What a nice story. You just don't see sportsmanship like that anymore. Thanks for sharing.

Wow. That is too sweet.

Spurs beat the Suns. Now they better beat the Hornets..

Whooo lets go Kubica!

F1 racing is so much fun to watch. Who else watches it on here?

Massa won agian!

Kubica only took 4th place. This is dissapointing.

I DO!!!

Yay, I'm so excited to find another F1 fan!! Our team is Ferrari and our driver is Raikkonen. Of course, it was Michael Schumacher, but now that he's retired...

Kubica is good. I always like it when he does well. I like Hamilton too. He is amazing. The only driver I cannot stand is Alonso. It's a shame that Super Aguri had to leave the sport. I hope another team takes their place.


Tigers are doing good.
Red Wings are doing great.
Pistons are doing great.
Life is good.

I just started watching last year around this time. I never really kept track of it, untill my brother went up to Montreal to watch one of the races, and seen Kubica crash, like literally right in front of him (it was awesome!) and then it just caught my interest. I feel the same. Another fan! everyone else here likes NASCAR, which I personally hate, It has no purpose
I love Raikonnen. Except for when he gets in front of Kubica .
Massa pissed me off. Isnt there like another sport he can go do that he actually has to try to win? Lol. It just seems to come to him effortlessly. Hamilton is another fantastic driver. Alonso, I don't like him either.
My team is BMW and my driver is Kubica!
Didn't Ferarri say they were thinking about buying Kubica?

Whoa!!

Mets creamed the Yankees 11-2 Yesterday!


I think they need they're old manager back.

Let's Go Mets! I am a huge Mets fan!

Lenny! No hitter for Lester. I think this is your year again!

I know. My brother was freaking out on IM. Unfortunately, I missed it. I was busy packing for moving out of my dorm tomorrow. Oh well.

For all those who follow European football, specfically(sp?) Champions League football:

United strike gold in shoot-out



Almost ten months after launching their season with a shoot-out victory over Chelsea FC, Manchester United FC repeated the feat in the UEFA Champions League final with Edwin van der Sar saving from Nicolas Anelka to take the trophy to Old Trafford for a third time.

High drama
Sir Alex Ferguson's team had prevailed 3-0 on penalties in the FA Community Shield on 5 August after a 1-1 draw but the prospect of a repeat looked distant when Cristiano Ronaldo headed them into a deserved 26th-minute lead. Chelsea equalised 19 minutes later through Frank Lampard, however, and they appeared more likely winners thereafter, Didier Drogba and Lampard both striking the woodwork.

Dreamland
Despite Drogba's dismissal for slapping Nemanja Vidić deep into extra time, the ten men had the ultimate prize within reach after Petr Čech's save from Ronaldo's penalty but John Terry fired wide at 4-4 when his kick would have clinched victory. Three conversions later, Van der Sar outwitted Anelka and United were in dreamland.

Ronaldo delight
Given this final featured the best two defences in the Premier League it was perhaps little surprise both sides began cautiously. Owen Hargreaves, making a lively start down United's right, gave an early test to Ashley Cole - fully recovered from an ankle injury suffered in training on Tuesday - by delivering two dangerous balls into the area and almost getting on the end of Ronaldo's left-wing centre. From the Portuguese international's second significant contribution, United were ahead. Wes Brown played a one-two with Paul Scholes on the right touchline and cut inside to deliver a deep cross to the far post, where Ronaldo peeled away from Michael Essien to nod his first goal against Chelsea, netting just inside Čech's right-hand post.

Tempo rising
Michael Ballack drove over from the edge of the box as Chelsea sought an instant response, but at the half-hour Avram Grant's men had managed just 38 per cent of possession. For all that, United's lead might have disappeared but for the reflexes of the 37-year-old Van der Sar, the Dutchman making an instinctive save at point-blank range to keep out Rio Ferdinand's inadvertent header under pressure from Ballack. The tempo was rising and within seconds, Chelsea could have fallen two behind at the other end. Wayne Rooney's fabulous long pass launched a counterattack from which Čech made stops to deny first Carlos Tévez's header then Michael Carrick's follow-up shot.

