Sports
Mar 9th, 2012
Ex- Rangers manager Dick Advocaat says the situation facing the fiscally stricken Scottish giants is incredible, but is sure that the club will stay alive in its currents disorder. The Dutchman, who at present manages Russia, told reporters after a meeting of the 16 Euro 2012 qualifier nations in tournament host country Poland on Friday said that it's unbelievable what's going on there. Advocaat said with Celtic it is among the greatest clubs in the world. When we see how many fans they have across the world but what is happening now is a pity. He also said he cannot say how it came about or whatever because he have been gone too long.
Feb 29th, 2012
The Angels will soon phase out use of the phrase "El Hombre" in further marketing campaigns involving superstar slugger Albert Pujols.
Tim Mead, the Angels Vice President of Communications said on Tuesday that billboards using Pujols and "El Hombre" will remain up in parts of Southern California until early April.
But Mead said the MB franchise is very aware of how Pujols feels about the phrase and respects his wishes that it will not be used further.
Pujols said to reporters early in training camp that he was not in favor at all of being referred to as "El Hombre" as he felt it undermined the respect that St. Louis baseball fans h
Feb 28th, 2012
Well, NASCAR sure knows how to make a prime-time impression. Fire, rain, and Tide laundry detergent all factored into a Daytona 500 that will go down as what will be call the most bizarre in the history of NASCAR. And oh, yeah, Matt Kenseth picked up his second Daytona 500 victory.
The first Daytona 500 ever to be postponed took more than 36 hours to complete after rain rescheduled it from its scheduled Sunday afternoon start to yesterday at lunch, then to the evening, and ultimately turned it into the first ever Daytona 500 race run in prime-time television.
What happened was a race like no other, beginning from the start of the second l
Feb 27th, 2012
For the first time ever in history, the Great American Race will start in prime time under the lights.
Just one day after the Great American Race was postponed due to weather, for the first time, NASCAR's biggest race will be moved under the lights by more persistent rain that on Monday continued through the area.
In the morning, the hope was for the Daytona 500 to go green at around 12:15 ET, but it soon became clear that the wet stuff would not cooperate. The race time has been moved to 7PM ET by track officials.
If the the weather clears, it would mark the first time the history of the Daytona 500 that it would start in prime time. It'
Feb 27th, 2012
Kobe Bryant got the scoring record, Kevin Durant won the MVP, and the West got the win, just barely.
Even after that duo racked up the points, the NBA All-Star game came down to a last defensive play.
A bloodied Bryant scored 27 points, as the career scoring leader in the game, he moved past Michael Jordan. Durant had 36 points in an MVP performance, and Blake Griffin's interception of LeBron James' pass secured the win for the Western Conference, 152-149 win over the East on Sunday night.
Bryant shook off Dwyane Wade's hard smack to his nose and was still laying on the floor trying to say something to James after he threw away a pass in
Feb 26th, 2012
It's raining right now at Daytona International Speedway, delaying the start of the Daytona 500.
NASCAR officials have pushed back the start of the race more than a half hour before the green flag was scheduled to drop.
They intend to wait as long as possible to start drying the track, and try to get the 500-mile race in on Sunday. The track takes about two and a half hours to dry, but the drying process can't be started until it stops raining. No Daytona 500 in its history has ever been postponed.
The weather forecast calls for intermittent showers most of the afternoon, and on tap for Monday, even worse weather.
NASCAR went ahead with d
Feb 25th, 2012
One of the well known American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games, Electronic Arts is now ready to get back into the basketball simulation genre as it confirms that the new outclass NBA Live 13 is coming this year’s fall.
Gaming media reported that this upcoming EA video game will be the first NBA game since the disastrous last-minute canning of NBA Elite 11 back in 2010.
On Friday, the EA announced that they have a new studio and new development team, and this fall they will go for launch an all-new experience that captures the future of basketball with NBA LIVE 13
EA said that they are looking o
Feb 24th, 2012
The Detroit Red Wings took advantage of the shootout each time to win three times during their NHL-record, 23-game home winning streak.
Detroit's good fortune in the one-on-one duels finally ran out and its run ended thanks to the Vancouver Canucks.
Alex Burrows scored the only goal during a shootout, which was made possible after Daniel Sedin scored his second goal of the game with just 15.4 seconds left in regulation, lifting Vancouver to a 4-3 win over the Red Wings thus snapping their streak that lasted over three months.
Detroit had not lost since Nov. 3 at Joe Louis Arena against Calgary, breaking the previous single-season mark of 2
Feb 23rd, 2012
The high-profile murder trial of University of Virginia has resulted in a second-degree murder conviction of former lacrosse player George Huguely, the Daily Progress reports. The jury sentenced the 24-year-old Huguely to 26 years in prison for killing fellow senior and ex-girlfriend, Yeardley Love in her apartment in 2010, reports the Washington Post.
Jurors compromised between the prosecutors' request for a first-degree conviction, which could have brought him a life sentence, and the defense's hopes for manslaughter.
"Every single day is different," Love's mother said to jurors during the sentencing phase. "Some days it's just unbearab
Feb 22nd, 2012
Tom Martinez, the longtime personal coach to quarterback Tom Brady of the New England Patriots, has died at age 67.
His wife, Olivia, said to the San Mateo Daily Journal that he died on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack while receiving kidney dialysis treatment. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that he died in Redwood City.
Tom Martinez worked with Tom Brady when he was a teenager growing up in San Mateo, where Martinez was a coach at College of San Mateo. Their friendship continued during Brady's NFL career.
Martinez told the San Francisco Chronicle before the Patriots' Super Bowl matchup this year against the New York Giants th
