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  • 2012 College Football Season – Best Photos From Week 2

    You know College Football has really begun when the ranked teams start falling, and there were plenty of top 25 sides who went through some stunning losses this weekend, with Arkansas overtime loss against Louisiana Monroe the biggest of them all, while the national title contenders: Alabama, USC and LSU had no problem going up […]

  • 2012 College Football Week 1 – Top 10 Photo Gallery

    No upsets, no surprises, as no one in the preseason top 25 of the 2012 College football season lost to an unranked opponents, while Michigan and Boise State, both facing better opponents, were the only lose among those ranked in the AP Poll, losing to Alabama and Michigan State respectively. Hawai’i 10 USC 49 The number […]

  • 15 NBA Head Coaches During Their Playing Days

    Does being a good NBA player make someone a good NBA head coach? About half of the league’s coaches didn’t play in the NBA, including the most recent NBA champion, Erik Spoelstra. His finals opponent, Scott Brooks, did play, actually winning the NBA title as a player, just like Avery Johnson, Byron Scott, Rick Carlisle, Lionel Hollins and Kevin McHale.

  • Best Photos from the 2012 Olympic Games

    The 25 best photos from 302 events in 26 sports spread over 19 days of competition don’t show all 10,500 (more or less) athletes that played a part in the 2012 Olympic games in London, but the two big winners on the track (Usain Bolt) and in the pool (Michael Phelps) remained the same from four years ago.

  • Best Photos from the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony

    How good was the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic games? It’s always exciting to go through the evening and watch all the national teams come out, flags waving, trying to spot out the big stars and get extra emotional when you see your own flag (usually when you come from a less than dominant nation) coming out of the tunnel.

  • 2012 Olympics Day 1 – Best Photos from Women’s Football Matches

    Even before the opening ceremony, the Olympics have already kicked off with the women’s football tournament and six matches, highlighted by Great Britain beating New Zealand 1-0, Brazil destroying Cameroon 5-0 and the USA, favorites for gold, coming back from 0-2 down to beat Japan 4-2. North Korea also made an opening splash by refusing to play before the correct flag was shown.

  • Hottest Female Athletes on the ESPN Body Issue

    The ESPN body issue never disappoints, giving us its best with tennis player Daniela Hantuchova as the cream of the crop of female athletes showing us what’s underneath those white uniform of hers she wears to Wimbledon, among other happy to strip sport figures. We left out the naked guys.

  • Best Photos of the 2012 Wimbledon Final

    Some finals are just about one player and his story line. Roger Federer may have won his 7th Wimbledon title in the 2012 Final, now even with Pete Sampras, and making it 17 Grand Slam titles in his career, more than anyone else. But this final was just as much about him as it was about Andy Murray, the weight of expectations he carried and his touching, tear-choked speech at the end.

  • Best Photos of the Euro 2012 Final

    Spain walked all over Italy in the Euro 2012 final, like no one has ever before. The first team to win back to back Euros, the first team to win three major titles in a row. Their first ever win over Italy in a competitive match, the first team ever to score 4 goals in a Euro final. A grand performance, shrouded by the marks of history in the making.

  • Best Photos of the Euro 2012 Semifinals

    The Euro 2012 semifinals gave us an opposite scenario to what was predicted – The Spain – Portugal match was the tactical, flair-less affair, with both teams drawing the match out to penalty kicks, with Cristiano Ronaldo literally looking on and doing nothing, while Italy played better than anyone else, upsetting Germany 2-0.