Let the celebration begin.
For the first time in 44 years, the Spaniards have won soccer's Euro Cup in Vienna, Austria.
Fernando Torres provided the heroics, scoring the game's lone goal in the 33rd minute, as España took home the coveted title for the first time since 1964.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Fresno State makes history
Fresno State became the lowest-seeded team to win a National College Athletic Association in any sport after beating the Georgia 6-1, capturing its first College World Series.
Fresno's Justin Wilson, a junior, let up run in eight innings and sophomore Steve Detwiler had a 4-for-4 day with two home runs and all six RBIs last night. Fresno State won its second straight game to take the best-of-three championship series 2-1.
Both schools' mascot is the Bulldogs.
Fresno's Justin Wilson, a junior, let up run in eight innings and sophomore Steve Detwiler had a 4-for-4 day with two home runs and all six RBIs last night. Fresno State won its second straight game to take the best-of-three championship series 2-1.
Both schools' mascot is the Bulldogs.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Tim Russert dead at 58
Less than a week after the death of legendary sportscaster Jim McKay, the journalism world has been dealt another blow with the sudden death of NBC's "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert. He was 58.
The network said Russert collapsed at work Friday and that he was taken to Washington's Sibley Memorial Hospital, where he passed away.
According to CNN.com, Russert's colleague and former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw announced his co-worker's death on the network just after 3:30 p.m., adding that Russert had just gotten back from a family vacation in Italy to celebrate his son Luke's graduation from Boston College.
President Bush and Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama all expressed their sadness over Russert's passing.
"He was an institution in both news and politics for more than two decades. Tim was a tough and hardworking newsman. He was always well-informed and thorough in his interviews. And he was as gregarious off the set as he was prepared on it. Most important, Tim was a proud son and father, and Laura and I offer our deepest sympathies to his wife, Maureen, his son, Luke, and the entire Russert family," Bush said in a statement Friday.
"He was truly a great American who loved his family, his friends, his Buffalo Bills and everything about politics and America. He was just a terrific guy," McCain said.
Obama said of Russert, "There wasn't a better interviewer in television."
Russert was a graduate of John Carroll University and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University and had been working at NBC in 1984. He had been hosting "Meet the Press" since 1991.
The network said Russert collapsed at work Friday and that he was taken to Washington's Sibley Memorial Hospital, where he passed away.
According to CNN.com, Russert's colleague and former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw announced his co-worker's death on the network just after 3:30 p.m., adding that Russert had just gotten back from a family vacation in Italy to celebrate his son Luke's graduation from Boston College.
President Bush and Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama all expressed their sadness over Russert's passing.
"He was an institution in both news and politics for more than two decades. Tim was a tough and hardworking newsman. He was always well-informed and thorough in his interviews. And he was as gregarious off the set as he was prepared on it. Most important, Tim was a proud son and father, and Laura and I offer our deepest sympathies to his wife, Maureen, his son, Luke, and the entire Russert family," Bush said in a statement Friday.
"He was truly a great American who loved his family, his friends, his Buffalo Bills and everything about politics and America. He was just a terrific guy," McCain said.
Obama said of Russert, "There wasn't a better interviewer in television."
Russert was a graduate of John Carroll University and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University and had been working at NBC in 1984. He had been hosting "Meet the Press" since 1991.
One for the Constitution
The detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba have the right to challenge their detention in American civilian courts according to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Boston Globe reported.
The prisoners are being kept there as part of President Bush's policy of holding terrorist suspects indefinitely without charge.
Many believe the 5-to-4 ruling will bring on a barrage of hearings of the roughly 260 men who have been detained for years without trial or formal charges, according to the Globe.
The U.S. government must now provide evidence against the detained men that proves they are a threat to national security or release them.
The prisoners are being kept there as part of President Bush's policy of holding terrorist suspects indefinitely without charge.
Many believe the 5-to-4 ruling will bring on a barrage of hearings of the roughly 260 men who have been detained for years without trial or formal charges, according to the Globe.
The U.S. government must now provide evidence against the detained men that proves they are a threat to national security or release them.
A new American
Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz recently became an American citizen.
Big Papi was granted U.S. citizenship during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library Wednesday along with 226 other immigrants from 57 countries, according to the Boston Globe
Ortiz, a native of the Dominican Republic, was very proud, the Globe reported.
Big Papi was granted U.S. citizenship during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library Wednesday along with 226 other immigrants from 57 countries, according to the Boston Globe
Ortiz, a native of the Dominican Republic, was very proud, the Globe reported.
Bryant slams Schilling's criticism
Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling attended Game 2 of the NBA Finals in which Kobe Bryant's LA Lakers lost 108-102 to the Boston Celtics. Schilling, having been perturbed by the sight of Bryant shouting at his teammates during the defeat.
"He'd yell at someone, make a point, or send a message, turn and walk away, and more than once the person on the other end would roll eyes or give a 'whatever dude' look," the hurler wrote on his Web site.
