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Nick Montana considers Washington State
Nick Montana Heads to washington
Nick Montana, the son of former NFL great, Joe Montana is headed to Washington state to speak with the Huskies footbal coach. He is expected to become the Huskies new quarterback, despite their dismal last year performance of 12 losses and 0 wins.
Nick currently plays football for Oaks Christian High School. He is rated among the top quarterbacks from the 2010 class. His high school coach, Bill Redell claims that the Huskies will be getting a great player in Montana.
Montana was offered scholarships from Ohio State, LSU, Alabama, Georgia and his dad’s alma mater, Notre Dame, and others. His father, Joe Montana is an alumni of Notre Dame.
Huskies fans will have their opportunity to see Montana in action on Sept. 18 when Oaks Christian High School plays Skyline in Seattle.
Federer wins Open, 14th title
Roger Federer holds the trophy for the French Open 2009.
Despite bad weather and a crazed fan running onto the Roland Garros court during the match earlier today, Roger Federer won the French Open 2009, beating opponent Robin Soderling 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4.
Soderling had defeated Spanish champ Rafael Nadal earlier in the day, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (2), keeping Nadal from winning his 32nd straight match at the famed Paris court. It came as a surprise to many that Nadal didn’t advance further, but Federer may have been relieved.
“Maybe you’ll miss him, but not me,” Federer said to reporters. “I’ve played him 20 times. It’s nice to play someone else, too. I know that I’ll be playing him plenty more times in the future.”
His victory earned him not only his 14th major title, but also a spot among other tennis greats Don Budge, Fred Perry, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver and Andre Agassi as the only men to have won all the Grand Slam titles in their careers.
“It’s maybe my greatest victory, or certainly the one that removes the most pressure off my shoulders,” Federer said. “I think that now and until the end of my career, I can really play with my mind at peace, and no longer hear that I’ve never won Roland Garros.”
Gearing up for the Indianapolis 500
2009 Indianapolis 500 - photo courtesy of myp2pforum
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The green flag is scheduled for 1 PM. It will be the 14th Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. It Is Indy car’s premier event of the season. 2009 is a centennial race for the speedway as it held its first race 100 years ago.
The race will be aired live by ABC and will be the last major sporting event before the analog to digital conversion in June of this year.
Time trails and qualifying can be viewed on Versus.
The pace car for this year’s race will be General Motor’s redesigned 2009 Camaro. Maybe GM will be able to spark a few sales off of this year’s Indy 500.
02. 3 Helio Castroneves (Team Penske)
03. 4 Dan Wheldon (Panther Racing)
04. 5 Mario Moraes (KV Racing Technology)
05. 6 Ryan Briscoe (Team Penske)
06. 7 Danica Patrick (Andretti Green Racing)
07. 8 TBA (KV Racing Technology)
08. 9 Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
09. 10 Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)
10. 11 Tony Kanaan (Andretti Green Racing)
11. 12 Will Power (Penske Racing)
12. 13 E.J. Viso (HVM Racing)
13. 14 Vitor Meira (A.J. Foyt Enterprises)
14. 15 Paul Tracy (KV Racing Technology)
15. 16 Scott Sharp (Panther Racing)
16. 17 TBA (Rahal Letterman Racing)
17. 18 Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne Racing)
18. 19 TBA (Dale Coyne Racing)
19. 20 Ed Carpenter (Vision Racing)
20. 21 Ryan Hunter-Reay (Vision Racing)
21. 22 TBA (Bryan Herta Autosport)
22. 23 TBA (Dreyer and Reinbold Racing)
23. 24 Mike Conway (Dreyer and Reinbold Racing)
24. 25 TBA (Roth Racing)
25. 26 Marco Andretti (Andretti Green Racing)
26. 27 Hideki Mutoh (Andretti Green Racing)
27. 34 TBA (Conquest Racing)
28. 36 TBA (Conquest Racing)
29. 41 A.J. Foyt IV (A.J. Foyt Enterprises)
30. 43 John Andretti (Richard Petty/Dreyer and Reinbold)
31. 44 Davey Hamilton (Dreyer and Reinbold Racing)
32. 48 TBA (A.J. Foyt Enterprises)
33. 52 TBA (Roth Racing)
34. 67 Sarah Fisher (Sarah Fisher Racing)
35. 68 TBA (Sarah Fisher Racing)
36. 91 TBA (Hemelgarn Johnson)
37. 98 Stanton Barrett (CURB/Agajanian/Team 3G)
38. 99 Alex Lloyd (Chip Ganassi Racing/Sam Schmidt)
39. 02 Graham Rahal (Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing)
40. 06 Robert Doornbos (Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing)
High Stakes for Preakness 2009
At the 135th Kentucky Derby, Calvin Borel and Mine That Bird are first across the finish line. Image provided by NY DailyNews
Only a few hours left until the gates open for the 2009 Preakness Stakes race and we will take a final look at the odds on the Preakness contenders at Pimlico. Pimlico racetrack is located just outside of Baltimore, MD, in Laurel. The events are set to begin at 6:15 PM.
