Video: Zenyatta’s 14 Wins

Zenyatta’s 14 Wins
Courtesy of TVG, here is a montage of all 14 of Zenyatta’s career wins. Absolutely amazing to watch a horse with a move as strong as her closing kick.

Video of the Week: Pacquia-Hatton, Street Fighter Edition

Pacquiao vs. Hatton, Street Fighter Edition
After Manny Pacquiao’s amazing beatdown of Ricky Hatton on May 2, here is the Street Fighter II version of that fight. I’m a sucker for cheap entertainment like this.

2009 Major League Baseball Preview

2009 Major League Baseball Preview
Baseball season officially kicks off on Sunday night. Until then, we’ll be previewing the entire league, division by division, complete with sure-to-be-wrong predictions.
Baseball’s Parity Myth and the Need For a Salary Cap
NL East Preview
NL Central Preview
NL West Preview
AL East Preview
AL Central Preview
AL West Preview
Playoff Predictions
Superlatives and League Leaders

Video of the Week: March Madness Edition

March Madness Edition
Now that the proverbial “madness” is in full swing, it’s always nice to take a trip down memory lane and re-watch what gave the NCAA tournament that Madness name. Rather than find a good clip or two for myself, here is ESPN’s top ten NCAA tournament buzzer beaters.
For the record, even though [...]

Video of the Week: Vazquez-Marquez III, Round 12, Ringside

Video of the Week: Vazquez-Marquez III, Round 12, Ringside
There is something about watching sports as seen from the crowd that brings a whole new perspective and appreciation for the action. There are quite a few clips on the YouTube from the crowds of baseball games, but there are not a lot of boxing.
Here is [...]

Video of the Week: Gatti-Ward I, Round 9

Gatti vs. Ward I, Round 9
This is the single round of boxing that all others are compared to since it happened. It’s the fight that all others are compared to, and it’s the trilogy that all others are compared to. No matter how good a round, fight, or series of fights is, it [...]

Video of the Week: LeBron Goes Off

Ever see a basketball player truly in the zone? Here’s LeBron James making basketball look too easy by scoring 16 points in just two minutes.
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Video of the Week: Tiger Edition

In honor of Tiger Wood’s return to golf this week, I selected the greatest shot in golf history to be your Video of the Week. There’s not much more I can say about this shot, so just watch and enjoy.

Past Videos of the Week

Video of the Week

Perhaps the single greatest memory of my childhood was that of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. At the time, it was great because my team made an unbelievable comeback — down by two, two outs, bottom of the tenth inning.
Only as I got older did I grow to appreciate that game for [...]

Video of the Week

In honor of pitchers and catchers reporting this week for Spring Training, I thought I’d present what is, in my opinion, the greatest pitching performance we’ve ever seen. Sure, Clemens and Johnson whiffed 20, but I’ve never seen an overall game pitched as well as Kerry Wood’s game against the Astros on May 6, [...]