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Falcons Quarterback Gets 23 Months Sentence
Vick, who was once, one of the highest paid and best profile players in the N.F.L., will lose out the best years of his career after being sentenced to 23 months in prison due to a dog fighting felony. The 27-years-old Falcons’ quarterback who had a $130 million contract and a quite lucrative endorsement deal has now been suspended indefinitely from professional football. Read
By: Julie Smith | 16/12/2007 | Sports and Fitness
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Pat Riley Earns 1,200th Career Coaching Win
Last Sunday, Pat Riley became the third coach in NBA history to collect 1,200 regular season victories joining Lenny Wilkens and Don Nelson from the Golden State he only needed 1,842 games to reach the popular milestone only 248 games less than Nelson. Read
By: Julie Smith | 16/12/2007 | Sports and Fitness
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Calzaghe Crowned Bbc Sports Personality
Joe Calzaghe completed the year in which he became the unquestionable World Super Middleweight Champion by being voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. The contenders list was determined by a range of newspapers and magazine sport experts, plus a BBC panel and the public vote by phone decided the winner during the show broadcasted from the NEC in Birmingham. Read
By: Julie Smith | 10/12/2007 | Sports and Fitness
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Uefa Investigates Match-fixing Claims
Just seven months before the opening of the Eurocopa 2008 the European football faces a major match-fixing scandal; actually, the UEFA already opened an investigation based on the possibility of fraud by Assian betting syndicates over the European Soccer. Read
By: Julie Smith | 10/12/2007 | Sports and Fitness
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Nascar: Johnson Listed for the 2007 US Sports Academy Athlete of the Year
The 2007 NASCAR Nextel season came to its end Friday evening with NASCAR Award banquet at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel where the driver, Jimmie Johnson who had a record breaking season, pilling up 1,663 points during the 10-race Chase Cup received the championship’s trophy. No less credit received the other Hendrick driver, Jeff Gordon who also posted numbers that would have been a sure ticket to Title Town in any other year, winning six races. A record money amount ($32.8M) was distributed between the top 10 drivers (over $1 million each). Read
By: Julie Smith | 08/12/2007 | Sports and Fitness
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Golf Pga Grand Slam Stays in Bermuda for 2008
For the second consecutive year the Island of Bermuda will host one of the most exclusive golf tournaments since it receives the winners of the sport’s four major tournaments: Masters, U.S. Open, PGA Championship and the British Open. The best golf players of the world will face each other in the PGA Grand Slam final, a 36 whole stroke play event with a 1.35 million price. Read
By: Julie Smith | 08/12/2007 | Sports and Fitness
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Nascar: Johnson Listed for the 2007 US Sports Academy Athlete of the Year
The 2007 NASCAR Nextel season came to its end Friday evening with NASCAR Award banquet at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel where the driver, Jimmie Johnson who had a record breaking season, pilling up 1,663 points during the 10-race Chase Cup received the championship’s trophy. No less credit received the other Hendrick driver, Jeff Gordon who also posted numbers that would have been a sure ticket to Title Town in any other year, winning six races. A record money amount ($32.8M) was distributed between the top 10 drivers (over $1 million each). Read
By: Julie Smith | 08/12/2007 | Sports and Fitness
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World Cup 2010 Qualifying Draw Results
The 2010 World Cup qualifying round is now over; for the first time since 1934 the host nation (South Africa) will take part of the qualifying round. However, the South Africans will qualify despite the position they finish at. It is also the first time the tournament will be hosted by a Confederation of African Football nation. According to FIFA President the selection of Africa is “justice to a continent that has given so much to football". Read
By: Julie Smith | 03/12/2007 | Soccer
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Cycling Idol Faced With More Doping Allegations
The 1997 Tour winner Jan Ulrich is once again under doubt due to doping; the German who was sacked from the T-Mobile team last year after being involved in the Spanish doping investigation called “Operación Puerto” while being accused of using Erythropoietin (blood buster) and Grow Hormone. Apparently, the 33-years-old cyclist used the prohibit substances to enhance his performance to win the Tour ten year ago too. Read
By: Julie Smith | 03/12/2007 | Sports and Fitness
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Indy 500 Champion Dario Franchitti Makes Move to Nascar
The world-class driver Dario Franchitti will become the first European in NASCAR history; the Scottish who has raced in the United States since 1997 in the former CART series and Indy Car Series will drive for Chip Ganassi in the 2008 season using the No. 40 Nextel Cup car, to join the well known Juan Pablo Montoya, who made the official switch from F1 to NASCAR last year. Read
By: Julie Smith | 04/11/2007 | Sports and Fitness