Wednesday, July 14, 2010

ESPY AWARDS 2010 - My Pick!

Hello guys, I know that I am not a sports analyst or a prominent sports man. But I can my make predictions and do my pick for this nights' ESPY AWARDS 2010 right? So here are my picks for the winner of the said awards night. The biggest night for sports.

BEST MALE ATHLETE
Drew Brees, NFL
Kobe Bryant, NBA (My Vote, obviously I am a Kobe Fan)
LeBron James, NBA
Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR
Albert Pujols, MLB

BEST FEMALE ATHLETE
Maya Moore, NCAA Basketball
Diana Taurasi, WNBA (My Vote)
Lindsey Vonn, Skiing
Serena Williams, Tennis

BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE
Drew Brees, Super Bowl XLIV (My Vote, Again I am a Saint Fan)
Anthony Johnson, Big Sky Conference Championship
Michael Phelps, World Swimming Championships
Shaun White, Winter Olympics

BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
Usain Bolt, 100 and 200-meter World Records (My Vote)
Brett Favre, NFL record for consecutive starts
Roger Federer, Most Grand Slam singles titles
Connecticut Women's Basketball, Longest winning streak in Women's NCAA Basketball History
Isner vs. Mahut at Wimbledon, Longest Match in Professional Tennis History

BEST UPSET
Frankie Edgar over B.J. Penn, MMA (My Vote)
Hawaii softball upsets #1 Alabama, NCAA Softball
Northern Iowa shocks No. 1 Kansas, NCAA Men's Basketball
Y. E. Yang stuns Tiger Woods, PGA Championship

BEST GAME
Twins beat Tigers in Extra Innings (AL Central One-Game Tiebreak)
Canada edges USA in Olympic hockey championship game in overtime
Duke gets past Butler in Men's NCAA Championship (My Vote)

BEST MOMENT
Phil Mickelson, 2009 Masters (My Vote, coz its a heart warming moment)
Joannie Rochette, Winter Olympics
New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl XLIV
Landon Donovan World Cup vs. Algeria

BEST TEAM
Alabama Football
Chicago Blackhawks
Connecticut Women's Basketball
Los Angeles Lakers (My Vote, I am more inclined with the sport of basketball)
New Orleans Saints
New York Yankees

CASTROL EDGE PERFORMANCE UNDER PRESSURE AWARD
Sidney Crosby in the Olympic Hockey Gold Medal Game
Brett Favre in his return to Green Bay
Landon Donovan World Cup vs. Algeria (My Vote)
Stephen Strasburg in MLB debut

BEST SPORTS MOVIE
Big Fan
Invictus
The Blind Side (My Vote)
The Damned United
The Karate Kid

BEST COACH/MANAGER
Geno Auriemma, Connecticut Women's Basketball
Joe Girardi, NY Yankees
Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers (My Vote)
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke Men's Basketball
Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints
Nick Saban, Alabama football

BEST NFL PLAYER
Drew Brees, New Orleans (My Vote)
Brett Favre, Minnesota
Chris Johnson, Tennessee
Peyton Manning, Indianapolis
Darrelle Revis, New York Jets
Charles Woodson, Green Bay

BEST MLB PLAYER
Zach Greinke, Kansas City
Derek Jeter, New York Yankees (My Vote)
Tim Lincecum, San Francisco
Joe Mauer, Minnesota
Albert Pujols, St. Louis

BEST NHL PLAYER
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh
Ryan Miller, Buffalo
Alexander Ovechkin, Washington
Henrik Seden, Vancouver
Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay (My Vote)

BEST DRIVER
Kyle Busch (My Vote)
Dario Franchitti
Ron Hornaday
Jimmie Johnson
Tony Schumacher

BEST NBA PLAYER
Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers (My Vote)
Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City
Dwight Howard, Orlando
LeBron James, Cleveland
Dwyane Wade, Miami

BEST WNBA PLAYER
Tamika Catchings, Indiana
Becky Hammon, San Antonio (My Vote)
Lauren Jackson, Seattle
Candace Parker, Los Angeles
Diana Taurasi, Phoenix

BEST FIGHTER
Floyd Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao (My Vote)
Georges St. Pierre

BEST MALE GOLFER
Ernie Els
Phil Mickelson
Tiger Woods (My Vote, though controversial but performance really matters)

BEST MALE TENNIS PLAYER
Roger Federer
Juan Martin del Potro
Rafael Nadal (My Vote)

BEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER
Kim Clijsters
Serena Williams (My Vote)
Venus Williams

BEST TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE
Usain Bolt (My Vote)
Allyson Felix
Sanya Richards

Watch ESPY AWARDS 2010 Live Stream on ESPN. There is an ongoing Red Carpet Interviews Live Stream video.

