Category: Sports

Cy Young Baseball Trophy Trivia

Hello to all baseball fans! Since the season is over, I thought a little baseball trivia might be fun to keep you on your toes until next season. When it comes to baseball trophies and trophies, the CY Young Awards are truly an honor. Question number one: Even with...

Data Analysis: March Madness Predictions

I didn’t really pay attention to college basketball this year, so I decided to take a different approach to completing my picture. I started by downloading the full Division 1 men’s basketball schedule (pulled from rivals.yahoo.com), along with each game’s score, date, and home team. In the model, I...

The Memphis Grizzlies go into action in every NBA game

Although the Memphis Grizzlies are cubs in the NBA, they have started to growl. Although they have only been in the NBA since 2001, the Grizzlies have already advanced to the playoffs for three seasons. The Grizzlies moved to Memphis prior to the 2001-2002 season, after playing in Vancouver...

Memories: First dance after my fainting parade

A dance to remember The Air Force is a good place and one of the services that has an aura and glamor of its own. Despite having a college degree in Nuclear Physics, I joined the Air Force and trained hard to pass the course and become a Pilot...

Paul McCartney and Wings: Wild Life (1971)

When asked to reflect on ‘Be Here Now’ twenty years after the album was released, Noel Gallagher thought that he would never write an album again while on vacation. In a way a disservice to a solid 1990s record, it was a line of thought that appropriates Wings’ debut...

NBA Games – Will the Boston Celtics repeat?

I enjoyed when the Utah duo of Stockton to Malone perfected the selection and role play under coach Jerry Sloane and when Larry Bird was “The Man” of the Boston Celtics. And who can forget the hard-court duel between Boston and Los Angeles, Bird and Magic Johnson, Robert Parish...

Liverpool FC Player Profile – Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard is probably one of Liverpool’s best players, after signing his professional contract with the club in 1997 and making his first-team debut a year later, he has never looked back. Considered by many to be the most complete footballer in the modern game, his speed, skill, goal-scoring...