Sports blog – February 2014

One of the biggest myths around is that women love to gossip and not men. Yet gossip seems to take center court over and over again in the world of sports.

Why? Simple it sells! And not just to the women fans but all fans across all ages!

Why does the stories surrounding A-Rod capture the front page of the news over and over again, does anyone really care who he suing today or will be suing tomorrow or that the MLB players Union wants him gone or that the Yankees, themselves want him gone as well? Apparently yes!

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mlb-players-association-would-expel-a-rod-if-it-could-171857810.html

Let’s not forget there is also the fact that ‘bad news’ sells. If you watch or listen to Sports Central, or ESPN the headlines are usually reserved for the ‘bad guys first. Who trashed talk who takes up more TV time than who actually won the game. First comes the ‘trash talk’ and the comments from every sports commentator that can be found, then of course the time allotted to the ‘I’m Sorry’ campaign by the trash talker himself.

Carroll says Sherman sorry rant overshadowed win
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/carroll-says-sherman-sorry-rant-004022049–nfl.html

Now you add the time for the rebuttal by the fans of the team that the trash talker plays on that were interview and you have an awful large amount of time spend on ‘bad news’

Seattle soft? 12th Man shows it has Richard Sherman’s back amid criticism of Seahawk’s postgame behavior.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/seattle-soft–12th-man-shows-it-has-richard-sherman-s-back-amid-criticism-of-seahawk-s-postgame-behavior-012206913-nfl.html

Even more time than was spend showing the highlights of the game. I personally get a little frustrated with this. I would love the ‘sports world’ to spend more time with showing the positive aspects of sports, but then again, apparently that isn’t what gains views/fans.

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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/jets-quarterback-geno-smith-reportedly-kicked-off-plane-164817930–nfl.html

Another example of this phenomena shows up again when a book is written by someone in the sports world and although the book has probably many sport stories in it, the one that gets noticed by ‘Sports TV’ is the negative ones.

Example of this is when Former prominent NFL agent Leigh Steinberg wrote in a book released Tuesday that he advised quarterback Ryan Leaf not to attend a meeting with the Indianapolis Colts, who would then select Peyton Manning instead with the top overall pick in the 1998.

Steinberg: Leaf duped Colts out of drafting him in ’98
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/steinberg-leaf-duped-colts-drafting-183729125–nfl.html
Like I said, only the fact that someone might have done something ‘bad’ to some else, did the fact the Mr. Steinberg even got his book mentioned on TV.

And even then the world of sports didn’t stop with just mentioning the book; they have actually taking time to track down the persons involved for their side of the story to air on TV.

All this makes for good drama TV and slowly and completely taking over our sports world. We care more about what players do off the field of battle. What drugs they might have taken, who they are dating, or who’s getting a divorce. The average sports fan is still obsessed with any and all news that hits the airwaves concerning Aaron Hernandez, it doesn’t even matter that he is in jail and no longer playing football for the New England Patriots.

Police: Hernandez eyed as gunman in 2012 slayings
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/warrant-hernandez-eyed-gunman-2012-160757215–spt.html;_ylt=AwrSyCMg0N5SAjQAt0BNbK5_;_ylu=X3oDMTBmMnFmanUyBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQ–

It’s tough to explain to a small child who is just starting to show an interest in sports, that there is more to sports than the above, that there are still players out there that play for the sheer joy of being able to play. There are still players out there that are good but never make the headlines, they play by all the rules, even the ‘golden’ rules.

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Sports News 2014

NFL Pro Bowl for 2014

The New and ‘Improved’ NFL Pro Bowl for 2014

The NFL announced a few weeks ago the rosters for the 2014 Pro Bowl, which for the

first time will be “Unconferenced” with players selected without regard to conference in voting by fans, coaches and players.

http://www.nfl.com/probowl

Over the last several years, the NFL Pro Bowl has lost favor with the fans of football and if no one is watching, then advertisers won’t pay the huge amounts of cash to get their Ads shown during the game.

This new format takes into account the huge success of ‘Fantasy Football’. Fans of Fantasy Football don’t exact follow teams or whether the teams are AFC or NFC, it is all about the individual players.

