Iron Man Match Poll Results

Over a month a created a poll asking fans what was the best 60-minute Iron Man Match WWE has ever had and the results are in. Here they are and it's really no surprise to me or anyone else.

Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels- 48%
Triple H vs. The Rock- 24%
John Cena vs. Randy Orton- 20%
Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle- 8%
Triple H vs. Chris Benoit- 0%

I think people are being a little biased towards the Chris Benoit thing because it was a really good match and was surprised it didn't even receive one vote. The first is always the best so it's not surprising to see Shawn and Bret at the top. I was kind of surprised that John Cena and Randy Orton finished higher then Lesnar and Angle. I thought Lesnar and Angle should have been second just because it was the only one ever on TV and it highlighted two of best natural athletes. Thanks to everyone who participated and check back for a new poll soon.

NFL Week 13 Predictions

Well it's week 13 and the match ups aren't getting any easier for the most part. Lets get down to business, here are my predictions for the week.

New York Jets over Buffalo Bills
Philadelphia Eagles over Atlanta Falcons
Chicago Bears over St. Louis Rams
Cincinatti Bengals over Detroit Lions
Indianapolis Colts over Tennessee Titans
Denver Broncos over Kansas City Chiefs
New Orleans Saints over Washington Redskins
Carolina Panthers over Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Houston Texans over Jacksonville Jaguars
Pittsburgh Steelers over Oakland Raiders
New England Patriots over Miami Dolphins
San Diego Chargers over Cleveland Browns
San Fransisco 49ers over Seattle Seahawks
Dallas Cowboys over New York Giants
Minnesota Vikings over Arizona Cardinals
Green Bay Packers over Baltimore Ravens

So there you have it. As always check back each Monday to see how I did.

NFL Week 12 Recap

The first thing I would like to say is that the New Orleans Saints are for real. I really didn't thank they had played anyone that was really tough for them but they did last night and proved they can hang with the best and beat the best. Unfortunately I couldn't really hang in fantasy this week. On my Yahoo league this is how it turned out.

Hollywood's Rejects 178.24
The Yatchmeister 235.29

My highest point earner was Drew Brees which is no shock. It seems like he's been my best player week in and week out. This lost put me at 4-8 in 7th place. In my ESPN league I got lucky and his is proof right here.

Hollywoods World of Sports (HWOO) 87
Dir's Losers (Lose) 84

It was 84-80 headed into last night and thanks to John Carney I scored 7 more points and won the week. My highest point earner was Percy Harvin who has become one of my favorite players. He's definitely a force to reckon with and in my opinion is going to premier receiver in the NFL. This win puts me at 4-8 and still in 9th place overall. in the league. In terms of my predictions I don't know how I did because I forgot submit them on ESPN so that doesn't help matters. Anyways speaking of predictions, I will be back tomorrow with my week 13 predictions.

Hockey Weekly

Well this was a good week in Hockey for me. I liked what I saw. Here is how the week ended for me.

Arizona Steel Heat 3-6-1
Hollywood's World of Sports 6-3-1

The categories I won were G, +/-, ATOI, SOG, GAA, and SV%. I am always happy when I win the goalie categories because to me those are the most important. If you win those you're more then likely going to win the week as proven this week. My players of the week were Zach Parise, Patrick Marleau and Miikka Kiprusoff. I am now 45-38-7 which puts me 2nd in division and 3rd in the league overall. I am not at all feeling bad about how I am doing right now. As always check back on Mondays to see how I did. Have a good a week all you ice lovers.

Basketball Weekly

This week in basketball was a little bit rough. I got down early but manage to salvage some sort of a comeback. Here's how the week ended.

Hollywood's World of Sports 3-4-1
My Team Sucks 4-3-1

The categories I won were FG%, REB, and BLK. My players of the week were Dwight Howard, Steve Nash and Trevor Ariza. I am now 22-17-1 which puts me in 2nd place in my division, 4th overall in the league. I am still not doing that bad at all. This week will be the week I catch up and get back in first place. As always comeback every Monday to see how I do.

