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      Sports and Custom Poker Tables Complete Every Man Cave

      August 1, 2010 /

      As the fall football seasons approach, friends and families from across the country will be gathering for Fantasy-Football drafts, and weekends of watching football together. Man-caves from the east-coast to the west-coast will be filled with college football fanatics, and die-hard National Football League fans cheering on their favorite sports teams as autumn turns into winter.

      With sports viewing, comes the inevitable need for home entertainment. Husbands from around the country will do countless household chores hoping to charm their spouse into agreeing to those ‘necessary’ home purchases. Whether it be a big-screen television or custom poker tables, taking out the trash during a blizzard or fixing that leaky faucet are only afterthoughts, if doing those chores ensures the purchase that will complete one’s home entertainment offerings.

      Sports are the great unifier! They bring people together on cold winters days to root for their favorite team, despite inclement weather conditions. Sports make people sit outside for hours in sub-zero weather conditions, even though the game is being televised locally. Sports remind us that every season is a new season and keeping hope alive might really help your favorite team win the big game. Sports makes a husband fire up the grill in January or get up at 4 a.m. for work, so watching the big-game that night is a possibility.

      Football in particular, is the sport that ushers in the fall season. When the kids go back to school, it can only mean that college and NFL sports are just around the corner. When the leaves turn yellow and red, it’s a sure sign that Peyton Manning and Drew Brees are leading their teams into battle.

      Sports give friends a reason to stay in touch, because seeing your college roommates favorite team lose a heartbreaker of get drilled by Notre Dame is oh so worthy of a late-night phone call.

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      Tyreke Evans arrested for reckless driving

      August 1, 2010 /

      California Highway Patrol released video that shows Tyreke Evans going 120-130 MPH.

      He was arrested at gunpoint, pled guilty to reckless driving and was sentenced to 80 hours of community service.

      Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee writes that it’s time for the Kings to change their approach to the young star.

      “It has to be a one-time thing,” an animated co-owner Joe Maloof said late Friday. “Believe me, Tyreke has been scolded by everyone. But we have to put this behind us; we have to move on.”

      And how to do that? Change. Philosophically and pragmatically, the approach to the coaching, nurturing and packaging of Tyreke has to be revised.

      No more sacred cows or separation. Evans isn’t Chris Webber, and he certainly isn’t Charles Barkley. He hasn’t earned superstar treatment yet. He isn’t even a winner yet. While he obliged with impressive individual stats during the 20-5-5 ticket campaign, the Kings slumped to 7-23 and dropped 11 of their final 12 games.

      Yet almost from the moment Evans emerged as a major talent, the Kings altered the rules. They handed him the keys to the Mercedes. There was one set of guidelines for the prized rookie and another set for everyone else – a development that caused resentment in the locker room and is among the reasons Kevin Martin, Spencer Hawes and Andres Nocioni welcomed trades.

      Evans’ personal trainer, for instance, enjoys unique access before and after games. A practice was canceled so Evans could fly to Las Vegas and meet President Barack Obama. Westphal routinely jumped Hawes, Donté Greene, Jason Thompson, Omri Casspi and other young Kings for mistakes yet blatantly looked the other way when Evans’ game became linear – times he dominated the ball or ignored wide-open teammates.

      And now, here comes 19-year-old DeMarcus Cousins, oozing ability, personality, and immaturity.

      Someone has to become the adult. Like, soon. With players entering the league at an increasingly young age, there is a finite amount of time to influence careers; at some point, the kids stop listening.

      Voisin is right to be outraged. Evans could have killed someone with his antics that day.

      External Sports, Fantasy Basketball, NBA, News, Video

      UFC on Versus 2 Picks & Predictions

      August 1, 2010 /
      EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - AUGUST 02: Vladimir Matyushenko (blue) of the Tokyo Sabres celebrates after defeating Tim Boetsch of the New York Pitbulls during the IFL semifinals at the Continental Airlines Arena on August 2, 2007 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Rob Tringali/Getty Images for IFL)

      The Ultimate Fighting Championship holds its second-ever event on the Versus Network tonight with UFC on Versus 2. The card will feature four main bouts and here are my thoughts on those key fights.

      Light Heavyweight Bout – Jon Jones (10-1) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (24-4): Matyushenko is a tough guy but Jones is clearly the better and more promising fighter. This fight seems like a chance for Jones to be showcased on national television to hype an even bigger fight in the future. Look for Jones to dispose of Vlady with strikes in the second round and jump into the top five of the division.

