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Archive for September, 2010

of weeks. The only shop which had the genuine article, Direct Sports, said the two they had managed to get hold of sold out in a flash. …
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A memorial service will be held next week in Laramie for a 19-year-old University of Wyoming football player killed in a car accident.The service for freshman linebacker Ruben Narcisse (nar-SEES’), of Miami, is planned for 5 p.m. Monday at the UniWyo Sports Complex.The Colorado Highway Patrol says Narcisse and three teammates were traveling in a pickup on U.S. 287 south of the Wyoming state line    .. more …

Trevor Hoffman was honored with a huge oil painting commissioned in honor of his 600th career save and received hundreds of calls and text messages after his historic outing for the Brewers on Tuesday. Hoffman, who had his game cap sent to the Hall of Fame, says his phone stopped accepting voice mails from all the well wishers. He thanked the fans in San Diego, where he received a standing ovation    .. more …

It’s no secret that kids these days need to get more activity. From high-calorie, low nutrition convenience foods that many rely on day in and day out, to the propensity for today’s kids to spend time in front of a television or computer screen, obesity is on the rise. By opening up a fitness and activity centered child franchise you are helping be a solution to the problem. Classes, gyms, groups    .. more …

Basketball is a fast paced game played on a 94-by-50 foot court (NBA) with 1 basket on opposite sides.

The game starts when the official tosses the ball between two players, one from each team, in the middle of the court. This is also referred to as the tip off. The other 8 players stand at specific places outside the mid-circle. The jumpers will try to tip the ball to any of their team members to gain the first possession.

The object is to score more points than their opponents.

In the ideal professional setting, the game is divided into 2 halfs or 4 quarters. Each quarter is 12 minutes long.

During each possession, the offensive team has a time limit to shoot the ball in the basket. This is called the shot clock. The NBA rule allows 24 seconds for each possession. In college basketball, the shot clock is set for 35 seconds.

There are basically 2 ways to shoot and score in a basketball game: shooting when the ball is in play and from the free throw line.

There are several ways to score during play. You can either take a perimeter shot or drive toward the basket. You can score 3 points if you shoot the ball beyond the arc. There are also variations for jump shots including from the baseline, the key, fade away, hook shot, and more. Variations of shots made inside the paint include dunk, layup, and tip-in.

Free throws are earned when the opposing team committs a technical foul or a personal foul. Two free throw shots are awarded when the opposing team committs a technical foul or a personal foul in the act of shooting or within the team penalty. One free throw shot is given to the player who made a shot and receives a foul in the process.

Each player is allowed to commit 5 personal fouls for each game to continue playing. The 6th foul will automatically force the player to retire for the rest of the game. Each player is automatically out of the game if he receives 2 technical fouls. The team is allowed to commits 5 fouls for each quarter before entering the penalty. Every foul made inside the penalty will put their opposing team to shoot free throws.

In the event where the scores are tied at the end of the fourth quarter (or at the end of the regulation period), a 5-minute overtime period is played. If the score is still tied at the end of the overtime period, a second overtime will be played, and so on… until a team wins a game.

Note: other basketball leagues and basketball associations such as FIBA follow their own seperate sets of rules.

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Just like all the other categories of Android apps, the sports apps available for your Android phone are extremely diverse. In my opinion, this particular category may be the most diverse simply because of all the different sports that are played throughout the world. Of course with every sport comes hundreds of Android apps.If, for instance, you’re looking for an app that will allow you to keep    .. more …

The championship of the National Football League – it’s Super Bowl Day!

More than a hundred thousand spectators yelling and cheering in the stadium! The intensity of the competition vibrates over the television in every home! Excitement resonates everywhere! No one remains unaffected by this event!

The greatness of this game began in the 1860s when courageous players from Princeton and Rutgers played the first football game in New Jersey. The Rutgers’ players wore scarlet-colored scarves wrapped around their head like turbans. This was long before helmets were mandatory and the Princeton players evidently played bare-headed. The competition was fierce. It was intense.

The rivalrous competition between the schools was played out in two vicious games that resulted in football being banned for a time because it interfered with academic studies. This same accusation has plagued college football teams every since.

Some of the memorable heroes of this sport are still talked about years after they’ve passed on. On a dusty dirt field in Ohio in 1915 the infamous Jim Thorpe, a running back, played  against the most determined defensive end, Knute Rockne. They didn’t have a television camera on them, but their names went down in history. Rockne was a Norwegian immigrant who grew up in Chicago and went on to Notre Dame. He became the college’s most famous football coach. He died in a plane crash in 1931. Jim Thorpe, a twin, was an American Indian of the Sac and Fox Tribe in Oklahoma and was studying at a federal government vocational school for Indian students. Not just a football player, he went to the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912 and won gold medals in both the pentathlon and the decathlon.

When King Gustaf V of Sweden presented Thorpe with his two gold medals, he said, “You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world!” Bruised members of other football teams playing against Thorpe agreed that he was the theoretical super player in flesh and blood.

The National Football League formed in 1920, and George Halas was one of the twelve founders. In 1921 his Decatur, Illinois, team moved to Chicago and was nicknamed the ‘Bears.’ Halas created his own fast-moving history as the owner, coach and captain of the team he helped make famous.

Upon  introduction to President Calvin Coolidge, along with team member Red Grange, as being with the Chicago Bears, the President replied, “How interesting. I’ve always enjoyed animal acts.” Football was not yet the favorite American sport.

Television both educated and influenced the public regarding football. Especially with the instant play-back features that modern electronics provides, football has captured the hearts of Americans. Now fans can see a unique play not only once, but from several angles, over and over again. They can study every move of their heroes.

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LAS VEGAS – Getting money down on your favorite sports team is getting a little easier in Nevada with the first-ever legal wagering application for smart phones.It won’t work in the U.S. outside the Silver State – the only place where sports gambling is legal – but its technology is sophisticated enough to let visitors from other states conveniently place bets while they’re here, even if they’re    .. more …