Fantasy NASCAR Results

Well now that NASCAR is officially over I can post my results of how did in the fantasy games I played in. I played in four different games on ESPN. The first one I did was Fantasy Stock Car. Out of 6 teams I finished 3rd with 9106 points. The winner had 10175 points so it wasn't even close. My best driver was Greg Biffle and that's not saying much because he didn't do all that great for me. The second game I was involved in was Race for the Cup where you picked who would have a better finish between two drivers. In 10 weeks I scored 59 points which was in the 92 percentile. Next was Driver Pick Em which was the same concept as Race for the Cup except that it involved the Nationwide Series. I scored 101 points for the season which put me in the 79 percentile. The last game I was involved with was Stock Car Challenge where you had a 5 man team that you could change from week to week. I scored 20471 points through out the year that put in the 62 percentile. So as you can see I did better then average in all three NASCAR fantasy games and considering I cannot stand NASCAR right now I am quite surprised. I devote the least amount of time to Fantasy NASCAR but then again who could blame me? Now I get to even devote more time to all my other fantasy sports and games.

What I am Thankful for in Sports

Today is Thanksgiving and I would to take the time to tell you what I am thankful for as it relates to sports. So here it goes.

I am thankful for God giving me the ability to write about sports
I am thankful that I have Hollywood's World of Sports.
I am thankful for the UFC because it's real
I am thankful that I am not a Detroit Lions fan
I am thankful that I am not anyone on the New Jersey Nets right now.
I am thankful for ESPN Fantasy Sports
I am thankful I have co-workers who love sports as much as I do
I am thankful that Shawn Michaels is still wrestling, so I actually have someone to root for
I am thankful for all the years I bowled in my life
I am thankful for Mike Illitch and the late William Davidson for trying their best to bring greatness to Detroit Sports
I am thankful that Hulk Hogan has made one more comeback
I am thankful that my girlfriend likes sports, atleast somewhat anyways
I am thankful for West Michigan being a great sports area
I am thankful for sports bars such as Buffalo Wild Wings and Uccello's
I am thankful that Allen Iverson no longer plays for the Pistons
I am thankful that Grand Rapids has two sports radio stations
I am thankful for my Dart board, it's always a good stress reliever
I am thankful for my Carolina Panthers jerseys, even though I have a Jake Delhomme Jersey
I am thankful that everyone in my neighbors love sports
I am thankful for sports in general, competition is always fun.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and God Bless.

How NASCAR has Ruined Itself

For all those who are excited that Jimmie Johnson won four NASCAR championships, I am hear to burst your bubble. Jimmie Johnson winning four in a row has totally ruined the sport for me. There is a lot wrong with NASCAR right now and it all begins with the Chase for the Cup. I think the Chase for the Cup is a horrible idea and thought it was going to be bad from the beginning. Mathematically if the drivers would have ran under the old system Jimmie Johnson would only have one championship to his name. The other champions would have been Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart. That's a little more variety that the fans deserve. If Jimmie Johnson somehow gets to 7 Championships that will be a total slap in the face to Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt who actually sank money into their cars and had to work very hard every week. So with that being said NASCAR needs to go back to the old ways before it completely kills the sport.

The second thing that's totally wrong is the Car of Tomorrow and brand loyalty. The Car of Tomorrow makes every car equally so no one cares if you're driving a Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge or Toyota. I remember when it use to be about who ever had the best mechanics working on your car. I also remember like for example when Dale Earnhardt drove a Chevy he stood behind Chevy and was proud to drive their car. It's not like that anymore. There is no brand loyalty and the drivers don't have pride in their sponsors anymore.

Next up is all the rule changes like no bump drafting at Talladega and Daytona and no passing below certain lines. It's bad enough they put re-stricter plates on these cars but now they are making rules that don't even benefit the use of re-stricter plates. The sport is totally being ruined by all the rules. Let them race it out, let them bump, grind and run into each other. That's what racing is all about, atleast that's what it use to be about.

