FIFA World Rankings, May 2010: Brazil Replace Spain as Number One

Brazil have ended Spain’s five-month reign at the top of the FIFA World Rankings to become the top ranked side in the May 2010 rankings released by FIFA last week.   A Seleção now top the rankings for the seventh time in the history of the rankings, Dunga’s side replacing the European Champions at the summit of world football.   Portugal’s rise continues with... 

The U.S. Can Learn a Few Tactics from Inter Milan and Jose Mourinho

The recent Champions League Semifinal between Barcelona and Inter Milan has been a much publicized upset for the Italians and their mercurial coach.  The aggregate win for the Nerazzurri ends a thirty-eight year absence from a European club final, heralds a triumphant return to Barcelona for their manager Jose Mourinho, and reminds spectators as to why anti-football is such a tempting soccer tactic... 

Injury Sidelines Juan Martin Del Potro: Will He Be a One-Slam Wonder?

A tennis pro can end up with just one major victory for a variety of reasons. In the case of Iva Majoli—and potentially Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic—it’s learning that the sport actually gets harder when excellence is expected of you. For Jana Novotná and Goran Ivanisevic, it’s a case of early frustrations not met until later in life. And then there’s Andy... 

2010 Formula 1 Season: Four Grand Prix In

  Surreal—A term used to describe abnormal, or unbelievable situations, and probably the best way to describe the current Formula 1 season. Turn back the calendar to last December. When the dust settled on silly season, what were your expectations for 2010? Was it a two-way title fight between Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher? Did you expect Lewis Hamilton to spank the number one off... 

The Rome Masters Part Two: The “Ciao” Factor

It’s a finely balanced thing, the mix of revelry and restraint, and the Roman tennis fans have mastered it to perfection. It’s the “ciao factor.” Everyone is out to have fun, take in the sun, greet friends, take their children, and wear their hearts on their sleeves. Yet the minute the ball is in play, a hush descends, and a rapt attention elicits a communal “shhhhh”... 

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson? Hey, What About Jim Furyk?

Has all the Phil Mickelson versus Tiger Woods for the heavyweight championship of golf gotten to you yet? Form says neither guy may win this latest edition of the TPC come Sunday. With the exception of Mickelson in 2007, your winners aren’t exactly the guys that were being talked about on Monday or Tuesday or even Wednesday, before this event. Sure, everyone put their money on... 

The 2010 Players Championship Six Pack

Rory McIlroy put on quite a show last week didn’t he? Coming off what many have said to be a mediocre season, he showed what he is made of by pulling of an amazing win after barely making the cut on Friday. Congrats Rory. He becomes yet another 50:1 odds winner this year. On to The Players Championship, where the last person to win this event twice was Davis Love III. He won here in 1992 and... 

Showtime: Formula One Isn’t the Sport for You

Flavio Briatore has hit out at the state of Formula One, saying that the spectacle is suffering and that costs are spiralling out of control. Looking at what the ex-Renault team boss has said, it is apparent that his disagreements with the FIA are still burning inside. The Italian bemoans the lack of spectacle in the sport, saying that unpredictability is slowly eroding Formula One as we know it.... 

Formula 1 Preview: What We Can Expect From Spain

The F1 fraternity moves into what many feel is the real start of the championship this weekend, at the Circuit de Catalunya. Situated adjacent to the Autopista del Mediterraneo and in between the sleepy towns of Montmelo and Granollers, the circuit that plays host to the 2010 Spanish Grand Prix is a favorite with teams and drivers alike. A testing haven, it is like a home away from home. For those... 

Phil Mickelson: Will Another Chance at Greatness Pass By Again?

Consider this: Phil Mickelson and Brett Favre have been professionals for about the same amount of time. Gray haired, grizzly old veteran Brett Favre. Brett has Phil by a year; 19 years as an NFL quarterback. Phil, 18 years as a PGA player. 18 years. When he graduated from Arizona State in 1992, Mickelson was one of the most decorated amateur players in the history of golf. He captured three consecutive... 

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