NFL Week 4 Predictions

Well here we go Week 4 is coming up fast and here are my predictions for the week.

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

Those are my picks for the week. Check back next Tuesday for my recap of week 4.

NFL Week 3 Recap

Hallelujah, Praise the Lord, Alert the media...The Detroit Lions have a won a football game. They beat the Washington Redskins 19-14 on Sunday and made it look easy because the Redskins didn't really show up. It was nice to see them end their losing streak and get a win under their belt. How about Brett Favre and his last second heroics to beat the 49ers. That was one of the best games of the week. There are still seven undefeated teams in the league right now. They are the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens and the team that I thought would fall apart, the Denver Broncos. This coming week the New York Jets are at the New Orleans Saints and one team is going home with their first lost. Cincinnati has came out of nowhere. They beat Green Bay and Pittsburgh back to back which tells me Cincinnati better not be ignored. Then you have the Cleveland Browns who can barely score any points. I honestly think the Browns could be the next 0-16 team in football. They are that horrible right now.

Speaking of horrible. My fantasy football week wasn't the greatest either. In my Yahoo League this is how shaped out.

Hollywood's Rejects 160.77
Has Steve Smith 2 271.06
This puts me at 1-2 for the year. My highest point earner was Wide Receiver from the Baltimore Ravens Derrick Mason.

In my ESPN league it wasn't much better.

Greg's Mustache (sdsu)(2-0-1)78
Hollywoods World of Sports (HWOO)(0-3) 68

My highest point earner was New York Jets Quarterback Mark Sanchez who is quickly becoming one of my favorite players to watch. In terms of my predictions I went 9 for 16. Another rough week of football but hopefully I'll rebound this week. Speaking of rebounding the Panthers have a bye week this coming week and I hope by then they have a new Quarterback. This thing with Jake is getting ridiculous. The guy is not a top-tier QB and he never was. He just had a couple of good years. I would also like to add that I really enjoy Rex Ryan's press conferences. He tells it how it is and holds nothing back. As I said before the Jets are becoming one of my favorite teams and it's not because they are 3-0. I have always liked Mark Sanchez even when he played for USC and Rex Ryan is just a cool coach who speaks what he thinks. The Monday Night game this next week could be the most watched Monday Night Game in a long time. The Green Bay Packers go to Minnesota to take on the Vikings. This is not as monumental as the Minnesota going to Green Bay but it will be the first time that Favre plays against the Packers. This is going to be an intense game with a lot of tension in it. Just wait when they play in Green Bay later on in the season.

Well that's it for week. I will have my predictions for week 4 tomorrow. It should be an interesting week. A lot of tough match ups once again. It should be a great week 4.

Celebrating 10 Years of Smackdown

This Friday Night the WWE will be celebrating 10 years of Smackdown. It's the 10th anniversary of Smackdown. Smackdown has seen a lot of great moments in it's 10 year history. Some of the moments I recall are seeing Rhyno hitting the gore on Chris Jericho and Jericho went right through the center screen. I'll never forget the Eddie Guerrero tribute on Smackdown and how emotional that was. A lot of other great things happened on Smackdown as well. Vince McMahon won the WWE Championship by defeating Triple H. It was the first of many titles to come for Mr. McMahon. Smackdown was also the first sporting or entertainment event to take place after the attacks on 9/11. This was by far the best Smackdown in the history of the 10 year show. I remember when it aired that night. It was one of the most emotional nights that wrestling has ever seen. This was the beginning of Tribute to the Troops as well. On Christmas night in 2003 Christmas from Baghdad was aired on Smackdown. It aired on Smackdown the following year as well. Smackdown has seen many great moments but my favorite took place on July 4th, 2002. It was the night Hulk Hogan and Edge won the World Tag Team Championships. It was really awesome and something I enjoyed. The Hulkster came out to Real American that night and made it an awesome night that I won't soon forget.

