2012-13 BCS Championship Game Many Believe It'll Be USC vs. Alabama

The Southeastern Conference has won so many consecutive BCS titles, I've lost count. Defending champion Alabama knocked off their SEC foe LSU last January to win the title. Now that USC is off probation and quarterback Matt Barkley has returned for his senior season, could the Trojans make a National Championship run ? Obviously the networks would love to see a pair of storied football schools go at, for all the marbles. USC from the Pac 12 (formerly Pac 10) vs. Alabama from the SEC. Lane Kiffin vs. Nick Saban, USC offense vs. Alabama defense, West Coast vs. South all the potential story lines are there. However that's why you play the games. College Football 2012 kicks off this weekend and Alabama faces a stern test in Week 1 vs. Michigan. Everyone knows the SEC is tough Florida, LSU, Auburn, Vanderbilt and South Carolina just to name a few. So there should be no surprise if they two teams meet or don't meet come January for the BCS title.

Billy Bean Back At It Again His A's Are Looking For A Postseason Birth

Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane, has his baseball club right where they want to be. Coming down the stretch, entering the month of September, Oakland has a chance to make the 2012 Major League Baseball postseason. About a year ago, Beane was on the big screen. Brad Pitt played Billy Beane in the movie 'Money Ball'. The movie showed how Beane and his staff utilized different statistics when acquiring talent for his team. Oakland used that formula to make the playoffs several times in the early 2000's. Now the rest of Major League Baseball has picked up and try to copy the success that Beane and his staff used to judge players. Along with Baltimore and Tampa, the Athletics will battle for 1 of 2 American League Wild Card sports during the final full month of the regular season. Beane even in 2012 still is doing it his way and obviously still successful at it. Let's see if Oakland will make the playoffs and if they do how far could they potentially go.

Chuck Taylor Converse All Star Brand That Never Ages

Chuck Taylor Converse All Star's come in many shapes and sizes, in terms of colors and high top and low tops. My personal favorite are high top black. It's still hard to imagine basketball players and especially NBA players in the 1950's and 1960's wore All Star's. All Star's don't have much support in terms of being able to absorb jumping and coming down. Fast forward to nowadays, I find them fashionable and so do other people. You can run errands in them or even dress them up. I purchased my first pair around 2005. I purchased my first pair of black high tops shortly after and recently purchased a newer pair. I'll wear them anytime, any place to any event. They are extremely comfortable and durable. I really believe the Converse All Star's are a classic. They truly stand the test of time.

Adidas Samba Classic Kicks

Edson Arantes do Nascimento wore the Adidas Samba. Who's  Edson Arantes do Nascimento ? Oh my apologies I'm sorry most know him as Pele. Pele is known as the greatest football (soccer) player of all time. Leading the country of Brazil to 3 World Cup titles back in the day. I currently have two pair of Samba's one pair of black and one pair of white. I purchased my first pair in 2002 and another pair in 2007, before recently purchasing the two pair I currently have. Adidas Samba's are know as Adidas Originals. Samba's are so comfortable. Samba's are extremely fashionable as well. They can be worn for leisure or can be worn dressed up. Those individuals who has ever worn a pair of Adidas Samba's can relate

Major League Baseball Clearly Just Does Not Get It When It Comes To PED's

Obviously Major League Baseball along with the players who play professional baseball have not learned their lesson. Former players having to testify, former players going to prison, former players writing books exposing themselves along with teammates and other players about cheating. Over the past two weeks Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants and Bartolo Colon have been suspended 50 games. They were caught taking performance enhancing drugs. Obviously the players hurt their teams the Giants and A's, both are vying for potential NL and AL playoff berths. More importantly they add to the list of players past and present who continue to hurt the game by cheating the game. Clearly the lesson was not learned from Jose Canseco, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGuire, Rafael Palmeiro, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, A. Rod and the list goes on and on. As a baseball fan I'm frustrated when is enough enough, what records are legit, what records are not, honestly we just don't know. MLB clearly should not be labeled America's Past Time, when guys are cheating to win and/or cheating to get paid.

Andrew Bynum & Jason Richardson Press Conference Had 2000-01 Energy From Fans

Sixers owners Adam Aaron and Joshua Harris, have owned the team for about a year. Late last week their team was able to acquire Andrew Bynum and Jason Richardson, who were part of a four team trade. Philadelphia and their fans showed joy during the players introduction press conference at the National Constitution Center. The Sixers owners, made a rare move they opened up the press conference to the public for free. The crowd went bananas once they saw Bynum and Richardson. What an experience today for myself and everyone there. Philadelphia basketball on the professional level haven't had that roar since the 2000-01 campaign where Allen Iverson won NBA MVP and led the team to the NBA Finals. Fans were screaming "Bynum Bynum" and "JRich JRich", along with "Let's go Sixers". The Philadelphia 76ers probably have their 1st legit NBA superstar since Allen Iverson. Only time will tell how long the love fest will last between Bynum and the fans.

K Squared : Kobe Bryant And Coach K Say After Olympic Gold 2012 Is It

Kobe Bryant and Coach Mike Krzyzewski said during the London 2012 Olympics, this would be it for them. Following a 7 point win over Spain the USA Men's Basketball team won another Olympic Gold Medal. Kobe and Coach K won a pair of Gold Medals including the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Both men enjoyed working with one another. Each man have a mutual respect for the other man. Kobe and Coach K enjoyed working together to represent their country. Now they return to their day jobs of playing for the Los Angeles Lakers and coaching the Duke Blue Devils. Both men have combined for 9 championships as well. Good job of trying to replace K squared at the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil.