Lampard leveller
Tévez next passed up another presentable opening from Rooney's low right-wing centre and Chelsea took advantage of this profligacy on the stroke of half-time. Lampard reacted quickest to slip the ball beyond Van der Sar after Essien's speculative long-range effort had struck both Vidić and Ferdinand. Having got back into the game, Chelsea were eager to build on their equaliser and might have been in front within ten minutes of the restart. Florent Malouda sent Essien away down the right and the Ghanaian turned away from two defenders on the edge of the area, only to direct a left-foot attempt too high. Ballack then sliced wide as the United defence parted invitingly.

Drogba denied
Before kick-off, the United end of the ground had displayed a series of cards spelling out one simple message: Believe. With Ballack and midfield partner Lampard growing in influence, however, that conviction now seemed exclusively Chelsea's and they came closer than ever to a second goal with 12 minutes left when Drogba, out of nothing, curled a shot from 25 metres beyond Van der Sar but off the goalkeeper's left-hand upright. Ryan Giggs came on after 87 minutes to make a record-breaking 759th United appearance, yet with tension setting in neither side were willing to risk defeat and commit men forward.

Overtime tension
Still, Chelsea continued to look more enterprising and early in extra time they rattled the woodwork again as Ashley Cole and Ballack set up Lampard for an improvised shot that came back off the bar with Van der Sar beaten. Terry then blocked Giggs's goalbound strike after Patrice Evra's low centre had taken Čech out of the game. The ebb and flow of attacks continued, with the only advantage gained being United's after Drogba was dismissed for raising a hand to Vidić. That seemed not to matter when Ronaldo missed United's third kick of the shoot-out, but Chelsea's moment passed with Terry's slip and Van der Sar's subsequent glory-grabbing save.

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ManUre simply got lucky. If Drogba had not been sent off for slapping Vidic & had John Terry's foot not slid under him as the took the PK, Chelsea would be the winners. I mean, I don't support either teams (I'm a Gooners fan) but I can handle Chelsea much better. I would've loved to see Ronaldo being the reason ManUre lost. He would go from hero to zero in seconds & the English media would crucify him. I mean, I respect him as a player because his skills are fantastic but his attitude turns me off.

On another note, 15 more days until Euro Cup ! The tourney will kick off Saturday, June 7th will host team Switzerland following the Czech Republic? Will the Czechs win the first match of the tourney or will luck & possibly the refs ensure that the first victory goes to the home team? Here are the groups, & * means the two teams from each group that I believe will advance, my predictions:

Group A:

Czech Republic
Portugal*
Switzerland
Turkey*

Group B:

Austria
Croatia*
Germany*
Poland

Group C:

France*
Italy
Netherlands
Romania*

Group D:

Greece*
Russia
Spain
Sweden*

I predict that Croatia, the darkhorses of the tourney, will become Euro 08 champions & I'm not just saying that because I'm half Croatian. They proved their skill, depth & talent in the qualifying round, especially against England & especially in their final qualifying match. Watch Billic & co. overcome any "obstacles" to win the trophy. You heard it hear first . I said the same thing for Greece in 04' & *boom*, who were champions? Hellas, that's who . Don't mess with Hellas & don't mess with Hrvatska, the current & future champs !

I think I killed this thread. Are they no other Euro football fans here ? Anyway, Greece begins there group stage match in two weeks against Sweden. I predict a 3-1 win over the Swedes with goals by Gekas, Basinas & Katsouranis. I know there are people who are doubting Greece but they seem to forget that a. Greece are the current Euro champions & b. Greece finished the Euro 08 qualifying campaign with 31 points, which 1 loss, 1 tie & the rest wins. Greece was the only team to finish in the 30 point catergory while every other team completed the qualifying round with 29 or less points. And best of all, everyone knows we are !

Seriously, man, the Mets need to decide if they want to still be a professional baseball team or not.

This is just frustrating to me!

Pistons and Celtics are a great match-up. Also Spurs and Lakers. I'm rooting for my Pistons!

sports...anything...would someone please tell M. Babcock the coach for the Red Wings that he should not wear the opposing team's colors to any game let alone a Stanley cup playoff!!!!! Crosby decided that tonight should be all black and white in the stands so that is what fans are wearing, and so is Mike BABCOCK~~~ugh.