Now on to this Friday Night. This week Smackdown is going to have a huge eight man tag for it's main event. It will be Shawn Michaels/Triple H/John Cena/Undertaker vs. Cody Rhodes/Ted Dibiase/Randy Orton/CM Punk. If that's not huge I don't know what it. Also Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson will also be making a special video appearance as well. Tune in this Friday night at 8pm to celebrate 10 years of Smackdown....If you smell what the WWE is cookin'

Lisa Leslie Retires

This past Saturday Lisa Leslie played her final game in basketball. She a pioneer in women's basketball becoming professional. In 1997, when the WNBA was formed she was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks and played there her whole career. Her rise to fame didn't start there. She scored 101 points in high school one time in which the other team eventually forfeited. She then went to USC where things only got better for her. She accomplished a lot in her time in the WNBA including:

Eight time WNBA All-Star (1999–2003, 2005, 2006, 2009)
Three time WNBA MVP (2001, 2004, 2006)
First player to dunk in a WNBA game
First WNBA player to reach the 6,000 point plateau
First player ever to garner regular season, WNBA Finals and All-Star Game MVP awards in the same season.
Four time Olympic gold medalist (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)

This lady has done it all and now she has pass the torch to all future women who want to play basketball. She has also passed the torch to teammate Candace Parker who will probably break all the records Lisa has. Lisa Leslie did a lot for women's basketball and she was definitely to poster child for the sport. There is no doubt in my mind she will be in the basketball hall of fame someday. What a career and what a legacy that Lisa Leslie left on the game of women's basketball. Her contributions will never be forgotten.

Another Exciting Week in College Football

What another crazy week in College Football that had a lot of upsets. It all started Thursday when South Carolina upset #4 Mississippi. It was a great game between two of the SEC teams. Oregon crushed #3 California 42-3. Iowa knocked off #5 Penn St. and #11 Virginia Tech defeated #9 Miami (FL). The Rankings should definitely be interesting this next week. Somethings that were not surprising was Texas blowing out UTEP. The top ranked Florida Gators dominated the Kentucky Wildcats but it came with a price. Tim Tebow was seriously hurt in the game and stayed in the hospital overnight. There is no word yet on his condition and if he'll play next week.

The Michigan Wolverines go to 4-0 as they squeak by Indiana. Good to see U of M off to a fast 4-0 start. If they keep it up they might see a decent bowl game this year. Michigan State on the other hand is not doing so great. They are 1-3 and it's not going to get any better. Next week the Spartans and Wolverines collide in East Lansing. I will definitely be watching that game to see what happens. Not much else that I can think of except that the Notre Dame and Purdue game was really exciting to watch. Notre Dame came back late to beat the Boilermakers. Like I said it will be interesting to see what the top 25 is this coming week because a lot of teams got upset and it may shift the balance of power so to speak.

One Week Left of Regular Season Baseball

Next Sunday dreams will be made and then will be broken as the regular season ends and the race to to the World Series begins. There are some teams that have already run away right into the playoffs and there are some teams clinging as hard as they can to stay alive. In the American League it's an all to familiar scene. In the AL East the New York Yankees have a playoff spot and the division wrapped up. They are the AL East Champions of 2009. They have a lot of momentum going into the playoffs. The AL West has the Los Angeles Angels with a 6.5 game lead and a spot in the playoffs. They would have to lose every game and Texas would have to win every game next week for things to change. The Angels are looking good as they always do. In the AL Central the Tigers are clinging to their 2 game lead. They head into a four game series with the Minnesota Twins on Monday and that could determine who goes into the playoffs and who goes home. And in the AL Wildcard it is no surprise. The Boston Red Sox are back as well so it should be interesting to see if New York and Boston end up playing each other in the post season. If they do I know it will be a great series. Their games against each other are always intense.

The National League looks really tough this year. In the NL East it's Philadelphia with a 5.5 game lead over the Atlanta Braves. Philly should make it in unless they fall completely apart. In the NL West no surprises really. The Los Angeles Dodgers are leading by 5.5 games over the Rockies. In the NL Central the Cardinals have it locked down as they lead by eight games. And in the NL Wildcard the Rockies have a 3 game lead over the Atlanta Braves. The Braves are still fighting and I actually wouldn't mind seeing them get back to the postseason. My final prediction for the year was at the All-Star break when I said the Los Angeles Dodgers will be in the World Series with the New York Yankees. I am still sticking to that prediction because even though the Dodgers have struggled down the stretch they will get it together in the playoffs. As far as the Yankees go, they have been hot for awhile now and I don't see anyone who can stop them right now. The playoffs begin Oct. 7th and I for one cannot wait until then.

Evolution of Hollywood's World of Sports

This post/piece of writing marks the 500th post/piece of writing I have had on Hollywood's World of Sports. I remember when I started this blog five years ago and it was all about wrestling to me at the time. I remember that I use to just post about wrestling events and write about my thoughts on pro wrestling. The blog was just called Hollywood's World and my motto was, "Controversial Thoughts About the Wrestling World Around Us." I use to talk a lot of trash and never talked about facts and never cared about what I was writing. Then it all changed.

