Fantasy Sports
August 21, 2009
I was getting ready for another season of fantasy football the other day. I went through the grueling process of pre-ranking my players, which by the way always takes forever because of the horrible rankings set up by the website. Our league comissioner sent out an email with the live draft date along with all the details that were involved. I started remembering how difficult and time consuming fantasy baseball and basketball used to be when I would play, so many games in a season that it takes upwards of ten hours a week just to follow up on every player and game. Then I started thinking about college sports, more specifically football. Why isn’t there a fantasy college football league? Sure there are hundreds of college football teams, so that could be a roadblock, but there are ways around that. There could be leagues broken up by conference, with just ten or twelve teams to choose players from rather than hundreds. That would make it more interesting I think, really spark the rivalry. After all I can’t see a die hard OU fan picking a player from Oklahoma State, no more than me, a Patriots fan, would ever select a colts, jets, or dolphins player. Please feel free to correct me if there is such a thing as fantasy college football.
Madden 10
August 16, 2009
The twenty-first year in the Madden Franchise and one would expect that the newest release would come with many of the same old features and content that each year prior had offered. The only thing that seemed to have changed since the creation of the Franchise mode was just improved graphics brought on by improved system hardare such as the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360. So what would this year bring? More of the same?
Enter Madden 2010, entering this season EA Sports had a little more than the usual pressure on them. Video game sales have been steadily declining for the past 6 months and ultimately the market for new video games is stale. To get people to dig deeper into their wallets to pay the $60 sticker price on a brand new game would take some dramatic improvement over the past decade of the Madden franchise. Well in Madden 10, EA delivered. This game proves to be the best yet, more realistic in more than just the graphics, which make you feel like you’re “In the game.” The developers at EA really focused on making the in-game play more like watching a game or attending one at one of the 31 stadiums across the United States. From camera angles outside the stadium to a legitimate halftime report, and don’t forget the injuries, (you can actually decide based on severity of an injury whether or not a player should stay in the game) Madden 10 really is a step in the right direction. This season, more than any before it, players can really be “In the game.”
Tips on how to become a good Tennis Player
August 16, 2009
Do you like playing tennis or do you just like watching others playing it? It doesn’t matter if want to play tennis for fun or become a professional, these tips will help you on the road to tennis success.
- Gather and buy all your tennis materials. You’ll need a dependable tennis racket with strong stringing, a heap of tennis balls, tennis shoes, and some clothes that are easy to move in.
- Buy a year club membership at a tennis/sports establishment or buy/use someone else’s tennis court for free and instant access.
- Set a schedule
and following it.
- Practice by yourself at least once a day for a few hours.
- Always do warm-ups before practicing.
- Once you get the hang of all the basics of tennis then you should think about playing against another player.
- Lastly, you might want to hire a coach to keep you on track and motivated to become the best tennis player you can be.
