By: Frank Bilotta
NBA league commissioner David stern has suspended Washington Wizards players Gilbert Arenas, and Javaris Crittenton for the remainder of the season. The two players were the ones involved in the gun incident at the team locker room that started with an argument over playing cards while flying back from an away game.
7:30 PM ET Toronto at New York MSG 8:00 PM ET Boston at Orlando TNT 10:30 PM ET Dallas at Phoenix TNT
Cleveland 109, Minnesota 95 LA Lakers 118, Indiana 96 Toronto 111, Miami 103 Memphis 99, Detroit 93 New Jersey 103, LA Clippers 87 Milwaukee 91, Philadelphia 88 Chicago 96, Oklahoma City 86 Denver 97, Houston 92 San Antonio 105, Atlanta 90 Utah 106, Portland 95 New Orleans 123, Golden State 110
Joel Branstrom was once a walk on basketball player at the University of Kansas, but since then he has being teaching biology and coaching high school basketball. During the school pep rally students decided to pull a prank by telling him if he could hit a half court shot blind folded he would win tickets to this years March Madness Final Four games. The only thing was there were no tickets it was a joke, which Branstrom learned after he made the amazing shot. Even after he realized it was all a joke he still had a big smile and was happy he could make the kids at the school have a good time. Once the news got out about what happened Branstrom was told he would be getting the tickets for him and his family and all accommodations paid for. Branstrom has not said how he got them but that he was very thankful.
The game between the University of Washington and Seattle University took an unusual turn last night with less then 2 minutes remaining. In a game that never seemed to end Seattle had 6 players foul out of the game leaving only four players to finish the game. Seattle’s coach Cameron Dollar who helped led the 1995 UCLA Bruins to the national championship had one player left he could have played but opted not to because the player Adam Eakles is a red shirt freshman. If he played it would have ruined a year of eligibility in a game that was already a blowout with Washington winning 123-76.
11:00 PM ET (8) Gonzaga at Santa Clara ESPN2 7:00 PM ET (16) Wisconsin at (12) Purdue ESPN 7:00 PM ET St. John’s at (17) Pittsburgh ESPNU 9:00 PM ET (20) Mississippi at Auburn ESPNU 7:00 PM ET Wake Forest at (22) Georgia Tech
(3) Villanova 90, Notre Dame 72 (6) Texas 95, Texas Tech 83 (7) Duke 70, Florida State 56 New Mexico 76, (10) Brigham Young 72 (23) Vanderbilt 85, (14) Tennessee 76 Charlotte 74, (15) Temple 64 Providence 81, (19) Connecticut 66 (24) Ohio State 65, Iowa 57 (25) Northern Iowa 67, Drake 51
7:00 PM ET NY Islanders at Carolina 7:00 PM ET Atlanta at Philadelphia COMCAST NHLNET 7:00 PM ET Ottawa at Pittsburgh FOX PITT TSN 7:00 PM ET Los Angeles at Columbus FXSO 9:00 PM ET Minnesota at Colorado ALTI 9:00 PM ET Calgary at Phoenix 9:30 PM ET St. Louis at Edmonton RSNW 10:30 PM ET Chicago at San Jose
Buffalo 2, New Jersey 1 (SO) Carolina 5, NY Rangers 1 Tampa Bay 3, Montreal 0 Washington 5, Anaheim 1 Minnesota 5, Detroit 2 Dallas 4, Calgary 3 (SO) Vancouver 3, St. Louis 2
The Finals are approaching fast and so far we have the women finals pairing all set between Venus Williams and Justine Henin who just came out of a 20 month retirement. On the men’s side Andy Murray will be taking on the winner of Roger Federer and Joe-Wilfried Tsonga in the finals.
Danica Patrick is scheduled to race in 12 of the NASCAR Nationwide races in her debut season. Patrick’s first race is set for Feb 20 at the California Auto Club Speedway even though her car is registered to race on Feb 13 at Daytona. Even with her twelve races in the Nationwide series Patrick will continue to race in the Indycar series as well.