In 2006, I was inspired by the Detroit Tigers World Series run and I decided to write about sports. I then changed the name Hollywood's World of Sports and my motto changed a little to "Controversial Thoughts About the Sports World Around Us." It was last year that I really started getting serious about being a writer and knew it was something I wanted to do. Earlier this year Hollywood's World of Sport got a huge boost by getting it's own logo, and new motto. My motto now is "Controversy Doesn't Come Without Criticism." I really have to thank Jason Wise, of I2I Designs who created my logo and banner. Without that I wouldn't have the unique look and I wouldn't have the attitude about marketing and advertising the website as I do. This year has been a landmark year for me and the website. I set a goal for 300 posts for the year and I have already surpassed that mark.

My goal is to make my readers think and get them into debate mode. I love talking and debating sports with people. That's one thing that has changed about me over the last year. My passion is no longer just wrestling. My passion is professional sports and the athletes involved in them. I like to focus on issues, accomplishments, controversies and the stories behind all of them. Yes box scores, stats, wins and loses are important but they are not everything in sports.

I do have future goals for Hollywood's World of Sports. I hope to continue to write about all the major sports including Hockey. Hockey is the biggest thing I have been lacking on the website and I hope to cover Hockey more this coming season. I also would like to have more interaction with my readers. I want to get them more involved in what I talk about. My ultimate dream someday is to be a sports writer or have my own radio show. I love sports that much. I'll admit I don't know every player and every stat but I am learning and doing more research.

I would like to thank all those who have supported me and regularly read the website. To anyone who has ever came to Hollywood's World of Sports, I hope you enjoy what you have read and hope you spread the word for me. To my fellow employees at Directions in Research, my family, friend and neighbors. Thank you for supporting my dream and supporting Hollywood's World of Sports. I will never forget any of you. Also thank you God for giving the ability of being a writer and sharing my thoughts and opinions with the world. Again, thank you all very much and God Bless.

Jake Peavy is Back

Tonight I watched the Tigers game against the White Sox and I must say that Jake Peavy was impressive tonight. He hasn't pitched in a long time and to see him dominate Tigers hitting tonight was actually great to see because he was a great pitcher in San Diego but never had a winning team to back him up. Now that he is with the White Sox he might have a chance at winning a World Series. I believe that the White Sox will be back in the hunt next year. They will have Peavy, Buehrle and a healthy Freddy Garcia. To me that's three pitchers I would not want to face three nights in a row.

If you ask me if it weren't for injuries the White Sox would be at the top of the AL Central this year blazing through Detroit and Minnesota. Next year with good pitching and a good lineup they will be the team to beat in the AL Central. Like I said they were injury plagued this year and that's why they have struggled. It's great to see Jake Peavy back pitching once again.

UFC 2009 Undisputed Review

Yesterday I finally got play more then one fight on UFC's Undisputed and I have to tell you it was freaking sick. I went to Play n Trade in Grand Rapids Michigan to go play the game because they are cool there and let you play any game you want. Anyways back to the UFC game. I played four fights in different weight classes. I played as Brock Lesnar against Antonio Nogueira. Then for my second match I played as Forrest Griffin vs. Michael Bisping. I think this would be a great match if they fought and that's why I had the match on the game. Bisping and Griffin are both tough dudes and I think people would love to see a fight between them. In the third match I played as Diego Sanchez vs BJ Penn. I cannot stand BJ Penn and I hope what I did on the game happens at UFC 107 and that would be Sanchez choking Penn out. In my final match I played as Rich Franklin against Chris Leben because Rich and Chris are two of my favorite guys in the UFC and sometimes don't get a lot of credit.

This game is dead accurate to how UFC really his. The graphics are phenomenal as well as the actual presentation. Joe Rogan, Mike Goldberg and Bruce Buffer all sound exactly like they do on TV. Dana White is also in the game to and they got his personality accurate too. The striking and grappling in the game is surreal that you almost feel like you're in the fight yourself. I'll say this much right now when I get a PS3 this will be first game I buy because this game is just absolutely awesome. If you haven't played it yet go out and rent it, buy it or go to Play N Trade on the East Beltline in Grand Rapids and go play it. As Bruce Buffer would say "It's time!" Well it's time for all of you to go out and play this game.

