Monica Abbott is generally considered the greatest player in the history of college softball. And it was clear from her earliest years that she had the skills that would lead her to greatness.
Her high school career was incredible. She went to Salinas High School in California, where in the three seasons spent there, the softball scoreboards showed that her average was 300 or more strikeouts per season. She was the master at making elite high school batters look average in the process. In her junior season, she pitched no less than seven perfect games.
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England’s soccer star Joe Cole moves to Liverpool.
The soccer scoreboards in Liverpool will be showing Joe Cole’s name next season, as, in a surprise move, he has been transferred Liverpool from Chelsea. He has been offered wages in the region of $120,000 a week to move to the North-east club. Most pundits expected him to transfer to Arsenal or Tottenham Hotspur. Cole left his previous club Chelsea in June after he felt out of favour with the club over the course of last season. Cole is expected to wear the number seven shirt.
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The fastest pitch of all time – coming soon
In San Diego the radar gun was working overtime, and all because of a 20 year old wonder kid who kept throwing 3 figure pitches. 101 mph showed up time and time again, and as the scouts observed the player, the inevitable question arose: will Stephen Strasburg pitch a baseball faster than anyone ever has before?
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Which is the most hated NBA team – LA Lakers or Miami Heat?
The Lakers long history of success stems back to the very beginning of the NBA, when the team was based in Minneapolis. Some of the greatest players in the history of the NBA have played for the Lakers. The list is impressive: Elgin Baylor, Earvin Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, all of whom lit up the basketball scoreboards in Los Angeles.
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Pitchers dominate in the 81st All-Star Major League Game
The National League won the All-Star game last week, with the baseball scoreboards showing 3-1, and as a result the baseball midsummer classic now no longer belongs solely to the American League, thanks to a great swing from the Yankees hitter Alex Rodriguez.
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Hedo Turkoglu fails the raptors and moves on.
Hedo Turkoglu’s shorter than expected and particularly unsuccessful stay in Toronto looks like it will be over very soon. A deal is currently being made that would send the unhappy forward to Phoenix, and in return Toronto would get the guard Leandro Barbosa and possibly the journeyman guard Dwayne Jones.
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Jake Locker and Christian Ponder – who is the best?
Jake Locker from Washington and Christian Ponder from Florida State are in a dead heat for the top rating amongst quarterbacks, but they are very different prospects and possess completely different skill sets. Christian Ponder has been called more NFL ready even though he does not possess the prototypical size of a quarterback, whilst Jake Locker has fantastic physical skills, a very strong arm and is very quick. What everyone agrees on is that both these players are incredible prospects and NFL football scoreboards across the nation will be showing their name in the near future.
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Diego Forlan, the best player in the 2010 World Cup, was considered a big failure in England.
Diego Forlan has won the coveted Golden Boot award as he was considered by experts as being the best player of the World Cup 2010. In almost every game he played in, the soccer scoreboards showed his name, as he scored in almost every game he played in. In addition, he was one of the few players who managed to consistently control the infamously bad “Jubiliani” ball.
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Yellow Card Record Set at World Cup Final
In a physical and tough send off in which the final view on the soccer scoreboards was 1-0 to Spain, the English Referee Howard Webb broke a new record for a World Cup final by showing yellow cards to 13 players. All in all 47 fouls were committed in one of the worst tempered finals ever. With a continuous succession of late and aggressive challenges in particular from the Dutch team, Webb was left with little choice. The previous record was 7 yellow cards, but this was beaten in the 57th minute when the referee showed the 7th yellow card to the Dutch defender John Heitinga.
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Bob Shepperd, the greatest baseball announcer ever has passed away.
The great baseball announcer Bob Sheppard, who was given the nickname “The Voice of God,” for the way he welcomed generations of fans with his greeting, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Yankee Stadium` and for the way that he introduced stars from Joe DiMaggio to Derek Jeter to the Yankee Stadium. Whilst he never personally gave his age, in 2006 it was confirmed by a Yankees official that he was born on Oct. 20, 1910, which means that he was 99 years old.
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The transfer of the decade – LeBron James moves to Miami Heat
After months of suspense and guess work, LeBron James, probably the greatest US basketball star playing in the NBA today announced that he will play for the Miami Heat next season. Now one thing is for sure, and that is that the Miami scoreboard is going to bring a smile to its fans next season.
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The MLB All star game – is it right to hold it in mid-season?
The MLB All Star Game began nearly 80 years ago in 1933, from which time every year MLB takes a short break from the long season, baseball scoreboards go blank across the country for three days, and the great game and its most successful players are celebrated.
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History was Made in the 2010 World Cup
The final of every single World Cup since the tournaments inception in 1930 has been played out by at least one of the following four teams: Italy, Brazil, Germany and Argentina. For the first time in the history of the World Cup, the 2010 situation finally broke the 80-year monopoly.
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Murray County High School Football Traditions
If you are talking football you are probably in Chatsworth Georgia at Murray County High School. It seems like there is no where else in the country where the topic is serious and the games are a social event. This is a school that produces from ten to twenty draft selections a year to go on to College football. The Murray County High School Indians are one of the strongest proven football teams in the country, and they know it.
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Rabun County High School Basketball and Baseball Accomplishments
Tiger Georgia is a small town at the base of Tiger Mountain. Named after a Cherokee Indian Chief, it’s filled with peaceful views and lush forests. Their slogan is ‘where spring spends the summer’. It has the cozy, friendly atmosphere of a small southern town, but when it comes to sports, it’s another story. Rabun County High School is front and center in basketball and baseball and they won’t let you forget it.
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