Sunday, January 31, 2010

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NFL Pro Bowl 2010 Schedule: Time, Date and Channel Information


One of the much awaited games on the National Football League it the Pro Bowl where AFC all-stars play against the NFL all-stars. This is usually held one week before the Super Bowl. The NFL Pro Bowl 2010 is going to be held at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida which is also the home of Super Bowl XLIV. People are now starting to ask for the basic information about this NFL event like the Pro Bowl Time, Pro Bowl Schedule and Pro Bowl Channel. More details about this NFL game are available below.

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Pro Bowl 2010 Game Preview:

The Pro Bowl’s experimental one-year move to Miami has resulted in better ticket sales, more media coverage and some grousing by players.

“I like Hawaii a lot better,” Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison said. He and the other all-stars wanted to end the season in Miami – but not this week.

With a new venue and new slot on the league calendar, the Pro Bowl will be played Sunday as a preliminary to next week’s Super Bowl on the same field.

It definitely feels like a warmup act.

“There’s a bittersweet taste,” said quarterback Tony Romo, a late addition to the NFC roster after his Dallas Cowboys came up two wins shy of a Super Bowl berth. “You’re always hoping to play in the big game.”

The NFL is trying to transform the Pro Bowl into a bigger game by playing it before the Super Bowl for the first time. The league also moved the game from Honolulu, its home since 1980.

One result: the best attendance in 51 years, with a sellout crowd of more than 70,000 expected. But some players said they preferred the more exotic setting of Honolulu for the game.

For the Pro Bowl Time, this game will start at 7:20 PM Eastern Time. Live streaming of this game will also start on the same time. ESPN will be the official Pro Bowl Channel. There will also be some other sports channels where fans can watch the Pro Bowl 2010. Online channels are also available so if ever ESPN is not available in some place, people can still watch it on the Internet.

More details about the Pro Bowl 2010 Live Stream will be available on the next few blog updates.


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Pro Bowl NFL alternative: UVA at UNC basketball game tonight


At same time as NFL Pro Bowl, UVA-UNC basketball game will be played
At same time as NFL Pro Bowl, UVA-UNC basketball game will be played
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At the same time as the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl, the UNC Tar Heels men's basketball team will host the Virginia Cavaliers tonight, Jan. 31.

The Pro Bowl time is 7:20 pm ET on ESPN. The Virginia at Carolina game will tip off at 7:45 on Fox Sports. The Cavaliers, who just lost a big game in overtime to Virginia Tech a couple of days ago are looking to rebound and remain in the ACC's top few spots.

The North Carolina Tar Heels are looking to work back into the conference, as they presently sit among the bottom four teams in the ACC. North Carolina lost many of its players from last year's national championship team before this season, and the team is very young and somewhat under-experienced as of now.

Though not a huge game, for those who want to keep up with a sporting event other than the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl, UNC has a chance to pull off a big win over a top ACC team tonight.



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Roger Goodell: NFL may keep Pro Bowl before Super Bowl in Hawaii next year


NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league may keep the Pro Bowl in place prior to the Super Bowl next season, even as the game returns to its longtime home in Hawaii.

The Pro Bowl has drawn criticism for its timing this week as Colts president Bill Polian has led a chorus of NFL stakeholders who've said it's unfair to require pariticipants in the Super Bowl to make ceremonial appearances at the league's all-star game. But Goodell said the league may not adjust the date of the game next year.

He told the Miami Herald:

"Here's where I like it: I think you should stop or end your season when you reach the pinnacle. The pinnacle is the Super Bowl. I think it's anticlimactic when you come back with the Pro Bowl the week after the Super Bowl."

The Pro Bowl, held on Sunday in Miami, is taking place on the U.S. mainland for the first time since 1980 and for the first time ever before the Super Bowl.

Polian said last week mandating Colts and Saints players to appear -- a day before their teammates even arrive at the Super Bowl site -- was "stupid." Others, including Eagles QB Donovan McNabb and former Super Bowl-winning coaches Jon Gruden and Brian Billick, agreed with his criticism.

Goodell said the NFL can choose to play next year's Pro Bowl before or after the Super Bowl. The league said it expects to make a decision within about six weeks.

He said the league has been pleased by the reaction to the Pro Bowl in Miami and the attention the game has received:

"We'll talk to our partners, including our players. I do like the idea of building up to the Super Bowl. We're still in season. Watching the reaction of this community and looking at other communities, we've seen a lot more attention than ever on the Pro Bowl. That's a plus."

-- Sean Leahy


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NFL Pro Bowl Schedule 2010 - Probowl info


Tonight will mark the NFL's annual All-star game of football, better known as the Pro Bowl. The NFL Pro Bowl schedule has changed quite a bit from the years prior, with the game having a new location and channel this year. The game is set to take place on Sunday, January 31, 2010 and will feature some of the top AFC players versus the best NFC players in the NFL.