      Middleweight Bout – Mark Munoz (8-1) vs. Yushin Okami (25-5): This should be a tough grappling fight as both are great wrestlers. Okami has done well in his UFC career thanks to his size and strength and I expect him to pusher a faster pace than Munoz, which will open the door for him to score a TKO win in round three as Munoz tires. Okami has only lost to Chael Sonnen and Rich Franklin in the octagon and is very under-rated in terms of his skills.

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      External Sports, Mixed Martial Arts, UFC

      Cardinals land Westbrook, Padres Ludwick in deadline deal

      July 31, 2010 /
      July 26, 2010 - Cleveland, OHIO, UNITED STATES - epa02262280 Jake Westbrook of the Cleveland Indians delivers a pitch against the New York Yankees in the first inning of their game at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 26 July 2010.

      In a three-team deal involving the Cardinals, Padres and Indians, St. Louis acquired starter Jake Westbrook, San Diego nabbed Ryan Ludwick and Cleveland received prospect Corey Kluber. The Cards also acquired prospect Nick Greenwood from the Padres.

      From MLB.com:

      “I’m excited,” Westbrook said. “I’m excited to go to a club contending for a playoff spot and pitch in some meaningful ballgames. That’s why you play the game, for a chance to get into the playoffs, and I’m looking forward to doing that.”

      Westbrook was so eager to get in the playoff chase that he actually forfeited some of the trade protection in his contract. He was set to receive a $2 million bonus if dealt, and that was a major roadblock in trade talks, given that Westbrook is already owed nearly $4 million in salary this season.

      But Westbrook agreed for that bonus to be lowered. The exact details were not announced, but the stipulation had to be approved by the Players Association.

      “It was one of the hold-ups for getting me traded,” Westbrook said of the bonus. “I don’t really want to comment on the details of that, but it was something. Any way that I could help out the Indians, I needed to do that, because I didn’t really feel like I honored my contract as well as I would have liked to, being hurt. It was in my best interest and the Indians’ best interest to do something like that.”

      I like this deal for all teams involved. The Cards lost Ludwick, but they’re going to save money (money they’re going to need to retain Albert Pujols) over the next two seasons and they added a workhorse Westbrook. He’s not a great arm at this point in his career, but St. Louis doesn’t need a great arm. They needed an upgrade at the backend of their rotation and that’s exactly what they got today in Westbrook.

      Remember when the discussion about the Padres was about whether or not they would trade Adrian Gonzalez at some point before the deadline? Now look at them. They strengthened their bench with Miguel Tejada and acquired an All-Star in Ludwick to boost their offense for the stretch run. Give San Diego’s front office credit – they’re going for it.

      According to his scouting report, Kluber lacks big upside, but he has a chance to be a solid back-end starter. The key to this deal for the Indians is that they save money by trading Westbrook’s contract. Westbrook wasn’t going to have a role in the Tribe’s future, so trading him now saves the club money and landing Kluber gives them a prospect that projects to being a cheap major league-caliber starter.

      It’s not often that three teams get exactly what they want out of a deal, but I think the Cardinals, Padres and Indians came pretty close today.

      External Sports, MLB

      Jerry Jones wants Dez Bryant to play covered in bubble wrap apparently

      July 31, 2010 /
      Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones stands on the sidelines during the fourth quarter of the NFC Divisional Playoff against the Minnesota Vikings at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis on January 17, 2010. The Vikings won 34-3. UPI/Brian Kersey

      After wide receiver Dez Bryant suffered a high ankle sprain during practice on Friday, Jerry Jones questioned the way the Cowboys’ coaching staff handled the workload of the rookie.

      Apparently the Dallas owner wanted answers as to why his first round pick was injured on a football field while performing football-related activities during a football practice.

      “It was really disappointing and it really causes you to … ask what can you do, what can you do in practices that can mitigate some of the exposure to some of these injuries,” Jones told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen after watching footage of the injury. Jones did not attend Friday’s practice.

      “The key thing is you ask yourself, ‘Are we pushing him too hard; does it happen at the end of practice when the players are tired?’ ” said Jones, who added, “We all know now when you get a little tired you can get injured.”

      Jones has every right to question the way his coaching staff is handling his players, but he’s going a tad overboard here. He’s been around football long enough to know that injuries are part of the game. They’re unavoidable.

      If undrafted rookie guard Phil Costa suffered a high ankle sprain, would Jones have said the same thing? Would he have wondered if the Dallas coaching staff pushed Costa too hard? Doubtful.

      Granted, Jones has more invested in Bryant than he does Costa, but the point is no matter how you slice it, football is a physical game. Whether guys or tired or not, focused or unfocused, injuries happen to everyone. No one is immune.

      External Sports, NFL

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