The Conspiracy Theory

I was talking with a few friends last night at work and they were talking about how the Chicago White Sox let the Minnesota Twins sweep them to get closer to the Detroit Tigers. The theory was is that White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen hates the Tigers so he let the Twins beat him and when he comes to Detroit he's going to play them tough. So this leads me to asking the question. Do mangers have personal vendetta's against other teams and will they purposely lose to a team and help them in the standings? It sounds far fetched but this weekend the White Sox play the Tigers and we will see how hard they play against Detroit because they didn't play to hard against Minnesota. I also find it funny that Cleveland got swept by Detroit because Cleveland always plays them tough even when they don't have superstar talent. So could Cleveland be helping Detroit? If you think about it if Cleveland would have somehow swept them the Twins and Tigers would be in a tie right in the division.

Like I said it sounds far fetched that teams would help other teams and play tough against one team and not another. However anything is possible in sports and you really never know what these crazy managers are thinking now these days either. I could Ozzie Guillen doing something like that but I think it's just people worried that Detroit won't make the playoffs. Should be an interesting next week of baseball. The last week is finally here and the playoffs begin Oct. 7th and I will be covering the playoffs as well. Stay tuned to see if Detroit makes the playoffs as well as the Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves. This last week of baseball is going to be fun to watch.

Davenport Lacrosse Schedule for 2009-2010

Well it's that time of year again when Lacrosse at Davenport begins. I got to tell you that going to a Lacrosse game earlier this year opened my eyes up to the fact that there are a lot of competitive sports out there that don't get the attention they deserve. I really enjoy watching the Davenport team play because they play hard. It helps I have a family member on the team to explain stuff to me because I am still trying to figure out the rules and such. I plan on going to as many games as possible this year so I can start to write about lacrosse more. Here is the schedule for the Davenport Panthers for 2009-2010.



09/24/09 vs. Hope College DU Turf Field 5:30 p.m. ET
09/26/09 vs. Northwood University DU Turf Field 5:00 p.m. ET
10/03/09 at Grand Valley State Allendale, Mich. 1:00 p.m. ET
10/04/09at Adrian College Adrian, Mich. 11:00 a.m. ET
2009 NAIA Fall Ball Invite
10/10/09 vs. Aquinas College DU Turf Field 11:00 a.m. ET
vs. Walsh University DU Turf Field 1:15 p.m. ET
vs. Indiana Tech DU Turf Field 4:00 p.m. ET
10/31/09 at Western Michigan Kalamazoo, Mich. TBA
02/13/10 vs. Adrian College Pontiac, Mich. 5:00 p.m. ET
02/14/10 vs. Carthage College Pontiac, Mich. 12:00 p.m. ET
Emory College Invitational
02/20/10 vs. SCAD Atlanta, Ga. 3:00 p.m. ET
02/21/10 at Emory College Atlanta, Ga. 1:00 p.m. ET
02/22/10 vs. Kennesaw State Atlanta, Ga. 3:00 p.m. ET
03/04/10 vs. Hope College DU Turf Field 4:30 p.m. ET
03/12/10 vs. University of Dayton DU Turf Field 7:00 p.m. ET
03/14/10 vs. St. John's University DU Turf Field 1:00 p.m. ET
03/20/10 at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Penn. 1:00 p.m. ET
03/21/10 at Alfred University Alfred, N.Y. 1:00 p.m. ET
03/27/10 vs. Missouri Baptist DU Turf Field 1:00 p.m. ET
04/01/10 vs. Calvin College DU Turf Field 5:00 p.m. ET
04/08/10 vs. Grand Valley State DU Turf Field 1:00 p.m. ET
04/10/10 at Indiana Tech Fort Wayne, Ind. 2:00 p.m. ET
04/17/10 vs. Northern Michigan * Lowell, Mich. 7:30 p.m. ET
04/22/10 at Aquinas College Grand Rapids, Mich. 5:00 p.m. ET
04/24/10 vs. Walsh University DU Turf Field 3:00 p.m. ET

For those of you who don't know where the DU Turf field is, it is located at 6193 Kraft Ave. Grand Rapids, MI 49512. Come and check out a game because this team is very talented and very exciting to watch. Hope to see you all at a game this year. Go Panthers!

