There are some worries in the Spanish National camp as the reigning European champions don’t look as focused as they did last summer. ‘La Furia Roja’ struggled to beat non-World Cup dwellers Saudi Arabia 3-2 in Innsbruck, Austria on Saturday. The Saudi’s surprisingly went up 1-0 in the 16th minute as Osama Hawsawi headed in a [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Simply Kaka’
Posted: May 29, 2010 in soccer, SportsTags: ac milan, Argentina, Brazil, calcio, croatia, Europe, France, Inter Milan, Italy, Kaka, la liga, Real Madrid, Serie A, south america, Spain, Zinedine Zidane
Never gets old. In my opinion, the smoothest player since Zinedine Zidane.
A True Warrior: Lassana Diarra
Posted: May 29, 2010 in soccer, SportsTags: altitude, disease, doctors, France, high, Lassana Diarra, national team, Real Madrid, sickle-cell anemia, south africa, World Cup
Real Madrid defensive midfielder Lassana Diarra has been ruled out of the World Cup and possibly ruled out of a career of football altogether as he was diagnosed with sickle-cell anemia by French National team doctors. Diarra hardly played in the last few months of Real Madrid’s 2009/2010 campaign. And when he did, he didn’t look as [...]
Suns bench dominates as Phoenix wins Game 4 over the Lakers.
Posted: May 27, 2010 in basketball, SportsTags: alvin gentry, channing frye, goran dragic, Kobe Bryant, los angeles lakers, Pau Gasol, phoenix suns, staples center, steven nash, us airways
It’s not going to be as sunny as the Lakers hoped it would be going back to the Staples Center for game 5. Channing Frye led the Suns’ second unit off the bench to power Phoenix to a 115-106 game 4 win at the U.S. Airways Center in Arizona on Tuesday night. From the first [...]
Mourinho and Materazzi saying goodbye – Emotional.
Posted: May 25, 2010 in soccer, SportsTags: estadio santiago bernabeu, Inter Milan, Jose Mourinho, marco materazzi, Portugal, Real Madrid
This made me shed a tear. Mourinho getting out of the car to say goodbye to Materazzi at the Bernabeu. I’ll post more on Jose when the contract is officially signed with Real Madrid.
Do you believe in Magic?
Posted: May 25, 2010 in basketball, SportsTags: boston celtics, Dwight Howard, hakeem olajuwon, kevin garnett, nate huffman, Orlando Magic, paul pierce, ray allenl, Toronto Raptors
Dwight Howard does. And apparently he used some last night before the game. That’s funny. Hakeem Olajuwon never inspired Nate Huffman to have a great game like that when he was with the Raptors.
Meh… It was a final.
Posted: May 23, 2010 in soccer, SportsTags: 1965, 2010, Arjen Robben, Bayern Munich, Beckenbauer, Cannavaro, Champions league, Diego Milito, Esteban Cambiasso, final, Inter Milan, javier zanetti, Jose Mourinho, Madrid, maicon, Maldini, nesta, samuel eto'o, Santiago Bernabeu, Sergio Ramos, Van Gaal, walter samuel
Diego Milito with two moments of brilliance to steal the show and lead Inter Milan to their first Champions League trophy since 1965. Let’s be honest. Nothing against these two European giants, but these were not the two best teams in Club World football. Regardless, Inter Milan deserved it. And yes; you can [...]
It’s that time of the decade again..
Posted: May 21, 2010 in Entertainment, soccer, SportsTags: andres iniesta, Brazil, Cesc Fabregas, Cristiano Ronaldo, didier drogba, England, Fabio Cannavaro, homer simpson, Iker Casillas, Italy, ivory coast, Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers, nike, Portugal, Ronaldinho, south africa, Spain, the simpsons, Wayne Rooney, World Cup
World Cup commercials are back. Nike’s latest work:
