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Perhaps the only play in soccer more devastating than the violent kung-fu kick to the chest is the ever-so-excruciating front kick to the groin. Don't believe me? Just ask Wolfsburg's Edin Dzeko, whose midsection was on the receiving end of Lukas Podolski's cleats during a 1-1 draw with Cologne.
Podolski was assessed a yellow card for his reckless challenge. As for Dzeko, he would demonstrate his testicular fortitude by remaining in the game.
Basketball Service On Fire! Basketball. I do not do a lot of touting on this blog, nor do I lament losses much...BUT, I've posted a winning week every week of this basketball season and my top plays, the Four and Five Star Executive Selections are 7-0 against the pointspread this season and I just concluded an amazing string of 14 consecutive pointspread winners over he course of six days. How's that for a run on sentence?
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Sports Monitor's Executive Selections came in at 13-5 against the pointspread and the selections rated two stars or higher finished 9-1 against the pointspread.
I'm working on another fantastic holiday weekend for my members. Join if you have the time. I'll be proud to serve you. I'm guaranteeing that I win.
Dude it’s Thanksgiving Day 2008.... It’s a fun pick up football game and this guy absolutely lays the wood on that dude. Damn. Some people don’t mess around at all.
My Thanksgiving Feast Membership is guaranteed to win. I look forward to serving you. Information on this year's Thanksgiving Feast promotion is a couple posts below.
The Annual Thanksgiving Feast got out to a great star with a big win on the San Diego Chargers last night. If you joined me and played the Chargers, you were counting your money by halftime.
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Now: Your High School Video Of The Week
With only 14.6 seconds remaining in the game, things got out of hand between players from the South Charleston and Hurricane high school football teams.
Following the exchange of a few punches between players, both benches cleared and an all-out brawl ensued. The fighting continued for the next 30 seconds before a Charleston police officer was finally able to put a halt to the madness. Reports indicate that at least one player was tased by the officer, while several others were maced during the incident.
South Charleston would go on to win the game by a score of 30-26, and will now go on to play Brooke High School in their next playoff game. However, they will have to do so without the services of several players who will likely receive suspensions from the WVSSAC for their involvement in the brawl.
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Thanksgiving Day Four great games - morning til night.
We will release a rated Executive Selection for all four NFL and College Football Contests. We will also release a selection on all four totals. We listened to you and you enjoy playing the board on Thanksgiving and we're going to put out eight selections in all!
All the selections from every major sports service we monitor included.
Friday Fourteen games.
There is a wall-to-wall College Football card that features games all day long. We'll look to put out four or five Executive Selections on Friday.
Saturday Rivalry Saturday.
One of the most exciting and anticipated days each football season. We'll anticipate putting out five Executive Selections for the Saturday College Football card.
Sunday A great slate of NFL games.
We'll be working on these games all week. It's much too early to make a call on these events at this time.
Monday Monday Night Football.
San Francisco at Arizona and the end of a Guaranteed Week of Executive Football Service. I'll be releasing the side and the total of this contest.
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The weekend is here and It's all about College and NFL football. I rarely pull up pictures and videos to entertain you on the weekend. Same goes for today.
However, I'm going to pass along a special discount to those of my readers who are ready for the holiday season. If you want to join my Execuive Football Service, just send me an email and I'll knock off $100 from the full season ticket. Today. Yep, the Buy Now button is just to the right. ------->
I'll start by announcing to any non-members who may be reading - that, I released one basketball selection last night and won it. That's makes ten basketball wins in a row. How about that?
OK, enough about that. Tonight, there is an NFL football game and two college events as well. Let's get the weekend out to an early and profitable start. I provide my members with over 30 major sports handicappers and my Executive Selections for one very modest service fee.
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And while we're talking about service:
Medal of Honor goes to first living recipient from Afghan war.
Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta is the first living American since the Vietnam war to win receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. If you read one news item today, make it this one. Just click HERE.
My Executive Basketball Service has won nine consecutive games. My next event looks to make the streak a perfect ten. If you're not aboard, the Buy Now button is over to the right. Football is going to really take off for the next month and a half. If you're on the sidelines, you'll miss another fantastic holiday and bowl season.
Takeo Shiina Knocks Out Opponent And Ref In Rage-Filled Ending To This MMA Bout
A part of me feels like Takeo Shiina's decision to continue pummeling his opponent, Jung Hyun Lee, even after the fight was over and the ref was attempting to break things up was rather classless. However, and even bigger part of me feels Lee deserved every second of it after that ridiculous pre-fight taunt. To bad he couldn't do all that bobbing and weaving during the fight to avoid getting knocked the eff out!
As for the referee, who took a vicious knee to the head from Shiina as he tried to break up the fight, I guess that is just a bad case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Um, collateral damage can suck.
The madness begins at the 1:05 mark. Don't ask me to translate.
Sure, this guy may play for Qatar, who are currently ranked 109th in the FIFA World Rankings behind powerhouses like Kuwait, Syria and Oman, but that is still no excuse for hitting the post while standing two feet in front of an empty soccer net.
Less than a minute into extra time during a Round of 16 match against Uzbekistan at the Asian Games, 18-year-old striker Fahad Khalfan found himself alone in front of the opposing goal after the Uzbekistan goalkeeper brutally misplayed a back-pass from his teammate. A 1-0 lead for Qatar seemed inevitable, until Khalfan's shot hit the post and rolled out.
Qatar would go on to lose the game by a score of 1-0, and if you look close enough, you can actually see the goat horns begin to grow on Khalfan's head immediately after his embarrassing miss.
A female spectator was injured Friday night when a bull leaped over the railing and into the crowd during the Canadian Rodeo Finals at the Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
Footage of the incident shows the bull hurdle over the fence and land in the stands, where several spectators were seated. Thankfully, pickup man Gary Rempel was able to lasso the bull by one horn on its way into the stands. The injured spectator was conscious, but suffered severe back pains and numbness in her legs as she was stretchered off and taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. Several others received some bumps and bruises, but were able to avoid any severe injuries.
Here is a look at the incident, which was recorded by an onlooking spectator. You can see the bull, Rewind, leap into the crowd at the 2:25 mark.
My four and Five unit basketball games are 2-0 against the pointspread this season. The Four Star NBA Game of the Month goes late tonight. Join me but touching the Buy Now button over to the right.
This Week In Football
Mountain West Game of Year Goes Saturday. AFC Game of Year Goes Sunday.
Many of the major services I monitor are also releasing major events this weekend. Join me for all of my Executive Selections - and the plays from over 30 major handicappers for one low fee.
This is courage.
This happened while you were sleeping. From the Australian Masters.
The Indiana Pacers may not exactly strike fear into the hearts of their opponents with their 3-3 record, but if they can shoot like they did during the third quarter of last night's home game against the Denver Nuggets, there may be no stopping them.
While we don't expect them to ever go 20-for-21 throughout an entire quarter again, like they did during the third quarter against the Nuggets, we can't help but wonder whether this amazing display of accuracy should be attributed to their fine shooting ability, or the poor defensive effort from their opposition.
So what was their only mistake of the quarter? Allowing Josh McRoberts to get his hands on the ball and attempt a 3-point shot with only three seconds remaining. Talk about spoiling all the fun. He probably should have just held it and allowed the time to wind down.
In case you were wondering, they would go on to win this game by a score of 144-113. Here is a look at that near-perfect third quarter.
The game of football has provided some amazing trick plays at all levels, from Pee Wee to the pros, and this one pulled off by Driscoll Middle School in Corpus Christi, Texas is certainly among the best of them.
Looking to catch their opposition off guard, the center snaps the ball over his should in a rather unorthodox manner. With the defenders looking on as if the play hadn't begun, Driscoll's quarterback steps through the line before unexpectedly speeding off for the end zone.
The snapper clearly snaps the ball in one smooth continuous motion over his shoulder, making it a legal snap, and one of the most spectacular touchdowns you may ever see.
Clevelanders Respond To LeBron James’ “Rise” Commercial
Both South Park and Ohio's Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher have already offered up their responses to LeBron James' "Rise" commercial, but what many of us have continued to wonder is, "How do the people of Cleveland feel about LeBron's message?"
Finally, it appears as though we have an answer to that very question.
I thought LeBron's original commercial was pathetic powerful stuff. However, it pales in comparison to this response from the loyal Clevelanders, who don't appear as though they will be forgiving James anytime soon.
South Park Goes In on LeBron James “What Should I Do?” Commercial
LeBron James seems like a well-intentioned guy but he lost a lot of love from the public after
A) Bowing out to the Celtics in a strange, almost uninterested fashion,
B) “The Decision”, and
C) Everything he’s done since then.