Yay!!! Penguins over Red Wings 3-2!!! Whoo Hoo!!!

Sid the Kid rocks.

Are we gonna have to throw down? *rolls up sleeves*

Penguins over Red Wings 4-3 in triple overtime!!! Whoo-Hoo!!!!


Wednesday we play back in The 'Burgh.

Red Wings lost?! UGH!

I turned to NBC to watch late night and the game was still on. What a well played game!

Ouch- Jeebus, 10-2 loss?
Mets lost last night, agianst the Giants.

Lets hope they do better Tonight.

Ok, so first off my Pistons disappointed me.

Then the Red Wings fought and fought and fought and still lost.

That's ok; we'll get 'em this next game.

Tomorrow night, game one of the NBA finals. Celtics vs. Lakers. I admit, I'm not a big basketball fan but...

GO CELTICS!!!

The Penguins lost the Stanley Cup.

Congratulations, Red Wings.

I'm a good sport.

Lets go Polska!
I can't wait till tomorrow, Poland vs. Germany. It's going to be one hell of a match. Poland has to beat Germany this time once and for all!

Oh, and the Portugal vs. Turkey match is AMAZING. They are playing really well. Turkey especially. Too bad its 1-0 Portugal.

I don't know if they made a big deal of this nationally, but Big Brown did not win the Belmont Stakes (held her in NYC) so there was no Triple Crown winner. So what? The media is acting like this is some huge upset. Almost every year 120,000+ people (my brothers included) crowd into Belmont looking to see history and it never happens. 120,000+ drinking all day on a 95 degree day. Every year we get invited and Tom says maybe and I say no way.

Anyway, my point is, he didn't win. It's not the end of the world, although the New York media might have you believe it is.

Hahaha I love how Greece still doesn't get no recongintion(sp) from most sports writers even though Greece is the current Euro Cup champs. We were the only team to beat Portugal (twice!!) on their home soil, plus cruise by France & the Czech Republic without letting in a goal. Nikopolidis was easily the best goaltender in the 04 tourney. Only allowed 4 goals in 6 matches, One paper even wrote "but this is a no-name bunch without the talent to get out of it's group" lol. I guess that the paper didn't realize that a team doesn't need of well known players to win a cup. After all, most big teams tend to choke in big tourneys. There are lots of team with star players who don't even perform that well anyway. Anyway, I'm glad other teams still underestimate Greece. Theo Zagorakis may be gone from the squad but we have guys like Samaras & Gekas to replace him, plus other players from the 2004 winning squad. An underdog/darkhorse team will come out, surprise everyone & win the cup! Maybe than will other teams besides Spain, France, Italy, Germnay, Portugal etc get some respect! Impossible is nothing!

ELAS OLE OLE ELLAS OLE OLE DEN STAMATO NA TRAGOUDO POTE OEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! SIKOSETO TO GAMIMENO!!!

PiP, your contries not te only one. How about Poland? The only reason maybe some people are talking about it, is because their playing Germany (Which is today...GO POLSKA!!!).
And while flipping channels today..I noticed that there is no F1 on. Today is the Canadian grand prix! C'mon! You show the practices, but not the actual race? I'm off to look for it agian. It's on now.

Germany v. Poland, today at 2:45.
Let's go Polska, let's go!
(oh, and Kubica too. )

I'm not a fan of sports. I used to watch baseball when I was much younger and even went to a couple of Brewers games and then watched football with my dad later on, but that's pretty much it. The only thing I watch now involving a sport would be female billiards, but only if The Black Widow is playing. They usually show it on ESPN2 once in awhile. Does anyone else watch female billiards?

Nope.
I am so pissed off. Podlaski is a polak, born and raised, but he's part of the German team. He scored BOTH goals. Betrayer.
So, Poland made ONE goal, but it didnt count.
Poland is standing around the field expecting the game to plan its self out in front of them. Your playing agianst...Germany. The best european team out there, and your not even trying to get the fricken ball?!
But in other news, I am happy cause....

