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Sports Notes 2012

Sports Notes - ROMAN ABRAMOVICH & MIKHAIL PROKHOROV aka THE RUSSIAN ASSASSINS - December, 2012
SPORTS RUSSIAN ROULETTE - Within his three year ownership of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets franchise Russian Mikhail Prokhorov has taken fellow Russian Roman Abramovich's lead as he's fired three coaches in three years. Abramovich has sacked seven in nine years and the eighth Guus Hiddink refused to retain the position. Their firing guns are loaded but the question now is what coach or manager would want to play Russian roulette? - GO FIGURE - DAH NBA's WHITE PEOPLE... The Minnesota Timberwolves have 9 white players on a roster of 15 - MANNY PACQUIAO HAS LOST THE HUNGER TO WIN

Sports Notes EXTRA - REMEMBERING HECTOR 'MACHO' CAMACHO - November, 2012
EXPERIENCE WITH THE MACHO MAN - While I was in the limousine business I met Hector Camacho. It was an experience I'll never forget. It involved danger and gun and valuables. How does all of that come together...? READ ON...

Business & Sports - Harlem Globetrotters Reach Out to NBA’s Royce White - November, 2012
Ambassadors of Goodwill Offer Opportunity & Support for Rockets’ Rookie - NBA rookie has a fear of flying - The team will play over 270 games in nearly 240 cities in 45 states and nine Canadian provinces though April 2013 and do their travel on a custom Greyhound touring bus

Sports Notes - LAKERS BUSS CRUSHED PHIL JACKSON - November, 2012
WHERE IS THE LOVE? - There is a new chapter in the Lakers Hollyweird shenanigans which is almost as shocking as the debacle when Kobe and Shaquille O'Neal had their winning relationship busted up over who was the man and the leader of the then Lakers team. Obviously Kobe won that battle as Shaq was traded to the Miami Heat where he won his fourth NBA title after three with the Lakers, Kobe, and Jackson. On his plane ride to Miami Shaq must have been singing Where Is The Love? Now he and Jackson can sing a duet.

Sports Notes - DAVID STERN TO STEP DOWN AS NBA COMMISSIONER - October, 2012
THE EMPEROR WEARS CLOTHES - Board of Governors Unanimously Chooses Adam Silver as Stern’s Successor – THE GROWTH OF INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS in the NBA - MORE NBA NEWS - Spurs Sports and Entertainment Chairman and CEO Peter Holt has been elected Chairman of the NBA Board of Governors - The NBA Board of Governors has unanimously approved the sale of the Memphis Grizzlies to an investor group led by Robert Pera

Sports Notes - CRISTIANO RONALDO - Here We Go AGAIN - September, 2012
THE UNHAPPY CAMPER - It appears that it's that time of life again for Cristiano Ronaldo the now 27-year old Real Madrid striker as he is gaining a lot of attention that he is displeased with his playing situation - DID YOU KNOW? Ann Meyers was the first female to sign a contract with an NBA team - GO FIGURE - Cambodia preferred to send a Nigerian rep and a Japanese runner to the London Olympics and deny their nations marathon record holder Hem Bunting who was the nations flag holder in the Beijing Olympics to be included on the team

Sports Notes - USIAN BOLT IS A WANTED MAN - August, 2012
LONG ON TALENT, EGO & WANTED - The talents of fastest man in the world are now sought after by a professional basketball team and there I a buzz that Manchester United is interested in giving him a tryout. Bolt compares himself in the class of Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali while disrespecting Carl Lewis. The question is will Bolt's abundance of talent and his thrashing a double edge sword of acrid words bring him down?

Sports Notes EXTRA - KOBE BRYANT DREAMS 2012 USA OLYMPIC TEAM IS BETTER THAN 1992 USA DREAM TEAM - July, 2012
SAY WHAT!!! WHAT'S IN THAT LAKER WATER? - Bryant's claim that this team could run the Dream team into the ground could be interpreted as being absurd. 1992 Dream teammates Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley were quick to disagree as would common sense. Since Bryant's claim teammate and league MVP LeBron James agrees that this 2012 team is better.

Sports Notes - THE KNICKS SHOE DIDN'T FIT JEREMY LIN'S FOOT - July, 2012
KNICKS BUILD AROUND CARMELO ANTHONY - As the saying goes you win some and you lose some. With Jeremy Lin and the New Your Knicks saga having come to a close it appears that it is a Lin Win situation. His $25 million Houston Rocket contract enables him job security and he won't have to sleep on a couch anymore. The Knicks can continue to build a team around Carmelo Anthony

Business & Sports - Harlem Globetrotters draft the World’s Fastest Man - June, 2012
Others selected include College Slam Dunk semi-finalist Bryan Narcisse of Clemson University; Division II All-American Stefan Bonneau of C.W. Post; and Dylan Richter, the University Athletic Association Player of the Year at Washington University in St. Louis, who recently interned with the Globetrotters’ digital team.