LeBron says via Twitter that he’s keeping tabs on anybody taking shots at him and then everybody takes shots at him for his tweet. LeBron says racism played a part in the reaction to “The Decision” (Which it did. Race plays a factor in everything in the U.S. from people wanting to “take our country back” to folks hating on Brett Favre.) and then he’s accused of playing the race card.
The damning on both sides of the fence left James asking us what he should do and while the well done NIKE commercial got people talking it also got mocked. First by Michelle Beadle on Sportsnation and now by South Park. I can’t tell if Cartman’s last line is meant to come from him or speak for LeBron.. Maybe it’s a little of both.
High School Football Announcer Goes Nuts
While calling a game between the South Boston Patriots and the Worcester Patriots (yeah, both local Boston schools are nicked the Patriots), quarterback Sully O’Malley (of course) throws what is clearly a “five yahd backwards pass”, making it a live ball, and the defender keenly grabs it and takes it to the end zone for a touchdown. But those fahkin’ refs can’t get anything right and they call it an incomplete pass, nullifying the score and ruining the lives of the two announcers. BOO! BOO YOU FREAKIN’ RETAHDS! YOU RUINED THE FAHKIN’ GAME!
Last week, I released four plays that carried a Five Star rating. I won the opening day NBA Five Star. I won the MLB Postseason Five Star Game of the Year. I won the College Football Game of the Year and then lost the NFL Game of the Year. All in all, that's 3 for 4 on those bad boys. I'll settle for that record every day of the year. This weekend looks to be huge here. Many of the major services I monitor will also be releasing major events. It's a great week to get aboard.
Saturday -College Game of the Month Saturday -Big 12 Game of the Year Sunday -AFC Game of the Year Monday -Monday Night Football Game of Year
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While their favorite teams may vary, the one thing all sports fans have in common is their hatred for referees and officials. Even the kids share these very same feelings, and we have the proof thanks to this Miami Ohio fan, who appears to be quite displeased over a hooking call made during a game against the University of New Hampshire.
At least this time it is a kid giving the finger, rather than receiving it from one of his elders. Although, I'm not entirely sure that is a good thing.
Rugby Star Joel Monaghan Has
Sex With Dog, Pictures Leaked
This is just wrong. Somebody has to tell the story though.
Sex acts are all the rage in sports these days. It seems like the exposure an athlete can gain from any sort of sex scandal is much greater than the recognition one would receive after breaking a record, or winning a championship. Just ask Tiger Woods and Brett Favre.
But these two popular North American athletes aren't the only ones letting their penises do the talking for them. Australian rugby star Joel Monaghan has also gotten in on the fun, although, in a rather unorthodox way. While both Woods and Favre preferred the company of women, Monaghan decided to give a whole new meaning to the idea of "dog as man's best friend."
As the story goes, Joel was simply playing a prank on an absent teammate by simulating an act of beastiality during the Canberra Raiders' (Joel's team) end-of-season party. Alcohol is believed to have fueled the incident, which is said to have traumatized Monaghan following the spread of the photos through various social media networks.
Monaghan has since released a statement of apology through his manager, Jim Banaghan, but perhaps the only way to really get past this whole ordeal is to send a few dong pics to some females and engage in some pure unadulterated sex with many mistresses.
I have watched Canadian Football as many times in my life as I have had sex with a Victoria’s Secret model, and I know what you’re thinking, but no, I don’t actually have sex with Victoria’s Secret models nightly. It’s actually zero times, so you’ll understand that I was a bit clueless when it came to watching the ending of Friday night’s game between the Montreal Alouettes and the Toronto Argonauts. Tied at 30, the Als line up to kick the game-winning field goal.
In the CFL, the most notable difference in field goal kicking from the NFL is the position of the goal post, but don’t worry – it gets even zanier! You see, if the kicker makes the field goal, the team gets 3 points, plain and simple. However, if the kicker misses the field goal, the defense (or defence for our northern friends) has to retrieve the ball and either return it out of the end zone or, if they don’t think they can return it, they have to kick the ball away. If the kicking team recovers the ball in the end zone, they get the touchdown, or if the ball goes out of the end zone, they also get one point. I guess what I’m trying to say is – SACRE BLEU!
