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NBA – Week 1 Best Teams & Leaders
The first week of the NBA season has passed, with Chris Paul and Kevin Love starting off the season stronger than anyone else, while the Los Angeles Clippers on offense and the Indiana Pacers on defense are setting the tones in terms of excellence and efficiency.
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10 Oldest NBA Players Heading Into the 2013-2014 Season
Unlike last year, there isn’t one “dominant” team when it comes to the top 10 oldest NBA players, with no player starting off the season into the fifth decade in his life, and only one, Steve Nash of the Los Angeles Lakers, crossing the 40 years threshold at some point during the season.
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2013 Ballon d’Or – The 23 Man Shortlist
FIFA have announced their 23-player shortlist for the 2013 Ballon d’Or award, pretty much being another name for best footballer in the world this year, with Lionel Messi (Argentina), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) and Franck Ribery (France) being the favorites to win it and are also the representatives of their country.
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NBA Season Preview: Best Shooting Guards
Our 2013-2014 NBA season preview continues with the best shooting guards in the league we’ll see this season. Despite the injuries, Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant are still among the best in the NBA, just slightly less. Contending with them are James Harden, who just might be above the rest already, and two players playing out of position this season: Jimmy Butler and Paul George.
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The Champions League Four Goals Club
The nine players that have scored four goals or more in a Champions League match: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marco Van Basten, Simone Inzaghi, Dado Prso, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Andriy Shevchenko, Lionel Messi, Bafetimbi Gomis and Robert Lewandowski.
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Top 5 Most Hated Players in the NFL
People love the NFL, but they also spend a lot of time hating football players. As always, in the annual poll to uncover who gets the most hatred, the names of Michael Vick, Ndamukong Suh and Mark Sanchez come up, while newcomer and rookie Manti Te’o brings somewhat of a refreshing case, getting points for things […]
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Best NFL Players Out For the Season
It’s no surprise to see so many injuries this early in the NFL. This is the sport, after all. The New England Patriots seem to have it really bad as their two most important run stuffers in Jerod Mayo and Vince Wilfork are out for the season, while the already troubled Atlanta Falcons have lost their best receiving threat in an awful, awful season for them.
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The Most Disappointing Teams in the NFL
We always have teams in each season that turn out to be huge disappointments around halfway through it, but there’s a difference between the reasons, expectations and level of collapse when examining the cases of the New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans and Washington Redskins.
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When Big Teams Miss Out on the World Cup
It’s rare to see on of the traditional powers of world football not making it into the World Cup, but there’s a chance that England, France and even Mexico, who are usually one of the first teams to qualify, won’t make it into the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, or go through a playoff in order to make it in.
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Do Native Americans Care About the Redskins Nickname?
While the Washington Redskins continue to lose in what is turning out to be a forgettable season, their name, and especially their nickname, isn’t getting off the headlines, as it seems everyone has an opinion about whether or not the franchise should find itself a new one.