The New Jersey Nets Will be a Threat

The New Jersey Nets could now be the team to beat in the East within 4-5 years. Why of all sudden are they going to be big? The richest man in Russia has agreed to buy 80 percent of team. His estimated worth is about $9.5 billion. His name is Mikhail Prokhorov and I know if he has way he'll get the best talent possible. He is buying the Nets for approximately 200 million dollars. Sounds like a lot of money doesn't it? To him it's probably a small price to pay for being involved in a sport that has become a global phenomenon thanks to players like Yao Ming from China and Prokhorov's fellow countrymen Andrei Kirilenko.

New Jersey is not really known for being a big-market team but because of all the money coming into ownership it will become a big market team. It's also close enough to New York where players could get some sponsorship deals. I don't think they will contend this year because the deal hasn't officially happened yet and when it does it will be to late to pick up any real good free agents. In the 2010-11 season they will be a team to contend with and will probably be one of the top five teams in the NBA. This guy will get the best talent he can find and pay them as much as it takes to win a championship. As for who might coach this team? Lawrence Frank has been there for awhile now but you never know what new ownership might do. I cannot wait to see what this new owner does with team. I think some big things are about to happen in New Jersey. Stay tuned for more because a lot of things are going to happen.

Kimbo Slice vs. Roy Nelson Next Week

Well we now know next week that Kimbo Slice will take on Roy Nelson. They are saying that it could be the biggest fight in the history of the Ultimate Fighter. I don't know about that statement. I thought Stephan Bonnar vs. Forrest Griffin was a pretty big deal. Maybe they are saying the biggest fight to take place before the finale. With that being said, I can agree with that statement because if you think about it Kimbo is so popular and Roy is a veteran even though in my opinion he's only fought one credible opponent. That one credible opponent would be Andrei Arlovski, and he got knocked out by Arlovski. Kimbo maybe popular but he really hasn't fought anyone credible except for one guy. Tank Abbot does not count because Tank was way over the hill already. The guy he lost to was former UFC fighter Seth Petruzelli. When he lost on national television I think that helped him because he knew he had to be more disciplined then what he was.

I will definitely be watching the Ultimate Fighter next week to see what happens. I really want Kimbo Slice to win this fight to shut up all those who doubt him. I've been a Kimbo fan ever since he emerged as a street fighter. I will admit though I would probably be running the other way if I ever met him. The guy absolutely scares the living crap out of me but from what I have seen on the show so far he is not that bad of a guy. My prediction is this once Kimbo Slice has become more disciplined and has more of a strategy going into fights he will become the most dangerous in MMA and in the UFC if he is there. Kimbo Slice draws ratings and makes money so if the UFC was smart they would keep him on regardless of what happens on the Ultimate Fighter. Tune in next Wednesday at 10pm on Spike TV to see who wins this monumental fight.

Rampage Jackson quits UFC

I couldn't believe it when I heard this morning that Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has quit the UFC and it sounds like fighting all together. He and Dana White had been going back and forth the last few weeks because he backed out of a major fight for UFC 107 with Rashad Evans to make the new A-Team movie. He also called the fans dumb ass's who don't pay his or help put his kids through college. That maybe the stupidest thing I have ever heard in my life. The fans are the ones who keep UFC going and pay to watch you fight so I don't even want to hear it. It's too bad for the UFC because now they have to keep his face on TV every week for another two months until the Ultimate Fighter is over.

This isn't the first time Rampage has had troubles. Don't forget last year he got arrested and had a lot of problems after his loss to Forrest Griffin. I personally have never had a problem with Rampage Jackson but I think losing him is not going to be that big of a deal because someone else will come along and step up where he should have been. I can't believe the guy who knocked out Chuck Liddell, beat Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva, and Keith Jardine has decided to call it quits.

If you ask me though he won't be retired long because he really has no other way to pay his bills. When he starts missing the spotlight and the money he will comeback. I will give him 6-12 months and he will be back. Have a good vacation Rampage.

NFL Week 3 Predictions

Well here my predictions for week 3. There were some tough ones this weeks and I have a feeling you will also see a lot of close games again this week.

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

So there you have it, my predictions for week 3. Hopefully I do better then eight this week.

