For those of you that watched the Preakness, you probably weren’t unsatisfied after watching that one. The race was close the whole way through keeping most people at the edge of their seats. Then at the last turn Afleet Alex, who was making his move, stumbled and gave a lot of bet holders a scare. Miraculously, Afleet Alex recovered himself and went past Scrappy T to win the Preakness. The Belmont Stakes may not have as many contenders, but is still shaping up to be a great race.
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MLB Power Rankings June 8 2005
Here are the power rankings after the ninth week of MLB play, comments and questions are always welcomed.
For the past few years, tennis has not gotten much attention and rightfully so. There hasn’t been the Pete Sampras or Andre Agassi matches that invigorated even the not-so-big tennis fan. I remember one of the last really good matches I saw was the Sampras-Agassi US Open final. Since then I haven’t seen a tennis match that glued me to my chair.
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In Case You Missed It
You may not have noticed, but on Monday night, 3000+ fans witnessed a new NCAA men’s tennis champion. The UCLA Bruins were crowned the 2005 champs, Monday at the Mitchell tennis complex at Texas A&M, in a ferocious battle that left opponent, and former champion Baylor dazed and confused.
When Daniel Negreanu’s parents came to Toronto from Romania, they brought dreams for their unborn child. Little did they know, they were providing the free reign for their son to become one of the best poker players in the world.
This high school dropout was born on July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Canada. Once he turned 21 he moved to the mecca of gambling, Las Vegas, where he lives now.
Negreanu won the U.S. Poker title in 1999 and a list of other titles since he turned pro in 1997. At the age of 23, he won the first World Series of Poker event that he had ever entered, Pot Limit Hold `em. Between 1997 and 1999, his 12 major tournament victories were more than any other player.
In the 2004 World Series of Poker, Negreanu won one bracelet and placed in money positions in five other events, claiming ESPN’s Toyota Player of the Year award.
At only 29 years old, Negreanu has six World Series of Poker bracelets, and is the all-time leading money winner on the World Poker Tour Circuit. Negreanu took some time out of his busy schedule to talk to me in an interview in mid May, 2005.
It was the greatest year possibly in the history of Philadelphia sports. The Eagles were in the Super Bowl. The Flyers played for the Stanley Cup. The Sixers went up against the Lakers in the NBA Finals. The Phillies won the World Series. It was a time of bliss and pride and excitement. And here we are. Twenty five years later we are in a quite different state of mind.
We would all love to have the life of an athlete (we all have wanted to at some point in our lives). They are envied for the way they live. People want to be able to rake in money the same way athletes do. They want to have their cars, and the clothes they wear. Non-athletes want to be able to go home everyday to the same size houses as athletes do. Yet, some athletes still have no clue of how good they’ve got it. It’s hard to believe the reports that people still here about the dumb decisions athletes are still making. Trends of dumb decisions among athletes have all dealt with one of the things athletes are envied for, cars. For some reason athletes feel as though they are obligated to go as fast as they can in their fancy rides. With the rates of speeds from athletes these days, many are prone to accidents. Those whom are unfortunately involved in accidents sometimes have their career taken from them, and sometimes have their lives taken also.
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MLB Power Rankings 25 May 2005
Interleague play isn’t much more entertaining to me than intraleague play unless its one of the big rivalries, but it is fun to see teams play that may never do so again. Here are the power rankings after the seventh week of the MLB season; feedback is appreciated.
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Preakness 2005
As most of you know, the Kentucky Derby was no wire to wire race. It was neck and neck coming down the backstretch and one of the most exciting Kentucky Derbies I have seen in the past five years or maybe even more. This year at Pimilico I expect it to be close like the Kentucky Derby seeing as how there is really no horse that stands out to me.
By Sean Quinn
After Michael Jordan retired in 1998, the Chicago Bulls fell apart faster than Michael Jackson’s latest nose. More recently, after Shaquille O’Neal’s departure from Hollywood, the Los Angeles Lakers crumbled like a cupcake in the mammoth claws of Rosie O’Donnell.
Sports teams, professional and collegiate, aren’t built to dominate for long periods of time. When they do, though, it’s often due to one player, and fans relish these dynasties for as long as they can because, like a Jennifer Lopez marriage, they don’t last. That’s why the Yankees are so special. That’s why the run by the UCLA men’s basketball team in the 60s and 70s is so spectacular. Perhaps the most impressive, but unheralded streak is buried beneath the wintry weather and smothering snowfall in upstate New York, where Syracuse’s 22-year run of consecutive lacrosse Final Fours, came to an end earlier this week.