By: Frank Bilotta
Tom Brady just became the latest New England Patriots Pro Bowl participant to pull out of the game joining receivers Randy Moss and Wes Welker. Brady is taking the time of to recover from a rib injury he sustained earlier in the season; he will be replaced by Houston Texans QB Matt Schaub.
The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team head coach has just taken an immediate leave of absence. Coach Jim Calhoun will be taking a medical leave of absence after his doctor requested that he should following a routine check up. Over the years Calhoun has fought off prostate and skin cancer three times and immediately returned to coach the Huskies once he was in better condition. The reasons are still unknown but the University has said it is not related to his previous conditions. The Huskies are 11-6 overall and 2-3 in the Big East they will host St John tonight in Hartford as assistant coach George Blaney takes over the team until Calhoun returns.
8:00 PM ET Baylor at (3) Kansas ESPN2 8:00 PM ET (4) Villanova at Rutgers ESPN FULL COURT 9:00 PM ET (6) Duke at North Carolina State ESPN FULL COURT 6:30 PM ET Iowa at (7) Michigan State 7:00 PM ET (14) Georgetown at (11) Pittsburgh ESPNU 9:00 PM ET (12) West Virginia at Marshall 8:00 PM ET Wyoming at (13) Brigham Young 7:00 PM ET Xavier at (17) Temple 8:30 PM ET Michigan at (19) Wisconsin 7:00 PM ET St. John’s at (21) Connecticut ESPN FULL COURT 7:00 PM ET Wake Forest at (23) North Carolina ESPN 9:00 PM ET South Carolina at (24) Mississippi ESPN FULL COURT
Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O’Neal just became the 5th person in NBA history to score 28,000 career points last night in a win over the Toronto Raptors. O’Neal is only behind hall of famers Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Karl Malone, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in total points scored. After the game O’Neal said he would like to raise money for the victims of Haiti by having the biggest names in basketball join in the dunk contest to help raise money. Some of the players he thinks would help raise a lot of money if they choose to participate would be Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and Vince Carter.
The Milwaukee Bucks are hoping the addition of shooting guard Jerry Stackhouse will help get them back on track. The Bucks started the season off strong behind rookie point guard Brandon Jennings, but since then they have been struggling to stay in the hunt for an eastern conference playoffs spot.
7:00 PM ET Sacramento at Atlanta Comcast Sports Sacramento SportSouth 7:00 PM ET Indiana at Orlando Sun Sports 7:00 PM ET Portland at Philadelphia COMCAST 7:00 PM ET Dallas at Washington FOX SW 7:00 PM ET Miami at Charlotte Sun Sports Fox Sports Carolinas 7:30 PM ET Boston at Detroit FOX DET 8:00 PM ET Memphis at New Orleans Fox South – Tenn Cox Sports Television 8:00 PM ET Toronto at Milwaukee FSN North – Wisconsin 8:00 PM ET Oklahoma City at Minnesota FSOKHD Fox Sports North 9:00 PM ET New Jersey at Phoenix YES 9:00 PM ET Utah at San Antonio FOX SW ESPN 10:30 PM ET Denver at Golden State Altitude Sports CSNBayHD 10:30 PM ET Chicago at LA Clippers WGN FSN Prime Ticket
Two-time Selke trophy winner and Olympic gold medallist Michael Peca has announced his retirement from the NHL after 13 great seasons. Peca last played with the with the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2008-09 season and received offers to play this year but none that really motivated him to return. Peca plans on enjoying live in Buffalo with his family while coaching his son’s hockey team
7:00 PM ET Florida at New Jersey 7:30 PM ET St. Louis at Montreal TSN 10:00 PM ET Vancouver at Edmonton RSNW
After surviving almost losing his colon due to Diverticulitis, UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will be making his comeback this summer. As of now Lesnar is scheduled to fight the winner of the March 27th fight between Frank Mir and Shane Carwin. If the winner of that fight is not available Lesnar will fight the winner of the Antonio Nogueira and Cain Velasquez on Feb 21st.
By: Frank Bilotta
Moseley was scheduled to fight Andre Berto on January 30, but due to the tragic earthquake that hit Haiti last week, Berto canceled the fight due to the fact that he lost a lot of loved ones and is not ready to fight at this time. If Mayweather and Moseley can agree on terms it will become the biggest upcoming fight in boxing today.
Former Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning and current Heat star Dwayne Wade have teamed up to help raise money for the citizens effected by the devastating earthquake that just hit Haiti last week. So far through donations from fellow star athletes like Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Michael Beasley, Kevin Durant, and Chris Paul, they have raised over $800,000 and still looking to raise more.
Even though Lebron James announced last year during the dunk contest that he would put his name in for this year’s event, he just officially announced he would not be competing again this year. But without James the contest still has last years winner NY Knicks Nate Robinson returning along with the Charlotte Hornets Gerald Wallace, and the LA Lakers Shannon Brown. The fourth and final spot will be decided by a dunk off between the Detroit Pistons Eric Gordon and the Toronto raptors Demar DeRozan.
Stephon Marbury who last played with the Boston Celtics is leaving the NBA to head overseas for the Chinese Basketball Association. Marbury will be playing for club Shanxi and signed a small contract in order to promote his signature Starbury shoes in China.
7:00 PM ET Toronto at Cleveland Fox Sports Ohio,NBA TV 7:30 PM ET Indiana at Miami FOX MIDW Sun Sports
After taking the number one spot from Kansas this week the Texas Longhorns have already been dethroned by the ninth ranked Kansas State Wildcats. In what was suppose to be a battle of big men somebody forgot to relay that to the Longhorns whose team combined for a woeful 36% shooting from the field and an awful 9 of 22 from the free throw line. Even though the Wildcats did not shoot much better from the field, they were able to hit 20 of their 32 free throws on they’re way to a 71-62 victory at home.
In other top 25 news the fifth ranked Syracuse Orange were able to hold of a pesky Notre Dame who lived up to their Fighting Irish name in a close game. Even though the outcome was 84-71 the game was a lot closer then it looks. Irish received good output from Tim Ambromaitis 26 points, Tory Jackson 15 assist, and All American candidate Luke Harongody who finished with 31 points and 14 rebounds. But the Orange was just to much in the end thanks to the depth of their team they were able to outlast Notre Dame at the end to move to an impressive 16-1 overall record and 5-1 in the Big East.
The University of Connecticut Huskies women’s Basketball team improved to an impressive 18-0 record this year. The lady huskies are on a 57 game winning streak and just dominated seventh ranked Duke easily winning 81-48. It looked close at halftime with the Huskies only up by ten points, but the second half proved to much for Duke as they looked overwhelmed playing against arguably the best ever women’s team in college basketball history.
7:00 PM ET (8) Tennessee at Alabama ESPN 9:00 PM ET (15) Purdue at Illinois ESPN 7:00 PM ET (16) Clemson at (18) Georgia Tech ESPN2 9:05 PM ET (22) Northern Iowa at Wichita State ESPNU 7:00 PM ET Northwestern at (25) Ohio State
While it has not still yet been confirmed but word has it that the worlds greatest golfer Tiger Woods is at a sex rehab clinic. Woods who life feel apart Thanksgiving night when he crashed his vehicle which led to the world finding out he was cheating on his wife with numerous women across the country. Now Woods is reportedly getting therapy at a sex rehabilitation center called Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services in Mississippi. Since the incident first happened Woods has been in hiding and hopefully whatever treatment he is working on helps him fix the problems in his life.
The Buffalo Bills just announced that former Dallas Cowboys head coach Chan Gailey would be leading their team in the 2010 season. Gailey comes to the Bills with a great coaching background, in 11 of his previously 15 NFL seasons Gailey has led his team to the playoffs, and he has also coached in 4 different Super Bowls.