The first-ever Pro Bowl Draft will be nationally televised during a live three-hour primetime broadcast on NFL Network at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Pro Football Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders will serve as alumni team captains for their respective squads.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sbnation/SBNation_20131227_2014_NFL_Pro_Bowl__Player_draft_highlights_change_in_format.html

The 2014 Pro Bowl will be played Jan. 26 and air live on NBC at 7 p.m. ET from Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The following players have been voted in by the fans, coaches and other players and are available for the draft.

http://www.nfl.com/probowl/story/0ap2000000304771/article/2014-pro-bowl-complete-roster

For the Offense

Quarterback: Tom Brady, Patriots; Drew Brees, Saints; Peyton Manning, Broncos; Cam Newton, Panthers; Philip Rivers, Chargers; Russell Wilson, Seahawks.

Wide receiver: Antonio Brown, Steelers; Dez Bryant, Cowboys; Josh Gordon, Browns; A.J. Green, Bengals; Andre Johnson, Texans; Calvin Johnson, Lions; Brandon Marshall, Bears; Demaryius Thomas, Broncos.

Tackle: Branden Albert, Chiefs; Jason Peters, Eagles; Tyron Smith, Cowboys; Joe Staley, 49ers; Joe Thomas, Browns; Trent Williams, Redskins.

Guard: Jahri Evans, Saints; Ben Grubbs, Saints; Mike Iupati, 49ers; Logan Mankins, Patriots; Louis Vasquez, Broncos; Marshal Yanda, Ravens.

Center: Ryan Kalil, Panthers; Alex Mack, Browns; Mike Pouncey, Dolphins; Max Unger, Seahawks.
Tight end: Jordan Cameron, Browns; Vernon Davis, 49ers; Jimmy Graham, Saints; Julius Thomas, Broncos.

Running back: Jamaal Charles, Chiefs; Matt Forte, Bears; Frank Gore, 49ers; Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks; LeSean McCoy, Eagles; Adrian Peterson, Vikings.
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The Defense

Defensive end: Greg Hardy, Panthers; Cameron Jordan, Saints; Robert Quinn, Rams; Cameron Wake, Dolphins; J.J. Watt, Texans; Mario Williams, Bills.

Interior lineman: Gerald McCoy, Buccaneers; Haloti Ngata, Ravens; Dontari Poe, Chiefs; Justin Smith, 49ers; Ndamukong Suh, Lions; Kyle Williams, Bills.

Outside linebacker: John Abraham, Cardinals; Ahmad Brooks, 49ers; Tamba Hali, Chiefs; Justin Houston, Chiefs; Robert Mathis, Colts; Terrell Suggs, Ravens.

Inside/middle linebacker: NaVorro Bowman, 49ers; Vontaze Burfict, Bengals; Luke Kuechly, Panthers; Patrick Willis, 49ers.

Cornerback: Brandon Flowers, Chiefs; Brent Grimes, Dolphins; Joe Haden, Browns; Patrick Peterson, Cardinals; Darrelle Revis, Buccaneers; Richard Sherman, Seahawks; Aqib Talib, Patriots; Alterraun Verner, Titans.

Free safety: Jairus Byrd, Bills; Earl Thomas, Seahawks; Eric Weddle, Chargers.
Strong safety: Eric Berry, Chiefs; Kam Chancellor, Seahawks; Troy Polamalu, Steelers.

And for Special Teams

Punter: Brandon Fields, Dolphins; Johnny Hekker, Rams.
Placekicker: Matt Prater, Broncos; Justin Tucker, Ravens.
Punt returner: Antonio Brown, Steelers; Dexter McCluster, Chiefs.
Special teamer: Justin Bethel, Cardinals; Matthew Slater, Patriots.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000304774/article/2014-pro-bowl-roster-snubs

The NFL organization is hoping that this change in format will increase the amount of viewers, thus saving the Pro-Bowl Game it self.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/pro-team-announced-where-got-few-got-wrong-193456237–nfl.html

Leave a comment on what do you think and this ‘new’ and ‘improved’ NFL pro-bowl ?

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with your January sports news 2014

Sports Blog – December 2013

With 2013 winding to a close, it time to reflect on what has happened this past year in the world of sports and ask where did the time go?

http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=top+baseball+plays+of+2013

As a Dodger fan, it was definitely a good year under the new ownership. We saw some amazing pitching by Kershaw and Greinke. Kershaw even won the Cy Young. There were great plays by several Dodger players, such as Adrian Gonzalez, Hanley Ramirez and Carl Crawford.

We also saw a rookie not only play well, but Yasiel Puig brought back excitement to the Dodger Stadium that the fans have not seen for several years. The Dodgers didn’t make it very far into the playoffs, but there is renewed hope for next year.

www.dodgers.com

Our local collages football teams also had a lot to offer us sports fans this past year. Without a NFL team in the Southern California both USC and UCLA get a awful lot of our support.

We found out what a difference a coach can make when dealing with a losing season, USC fires Lane Kiffin and turn the team over to an interim coach which turns the team completely around and leads the USC football to several wins.

However it was after the loss to UCLA that USC ended that coach’s rein and hire Steve Sarkisian from the Washington Huskies as the new coach for the 2014 season.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-1203-plaschke-usc-20131203-11,0,6325781.column#axzz2n2OTSyKr

With UCLA taking the win from USC at the Coliseum, it was a upset, UCLA has not beat USC at the Coliseum in a very long time. It was also two years and two wins in a row for UCLA against USC and that hasn’t happened for a long time either.

And although either UCLA or USC made it to any of the BCS Bowls, they will still play in a bowl game. It will be Stanford, with its win over Arizona, and won the Pac-12 title that will play Michigan at the Rose Bowl January 1. This was the second year in a row for the Stanford Trees.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls

We also saw lots of controversy in a lot of different sports. Baseball, NFL Football, hockey, basketball and even collage sports were not spare from making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Hopefully next year will be a better year for sports, with players not resorting to drugs and violence to solve their problems.

What to expect in the early part of 2014

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The NFL playoffs start with ‘wild card weekend’ January 4 and 5. The Divisional Playoffs are scheduled for January 11 and 12th. The Conference Championships games will be played January 19 with the winners going on to play in the ‘Super Bowl’.

The XLVIII Super Bowl is returning to New York as the NFL stages its first cold-weather Super Bowl in an open-air stadium on February 2, 2014. They are even preparing for the chance that the Super Bowl might become the ‘Snow Bowl’ of 2014.

http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/48

The city of Sochi in Russia will hold the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014 and the games start February 7, 2014.

http://www.olympic.org/sochi-2014-winter-olympics

Dodgers play their first pre-season game February 21, 2014 against the D-Backs

Angels play their first pre-season game February 28, 2014 against the Clubs
www.mlb.com.

All in all if 2013 was not your teams best year, or even a break-even year, the best part of the starting a new year is that we get to toss out the old and ring in the new year with all the excitement and anticipation that comes with starting anew.

Sports for Dummies would like to wish you and your Family ‘ Happy Holidays, Season Greetings and Happy New’.

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With the baseball season completely over until next season, all eyes on now on Hockey, Basketball and Football.

As parents, we set examples of we value in life to our children and that includes sports. We play sports and we watch sports, either in person or on TV. Most of us want our children to also include sports in their everyday life. We encourage them to watch sports with us, whether it’s baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer or football.

We also work very hard to get them involved in sports. We want them to play a sport, any sport.
We teach them to throw a ball at a very early age, most kids are taught this trick before even learning to walk.

Why Parents Pressure Kids in Sports?

http://voices.yahoo.com/why-parents-pressure-kids-sports-11118164.html

The hard part comes when our child starts to develop his or hers own interest. We love baseball, but our child thinks it is the most boring game on the planet; they want to play soccer or basketball. We love football, yet again they want to play baseball. It never fails! Our children have their own minds and will decide what sport if any, they will play.

And what do we do as a parent? We take a crash course in the sport that our child wants to play.

I have a dear friend that knew nothing of BMX off-course bike riding, but she does now! Her little princess is a major contender in this sport, and my friend who once would never miss a LA Angel baseball rarely gets to go to one now.

She spends most Saturdays and Sundays at various BMX competitions.

Sports: Should Parents Push Their Children to Play?
www.huffingtonpost.com/john-mccormick/-shou_b_2710970.html

As a parent we also have to help gently guide our children into not picking the wrong sport for them. Nothing is more heartbreaking for a parent that to watch their child not success in a sport that they
really wanted to play. And believe it or not it happens a lot, a small built child not matter how much they want to complete in basketball or football could get hurt or not even get the chance to play.
Or a child that wants to play soccer more than anything, but due to allergies can’t play on the grass.

Preventing Kids’ Sport’s Injuries and Deaths
http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/safetyfirstaid/a/sports_injuries.htm

This is when being a parent is not easy! We want our children to play sports. It healthy for them, it teaches them that it is OK not to win all the time, and it gives them a sense of purchase. They get ‘The team needs them attitude’.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Enough’s enough: Too many kids dying in the heat
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However, if you are a parent with a young child that has decided to play football,

it is not an easy as it was in the past. As a parent in today’s environment, we now know about the health risks to a person that plays football. Concussions suffered during the game early on can be devastating for these players as early in their lives as their mid-forties.

Our children see how much football is loved in this country; they see the rewards for players that make it to the NFL. They also know that even if they are not good enough to go to the NFL, their skills in football could give them a chance to go to the college of their choice for very little money.

High school football player dies after tackle
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/17/us/high-school-football-death/index.html

It is a decision that I am glad I don’t have to make. How safe is Pop-Warner football? How save is High School Football? How protective is the equipment that our kids are using? Most high schools are under-funded for their sports programs and it probably didn’t show up in sports like baseball, swimming or even basketball, but football? Does the school have the latest and best equipment out there for the players that play football? And if high schools can’t provide it, how can it be expected by the Pop-Warner leagues!

Mistakes Parents Make When Their Kids Play Sports.
http://www.thetop10blog.com/top-10-mistakes-parents-make-when-their-kids-play-sports/

It’s a hard decision for you, as the parent, to make, do I let me kid play sports? They are parents out there that are getting involved; they are demanding better equipment for their kids. Also less strenuous exercises hours and routines. They want their kids to be safe no matter what sport their child decides to play.

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This is the time of year that all sports fan wait all year for!

Both September and October are great months for sports and sports enthusiasts. I mean just about any sport can be found on the TV.

You still have baseball, as it is winding down and the playoffs are just around the corner in the month of October, Who will represent the National league and who will represent the American league? Some familiar teams and a couple of new ones look like they are fighting all the way to the end for a chance to make the ‘Playoffs’ and move on to a chance to play in the World Series. The first wild card playoff game is already schedule to be held October 1st with The World Series scheduled to start October 23rd. There is also the game of the moving and trading around of players and managers, which will start as soon as very next day after the end of the regular season.

The NFL has also just started and this season the NFL can be seen on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. That is if you have access to the ’NFL’ station for the Thursday night games. www.nfl.com.

Of course if that isn’t enough football for you, you can always pick up a game of college football almost every night of the week, especially Saturdays. College football started a couple of weeks ago and already they have been several upsets and lots of gossip about who’s to blame for that teams loss.

There are still a few soccer games on TV as well, you just have to really look for them. And in case you haven’t heard the the USA team beat Mexico City to make the World Cup finals.

Oh, and let’s not forget Hockey, the pre-season started this month, in fact Hockey Fans, Sept 17, the LA Kings played the Ducks of Anaheim!

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyweek.htm?navid=nav-sch-main#

Now, let’s talk basketball, are you ready for Lakers and Clipper games? Before you can blink an eye, basketball season will be starting. October 5 to be exact with the Lakers playing the Golden Warriors in Ontario’s Citizens Business Bank Arena located in San Bernardino County.

This make be the last season Kobe and several other Lakers Players, that alone should give your eyes and ears open for ‘The Kobe Show’

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use this link below for UCLA’s Men’s Basketball schedule.

http://www.uclabruins.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30500&SPID=126928&SPSID=749889.

Or for USC’s Men’s basketball schedule go to this link

http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/usc-m-baskbl-sched.html

No matter what sports you are ‘into’ it is a great time of the year to be a sport fan, you can even find a few golf tournaments still being played for you enjoy.

My only wish for us here in Southern California is to finally get our own NFL team.
Until
Then, I will have to be content to go to a few local college games and watching the NFL on TV.
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nfl/story/_/id/8850327/no-teams-file-los-angeles-move-2013-sources

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The trophy go to LA Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks for the baseball brawl of the year.

