Archive for the 'Awards' Category
An amazing collection of the best NBA Playoff moments guaranteed to waste your afternoon.
I bet you can’t watch just one.
Watch them all here.
It was the mindset that would, in three years time, help trigger World War II. In 1936, Adolf Hitler boasted of Aryan supremacy and predicted their success at the Berlin Olympics. He wanted to show the world that the German “master race” would excel in the Olympic events, to the detriment of the other races.
African-American, […]
When the Washington Capitals landed Cristobal Huet, Matt Cooke and Sergei Fedorov by the trade deadline, the message the front office sent to its players was simple: we’re not in any stinking rebuilding mode, this is the year we’re going to make a run at it.
It being the Stanley Cup… and with Alexander Ovechkin winning […]
You have to love ESPN. Check out this list on the 25 greatest single season feats by athletes:
25. Marcus Allen, USC Trojans, 1981
24. Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox, 1941
23. LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers, 2006
22. Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, 1987-88
21. Martina Navratilova, 1984
20. Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins, 1992-93
19. Pedro Martinez, Boston Red Sox, 1999
18. […]
Kaká has been named FIFA World Player of the Year two days after leading AC Milan to the FIFA Club World Cup title.
Of course, adding all of the right things:
“When I was a kid I had dreams about winning the UEFA Champions League and other trophies,” he said. “Honestly I didn’t think my dreams would […]
Pretty interesting arguments from Jason Whitlock, of FOX Sports:
Tom Brady is on the brink of shattering every single-season passing record known to mankind and the Patriots are well on their way to smashing every scoring record. And we love nothing more in this country than showering superstar quarterbacks with awards, hype and credit.
But Randy Moss […]
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Posted By: froosh | Nov 23rd
It’s a shame that the headline is even relevant, but NL MVP Henry Rollins is right, over the past decade, a lot of young black athletes have given up baseball for football or basketball.
Rollins had a remarkable year:
- Rollins batted .296 with 30 homers, 94 RBIs and 41 steals from the leadoff spot, helping Philadelphia […]
In what will surely be the first win of many for the Kid, Sidney Crosby won the Hart Trophy for being the most valuable player in the NHL regular season at the ripe old age of 19. Not only that, he also won the Art Ross for being the leading scorer and the Lester B. […]
It’s official (ahem, as I predicted) Dirk Nowitzki is the Most Valuable Player after leading the Dallas Mavericks to one of the best regular seasons in league history.
He begins the first European player to take the award, and the first player who did not go to a US high school or college. And, the cherry […]
The battle for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player is down to 2 players, Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki. There are valid arguments for both, but in my opinion Nash deserves the award hands down. No one can control the game like he does and if really came down to it and you needed a basket at the […]