Wimbledon’s Trilogy Of 5-Set Finals 2007-09: Part 2

As spectacular as the final of 2007 proved for tennis fans, things were to heat up a year later. One might have sworn that Nadal’s narrow defeat to Federer had signalled the high point of the tennis decade, the acme of the ultimate spectator moment – that elusive and dream combination of drama and glorious shotmaking. How wrong, or rather naive, one would prove to be. Nothing can compare,... 

Egypt To Request Postponement of African Championship Match Against South Africa

Egypt will ask the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to postpone its crucial match against South Africa, currently scheduled for March 24, by three months because of the turmoil in its country. Egyptian soccer website FilGoal.com reported that the postponement was designed to allow the country’s national squad to get up to speed after a month of forced inactivity. The Egyptian Football... 

Egypt and Tunisia To Play Soccer Friendly Despite Historical Animosity

Egypt and Tunisia, the two Arab countries most successful to date in overthrowing their dictators, have agreed to play a soccer friendly despite their longstanding football animosity. Egyptian Football Association board member Ayman Younes said a date for the match, dubbed “the revolutionists’ game,” had yet to be set. Tunisians were the first in the Arab world to rise in protest,... 

Formula One Uproar as Opening Grand Prix in Bahrain Goes Ahead Despite Riots

The racing community is in uproar as the opening Grand Prix in Bahrain on March 11 and 12 is still going ahead, despite all of the violence happening there at the moment. In the last week, people have been killed in Bahrain because of the protests against the government. The people of Bahrain are trying to copy the success of the Egyptians, but are coming up against the army, creating violence. Today,... 

Pro-Mubarak Footballers Express Support for Egypt’s Revolt

Members of the board of storied Cairo soccer club Al Zamalek SC have denied claims that they supported ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and opposed the mass protests demanding political and economic reform. In an interview with government-owned Ahram Online, Ibrahim Hassan, Zamalek’s director of soccer, speaking also on behalf of his brother and fellow board member, Hossam Hassan, said... 

Jim Gray Crosses the Line Yet Again: Will There Be Justice This Time?

Perhaps it was because he was the one sitting next to LeBron James during the PR debacle that was “The Decision” that we hoped Jim Gray would just go away. Maybe it was after he lost his cool and had it out publicly with Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin during a finger-pointing incident last fall that we hoped he would finally disappear from our television sets. Or it could just be that over... 

Jim Gray Gone Wild: From Pete Rose to Dustin Johnson

I watch a lot of sports. If you are reading this article, chances are you do too. If you have watched just about any sporting event over the last 30 years, be it on NBC, CBS, ESPN or the Golf Channel, you have seen him. He has covered Super Bowls and World Series, NBA Finals and NCAA Final Fours, The Masters and the Olympics. Jim Gray has been a fixture in the American sporting scene for years.... 

PGA Show Gimmicks, Gadgets and Fun Golf Stuff

Kathy Bissell Every year there are a handful of fantastically fun and sometimes practical products at the PGA Show.  This year was no exception.  From Golfdotz, which are like decals for your golf ball, to Big Wigz, which are like decals for your driver, there were plenty of surprises.  Want your own mini golf set up?  You can have it.  New, lower-priced GPS?  It’s... 

Super Rugby: Highlanders Cause Storm In Capital With Win Over Hurricanes

The Highlanders have got their 2011 Super Rugby campaign off to a positive start with a 14-9 win over the more fancied Hurricanes. It wasn’t pretty, but a win’s a win at this stage of the season and that’s all that matters as far as the Highlanders are concerned. The key was dominance up front. Their forward pack played with much more physicality than the Hurricanes pack, pushing... 

Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Neymar: Samba Stories of the Past Present and Future

Three-time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldo has called it quits on one of the most outstanding, heartbreaking and outrageous soccer careers in recent memory.  Hailing from the football breeding ground of Brazil, Ronaldo burst on to the scene in 1996 at Barcelona, becoming the youngest player to win World Player of the Year. He dominated Europe for the next decade before his lifestyle began... 

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