This is going to be a baseball classic

Here’s a quick video I found on Youtube with the highlights of that brawl on 6/11/13 at the Dodger’s Stadium

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Believe it or not, there are acceptable unwritten rules between teams how and when a batter can be hit by a pitcher and the Arizona Diamondbacks broke that rule.

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A lot of noise is being made by baseball team owners, the fans, the players and even the sports announcer regarding the increase in ‘bad calls’ by the officials or Umpire

It’s a baseball classic problem and always has been.

Why do you think ‘Kill the Umpire’ was a favorite saying way back when, before it became ‘politely incorrect’.
We have come to accept them as such. As fans, we holler and boo the umpires whenever it happens to our team and when our player and manager get throw out of the game for protesting the call, we cheer them on.

Team managers and players hint at the bad calls when questioned, but know better than to actually discuss it with the media do to possible fines and suspension by the MLB. So, nothing has really changed it’s just a baseball classic

It is a part of baseball and has been part of the game for the 160+ years that baseball has been professional played.

 
Umpires have always had the last word that is until recently. With Social Media comes a more intense scrutinizing of their actions. This has led to many of their so called ‘blow calls’ being questioned and why the call for change!

April 8 –The Rays played the Rangers
http://mlb.si.com/2013/04/09/marty-foster-rays-rangers-ben-zobrist-joe-nathan/

April 28 – The Rays as a team, could not be kept quiet after another supposedly bad call.
http://www.raysindex.com/2013/04/several-rays-call-umpire-a-liar-after-confrontation-with-david-price-video.html

And let’s not forgot the May 5, 2013 Nationals, when the Umpires used Bryce Harper as an example of their authority over the game of baseball.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1630997-bryce-harpers-absurd-ejection-exposes-new-age-of-diva-umpires

The May 8, 2013 game of Cleveland vs Oakland, the umpires, even with the use of ‘instance replay’ still managed to blow a call.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/oakland-athletics-home-run-umps-blown-replay_n_3241721.html

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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/another-day-another-goof-umps-allow-rule-breaking-071259841.html

On May 10 – there was fallout from the Angel vs Astro game for the umpires NOT knowing the rules of the game. Major League Baseball announced it had suspended crew chief Fieldin Culbreth for two games and fined umpires Adrian Johnson, Brian O’Nora and Bill Welke for missing a rule so basic and ingrained in the game that even kids knew it.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/crew-chief-suspension-appropriately-ends-bad-couple-days-for-mlb-umpires-232120200.html

Then we have the possible of ‘the revenge of the umpires’ when Umpire Angel Hernandez was suspected to have let a botched call stand as an objection to the use of instance replay on May 10.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/peter-gammons-suspects-umpire-angel-hernandez-let-botched-180002584.html

The list goes on and on it seems that not a day goes by without another ‘bad call making the headlines. There is arguments on all sides, Umpires, MLB, and Team Owners that something must be done. Do Umpires need to pay more, but does more money equal smarter umpires? Do we need instance re-play extended for more than to double check if a home run is indeed a home run? Do Umpires need more education?

Maybe, but even with all the above, it still might not be enough. As our technology gets better and better, sports announcer, fans at home watching their HD TV sets and with the use of slow motion and zoom capabilities, Umpires will always be the underdogs and will sometimes get the play wrong.

As I am writing this blog and trying to wrap it up, there was yet another ‘blow call’ by an umpire in the Brewer vs Phillies game. The Brewers won with the help of the bad call with Brewers’ Jean Segura credited for tag despite dropping ball in critical ninth inning blown call.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/brewers-jean-segura-credited-tag-despite-dropping-ball-083834547.html

It appears that this is not going away anytime soon!

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Passing of the Torch In the World of Sports

 
It happens in every aspect of life ‘What goes up comes down’ ‘In today –Out Tomorrow’ and it is really apparent when the ‘Passing of the Torch’ happens in the world of sports.

It happened when the Anaheim Ducks won the Stanley Cup in 2007 and the Los Angeles Kings were on the down and out. The kings have since managed to retake the throne winning the Stanley Cup in 2012, but how long will it last. This season the Ducks are once again leading the way. score.espn.com

It also showed up with the Anaheim Angels winning the World Series in 2002 something that has alluded the LA Dodgers since 1988. The Dodgers have not been able to regain their top spot in Southern California for many, many years. Dodger fans are hopeful that with this year’s new ownership, things will change, but so far, it has been less than a good start for them. sportsillustrated

Now we get to the biggest ‘pasting of the torch’ that has occurred in recent sports history, and that my fellow sports fan is what has happened to the Lakers.

The mighty have fallen, so to speak, many claim that the team is just old and need new and younger players, but who knows?

However, whatever the reasons, The Clippers, which has always been ‘the other team’, the bride-maid, never the bride, the team that late night comedians poked fun at, have de-throned the Lakers this year. Have stepped into the lime-light. Clippers

The Clippers weren’t always the Los Angeles Clippers, in fact, from 1970 to 1978 they were known as the Buffalo Braves. Then in 1978 the team moved to San Diego and changed their name to the Clippers. Clipper History

In the team’s first season in San Diego, it posted a record of 43–39 under new head coach Gene Shue, leaving them two wins shy of the final playoff spot. It would be the Clippers’ last winning season for 13 years.
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The 1981–82 season brought changes to the franchise as Irv Levin sold the team to Los Angeles-area real estate developer and attorney Donald Sterling for US $12.5 million. The Clippers’ poor play in the final years in San Diego resulted in averaging only 4,500 fans a game. Sterling lobbied the NBA to relocate the team to his native Los Angeles. Which they did in 1984, and once again changing their name to ‘The Los Angeles Clippers. They played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.

It wasn’t until 1992 when they added several players and a new the coach that the franchise had its first winning season in 13 years.

But, once again the Clippers were on the move, only this time is was a short hop from LA County to Orange County and from 1994 to 1998, the Clippers called the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, their home, sharing the venue with the NHL’s Mighty Anaheim Ducks.

However, in 1999, the Clippers joined the Lakers and Los Angeles Kings in the new Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles. This final movie did improve their fan attendance, but it also placed them face to face with fighting the highly-popular Lakers for the LA fan base and the Clippers, with relatively low success, have always being overshadowed by the Lakers until this year.

Congrats to the Los Angeles Clippers for finally winning their division.

 
Diana Olmos
Sports4Dummies.com

Here is my Review and results of ‘MARCH MADNESS’?

As I explained in my other blog posting,
March Madness is all about men college basketball.

Especially the NIT and the NCAA tournaments.

Where hours are spend agonizing over what schools to pick, do we go for the long shot or pick the favorites.

Some fans will use the school mascots as the deciding factor. What school’s mascot will win over the other school’s mascots? There are still others that will simply flip a coin.

It all comes down to only 68 teams competing over a matter of just a few weeks starting in March, hence the term ‘March Madness’ and it doesn’t end until there is just one team left standing.

The winning college teams enter the NCAA tournament; the college teams that are the runners up enter the NIT tournament as their consolation prize. But it’s the NCAA tournament that will have people glued to their TV, radios and their computers.

ESPN even started a place where people could sign up and tract their brackets. Well over 3 million people signed on to ESPN’s March Madness to select their teams and filled out their brackets, with millions doing it with small and large groups. It just fun.

If you are not a basketball fan it would be hard for you to imagine what all the fuss is about.

I joined in on the fun and picked most of the favorites to win and before the end of the tournament even got close, most of my brackets were a complete bust. However, while it lasted I was glued to the TV, watching and holding my breath as my teams either won or lost, enjoying every minute of it.

It wasn’t always like this, long before the idea of March Madness, there was still college basketball. I can remember watching college basketball long before the notion of bracketing was even born. In fact, I am not sure when the idea of using bracketology sprung up. It probably has something to do with our ‘social media’. Even the President of the United States filled out his bracket. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/03/20/president-obamas-bracket-2013-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament.
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All I know is that I was a UCLA fan back when John Wooden was their coach www.coachwooden.com and I am still a fan, although I do have a little to less to cheer about this past year and the year before that. I am hopeful that with the hiring of a new coach, that they will be able to get past the first round in next year’s tournament http://www.presstelegram.com/sports/ci_22925919/ucla-introduces-new-bruins-basketball-coach-steve-alford?source=rss

We all know that Baseball is still listed as ‘The Great American Past Time’. But with the invention of the brackets, college basketball might be the new great American past time at least during March Madness.