KUBICA TOOK FIRST PLACE!
This is the track where he crashed last year. I'm so happy for him.

2 DOWN, 2 TO GO!

Wow. Just, wow. What a depressing & surprising match between Sweden & Greece. How the effinhg heck were Greece expected to score if they keep passing the ball back & forth towards the attack four. Go forward & attack the d@mn Swedish offence . Shoot at the net! We had so many chances that we could've capitalized on. Playing defensive style soccer isn't gonna get any goals. I mean, we play counter attack *after* Sweden scores their two goals. It should've been like that from minute one. In order to even hold our own against Russia & Spain, we gotta change the lineup & formation. Otherwise, it'll be a first round exit. Here's hoping Spain demolishes Sweden this saturday while Greece beats Russia. Than hopefully Greece will win over Spain next Wednesday while Russia beats Sweden. It is only the first game & I refuse to lose faith. Greece will not bow down to anyone anymore! I want to see the recreation of 300 on the pitch for the next two matches! PAME ELLADA PAME!!!!

We have tickets to the USOpen tomorrow....Tiger Woods
However, I'm letting my daughter go in my place since I cannot take the day off work.

Last night was one of the most amazing games in sports history!

GO CELTICS

Germany lost to Croatia!! C'MON, GERMANY!! Now, I just need to watch the Austria/Poland game. I hope Germany can advance now. They just didn't play well and I almost yelled myself hoarse.

Go Celtics!!!

What?
Germany?
No no no.
Us Polaks have enough to hate them for already.
I'm glad croatia won, they're doing very good. They're even five points ahead of Poland

Austria Poland was a good game, then the ending sucked. D: D: Poland was supposed to win that one!

Yes, we watch all billiards on TV. Mr. OT is a very good pool player and I enjoy beating the heck out of him (when he lets me.) I've definitely gotten better the more I practice.
The women are not to be trifled with!

Is anybody here a White Sox fan?Because I feel like the only one.

So this really has nothing to do with organized team sports, however, this did seem like the appropriate place to write this. WHY in the world can I not find birdies (for badminton) for sale without racquets? I have the racquets...the birdies are gone! I just needed to ask. It is quite frustrating.

I'm tearing up watching Tiger Woods holding his daughter. Such a dork.

That was very exciting.

I missed that game but managed to catch the last five minutes of last night's game. Not as much fun to watch. That's okay though, they'll close the deal tomorrow night.

And I would have teared up too BMaC, if I had seen that part.

I like Tiger, but I was rooting for Rocco Mediate, since he's from around here. Plus, he's 45 and never won a major - it would have meant the world to him. But hey, he gets to be the guy that almost beat Tiger, and that ain't too shabby. Rocco seemed pretty happy, and the crowd loved him.

I'm so excited for our Fresno State Baseball team, they won the first game of the College world series. We're the underdogs of course but we're gonna win this

Mets fire Willie Randolph

The Mets are my team and all, but they handled this horribly. You make a guy fly cross country to Anaheim, tell him if you win you keep your job, he wins the game and then you fire him three hours after the game is over? You fire him at 3am New York time, no less? Come on. That's just wrong.

And not for anything, I'm not a big believer in it all being the manager's fault. They don't play the games for the team. This team has no interest in playing these games and I don't know anyone who can change that.

So in closing, let me say this: My team sucks.

I wouldn't say I was rooting for anyone, but it would have been nice to see Rocco win. I will admit that there are some things about Tiger that I don't care for that aren't golf related. We watched the last 4 holes at work yesterday, so it was nice little break.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO BABY THAT WAS AWESOME

Celtics!!!! That was a great game last night.

Go Dogs! we're still in this.

R.I.P. Scott Kalitta. I don't really watch NHRA, however I saw the accident that took this driver's life. God bless his family during this difficult time.

Go dogs! we're romping all over NC in the college series

I don't like that Tiger only plays like 13 tournaments a year.

But my hatred of Tiger is because of the media and their coverage on him. He is not the best golfer ever and it really irritates me when he is something like 15th place and they show more of his shots then all of the golfers ahead of him combined.