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      AskMen.com’s 2009 Great Male Survey

      July 23, 2009 /

      Ah, the modern man – just who and what is he? If he were rich, would he prefer a sports car or SUV? What is his favorite sporting event of the year? Does he fantasize about his girlfriend’s friend? (Yes please!)

      AskMen.com put together a cool feature that delves into figuring out who the modern man is by polling over 50,000 of its readers with questions like the ones above.

      The 2009 Great Male Survey rolls out over the next four weeks and discusses a series of poll questions ranging from sports, cars and entertainment to dating and lifestyle. To check out The 2009 Great Male Survey, click the link provided.

      Here’s one of the sports questions that was asked (along with the results):

      Q. Who is the hottest female associated with sports?
      32% – Erin Andrews
      28% – Maria Sharapova
      17% – Danica Patrick
      13% – Ana Ivanovic
      10% – Natalie Gulbis

      Some of the other sports questions include: What is your favorite sporting event of the year? Does gambling factor into your love of the NFL? Does fantasy football factor into your love for the NFL? Who is your top pick for your 2009-2010 NFL fantasy football team?

      The results to the questions are pretty interesting and entertaining so be sure to check them out, along with the poll results for the questions in the other topics.

      College Basketball, College Football, Fantasy Football, General Sports, Golf, Mixed Martial Arts, MLB, NBA, News, NFL, Super Bowl, Television, The Olympics, Women

      Tour de France: Armstrong in second, teammate in first

      July 19, 2009 /

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      It seems like those Lance Armstrong commercials for Nike are no joke. Dude is a competitor. This is Armstrong’s first Tour de France since his comeback and, at age 37, the young man still has it. Armstrong has since moved up to second place after completing the race’s 15th stage. Only problem is, his teammate Alberto Contador is 1 minute and 37 seconds ahead.

      The Spaniard dominated the first stage in the Alps to take the overall lead on Sunday — his first chance to wear the yellow jersey since winning the 2007 Tour de France. Armstrong, who started the 15th stage in fourth, moved up to second overall but is 1 minute, 37 seconds behind his teammate and rival.

      “The differences now are pretty big, and the team’s bet should now be me, no?” he said. “I’m sure my teammates are going to put in great work to back me up just like they did today.”

      “I think when Alberto went, he showed he’s the best rider in the race, certainly the best climber. … Hats off to him,” Armstrong said.

      The American vowed that he would not go against team orders and attack Contador later in the race.

      “That’s not going to happen,” he said. “There’s been a lot of drama between Alberto and me … but at the end of the day we sit as a team.”

      The 26-year-old Spaniard broke away from other pre-race favorites with 3.5 miles left in the 128.9-mile ride from Pontarlier, France, to the Swiss ski resort of Verbier — and he kept extending his lead to the end to finish in 5 hours, 3 minutes, 58 seconds.

      I know I’m not the only one who doesn’t completely understand how the Tour de France works. Apparently, you ride for a sponsor who puts together an entire team. This character Alberto Contador is on the same team as Lance Armstrong. The cycling legend is showing true sportsmanship in promising not to try and pass Contador. However, Contador rubs me the wrong way, at least judging by his quotes. For the sake of comedy, I’d love Armstrong to throw something in his spokes and dash ahead during the last leg of the race. For the sake of comedy, of course. For the sake of sports, I guess that’d be bad.

      General Sports

      AskMen.com’s Top 10 Sports Movie Pep Talks

      July 16, 2009 /

      AskMen.com put together a ranking of the top 10 sports movie pep talks of all-time.

      Here are the site’s top 3:

      1. Kurt Russell as Herb Brooks in “Miracle”

      2. Al Pacino as Tony D’Amato in “Any Given Sunday”

      3. Gene Hackman as Norman Dale in “Hoosiers”

      I love Russell’s speech in “Miracle” for the obvious reasons, but something about Pacino’s monologue in “Any Given Sunday” hits me hard every time I watch it. Maybe it’s because of the movie or because Pacino is one of the greatest actors to ever grace the big screen, but that “inches speech” is the best in my opinion. No actor can say the word “f**king” better than Pacino.

      General Sports, Hockey, Video

      NASCAR’s Jeremy Mayfield tests positive for meth…again

      July 16, 2009 /

      NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield is having a rough go of things this season. He’s already tested positive once this year for methamphetamine and apparently NASCAR has caught him again. On top of that, it sounds like he has a real solid relationship with his stepmother.

      The urine sample collected on July 6 “conclusively” showed that Mayfield had again used the addictive street drug, NASCAR’s lawyers wrote in the filing that urges a U.S. District Court judge in Charlotte to reconsider the temporary restraining order that lifted the 40-year-old driver’s suspension.

      Wednesday’s filing also included an affidavit from Mayfield’s’ estranged stepmother, Lisa Mayfield. In the document, she alleged she was “personally aware” of his use of meth between 1998 and 2005 and that Jeremy Mayfield cooked up his own batch the drug before the sale of major ingredient for the drug, pseudoephedrine, was restricted.

      Lisa Mayfield also recounted an incident in 1999 when she claimed to have witnessed Mayfield use the drug before a race at Darlington Raceway.

      “I was concerned about his heavy use and talked to his father about it,” Lisa Mayfield said. “I saw Jeremy use methamphetamine by snorting it up his nose at least 30 times during the seven years I was around him.”

      Mayfield denied those claims as well.

      “I’m not even going to call that lady my stepmom,” Mayfield said. “She’s a very evil lady who can be bought.”

      I don’t know whether he is or isn’t a meth head, but if he is and he’s denying it, that should raise a red flag to those around him that there’s a serious problem here. If he’s hooked on this stuff, then he needs professional help because chances are, he’s not going to kick the drug on his own. Forget your next NASCAR race – get some help.

      This drug service announcement has been brought to you by The Scores Report, the National Sports Blog.

      General Sports, News

      MLS, Beckham, Interest?

      July 12, 2009 /

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      I can’t deny that I have a soft spot for anything soccer related. I tend to write a rather large proportion of my articles about the sport, and I’ve been lucky lately because there has actually been relevant news. However, since the beginning of this whole Landon Donovan and David Beckham “controversy” I can’t help but roll my eyes at the whole thing. So hopefully I’ll be able to make this my last article about David Beckham, I think Norman Chad over at Sports Illustrated would agree:

      The way I see it, you’ve just pulled off one of the greatest scams in U.S. history. You signed a massive five-year contract, you took a lot of money from a lot of people and, in the end, you were pretty much a marketing mirage.

      Essentially, you’re Bernie Madoff with a bicycle kick.

      In 2007, you had no goals and two assists and the Galaxy finished with the league’s third-worst record, 9-14-7. In 2008, you had five goals and 10 assists and the Galaxy tied for the league’s worst record, 8-13-9.

      Not exactly impressive, plus given the English media’s coverage of this, it’s become some sort of international incident. Anyway, David Beckham, I can’t really blame you for your behavior around here. You were certainly charming, but I don’t see anybody caring about American soccer anymore than I used to. I’d say you failed in that, but I don’t think that’s what all this was about. In any case, happy trails. Enjoy your time in Milan, I know it’s quite posh around there.

      Update: Oh, he’s still here for a little bit longer. My bad.

      Bullz-Eye Sports Channel, General Sports, Rumors & Gossip, Soccer

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