With the imminent retirement of long-time veterans Mia Hamm,
Julie Foudy, and Joy Fawcett from the U.S. Women's National
Soccer Team, I often find myself thinking how fortunate my
family has been to witness their heroics on the field and their
positive influence off of it.
But the last game we saw in person stands out as a very
different experience from the first game we saw nearly nine
years ago.
Last summer, I attended a soccer match between Brazil and the
United States Women's National Team ...
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January 28th, 2012 in
Sports and Fitness
Sunglasses are fundamental in protecting the eyes from harmful
ultraviolet (UV) rays and eye damage. With the popularity of
almost every imaginable outdoor sport such as snowboarding,
skiing, mountain biking, rock climbing, kayaking and golfing to
name a few, the need for sports performance sunglasses is on the
rise.
Much research and technology has gone into the making of sports
sunglasses. The importance of having lightweight, durable,
flexible and safe glasses is of special importance for ...
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January 25th, 2012 in
Sports and Fitness
We all do it. When we're bored, lonely, frustrated,
uncomfortable - just about any negative feeling at all - we
reach for a snack. It may be habit, it may be 'socially
acceptable' or it may be the result of years of conditioning,
but there it is. We've grown to equate food with comfort. There
are some situations that are more likely to provoke us to reach
for a snack - can you watch a movie without popcorn, for
instance? Recognizing some of them in advance and heading them
off can take a little ...
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January 23rd, 2012 in
Sports and Fitness
If you're coming to experience Hawaii sport fishing, you have
one heck of an adventure awaiting you! Anglers from all over the
world journey to these deep blues waters teeming with trophy
fish. This is where you come to get the big ones. In fact the
biggest fish ever caught on rod and reel was a blue marlin
caught just off Oahu, weighing in at a hefty 1805 lbs.! Hawaii
is so legendary among sport fishing enthusiasts that several
"big-game" tournaments are held here every year, including ...
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January 22nd, 2012 in
Sports and Fitness
George Gershwin, an early American musical genius, transformed
public opinion on a style of music that was up until that time
found mainly in such 'unrepeatable' places as bars and
speak-easies. The uniquely American sounds of early jazz
received a broad new audience with the advent of Gershwin's
phenomenal hit orchestration, Rhapsody in Blue. Almost
single-handedly he brought a 'tavern sound' of ragtime to the
mainstream public and can now be found in high-brow music
collections.
Like ...
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January 21st, 2012 in
Sports and Fitness
Many fantasy owners believe that the key to having a good year
in your respective league is to hit on your first few picks in
your draft. While it's true that you have to make those first
few picks count to have a chance to compete in a league, the
real great teams are probably built deeper in the draft, in
rounds five or later. This is the area of the draft where you
learn who has done their homework and prepared and who just
picked up a fantasy magazine on their way to the draft.
This method ...
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January 20th, 2012 in
Sports and Fitness
Recently I wrote an article entitled "Terms, Terms, Terms, An
Inside look to buying supplements" which can be found on the
Gurus and Guests section of my private forum. The article
covered many of the misleading marketing terms buyers have to
deal with in an attempt to make informed decisions on the
supplements they spend their hard earned money on. Some of the
more potentially misleading commonly used marketing terms I
covered were:
"Clinically proven" "Patented" "Doctor recommended" ...
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January 18th, 2012 in
Sports and Fitness
What is he talking about? If you think Top 25 Rankings are a
great way to handicap football games, let me lend some friendly
advice. I have to admit that I would be hard pressed to name
more than 20 of the Top 25 teams going into this weekends games
and putting them in their order of ranking is a completely
different story.
Sitting around watching football on Saturday with my Dad, who
isn't a degenerate sports junky like most of us, he usually asks
who's playing, what the spread is and who do I ...
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January 17th, 2012 in
Sports and Fitness
Many sports bettors don't take advantage and decide to pass on
betting in the NFL Preseason. More than likely, they've done
battle with NFL Preseason games in the past and have started
their football seasons in the hole. The number one reason why
they failed is because they used the same handicapping methods
in exhibition games that they use during the regular season
games.
As it turns out, the NFL Preseason is one of the best times to
bet on football. Winning edges can be found in deciphering ...
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January 16th, 2012 in
Sports and Fitness
A Choose Up Game - One of My Best Games
The teams were picked and the line ups were announced. I was
batting third. I could not wait to hit. Hitting to me was like
eating for a fat man with a tape worm. I lived for the
experience. I knew even before I batted that I would get a hit.
I was so young and cocky! After the first two guys on my team
made outs, I strolled up to the plate, as confident as Babe Ruth
- pointing to center field in the 1934 World Series when he
called his famous home run. ...
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January 15th, 2012 in
Sports and Fitness