Archive for November, 2011
Leinster 52 v 9 Cardiff Blues
Three Ceri Sweeney penalties had the Blues just 13-9 behind at the break, but Leinster gradually went up through the gears in the second half to add five more tries to Isaac Boss’ earlier effort David Kearney went over twice in as many minutes, New Zealanders Nathan White and Leo Auva’a both touched down and [...]
Federer beats Fish
Roger Federer of Switzerland returns the ball during the men’s singles match against Mardy Fish of USA during the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena. 2011 Getty Images Enlarge this image For Mardy Fish, just qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals for the first time was the culmination of a decade-long [...]
Fans prep for Iron Bowl
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – The countdown to kick off has begun. Some will be spending their day shopping tomorrow, but many will be camped out in front of the TV for the big game. Now that black Friday is winding down, fans say it’s time for a new color scheme: Crimson, white, orange and blue. [...]
The Next Big Thing
The first recollection most sports fans have of Jason Pierre-Paul was a YouTube video of a 6’5″, 270-pound football player doing 14 consecutive backflips in full pads. Going viral shortly before the NFL draft, the video initially viewed more than 500,000 times quickly became a sensation. At that time, the only question was not whether [...]