NFL Week 2 Recap

What a wild week in week 2 of the NFL Season. There were a lot of close game this week and by that I mean there were nine games decided by seven points or less. Some upsets that happen were Cincinnati over Green Bay, Houston over Tennessee and Chicago over Pittsburgh. I don't consider New York over New England an upset because New England is not the team they once were. They lost 50 years experience on defense and the offensive line does not look good at all. Jake Delhomme played a little bit better but he threw an interception when it counted the most. In my opinion Jake Delhomme, John Fox and GM Matt Hurley are all on the hot seat right now. If they don't get it together then they will all be gone at the end of the season.

The Lions played great in the first half against Minnesota but then fell apart the second half of the game. That is the typical Lions team. They don't know how to finish and therefore they continue to lose. How about them Cowboys losing to New York at the home opener of their new stadium. Jerry Jones must be thrilled with team he has out their this year. The new Cowboy Stadium is awesome though and they did set an attendance record for the highest attended NFL game in history. The Monday Night game last night was a thriller and even though Miami has started out 0-2 I still think they have a chance to be a good team this year and make the playoffs.

In fantasy football this I did not do so well. In my Yahoo league it looks like this

Hollywood's Rejects 196.96
To Spite Kevin... 2 245.15

My highest point earner was Drew Brees for the second week in a row. Keep it going Drew, you make me proud. I do have to add that New Orleans pretty much killed Philly this week. Not to make excuses but they didn't have McNabb or Vick. They did however have Jeff Garcia who got no playing time at all this week. It should be interesting to see what happens this week with Garcia there and Vick eligible to play. A lot of questions surrounding Philly for this coming weekend.

In my ESPN Fantasy League here is how it went down

Hollywoods World of Sports (HWOO)(0-2) 75
Louisville Chargers (TREG) (1-1) 85

Not a very good start for me this season but on a good note Willis McGahee was my highest point earner again for the second week as well. I am still trying to make so moves to make my team a little bit better so time will only tell if these moves pull off. I also went 8 for 16 in my predictions this week which I am not proud of but there were a lot of close games so I am not upset over it.

In off field new Plaxico Burress was sentenced to two years in prison and will start serving his sentence immediately. One has to wonder if he'll ever play again. I am also wondering if Marvin Harrison will ever play again as well. Unfortunately for those two life goes on and their former teams are moving on without them.

I'll be back with my predictions tomorrow for week 3. Another week of tough match ups and at this point you never know who is going to show up on any given week. Check back tomorrow for more.

AJ Styles win the TNA Heavyweight Championship.

Now this is what I call a pay-per-view. I have to say that for this month atleast, TNA put on a better pay-per-view the then WWE. I never thought I would say that but I am. No Surrender had some great matches beginning with Samoa Joe vs. Daniels for the X Division Title. A great match back and forth but Samoa Joe ended up getting the victory. Then you had D'Angelo Dinero (Elijah Burke) vs. Suicide in a Falls Count Anywhere match. Suicide took some crazy chances in this match with one costing him the match. Dinero wins and is being pushed in TNA so far. Up next was a match I was a little skeptical about between Kevin Nash and Abyss. It ended being a pretty decent match with some interference from Mick Foley and Dr. Stevie. My favorite match of the night was TNA Lethal Lockdown with Beer Money, Inc vs. Team 3D vs. Scott Steiner & Booker T vs. The British Invasion. This match was chaotic, bloody and brutal. Even though it was every team for themselves Team 3D and Beer Money worked together as well as World Elite and the Main Event Mafia. Beer Money Inc won the match and used a beer bottle along the way to do so. Up next is was the pay-per-view debut of Bobby Lashley who had a really match with Rhino. Lashley proved that he was going to be a force in TNA and it would surprise me if he eventually won the TNA Heavyweight Title. The finally the main event of the evening was Kurt Angle vs. Sting vs. AJ Styles vs. Matt Morgan for the TNA Heavyweight Championship. What a great match which saw AJ Styles pin Kurt Angle with some help from Sting to become the new TNA Heavyweight Champion. All I can say is it's about time because AJ is the face of TNA and is still pretty young. Kurt Angle is a great wrestler but his body is starting to age and I honestly don't think he can keep going the way he has been going for so long. Great to see AJ become the new TNA Heavyweight Champion. Now let's see how WWE counters that at Hell in a Cell which is only two weeks away. Stay tuned because anything can happen in wrestling.

A Great Night for a Fight

Last night their were to types of fighting on. You had MMA and boxing and in my opinion they were both great. Lets start with the boxing side of it. Yes Floyd Mayweather won but he did not knock out Juan Marquez. It actually went the distance and Mayweather won by unanimous decision. To me it doesn't matter who Mayweather fights because until he fights Manny Pacquiao no one cares who he beats. When he finally squares off against Manny and actually beat him it will only be then that Mayweather will have some of my respect as well as others who really don't like him.

