June 25, 2009
Like many people, I’m on an e-mail list with some old friends from college, where we discuss what’s going on in the world of sports. Because (unfortunately) many of them are Yankees fans, we spend a fair amount of time talking about what’s going on with the Bronx Bombers.
Lately, all I’ve been hearing is complaining from them, specifically from my friend Jason, who, in recent e-mail, declared he wanted 16-year-old Bryce Harper to replace Jorge Posada RIGHT NOW and that he wanted to, essentially, get rid of the entire team.
And while many Yankee fans are quite frustrated with their team, the reason for their problems are two-fold: they went from one of the best managers in baseball to a decent one, and their team is too old. Swapping Joe’s – Torre for Girardi – is the biggest point, at least so far. With Torre they make the playoffs last season, and they likely do this season, too.
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June 23, 2009
In the opening segment of HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel tonight, Gumbel sits down with two of the greatest athletes this country has ever seen: former Boston Celtics center Bill Russell and former Cleveland Browns great Jim Brown.
Both men has legendary careers; Russell was the dominant force behind the greatest stretch of winning in American sports history, leading the Celtics to 11 championships in 13 seasons, while Brown is widely considered the greatest football player of all-time after his nine-year career with the Browns. On top of that, he also starred in lacrosse and track while in college at Syracuse, and many think he also is the greatest lacrosse player of all time. But what truly sets them apart from the rest of the athletes in our history was their willingness to stand up for what they believed in, no matter what.
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June 11, 2009
When Real Madrid re-elected Florentino Perez as its president June 1, he promised a return to the Galacticos era of football for Los Blancos that took place in the first half of this decade. During Perez’s first tenure as president, from 2000-2006, Real brought in some of the biggest stars in the world including Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham, Ronaldo and Luis Figo.
Less than two weeks into his second stint with Real, Perez has followed through on his campaign promises by spending over 220 million dollars in less than a week on two of the best players in the world – Brazilian attacking midfielder Kaka from AC Milan and the world’s most explosive offensive player, Portugese forward Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United.
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