For this year's Pro Bowl, the game will be televised by ESPN, rather than CBS. CBS has hosted the game for many years past, but due to tonight's 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, the game moves channels. Also, the location has shifted from the Hawaiian islands to warm and sunny Florida. The Pro Bowl has spent most of its time being played in Hawaii, but now moves to Miami.

The other interesting aspect of tonight's game is the fact that it is played a week ahead of the Superbowl. What makes this particularly interesting is that several of the probowl selections are also part of next weekend's Superbowl. The starting quarterbacks for the Pro-Bowl, are also the starting QB's for the Superbowl, with the Colts' Peyton Manning and Saints' Drew Brees. It's unlikely that they will be playing due to their Superbowl status, nor will any of their pro-bowl teammates.

You can view the AFC roster and NFC roster for tonight's game which starts just after 7PM EST from Florida. The NFL Pro Bowl schedule may be different, but it still offers football fanatics a chance to see some of the top stars in the game showing their skills!

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Friday, January 29, 2010

Maria Sharapova @ 2010 Austrailian Open Day 1 Jan 18th






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Australian Open Tennis 2010: Venus and Serena Williams Win Ladies Doubles


Venus (left) and Serena (right) Williams pose with their Australian Open 2010 trophy

American sisters, Venus and Serena Williams, have won their 11th Grand Slam doubles title today with a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the Australian Open 2010 doubles final over Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

The pair, seeded second, overcame their top seeded opponents in just under one and a half hours.

Venus, 29, admitted after the match that she had not realised their second break of serve in set two was a match winner: “I actually didn’t know the score and I thought that it was 5-2″ her sister, Serena, 28, however, was already celebrating what she hopes will be the first of two Australian Open 2010 titles – she faces Justine Henin in the Ladies Final on Saturday.

Serena hinted that they will be taking part in more doubles tournaments in future, admitting that they “wished we had have played more [doubles] when we were younger” – if this is the case, then they just might become the most successful pair in history: Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver won 21 Grand Slam titles.

Whatever they do in future, the Williams’ proved yet again that, as a twosome, they are every bit as difficult to play as individually, perhaps even more so.


source : http://theglobalherald.com/australian-open-tennis-2010-venus-and-serena-williams-win-ladies-doubles/1939/

Tennis Australia Serves Up High-Speed Wi-Fi At The Australian Open Using 802.11n From Aruba Networks


Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARUN), a global leader in 802.11n wireless LANs and secure mobility solutions, today announced that Tennis Australia, the national governing body for the sport of tennis in Australia, has deployed a state-of-the-art 802.11n Wi-Fi network at Melbourne Park to provide network access during the Australian Open Tennis Championship from January 18-31. Because of the scalability, reliability, and security of its adaptive Wi-Fi networks, Aruba has a long and successful track record providing portable and fixed networks for sporting events. In addition to the Australian Open, Aruba provided network upgrades to Tennis Australia’s headquarters and regional offices countrywide.

Tennis Australia required a single wireless LAN infrastructure that would support the Australian Open Tennis Championship as well as day-to-day business at its Melbourne headquarters and across its interstate branch network. The solution included 802.11n networks at the event sites and head offices, a secure branch network solution for regional offices, and portable Wi-Fi gear for local sports events.

Each year the Australian Open places an enormous demand on the network at Melbourne Park as journalists, photographers, and other high profile users simultaneously access the Internet and send large multimedia files. To address this need, the legacy Cisco network in the media centre and photographers area was removed and replaced with Aruba AP-125 802.11n Access Points and 3600 Series Mobility Controllers managed by the AirWave Wireless Management Suite. The same network also serves wireless hand-held scanners located outside of the players’ locker rooms.

“Tennis Australia prides itself on its innovation and service to players, guests, media and fans alike, and this Aruba initiative has been tremendous,” said Steve Wood, CEO of Tennis Australia. “As we approach our finals weekend, the Aruba network is delivering wire-like performance that far exceeds our expectations. We have more than 1,500 journalists, photographers and producers on site that require reliable, time-critical access to the network, and they have been getting best-in-class service.”


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Players deserve some slack after tough matches


Rafael Nadal of Spain sits on the court after stumbling during his Men's singles quarterfinal match against Andy Murray of Britain at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010. Nadal retired injured from the match later.

Lots of people roll their eyes when athletes complain about the tedium of answering questions, many of them the same ones over and over.


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Federer Easily Advances to Final


MELBOURNE, Australia — So much for all the pre-tournament talk about how Roger Federer was distracted, aging and vulnerable here at the Australian Open, and how there were eight to 10 players here ready to knock him from his throne. After filleting Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets, now there is only one — the scrambling Scotsman Andy Murray.

