Before we start, let me just say that this Top 5 is not based on who had the best year statistically or who is the best player in their sport. This is simply just what athletes best embody what this blog is about: hip hop & sports. In other words, you have to bring something extra to the table to entertain the masses or the way you represent on the field and not just a great athletic performance.Hip 2 Da Game's Top 5 Athletes of 2008Manny Ramirez:Now you know there was no way Manny was...
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt beat fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell to win the 100 meters at the Van Damme Memorial on Friday.
(as detailed in “Sorcery at Caesars”) 1. The boss of the Caesars Sports Book dreamed the night before the fight that Leonard would win a decision. He adjusted the odds to increase betting on Hagler, and helped Caesars win a bundle. 2. The Mexican judge, Jo Jo Guerra, had sparred in his youth with Sugar Ray Robinson – his “idol”. Guerra gave the new Sugar Ray a 10-2 margin of...
Solo yachting has to be an exciting and rewarding form of sport. It is you against the elements and against your opponents. It is also you working both with and against your boat. Sailing around the world and succeeding would have to be the ultimate sense of accomplishment, yet some would say you would have to be mad to try it. 30 yachts left France in early November in the Vendee Globe round-the-world race. 13 have already pulled out, several in spectacular and life threatening...
In 2008, we witnessed arguably one of the greatest years in sports history. If there were one phrase that comes to mind that best describes 2008’s Year in Sports, I would have to describe it as “The Year of OH, SNAP!” Well that is the G-rated version of the saying, but you get the idea. I cannot remember a year like this in sports in my lifetime. Of course, the older generation can argue that they have witnessed better seasons in the past, i.e. the Season of...
In 2008, we witnessed arguably one of the greatest years in sports history. If there were one...
Before we start, let me just say that this Top 5 is not based on who had the best year...
Solo yachting has to be an exciting and rewarding form of sport. It is you against the elements...
UFC 92 weigh in's of Wanderlei Silva, Rampage Jackson, Minotauro Nogueira, Frank Mir,...
Well with December 26th comes in my mind the best day of football all season. You know there...