Tuesday 8 February 2011

Everything Is Broken!



1 broken record, 1 broken body and 1 broken team!


Saturday brought about two of the above; the broken record and team. The Premier League is the best league in the world and it showed why it is with an extraordinary day of action. Arsenal 4-0 after 68 minutes against Newcastle only for the game to finish 4-4. Louis Saha scored his first Premier League hat-trick and then one more bagging 4 in a 5-3 Everton win over struggling Blackpool. Carlos Tevez scored a hat-trick in 22 minutes as Manchester City beat West Brom 3-0. All of his added together and more means that a whopping 41 goals were scored on Saturday, a new record for the Premier League. Maybe most surprising of all I was treated to watching Manchester United lose. It was the first loss they had suffered this season and it came at the hands of bottom club Wolves! Even with the adding of some 'Fergie Time' Wolves managed to defend their goal for the whole second half. Man of the Match George Elokobi said. 'I said to the boys, 'We've got to play for 50 minutes in the second half. We know against United we'd get about five minutes of extra-time.' Many of United's opponents believe that they receive more added time when they are losing.


If you want to know how much fortunes can change in a year ask the people of Cleveland and most importantly the Cleveland Cavaliers. This time last year they had the best record in the NBA and were looking like they could win the Championship, a year on from that they have lost the best player in the league and their longest serving player; LeBron James and Zydrunas Ilgauskas. As if that wasn't enough, they now own the worst record in the NBA (8-43) and the longest losing streak in NBA history. The streak shows no sign of ending.


Sadly something that does look like it could end is Robert Kubica's Formula 1 driving career. Kubica was involved in a crash as he took part in a rally. His car crashed into a wall leaving him with horrible injuries. A broken arm and leg, he may have to have his hand amputated as it was crushed in the collision. Kubica finished 8th in the final driver standings in 2010 and 4th in 2008. He has recently been labelled as a future champion by former F1 champion Mario Andretti. Reports are saying that he may miss the whole season which begins next month, but Kubica has received backing from fellow drivers that he will be able to race this year.


I told you everything was broken, hopefully you enjoyed my second post. They won't all be this long, unless you like them long... No seriously I just wanted to show off in this one. Thinking about it again I maybe shouldn't have put the Kubica piece at the end because it will be freshest in your memory and it isn't nice to think about.


Peace Out!

Saturday 5 February 2011

NBA All-Star Game 2011

The 60th NBA All-Star game will be held in LA on February 20th. The highlight of last year's game will not be repeated as NBA fans flooded to The Cowboy's Stadium, Dallas, to make a record for the most people to attend a basketball game, this being 108,713! Both rosters are now full of exciting, world class basket-ballers. 4 former MVP's including current two-time reigning MVP LeBron James will join the party. 3 first timers, most notably Blake Griffin the leading candidate for Rookie of the Year. 2011 promises to be a game that may just live up to its predecessors.

LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade and Dwight Howard will now see the All-Star game as a formality having collectively been selected for it 32 times. It is not these players who have caused the biggest stir in the league this year it is LA Clippers Forward, Blake Griffin and Minnesota Timberwolves Big Man Kevin Love who have. Love who has posted 34 straight Double-Doubles and became the first player since Moses Malone in 1982 to score 30 points and grab 30 rebounds in a single game finishing with 31 and 31. Love's selection only came about last night when Commissioner David Stern chose him to replace the injured Yao Ming, Love was informed before the T-Wolves match against the Toronto Raptors (my favourite team). Former NBA player Charles Barkley was not in a forgiving mood when he heard the news that Love have originally not been selected ( http://on.nba.com/hTrKe1 ). Blake Griffin has taken the NBA by storm in his Rookie year with his high octane performances and crowd pleasing dunks, Griffin becomes the first rookie since 2003 to be chosen for the All-Star game.

The All-Star game is always exciting and with the worlds most exciting players it can only mean one thing... double the excitement of course. The All-Star game can be seen on ESPN on 20-2-11 and will be a spectacle to behold.