Former MLB All Star Jose Offerman was ejected from a playoff game in the Dominican Republic for punching an umpire. Offerman who is managing the Licey Tigers was arguing a call with an umpire when he got into a heated verbal conversation with another umpire that led to Offerman punching the umpire in the neck. After the altercation Offerman was detained and later taken into custody. Later the Dominican Winter League announced that Offerman has been banned from participating in any way with the league.
The Boston Red Sox have just given closer Jonathan Papelbon one more year to prove that he really wants to be the closer in the future. Papelbon deal is reported worth $9.35 million. Since 2006 Papelbon has converted 89% of his saves.
By: Frank Bilotta
Podcasting news is the latest and modern way to inform the masses about things happening all over the world. Gone are the days, where people relied on television and radio to know about things happening around the world.
In recent days, with the help of podcast, it is quite easy to get acquainted with the latest news, be it related to sports, entertainment or politics.
What is a podcast? It is nothing, but a device that has the ability to download and listen anything at your convenience. However, with the execution of RSS (Real Simple Syndication) feed, it is possible to a save great amount of time. While signing up with an RSS feed, you are likely to download the podcast on your PC, so you will stay updated with news on a regular basis.
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In addition, it obviates the need to visit a web site and time wasted to access the news. Thus, whenever you are out for shopping or golfing, you can take this mini device to listen all the updated daily sport news, for instance, basketball news. The device is portable, and hence you can easily download or transfer RSS feeds into a portable MP3 device.
Alike digital video recorder for TV, Podcasting allows to access popular programs live. For several people, it has now become an entertaining gadget, as it gives the events happening around the globe within a matter of seconds. In fact, many sport enthusiasts, who want to stay updated with daily sport news, will definitely wish to have this kind of device, so that they can listen to all the current updates about their favorite sports.
Podcasting is the most recent buzzword in the world of computer, and its popularity is also growing at a rapid pace among the masses. It appears like a normal radio styled MP3 player and updates you with the latest basketball news, football news, hockey news and volleyball news. It is very much suitable for those people, who want to listen and stay updated with latest news. So, why wait, go for it and keep yourself updated with all the latest sports news and basketball news.
Basketball news is one of the most popular sports news in the world. Many professional, as well as unprofessional teams are trying to raise young sportsmen, eager to play basketball. This game has its own very high demands: it is important to stay in good physical shape, devote your time to daily practices. Basketball, unlike other sport games, demands tall players. Naturally, this demand has its own reason – it is easier to access the hoop, if you are tall, and it is also easier to hit the target. We must ask ourselves, whether the player’s height plays a crucial role in the game.
There are many people, whose height is not above average, but they nevertheless want to play basketball. They read articles about basketball, watch basketball TV, read the sports section and pay special attention to basketball games. They never miss a single basketball game on TV and discuss the results of every game with friends. What chance do they have to play serious basketball?
As a matter of fact, basketball needs technique not less, but even more, than height. A good basketball player needs, first and foremost, a good technique, which includes an ability to think and decide upon the right moves, good eye-hand coordination and swiftness. A good player should know how to move, run and through the ball, but he doesn’t need to be the tallest, in order to succeed.
The smallest player in the history of basketball was an American player Tyrone Muggsy Bogues. Even though his height was only 5.3 feet, Tyrone became a professional basketball point guard in NBA. He left professional sport after playing for five teams during his fourteen’ season career. Tyrone has proved that it is possible to succeed in basketball, even if you are not as tall as other players of the team.
Even though height is important in basketball, it doesn’t serve as a most important criterion. The most important of all criterions is a good technique. The most important thing about basketball, as in any other game, is playing and winning; it is important for the player to remember, that good technique brings success.
Basketball fans keep them selves constantly updated in Basketball coverage of their favorite team and basketball players.