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Roger Federer of Switzerland hit a return against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France on Friday at the Australian Open tennis. Federer won 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

It took the world’s top player less than 90 minutes to showcase his touch shots, mastery of angles and all-around court command and reach his 22nd Grand Slam final, a record, and eighth in a row. He broke Tsonga’s serve in the fourth game of the first set, and then toyed with the Frenchman, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

“It’s nice going through a match like that,” Federer said. “I think against top players, it’s always positive if you can win the first set.”

Tsonga, a finalist here in 2008, and the No. 10 seed, had played back-to-back five-set thrillers, including a grueling quarterfinals victory over No. 3 seeded Novak Djokovic. He was unable to make Federer face a break point, and said the world’s top player was just too much for him.

“He was really good, and that’s it,” said Tsonga, 24, who along with Juan Martin del Potro, Rafael Nadal and Djokovic were among the up-and-coming challengers ready to unseat Federer.

Federer agreed.

“I felt like right from the start I was hitting the ball well,” he said. “But then I didn’t expect the second and third to sort of be able to run away with the score the way I did.”

Now, it falls on Murray to try to unseat arguably the best tennis player ever from the Grand Slam stage, which he has owned now for six years. Murray does hold a 6-4 edge in their head-to-head matchups.

The only other time he has played a center-court final of a Grand Slam, however, he lost to Federer in straight sets at the 2008 United States Open. Murray, 22, is also carrying the hopes of British fans on his thin shoulders — England has been waiting 74 years, since Fred Perry captured the 1936 United States Open, to cheer on a Grand Slam champion.

It is not going to be easy for Murray as a confident Federer made clear in a loose and jovial quip that was obviously buoyed by his dominant play.

“I know he’d like to win the first for British tennis in, what is it, like 150,000 years?” Federer said jokingly in a courtside interview. “The poor guy has to go through those moments over and over again. He’s done tremendously. We match up well. I’m looking forward to the final.”

Murray has been brilliant here, dropping only a single set in six matches, and he is feeling like a world beater after running Federer’s long-time rival Rafael Nadal ragged in the quarterfinals. Murray was up by two sets and leading, 3-0, when Nadal retired after feeling something amiss in his right knee.

“This is the best I’ve played at a Slam,” Murray said. “Obviously Roger’s record in Slams speaks for itself. He had a great year last year in them, making all four finals. You know, he lost the two — the two that he lost were incredibly tough five-setters. If I’m going to play against him, it will take a special performance to win against him. But I feel like I can do that.”

This is Murray’s 17th Grand Slam tournament; Federer broke through in his 17th major at Wimbledon in 2003 to notch his first of a record 15 major titles. Federer knows he will be facing a much saltier and serene Murray than the nervous kid whom he swept at Flushing Meadows.

“He was already an excellent player back then,” Federer said, referring to their meeting in the 2008 United States Open. “I just think now he has more, again, more matches in his body. He knows what to expect from the crowds, from the opponents, from the conditions and everything. And I think that’s a big step, just playing a lot of tough matches on center courts.

“He knows his fitness more now,” he said, “where maybe in the beginning it was unsure if he was fit enough for tough matches. I think the last two years have given Andy many answers.”

Federer, 28, has already won the Australian Open three times — in 2004, 2006 and 2007 — and is now through to his fifth final after losing an epic five-set clash with Nadal last year. He has made eight consecutive Grand Slam finals dating to the 2008 French Open, winning three of them.

Federer likes getting to them, and knows what to do when he arrives. He likes reminding Murray, and all the younger guns trying to knock him down. He knows how to get in their head, too.

“I mean, look, he’s in his second Grand Slam final now,” he said. “I think the first one’s always a bit tougher than the second one. But now that he didn’t win the first one, I think doesn’t help, for the second one around. Plus he’s playing, you know, me, who’s won many Grand Slams prior to that, been able to win here three times so I know what it takes and how to do it, which is definitely an advantage.

“I don’t feel like the pressure is really on me having to do it again, because I did it before,” he said. “I think he really needs it more than I do.”


source : http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/sports/tennis/30tennis.html

Australian Open Tennis 2010: Serena Williams enters into final!


By Agencies
Australian Open Tennis 2010: At the Australian Open semi finals 2010, Serena WIllaims defeated Li Na with a score of 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1) on Thursday and secured her place into the finals.

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On the other hand, Zheng Jie also lost to Justine Henin with a score 6-1, 6-0. Serena is all set to play against Henin to grab the Open title.

Both the Chinese players lost in the semi finals. In China, there were large applauds for the semifinalists.

Li said that large attention they got in China will be helpful for the growth of Tennis in China.


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Thursday, January 28, 2010

greg oden in pictures




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