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Best Super Bowl MVP Performances
Looking for any reason to feel comfortable about heading into the Super Bowl, the San Francisco 49ers have three players featuring among the top 10 MVP performances: Jerry Rice, Steve Young and Joe Montana, beating other memorable games by the likes of Marcus Allen and Phil Simms.
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10 Highest Earning NBA Players
When it comes to making money outside the NBA courts, no one comes near the level LeBron James is currently at, with Kobe Bryant being the closest to him, although a bigger earner overall thanks to the highest salary in the league, as well as one of three Los Angeles Lakers players on the list.
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Best Centre Backs in the World
The best centre backs in the world become more and more attacking as time goes by. Most of them, like David Luiz, Javi Martinez and Mats Hummels, are just as adept as playing as defensive midfielders. Others, like Sergio Ramos and Giorgio Chiellini, can play just as well as full backs. Nonetheless, along with Thiago Silva and Vincent Kompany, they are the best Central defenders in the world heading into 2013.
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Greatest Christmas Day Games by NBA Players
Last year, Christmas day in the NBA was a little bit weird, being opening day and all, probably giving it a tad more of an extra special feeling. This season, everything is back to normal, or is it?
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Best Goalkeepers in the World
It’s hard to talk about new guard and old guard when it comes to goalkeepers, because of the relatively late age they both breakout in and continue on playing to. Still, the world’s best goalkeepers list is slowly changing: Gianluigi Buffon and Iker Casillas are still with us, entertaining the younger talents of Samir Handanovic, Joe Hart and the fantastic Hugo Lloris and probably above the rest, Manuel Neuer.
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Great European Clubs Most Capped Players
While loyalty is a disappearing world in today’s football world, there’s also a lot more matches to be played, mostly through the Champions League, helping more recent players for clubs with the buying power reach new heights and set new records when it comes to appearances, like Ryan Giggs for Manchester United, Alessandro Del Piero for Juventus and Javier Zanetti for Inter.
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Puskas Award – FIFA’s 10 Nominees for Goal of the Year in 2012
Once again, an award Messi can win and Ronaldo can’t. He isn’t even nominated. The Puskas Award, FIFA’s best goal of the year for 2012 has 10 goals up for the title, with Lionel Messi on the list, along with the dribbling (and last year’s champion) Neymar & Hatem Ben Arfa who are the big names on the list.
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Most Capped Players for the Top 20 National Teams
Cristiano Ronaldo might be reaching 100 caps tonight against Northern Ireland, which is very impressive considering he’s only 27, but he’s still got a way to go before becoming Portugal’s most capped player of all time. Luis Figo has 127 at the top, and he’s joined by other big names like Javier Zanetti, Cafu and Fabio Cannavaro as the players with most appearances for the top national teams.
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Greatest Drivers in NASCAR History
The 2012 Sprint Cup Series has nine races left in the Chase for the Championship, with Bred Keselowski leading the way, hoping to win his first championship, chased from behind by five time champion Jimmie Johnson and three time (and the 2011 champion) champion Tony Stewart, both hoping to equal the 7 wins record of Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty.
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Greatest Drivers in Formula One History
Along with Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso has a chance to become the ninth driver in Formula One history to win at least three championships, just like legend Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and still driving Michael Schumacher.