For once, I think Fifa got it right. Today they announced the final three nominees for the 2007 World Player of the Year and they couldn’t have been more accurate with their choices. The three remaining contenders for this year’s FIFA World Player title are Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United and Portugal), Kaka (AC Milan and […]

Before I rant about college football and the BCS I wanted to mention the passing of Sean Taylor early this morning. He was a member of the 2001 Miami Hurricanes National Championship team and along with Ed Reed was the best hitting safety I ever saw in college football. He also on the biggest stage, […]

What a pleasure it is to watch these two guys playing at the top of their respective games. Roger Federer, the worlds number one tennis player capped off his fourth consecutive season as the top ranked played in the world by winning his fourth Masters Cup final in five years Sunday in Shanghai, and he […]

Italy is home of the reigning World Champions and reigning Champions League holders, AC Milan, along with many of the worlds greatest players playing throughout Serie A, including perhaps the worlds best in Brazilian playmaker, Kaka. Kaka was recently quoted as saying that he and other top international players currently playing in Italy would and […]

News broke yesterday that Barry Bonds says he will forfeit his future induction into the Hall of Fame if the Hall accepts and displays his record breaking 756th home run ball that was recently bought at auction by fashion designer Marc Ecko. The reason is because Ecko, after a much publicized online vote, will brand […]

This years World Series will be a tough one for me for a few reasons. First, the Red Sox are in the World Series. Second, for the first time since 1998, I will be out of town for the Series and will have to watch the games starting at 1:30am in the UK. I had […]

A battle of Rugby titans is all set for Saturday night in Paris in the World Cup Final. Defending champions England will face 1995 champions South Africa in a real grudge match between Commonwealth heavyweights. As usual, this event will be about much more than just the match.

FIFA, the worlds soccer governing body released their 30-strong man short list for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year Award to be handed out in December. This list is then narrowed down by voters as they select the top 3 players to attend a black tie ceremony in Zurich at the end of […]

Arsenal FC completed their 10th straight victory in all competitions to cement their place atop the English Premier League standings by beating Sunderland today in EPL action. Their 7-0-1 record, having a game in hand over the rest of the league is good for 22 points and the top position over Manchester United and Manchester […]

Sunday completed the most spectacular collapse in the history of baseball. The New York Mets blew a 7 game division lead with only 17 games to go to lose the division to the Philadelphia Phillies on the last day of the season. The Mets lost 12 of their final 17 games, while committing 21 errors […]