At press conference soon after, Bryant was asked by reporters to respond to Schilling's criticism. The star's two-word response?--- "Go Yankees!"
"He'd yell at someone, make a point, or send a message, turn and walk away, and more than once the person on the other end would roll eyes or give a 'whatever dude' look," the hurler wrote on his Web site.
At press conference soon after, Bryant was asked by reporters to respond to Schilling's criticism. The star's two-word response?--- "Go Yankees!"
Sunday, June 8, 2008
何がイチロー〔一郎〕で具合が悪いですか？ (What's wrong with Ichiro?)
My Boston Red Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners 2-1 earlier today to wrap up a three-game series at Fenway Park. And one of the most striking things about the Mariners' box score is the batting average of Ichiro Suzuki, which is still at a sub-par level. At .290, this Japanese juggernaut's batting average far below what he is capable of. Since his rookie season in 2001, Suzuki has batted .350, .321, ..312, .372, .303, .322 and .351.
Surely, the right fielder-turned center fielder has not lost his touch, but something is definitely going on with the Kasugai, Japan, native. I am used to enjoying seeing him perform with such grace that slapping hits into the outfield, beating out infield singles and throwing out runners with pinpoint precision look ridiculously easy. He will obviously snap out of it, but the All-Star is about a month away and such a low batting average leaves Major League Baseball fans to wonder: What's wrong with Ichiro?
Surely, the right fielder-turned center fielder has not lost his touch, but something is definitely going on with the Kasugai, Japan, native. I am used to enjoying seeing him perform with such grace that slapping hits into the outfield, beating out infield singles and throwing out runners with pinpoint precision look ridiculously easy. He will obviously snap out of it, but the All-Star is about a month away and such a low batting average leaves Major League Baseball fans to wonder: What's wrong with Ichiro?
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Sportscaster Jim McKay dead at 86
The sports world mourns tonight the death of legendary sportscaster Jim McKay, who passed away of natural causes at his farm in Monkton, Md., this morning. He was 86.
McKay began hosting ABC's "Wide World of Sports" in 1961 and continued this work for 40 years. But he is perhaps most known for covering 12 Olympic Games, most notably the Summer Games in Munich, Germany, in which Palestinian terrorists kidnapped 11 Israeli athletes. McKay was the one who announced to the world the shooting death of one of the captured and later the murder of the remaining 10 when a commando raid to rescue the athletes ended tragically.
According to foxnews.com, McKay won both a news and sports Emmy Award for his coverage of the Munich Olympics as well as the prestigious George Polk award.
It is fitting that McKay died just hours before Big Brown made his unsuccessful attempt to win a Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes, as McKay considered horse racing to be one of this favorite sports.
McKay began hosting ABC's "Wide World of Sports" in 1961 and continued this work for 40 years. But he is perhaps most known for covering 12 Olympic Games, most notably the Summer Games in Munich, Germany, in which Palestinian terrorists kidnapped 11 Israeli athletes. McKay was the one who announced to the world the shooting death of one of the captured and later the murder of the remaining 10 when a commando raid to rescue the athletes ended tragically.
According to foxnews.com, McKay won both a news and sports Emmy Award for his coverage of the Munich Olympics as well as the prestigious George Polk award.
It is fitting that McKay died just hours before Big Brown made his unsuccessful attempt to win a Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes, as McKay considered horse racing to be one of this favorite sports.
Big Brown can't deliver
Well, the 140th Belmont Stakes is in the books and jockey Alan Garcia led 38-1 long shot Da' Tara to an upset victory, forcing the racing community to keep waiting for the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed accomplished the feat in 1978.
Instead of being the 12th winner of racing's Triple Crown, and the first in 30 years, Big Brown - the 1-4 favorite who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes - came in last and in the 19th horse in history to win the first two legs and finish in the cellar at the Belmont, according to ESPN.com.
Da' Tara paid $79 with his win. Denis of Cork placed and Anak Nakal and Ready's Echo both showed.
Jockey Kent Desormeaux slowed up Big Brown before the 3-year-old was even finished the race.
"I had no horse," said Desormeaux. "He was empty. He didn't have anything left."
The Belmont Stakes is by far the longest and most difficult of the Triple Crown races.
Instead of being the 12th winner of racing's Triple Crown, and the first in 30 years, Big Brown - the 1-4 favorite who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes - came in last and in the 19th horse in history to win the first two legs and finish in the cellar at the Belmont, according to ESPN.com.
Da' Tara paid $79 with his win. Denis of Cork placed and Anak Nakal and Ready's Echo both showed.
Jockey Kent Desormeaux slowed up Big Brown before the 3-year-old was even finished the race.
"I had no horse," said Desormeaux. "He was empty. He didn't have anything left."
The Belmont Stakes is by far the longest and most difficult of the Triple Crown races.
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