Lebron James Ends The Olympics With A Crowning Achievement Joining Michael Jordan

After the USA Men's Basketball team defeated Spain 107-100 in the London 2012 Gold Medal game, Lebron James joined Michael Jordan. How did James join Jordan ? Similar to Michael Jordan in 1992 Lebron James in 2012 became only the 2nd player to win : Olympic Gold Medal, NBA Championship, NBA Finals MVP and NBA MVP. James also ties Jordan with 2 Olympic Gold Medals. Lebron would like the opportunity to represent USA Basketball during 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil, for a chance a 3 Gold Medals. While in London, Lebron James also became the 1st player in Olympic Basketball history to record a triple double. Now can Lebron help Miami win back to back NBA Finals ? Jordan following the 1992 Olympics help lead the Chicago Bulls to their 3rd straight title, defeating Phoenix in 6 games.

Miami Dolphins Release Chad Johnson Over Alleged Domestic Abuse Charges Is This It For His NFL Career

Over the weekend Chad Johnson was arrested and charged with domestic abuse. Johnson earlier this summer married reality television personality Evelyn Lozada. Monday the Miami Dolphins after signing Chad two months ago released Johnson. Will another team at some point take a chance on Johnson or will this incident end the NFL career of Chad Johnson ? Johnson is now 34 years old after leaving the Bengals following the 2010 season, he played with New England last season and only have 15 receptions. Now he has lasted only 2 months with Miami. Personally, don't agree with people judging other people, I realize it's human nature, however only the creator of the world can judge people. As adults men and women we all make mistakes, so who are we to judge other people ? Especially an alleged situation. This is America when it's supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, however with the media and social networking, it's guilty to improving innocent. The NFL is a business so Miami had to do what they had to do, you don't want that type of attention around your organization especially when it's not positive. Men should not hit women, women should not hit men, it's a two way street. According to reports Evelyn found a condom receipt, Johnson during the argument head butt her. Evelyn supposedly ran to a neighbor called the police and Chad was arrested. Chad spoke and said she gave him a head butt. A small example of people judging and weren't there. Now on HBO Hard Knock Training Camp with Miami Dolphins, Chad did say at the end of episode 1 he would get arrested on his day off. Low and behold he did. So no one knows if all this drama is related to Chad and Evelyn reality TV show on VH1, more to come.

He's Back ! Terrell Owens Returns To The NFL

Terrell Owens tried out for the Seattle Seahawks. Terrell Owens has been signed to a 1 year deal by the Seattle Seahawks. Owens has not played in the NFL since 2010 with the Bengals prior to Cincinnati, T.O has played in Buffalo, Dallas, Philadelphia and of course San Francisco. Terrell since his last NFL game has played briefly in the Arena Football League. He also needs the money, from child support to business investments that did not go so well, Owens could utilize the funds. He must keep is noise clean in order to stick around. At age 38 T.O is most certainly in shape, teams sometimes don't want to deal with the media he attracts, from what he says. With T.O due to his age you never know what opportunity could be his last opportunity, so he has to make this one count.

Garrett Reid Son Of Andy Passes, Where Do Reid And His Philadelphia Eagles Go From Here

Sunday August 5th, 2012 an unfortunate event happened at 2012 Philadelphia Eagles training camp. Garrett Reid the 29 year old son of Eagles head coach Andy Reid was found dead in a Lehigh University dorm room. In their younger years Garrett and his younger brother Britt got into trouble, some even drug related. Many rumors since Garrett's death has become his passing is due to drugs. I'm sure an autopsy will disclose the exact cause of death. Many NFL players, coaches and teams around the league paid their respects via social media, then on Tuesday. Tuesday was the day Garrett's funeral was held in Broomall, PA. The entire Philadelphia Eagles team showed up on their off day to show support as well as many former Eagles including McNabb, Trotter and Westbrook. Reid will be back on the sideline for the Eagles first preseason game at home vs. Pittsburgh. Many Eagles players have already said they will dedicate the upcoming 2012 season to Garrett and Andy Reid. Andy would call his son 'G' he was assisting the Eagles training staff at Lehigh prior to his passing. Many wonder how will Coach Reid in his 14th season hold up going forward and will this situation bring the team together ?

When It Comes To Douglas Let's Talk Performance Not Hair

Gabriel Douglas the 16 year old United States gymnast from Virginia Beach, VA has become the talk of the Olympic Games in London this past week. The world now knows the talent Gabby has. Douglas won team and individual Gold Medals for the United States Women's gymnastic team. She also has landed the first of probably many endorsements, already landing on the box of Kellog's Corn Flakes. Unfortunately, social network opted to focus more on Gabby's hair opposed to her awesome performances throughout the week. Plenty of individuals on social network, attacked her hair because they didn't think it was done. Who cares ? Competing and being judged on your performance more importantly your effort is all the matters. Perm or no perm it really doesn't matter. Allow Douglas to enjoy the spotlight minus the hair criticisms. Similar the the Olympic Games in the 1990's Douglas hopefully can become an inspiration to young African American girls, like Dominique Dawes did for her, by getting them interested in the sport.

Serena Williams Wins 1st Singles Olympic Gold Medal

 

A month ago Serena Williams was at the All England Club. At the end of Wimbledon she added another Grand Slam title to her resume as she won the tournament. Fast forward several weeks later, Williams was back in London for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The 31 year old was seeking her first singles Gold Medal. As of Saturday that achievement has been scratched off the to do list. Williams easily won the Gold Medal taking back to back sets. In previous Olympic Games Serena won Doubles Gold Medals, playing with older sister Venus. Well after Saturday the Williams sisters added another Olympic Doubles Gold Medal to the trophy case. Serena has had a tremendous month in London England to say the least. What a turn around for the younger of the Williams sisters tennis duo. Serena last year struggled with injuries on the court and some battles off the court. It seems like everything is coming together once again. Serena is truly back at the top of her game.