Then you had UFC 103 which had some good fights but main even almost made it a flop. Junior dos Santos and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic went at it pretty good until Mirko got hit in the eye and forfeited the fight. My favorite part of the night was watching Josh Koscheck beat down Frank Trigg. I have never liked Trigg and as far as I am concerned he can go back to TNA and be Kurt Angle's twin. Tyson Griffin vs. Hermes Franca was a really good fight too and Griffin looked good against a guy that everyone has a hard team beating. It was definitely the second best fight of the night. Then Vitor Belfort made his return to the UFC in very convincing fashion by taking out Rich Franklin in the first round. It was good to see Belfort return but that was not a main event match. I've come to realize that Rich Franklin does not draw pay-per-view buys. UFC 104 is next month and the main event happens to be A Light Heavyweight Championship bout between Lyoto Machida (c) against Mauricio Rua.

I enjoyed all the fighting that did take place last night. I do think that boxing had more viewers and more pay-per-view buys. I'll be curious to see what the numbers are when they come out. For now though UFC is still the dominant sport and they have some great PPV's coming up. Keep checking back for further updates on UFC event.s

Another Classic College Football Game and More

Last week Notre Dame was on the losing end of a great and close football game. This week the roles were reversed. Notre Dame battled MSU in a great game today that helped Notre Dame get back on track and MSU possible on a downward spiral. Even though I am not a Notre Dame fan it is great to see the historical school play in some meaningful and close games. The program hasn't done all that great in years so its nice to see them be competitive.

I saw some surprising things this afternoon in football. For example Washington upsetting USC and Oklahoma dominating again without my favorite Quarterback Sam Bradford. You also had Florida who only score 23 points in their win against Tennessee. Florida St absolutely crushed the overrated BYU team. Yes I said it, I think BYU is overrated. So they beat Oklahoma by three points. One win doesn't prove anything. Then again neither does one loss but that doesn't mean BYU is going to live up to the hype. In SEC play Georgia beat Arkansas in one thrilling game that saw a lot of turnovers and penalties. For some reason when I turned the TV on tonight I had a feeling I wouldn't regret watching this game. Georgia wins the game 52-41. In another surprising game Texas barely escapes against Texas Tech. What a battle between these two teams as well. Another great weekend for College Football game.

Finally I would just like to say 3-0, because that's what Michigan is at the end of the day today. All the doubters said they wouldn't beat Notre Dame or even have a winning record this year. If they keep up this pace they will actually play in a good bowl game this year. Stay tuned for next week because their are a few good match ups again including:

No. 24 North Carolina at No. 14 Georgia Tech
Texas Tech at No. 21 Houston
Notre Dame at Purdue
No. 20 Miami (FL) at No. 13 Virginia Tech
Michigan State at Wisconsin

I'll be back next with some more College Football and hopefully we will continue to see some exciting games this year.

Shaq VS. Concludes

So this past week was the final week of Shaq versus and I must say the last two weeks have been interesting and different. Two weeks ago Shaq challenged boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya to a boxing match. The handicap was that there would four two-minute rounds with a one-minute fifth round. Also both men wore protective headgear. In the end it was Oscar de la Hoya winning by unanimous decision. This was one the funnier things I've seen because of the size comparison. It made for great TV.

Then this week Shaq challenged swimming icon and Olympic gold medal Michael Phelps to a series of races. There were three races and Shaq had handicaps in all three. In race one Shaq only had swim 25m while Phelps had to swim 50m with a 5s. head start. In race two Shaq had some help from Dana Vollmer, Rebecca Soni, and Ariana Kukors and they all saw 50m each of a 200m medley relay, while Phelps had to swim by himself for the 200m medley. And in race three Shaq only had to swim 50m while Phelps had to swim 75m. Michael Phelps won two out of three races proving why he is great and why he is the face of swimming as we know it.

I really enjoyed this six week series. I really enjoy the concept of someone trying to compete in other sports after being so successful in his own sport. I hope next summer we Shaq versus once again and this time have him compete in Golf, Mixed-Martial arts and Tennis. That would be so cool. Good luck to Shaq and the Cleveland Cavaliers this year. The NBA season is not that far away.