Will filly Rachel Alexandra win the 2009 Preakness Stakes with favorite odds or will Mine That Bird cause an upset and move a leg closer to winning the Triple Crown?
Recall that Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Derby with 50/1 odds. Experts point out several factors as “flukes” that conpored to aid Mine That Bird in this victory. Firstly, the field was muddy meaning no other horses could pull away from Mine That Bird, or each other, for that matter. Also, critics cite that Mine That Bird was “knocked around” coming out of the gate, therefore making the horse less inlclined to stick with the pack.
On the other hand, Rachel Alexandra has her own set of advantages. She will be the only filly to race in the 2009 Preakness Stakes. She will also have Calvin Borel as her jockey, one of the many factors working in favor of this Preakness contender. Calvin Borel had previoulsy rode Mine that Bird to victory in the Kentucky derby.
Big Drama - 10/1 odds
Mine That Bird - 6/1
Musket Man - 8/1
Luv Gov - 50/1
Friesan Fire - 6/1
Terrain - 30/1
Papa Clem - 12/1
General Quarters - 20/1
Pioneer of the Nile - 5/1
Flying Private - 50/1
Take The Points - 30/1
Tone It Down - 50/1
Rachel Alexandra - 8/5 odds
Karen Corr victorious again
Karen Corr victory- Photo by Boston globe
Seems like everytime I turn around Karen Corr is winning a billiard tournament. JPNEWT had their first event of the year and Karen Corr came out victorious. It wasn’t a n easy task though, as Corr found herself on the losers side thanks to the one Pam Cimarelli. Just like she always does though, Karen battled her way back, exacting some revenge on Pam in the finals. Corr gets the win and Pam gets the qualifier.
The real story though came from the “I’m A Serious Poolplayer” division. Supadra did the unforgivable and bounced Liz Ford to the losers side. She had a pretty solid showing before running into Julie Kelly where she was pounded back into reality 7-1 followed by a 7-2 drubbing by Corr. The other major attendee from the division didn’t do quite as well. Olga went and made Predator proud going two and out, losing 7-3 to Julie Kelly and 7-2 to Morgan Steinman. But she looked wonderful, right?
Congratulations to Karen Corr and Pam Cimarelli on winning the event and the qualifier.
Henrik Stenson strips to underwear
Henrick Stenson strips to underwear - Photo by LA Times
Henrik Stenson removed his clothes to hack a ball out of the mud On the par-4 third hole during the first round of the WGC-CA Championship
Stenson found himself in a familiar situation in Dubai early this year. That time, he kept his clothes on to hit out of the mud and found himself covered in mud for the rest of the round.
“If you are saving a shot, that has to be worth taking your shirt and trousers,” Said Stenson after the round. “I’m sure I’ll hear a few comments and once the pictures get out, I’ll hear a few more, no doubt. I’ll probably take that to my grave with me. I don’t think I scared too many spectators off the course, hopefully.”