Business & Sports - Honda Cup to Baylor University’s Brittney Griner - June, 2012
Collegiate Women Sports Awards Presents 2012 Honda Cup to Baylor University’s Brittney Griner - The Baylor University junior was selected by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards program, now in its 36th year, from a trio of finalists that included soccer midfielder Teresa Noyola of Stanford University and softball pitcher Keilani Ricketts of the University of Oklahoma

Sports Notes EXTRA EXTRA - MIAMI BEAT THE HEAT - BIG 3 FINALLY WIN NBA TITLE - June, 2012
MVP LeBRON JAMES gets the MONKEY OFF HIS BACK - When the Heat's Big 3 came together prior to last season the bravado statement made by LeBron James that they would become the next NBA dynasty and would win over 6 titles was an over the top statement that drew resentment. That has yet to come and is a long way off… if at all. In winning their first NBA title as the Big 3 they could be on their way

Sports Notes EXTRA - IS MANNY PACQUIAO AWOL? - June, 2012
DOWN & OUT? - After losing a split decision this past weekend to Timothy Bradley the boxing world went into a rage screaming that the result was a farce and that the Pac Man won. Pacquiao was the only one that didn't cry foul and accepted the judge's decision. The reality is that the 33-year-old Philippine appears to have lost his focus and hunger for the game

Sports Notes - PETER WITHE RETURNS - June, 2012
WHAT'S THE REAL ANSWER TO THE MYSTERY? - It's a go figure world when a coach wins and moves on. Former Thailand national team coach Peter Withe is the nation's winningest coach in their entire football history but moved on and reasons why remain cloudy. Five years after his time in charge of the Indonesian national side ended Withe returns to the game he loves with a club in his home country England

Sports Notes - IS IT ABOUT THE MONEY? - WORLDS APART - May, 2012
WHAT'S THE DEAL? - As they say money talks and bullshit walks. That may apply to the masses but Pep Guardiola chose to walk away from money due to failing the grind of the stress test. The question is… Is He The Best? - UCLA gives scholarship to P. Diddy's son creating outrage that since Diddy is worth over a half billion dollars some think it's unfair - Cambodia national football team seeks another manager as its South Korean manager walks citing teams poor work ethic - ASEAN Basketball League seeking to have a team in Cambodia?

Sports Notes - WHO'S THE MAN…? ALEX FERGUSON, JOSE MOURINHO or PEP GUARDIOLA? - April, 2012
AGREE OR NOT? - The topic of who's the best among, Ferguson, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola at this point has to go the Ferguson. Guardiola has experienced immediate success in the early stages of his career but the stress has gotten to him at his young age of 41. Mourinho is still working on his CV but the question arises is stress taking its toll? - The Los Angeles Lakers RON ARTEST aka META WORLD PEACE HAS LOST THE PLOT

Sports Notes - LIN SANITY FEVER IS OVER - March, 2012
It was a matter of time when the Jeremy Lin balloon would come down to reality and the NY Knicks would return to their old ways of losing. Lin s the best thing to happen in the NBA this season the question is can the Knicks return to their winning form with their two super stars Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire returning to the lineup - Peyton Manning is shopping for a team to blend his talents. The Denver Broncos are said to be in the driver's seat with the Arizona Cardinals 2nd. Manning tosses to super star receiver Larry Fitzgerald is a match made in heaven. Can it be signed sealed and delivered on earth? - CAMBODIA LOSE FOUR STRAIGHT GAMES AND RISE 6 SPOTS IN THE FIFA RANKINGS

Sports Notes Part 2 - TOM BRADY tries to defy MANNING FAMILY MATTERS - February, 2012
GIANTS vs. PATRIOTS continue SUPER BOWL FEVER - There are several storylines involved in this game which Manning brother is the winningest Super Bowl quarterback and Can tom Brady gain revenge for Eli Manning and the New York Giants for denying them a perfect 19-0 record in 2008 when the two teams last met in Super Bowl XLVI. Can Eli Manning exact revenge for the suffering his father Archie endured as an All-Star NFL player? - SUPER BOWL RESULT SCORES HISTORY - DID YOU KNOW?

Sports Notes Part 1 - SUPER BOWL PIONEERS - February, 2012
EAT THIS!!! - THE AFL WASHED THE NFL's Mouth OUT WITH SOAP - The AFL was the laughing stock of professional football when they began in 1960. They were referred to as rejects, have beens and referred to as the Mickey Mouse League. NFL players that were verbally abused for joining the new league and had something to prove. Nine years later the AFL earned their respect when Joe Namath led the New York Jets and AFL to its first Super Bowl victory. The following year Len Dawson led the Kansas City Chiefs to victory. After the first four Super Bowl games the AFL received the respect they deserved.

Sports Notes - Muhammad ALI THE GREATEST IS 70 - January, 2012
The Louisville Lip Hit Hard with his Mouth & His Hands - He was despised in his own country for his refusal to serve in the US military but was adored abroad. He stuck to his principals and eventually won over his detractors. His bold manner was copied giving strength to the weak

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