Finally, the last thing is how they have turned everyone into a superstar and how no one cares. I remember back in the 70's and 80's when there was only a few stars in the sport. They were Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, and Rusty Wallace. They were the starts of the sport and if you caught them and beat them then you were made into a star. Now all 43 drivers are stars and people get to see the underdog try to chase down the hero, or dominant driver. I am going to say this, that right now there is now good form of racing right now. NASCAR has become to corporate, and not the good old boys club that is use to be. That's what made people love NASCAR to start with because of the good old boys club mentality. Everyone and their brother is getting into the sport. You can't even turn to Indy Car racing because Tony George split up CART and IRL another mistake made by racing. Right now racing is on the decline because it's not the way it use to be. NASCAR and every other form of racing thats well known need make some changes otherwise less and less people are going to watch it. I am hoping someday NASCAR goes back to the old ways. Only time will tell if they actually do. One can only hope.

NFL Week 12 Predictions

Well it's Thanksgiving week and it's also week 12 in the NFL Season so lets get down to business with the tough picks this week.

Green Bay Packers over Detroit Lions
Dallas Cowboys over Oakland Raiders
New York Giants over Denver Broncos
Atlanta Falcons over Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Miami Dolphins over Buffalo Bills
Cincinatti Bengals over Cleveland Browns
Seattle Seahawks over St. Louis Rams
Carolina Panthers over New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles over Washington Redskins
Indianapolis Colts over Houston Texans
San Diego Chargers over Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars over San Fransisco 49ers
Tennessee Titans over Arizona Cardinals
Minnesota Vikings over Chicago Bears
Pittsburgh Steelers over Baltimore Ravens
New Orleans Saints over New England Patriots

As always check back on Tuesday for my weekly recap. Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone and God Bless.

A Mega Monday Night Raw and More

Last night on the three hour Monday Night Raw had me really excited because Jesse Ventura was hosting and I knew he would bring something different to the show. Sure enough he did and I thought it was a great. I saw a lot of firsts last night and it was great to see. The CM Punk-John Cena match was very good and it could make for a great feud someday. The other first was a dream match I have wanted to see and it happen to be the Hart Dynasty and DX. They had a solid match but I think they should do more with it considering the history there. I mean you had the Rockers and the original Hart Foundation and then DX against the Hart Foundation of 1997 which ended with a lot of bad blood. They need to play that off more.

They also had qualifying matches to get in to a battle royal to determine the number one contender to John Cena. Everyone in the match except for Randy Orton had never been a World Champion. The winner of the match was Sheamus and he will face John Cena at TLC for the WWE title. All I have to say is, it's about time. I agree with the philosophy that we need to see new people going after the title. I like many am sick of seeing the same old people being in title matches. I don' think we have seen all of Sheamus' ability yet but at TLC people will.

I also enjoyed how DX made a joke out of what happen at Survivor Series. I just about laughed my head off last night during their promo last night. Even though they did not win the WWE title they do have the opportunity to win gold at TLC. They face Jeri-Show for the Unified Tag Team Championships. So after last night two matches have been made for TLC and here they are:

-WWE Champion John Cena vs. Sheamus (Tables Match)
-Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & Big Show vs. D-Generation X (Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match)

Keep checking back for more matches and my predictions before the pay-per-view.

NFL Week 11 Recap

Eleven weeks in to the season both the Colts and the Saints are a perfect 10-0. Never in the history of the NFL have their ever been two undefeated teams in one season but it could happen and it does it could be one of the most memorable seasons in the history of the NFL. The Colts have been tested and won, however I don't think the Saints have been tested quite yet. They will be this coming Monday against the Patriots and we will see how they do. Now on to fantasy stuff. I got my clocked clean in my Yahoo league again and here's how it went down

Hollywood's Rejects 168.66
Country Strong 249.40

My highest point earner was Drew Brees who has been my highest point earner a lot this year. This lost though buts me at 4-6 in 6th place in my league. On the ESPN side of things I actually won. Here's how it turned out.

Hollywoods World of Sports (HWOO) 107
Where is Greg's Mustache (sdsu) 82

My highest point earner was Ricky Williams and he's been on fire lately. The win puts me at 3-8 and in 9th place. I am finally out of last place. That's always a great thing. In terms of my predictions I guessed 10 out of 16 correct. Not too bad, but not good either. Well tomorrow I will be back with predictions so stay tuned.