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David Beckham, The Man

February 10th, 2010 No comments

Born on May 2, 1975, David Robert Joseph Beckham is an English soccer player who plays for Real Madrid and the England National Soccer Team. He made his debut at he age of seventeen.

London, England is his birthplace. Born to a kitchen fitter and a hairdresser, his father is David Edward Alan Ted Beckham. Although he does not practice any one faith in particular, he was much influenced by his Jewish maternal grandmother. Beckham’s father was a die-hard Manchester United fan.

Beckham was first brought to the attention of professional football when he won a talent competition by FC Barcelona. He played as a youngster for his fathers team, Ridgway Rovers. The first club he played for was Tottenham Hotspur. He trained with Manchester United’s youth training scheme and the Bradenton Preparatory Academy.

He found himself playing as substitute for Manchester United in 1992. David Beckham then signed the beginning professional contract of his career with Man U. During a game against Wimbledon in 1996, David Beckham scored an impressive goal, and first came to the real attention of the general public. Later that year he found himself playing in his first game for his country in the World Cup, against Moldova. In 1996 he was voted ‘player of the year’ by PPA Young. David Beckham was a starter in the 1998 World Cup playing in every game. There was an incident in the England game against France that led to defeat and blame being pointed at his feet. Fouling a French player who had fouled him and leading to a red card, meaning England were forced to play a man down the remainder of the match. David Beckham received death threats for the incident, many believed it was his fault England were knocked out of the World Cup.

During 1998-99 Manchester United won the FA Cup, Champions League and Intercontinental Cup. Beckham playing a large role in these victories. Except for the 1998 World Cup fiasco, Beckham largely remained a much loved England Soccer player, treating fans to many impressive goals and great all round match performances. He has always been loved by Manchester United fans after helping the team to many championships. David Beckham managed to win the titles ‘European Footballer of the Year’ and ‘FIFA World Player of the Year’ in 1999. Euro 2000 brought back old memories when poor performances by the England team rekindled criticisms, although David Beckham continues to be a huge force in Soccer, although leaving the England national team for a short spell currently Beckham is still representing his country in world soccer.

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A Basketball Star Is Born

February 9th, 2010 No comments

It happens on an annual basis, without fail. There are always a few NBA players who emerge during the course of the season, hitting the radar screens of every fantasy basketball GM as they break out.

It’s even more frustrating when you’ve been watching them the entire time, only to have missed out on the chance to own them because you were afraid to drop someone else that you dropped a few days later.

During the 08-09 season, players like Tyrus Thomas fit the mold, owned in nearly every league by season’s end. How about this year though? With a few months of basketball behind us, it’s time to reflect by proclaiming some of the next enduring fantasy forces in the league.

In my mind, it isn’t much of a contest this season. I believe that Kevin Love has been the player to stand above the rest of the pack. His stats are invaluable to many fantasy teams in leagues around the world.

At center for the Timberwolves, there’s Kevin Love. Not only is he one of the best rebounders in the NBA right now, averaging over 12.5 per game, but his scoring (15+) and his free throw percentage (80%) are both very impressive.

Love has one of the highest free throw percentages for a center in all of basketball, and he’s shoots some three pointers here and there too.

Love is in rare company here, as one of the only NBA centers to have three point shooting ability. He’s also one of the only centers to contribute over a steal per game.

While he was drafted by some teams in the very late rounds, he went undrafted by and large. In addition to this, most of those who drafted him decided to drop him when it was revealed that he’d miss the first month of the season due to injury.

As of now, no player has hit the fantasy radar with the impact that Kevin Love has. It should be really interesting to see where he takes his game from here.

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Martina The Legendary Tennis Player

February 9th, 2010 No comments

Martina Navratilova used to be the top female tennis player on Earth. Although she became a United States citizen in 1981, she was originally from Czechoslovakia where she was born in 1956 on October 18th. She was first introduced to tennis by her stepfather and coach, Miroslav Navratil. When she was only 15 years old, Martina became the national tennis champion of the Czech Republic. After competing in Orlando, Florida, she won her first title for the singles division when she was just seventeen. In 1975, she moved beyond being an amateur tennis player.

She made it to the end of both the Australian Open and the French Open, where she eventually lost to Evonne Goolagong and Chris Evert, during the Grand Slam tournament for singles in 1975. The year she decided to apply for a green card and stay in America, she was also defeated in the US Open semi finals. Navratilova rose to the top when she beat Chris Evert and became the best tennis player on Earth while winning the Wimbledon Grand Slam singles in 1978.

Navratilova was a women of great power and aggression because of which she raised the level of competition. Initially she was on the heavier side and she had to struggle a lot to get into shape for tennis. In this regard Nancy Lieberman, a basketball player, helped her. She underwent severe levels of fitness and exercising which finally got her into shape. She even learned the technique to use graphite racquets, which made her one of the most dominant tennis player.

In 1981, she proved her prowess by beating Chris Evert for the second time in the Grand Slam singles of the Australian Open. The year after that, in 1982, Martina Navratilova won both the French Open and Wimbledon Open championships. Continuing in this fashion, in 1983, Martina won best three out of four of the Grand Slam Events.

No tennis player before her had a higher proportion of professional wins. Even though she lost the Grand Slam of the French Open in 1983, she came back with a vengeance in 1984 and won. Philippe Chatrier, the International Tennis Federation president, declared her miraculous feat the Grand Slam. Martina did not win six of her matches between 1982 and 1984.

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