2010 ESPY AWARDS 2010

ESPN will be proudly present the 18th Annual ESPY AWARDS 2010 this July 14, 2010. The ESPY AWARDS 2010 will be taking place at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California.

The host of the show is no other than, the anchor of the Weekend Updates of the Saturday Night Live show, Seth Meyers. So this event will be an expected entertainment filled night.

The nominees are set and are ready to announced who will be awarded with an award. The ESPY AWARDS 2010 will be the ESPN's way in recognizing top people in the sporting world.

Enjoy the show everyone! WATCH ESPY AWARDS 2010 Live Stream only on ESPN.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Athletes in the 100 World's Most Powerful Celebrities for 2010

Forbes.com released its annual report on the World's Powerful Men and Women for this year. And here is the list of the Men and Women in the sports world.

From various discipline, celebrities / sportsmen where ranked as follows:

#96: Danica Patrick - American Auto Racing Driver competing for the IndyCar Series. Last year's rank was #100;

#83: Venus Williams - American professional tennis player. Last year rankings was at #77, down with 6 points;

#81: Maria Sharapova - Russian professional tennis player. Last year rankings was at #76, down with 5 points;

#65: Lance Armstrong - American professional road racng cyclist. Known for winning the Tour de France in a record he made (7 consecutive times) after he survived his testicular cancer.

#64: Derek Jeter - American professional baseball player. A Major League Baseball, a shotstop of the New York Yankees. Last year rankings was at #66, up with 2 points.

#61: Serena Williams - American professional tennis player. Last year rankings was at #67, up with 6 points;

#55: Manny Pacquiao - Filipino boxer, the best Pound-For-Pound boxer in the world. Manny Pacquiao was ranked #57 last year, up with 2 points;

#49: Alex Rodriguez - American professional baseball player;

#48: Cristiano Ronaldo - Protugese footballer a winger or forward of the Spanish club Real Madrid;

#36: David Beckham - an English footballer, last year's rankings was at #28 down wit 8 points;

#31: Floyd Mayweather Jr. - American professional boxer;

#29: Roger Federer - Swiss professional tennis player;

#28: LeBron James - American professional basketball player, an NBA Superstar. Last year rankings was at #19, down with 9 points;

#20: Michael Jordan - American living legend of NBA;

#14: Kobe Bryant - American professional basketball player, currently playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, last year's rankings was at #10 now down with 4 points;

and #5: Tiger Woods - American professional golfer. He is with the same rankings of year #5.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Watch Rafael Nadal vs Tomas Berdych Live Stream Men's Singles FINALS

Watch Rafael Nadal vs Tomas Berdych Live Stream Men's Singles FINALS | Wimbledon 2010

Rafael Nadal
of Spain land will be facing Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic this Sunday at the Wimbledon 2010 for the Men's Singles Finals. Rafael Nadal vs Tomas Berdych will be taking place at the Center Court.

"Rafa" Rafael Nadal defeated Andy Murray of Great Britain in their Men's Semifinals match (6-4, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4). While the opponent Tomas Berdych has defeated Novak Djokovic, (6-3, 7-6 (11-9), 6-3).

WATCH NADAL vs BERDYCH LIVE STREAM on various websites and tv networks that will be covering the Wimbledon 2010.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Julaton wins over Villalobos at Rumble at the Rama XII

Ana "The Hurricane" Julaton wins the fight against Maria Elena Villalobos via a Split Decsion after the grueling 10 rounds.

The co-main event of the "Rumble at the Rama XII" Julaton vs Villalobos was a gigantic moment for all of the Filipinos in Canada as the Filipina boxer wins the fight against the equally skilled Mexican Villalobos.

Julaton utilizes her jabs against the aggressive Villalobos. After long ten rounds, two judges sought the fight in favor of Julaton with a score of 96-94 and the third judge has the fight for Villalobos with a score of 97-94. With this win, Ana Julaton captures the WBC Female Super Bantamweight world title.

JULATON vs VILLALOBOS Boxing Fight will be having its Online Stream Videos on some websites and TV networks that covered the said boxing fight.

Note: thanks to Ivan Montiel for the picture of Ana

Netherlands vs Brazil Quarterfinals Match Live Stream | FIFA World Cup 2010

The Netherlands will be playing against the high power Brazil this Friday July 2, 2010 for the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup 2010.

Netherlands of Group E will be facing the 5-time World Cup champions Brazil of Group G for the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup 2010.

All of the expectations are on the Netherlands team. The pressure is on them, whether they can take out the Brazilians and eliminate them from the world cup series and go forward to the next stage of the competition. The Brazilians headed by their coach Dunga are just relaxing and keeps on studying their game plan against the Netherlands.

Watch Netherlands vs Brazil Live Stream on some websites and TV networks that will be covering the said soccer game of FIFA World Cup 2010 - Quarterfinals.

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