The great-unheralded position in soccer is defense. Not glamorous in any way, it is regardless attracts an endless stream of incredible athletes. Bigger, faster and stronger than they have even been, the best of the best create an almost impenetrable wall for the attackers. In a soccer scoreboards feature, I have taken a look at who I consider to be the top 5 defenders in the World, in no particular order.
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In a football scoreboards feature, I have taken a look at the defensive lineman position in the NFL combine. If you are a defensive lineman, it is all about getting to the quarterback. There is one drill at the NFL combine that all coaches prefer to all the others for a defensive lineman. In this drill there are, essentially, two moves which every defensive linebacker and lineman rushing the quarterback have to demonstrate: the Rip and the Swim. These are 2 very different techniques but actually they are quite basic and simple. If you can show that you can do this drill to a very high level, you are on your way to getting into the NFL.
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It’s high time that the FIFA agrees to the installation of video technology. The number of controversial decisions is increasing match by match and these wrong decisions can be match changing. We know that ‘to err is human,’ however these errors could be prevented by using the video technology. Anyway, until that time comes there will be plenty of fodder for articles like these! In a soccer scoreboards feature, I have taken a look at the most controversial and worst refereeing decisions made in the history of soccer.
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With the 2011 season right around the corner, there have been several trade rumors circling around. Some of the players are being rumored as up for trading because their teams see them more as a liability than an asset. Some players’ contracts are nearing their end, and they may graduate to free agency. While others still might just be retiring (Bengie Molina). So let us take a baseball scoreboards look at some of the trade rumors circling around on the field.
Ryan Doumit, C – in 124 games, last season, for the Pirates, the baseball scoreboards showed that Doumit hit .251, 45 RBI and 13 homeruns. Couple that with various injuries over the years and you have a perfect mix for the Pirates searching the waters for better prospects.
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The NFL combine has a host of drills for various positions through which they can accurately measure the athlete’s abilities. In this article, we are going take a football scoreboards look at the Quarterback drills and see what the coaches want from prospective quarterbacks.
When you think about a quarterback in the NFL, what do you think about? His pass! And this is what the combine is all about for the prospective quarterbacks. The team representatives want to see the quarterback throw the football. However, it not just the throw itself that they want to see, it is also the various positions and techniques that they want the quarterback to throw under. Through the combine, they get a good idea about whether the player name is likely to light up the football scoreboards in the future.
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Professional footballers can get themselves in the headlines for their off the field acts just as well as for their on field acts. At times these off field acts can be crazy and outrageous, and they show the fans that footballers can be an entirely different breed. In a soccer scoerboards feature, I have taken a look at some of the footballers’ craziest acts from recent years:
Ashley Cole
Chelsea’s defender managed to get himself in the news for shooting, and not with a camera! Now you must be wondering ‘How is that possible?’ Well, Ashley Cole was said to be larking around with a .22 caliber air rifle, and he shot a Loughborough University student, Tom Cowan. This is not the first time that Cole has got himself into serious trouble. He drew negative attention to himself when he was caught cheating on his celebrity wife and when he almost crashed his car after being extremely frustrated when he was offered a measly £50,000.
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We are just a few weeks away from the finalizing of this season’s Barclays Premier League and there as yet hasn’t been much debate on who will win the PFA player of the year. A year ago the big favourite was Wayne Rooney, but as of now there is no real favorite. Here is a soccer scoerboards list of probable PFA players of the year:
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Life has taught me that many of the good things come with a price. Many professional baseball players seem have come across the same problem. Baseball has given us countless legendary players and personalities and yet sometimes it is exactly these players and/or personalities who seem to so often go off the boil, and get lost amidst a wave of controversies. Apparently they have all the good things in life, but only the athlete in their position can truly understand the price of their fame and the incredible pressures that come with it. With that in mind, in this baseball scoreboards article, I have taken a look at the most controversial figures in the MLB.