There has been quite a bit of news lately regarding the loss of production in the work force do to this madness for college basketball. Some employers have tried to embraced it and use it as a means to improve moral in the workplace, others just see it as a waste of time, their time and their time is money.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Sports/2012/0313/NCAA-Tournament-2012-means-distracted-workers.-What-s-an-employer-to-do

http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2170-march-madness-work.html

I see no end to this phenomenon known as ‘march madness, as long as everyone loves a winner and these games are set at such a fast pace, what’s not to love.

TV sponsors know this and have adjusted the showing of ‘March Madness’ to guarantee a large viewing audience. No longer does March Madness actually end in March but closer to mid-April, ensuring the games are mostly played over weekends thus a larger audience.

I have tossed out this year’s brackets and have shifted my sports interest back to baseball and regular basketball. It was fun while it lasted and although I personal did not do well this year with my choices, I can’t wait until next year.

Diana
Sporttalk4dummies.com

WHAT IS ‘MARCH MADNESS’?

What is it about men’s college basketball? Especially the NIT (National Invitation Tournament) and the NCAA (National Collegiae Athletic Association) tournaments.

We spend hours agonizing over what schools to pick, do we go for the long shot or pick the favorites. Some fans will use the school mascots as the deciding factor. What school’s mascot will win over the other school’s mascots? There are still others that will simply flip a coin, but no matter how it gets done, it seems that everyone had their bracket.

It starts with smaller tournaments all over the United States, each division only able to send it best college teams to the tournament. It all comes down to only 68 teams competing over a matter of just a few weeks starting in March, hence the term ‘March Madness’ and it doesn’t end until there is just one team left standing.

The winning college teams enter the NCAA tournament; the college teams that are the runners up enter the NIT tournament as their consolation prize. But it’s the NCAA tournament that will have people glued to their TV, radios and their computers.

Well over 3 million people signed on to ESPN’s March Madness to filled out their brackets, with many more just doing it for fun and not using ESPN at all. If you are not a basketball fan it would hard for you to imagine what all the fuss is about.

I joined in on the fun and picked most of the favorites to win and before the end of the tournament even got close, most of my brackets were a complete bust. However, while it lasted I was glued to the TV, watching and holding my breath as my teams either won or lost, enjoying every minute of it.

It wasn’t always like this, long before the idea of March Madness, there was still college basketball. I can remember watching college basketball long before the notion of bracketing was even born. In fact, I am not sure when the idea of using bracketology sprung up. It probably has something to do with our ‘social media’. Even the President of the United States filled out his bracket. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/03/20/president-obamas-bracket-2013-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament.

All I know is that I was a UCLA fan back when John Wooden was their coach www.coachwooden.com and I am still a fan, although I do have a little to less to cheer about this past year and the year before that. I am hopeful that with the hiring of a new coach, he will be able to get past the first round in next year’s tournament http://www.presstelegram.com/sports/ci_22925919/ucla-introduces-new-bruins-basketball-coach-steve-alford?source=rss

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But with the invention of the brackets, college basketball might be the new great American past time at least during March Madness. There has been quite a bit of news regarding the loss of production in the work force do to this madness for college basketball. Some employers have tried to embraced it and use it as a means to improve moral in the workplace, others just see it as a waste of time, their time and their time is money.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Sports/2012/0313/NCAA-Tournament-2012-means-distracted-workers.-What-s-an-employer-to-do

http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2170-march-madness-work.html

I see no end to this phenomenon known as ‘march madness, as long as everyone loves a winner and these games are set at such a fast pace, what’s not to love. TV sponsors know this and have adjusted the showing of ‘March Madness’ to guarantee a large viewing audience. No longer does March Madness actually end in March but closer to mid-April, ensuring the games are mostly played over weekends thus a larger audience.

I have tossed out this year’s brackets and have shifted my sports interest back to baseball and regular
basketball. It was fun while it lasted and although I personal did not do well this year with my choices, I can’t wait until next year.

Diana Olmos
SportsTalk4Dummies.com