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Even though the 2010 season is long over, the fans’ memories are sharp, and the performances of the players in 2010 have not been forgotten. In particular, its the players who flopped that are stay on the fans’ minds, and the coaches too! They will either be looking to replace them or at least to work vigorously on improving their performances for the 2011 season! So let us take a baseball scoreboards look at the top 5 players who wore the (not so honorable crown) of worse players in the 2010 season.
1 – Pedro Feliz – with 11 seasons in MLB with 4 different teams and a World Series win alongside the Phillies under his belt, this guy still fell short last season! May be its time for him to call it a day, but then again if you are making $4.5 million a year with the Astros why would you? Once upon a time he was a 20 HR player, but sadly the baseball scoreboards showed that he reduced himself to a walk rate of 3.3%, .994 fielding and a line of .221/.246/.296
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Trades can be a risky affair. Sometimes they turn out to be very beneficial for one team, but send the other towards a cellar. The number of trades that have proven to be successful for both the teams are without doubt in the minority. In a basketball scoreboards feature, I have reviewed some of the most lopsided trades that took place in the history of NBA.
Charles Barkley
Barkley was traded to the Phoenix Suns by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1992. Barkley had established himself as a great player with a great personality. The 76ers traded him for Tim Perry, Jeff Hornacek and Andrew Lang. Barkley fast became the key player for the Suns, and the basketball scoreboards showed that he led them to the finals of the 1993 NBA championship. On the other hand, the 76ers lost out big time from this trade, as Hornacek moved onto Utah Jazz and became a very important player for the them, whilst Perry and Lang failed to shine.
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Just like art or fashion or a particular field of study, your child may have a special talent and affinity towards a particular sport while growing up. Almost all sports require physical exertion, but perhaps none more than a catcher in baseball and a football player. As this baseball scoreboards article is directed towards baseball, let us take a look at what you, as a parent of a budding catcher needs to know about protecting him/her from injuries.
Some baseball scoreboards basics before Buying: before you go out to buy the equipment, make a few mental notes:
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In a football scoreboards feature, I have listed the most important football equipment, and the best places to find them.
Whether you are a long standing football player or are just entering the game after your first high school football try outs, one thing is a given: you need to know the equipment and the best places to find it! With the crazy revolution that is online shopping, most of the sporting shops have no physical existence, because they exist only in the virtual world and are only a click away from you. So here is a football scoreboards list of which store sells the best football equipment:
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In a football scoreboards feature, I have taken an amusing look at some of the college “Superbowls” down the years.
When it comes to the NFL, there is only one bowl that matters: The Super Bowl. However, there is a whole other world of football separate to the NFL: College Football. The colleges and the universities that are a member of the National College Athletic Association have their own bowls. It may not always be Super, but it’s still a bowl and requires a lot of sponsors to bankroll the party. The sponsor who throws in the most money gets to name the bowl after their product or business, therefore, the names that the bowls end up having are quiet…well, you’ll see for yourself!
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With the season coming to an end, the best players in the world are lined up to shine in the world’s biggest club competition, the Champions league, and in their respective national leagues. In this article, I have reviewed some of the top players whom we expect to light up the soccer scoreboards across Europe in the next few weeks.
Samir Nasri
Apart from the fact that Nasri has been hit by injuries this year, he has performed like never before for Arsenal. He is a key player for the club and has 14 goals to his name. According to Zidane, Nasri is the bright future of French football, and this season he is showing us why Zidane said that. But can he reach the amazing heights of the great Zidane? Arsenal NEED to win the Premiership this season, and for that they need Nasri on top form!
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We are now in the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League, where each tie consists of two legs with one home game for each team. As we are in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. In a soccer scoreboards feature, I have taken a look at the best midfielders left in the league:
5. Theo Walcott and Andrei Arshavin
There are players who are not that great midfielders on their own, but when they pair up with another midfielder they make a deadly combination. This is the case for Arsenal’s Walcott and Arshavin. Walcott started off the season incredibly well and is arguably having his best season ever with 7 goals already to his name in the league. The soccer scoreboards show that Arshavin joined the gunners in January 2009 and since then has been one of the key players for the team. His impact is evident from the fact that the gunners have not lost a single match out of the 13 matches Arshavin has played in (as of February).
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