Bryan Flynn
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US Women On The Verge Of Ending A Twelve Year Drought
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Twelve years. It has been twelve years since over 90,000 people filled the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to watch an epic battle between the United States and China.The last image of the 1999 Women’s World Cup was of Brandi Chastain ripping of her jersey and falling to her knees in joy. Chastain on nothing but a sports bra and her shorts as she celebrated making the winning penalty kick.That US team was filled with women who became role models and heroes to a generation of little girls and young...
American Football 101, Part 5: Putting it all together
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After explaining the various parts of American Football, I've been asked to write an article putting it all together, from the offensive side of football in the first part of our series to the kicking game and coaches in our fourth part. So here's a typical week on a football team, beginning with the start of the week to coaching and practice all the way up to and through the game. Remember to do the research on the team you are going to follow - find out about some past history of the team...
American Football 101, Part 4: Special Teams & Coaching Staff
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We are now in the home stretch of our American Football 101 series . I hope if you did not know much about the game before, you can now watch with more enjoyment. In part one of our series we discussed the basics of the offensive side of football. We introduced everyone to the positions and to some of the offensive formations. As we moved to part two we discussed some on the philosophy behind the defensive side of football. Once again we introduced the defensive positions and defensive...
American Football 101, Part 3: The Role of Officials
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In part one of our series we discussed the offensive side of football. In part two of our series we discussed the defensive side of football. Now in our third installment we will discuss the part officials play in the sport of football and also we will look at some of the most common penalties that are called by the officials. We will discuss the proper equipment as well. Also we will distinguish between which penalties are called on the offense and which are called on the defense. Officials...
American Football 101, Part 2: The Defensive Side
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In part 1 of our series we discussed the offensive side of football. We explored their job, what each position does and also mentioned some of the terminology used. Now we will look at the defensive side of football. We will see the most popular defensive structures most teams will line up in as their base (the standard defense used and has on variations) defense. We will also look at some of the terminology that is associated with defense. The Job of the defense The job of the defense is...
World Cup Final: The Preview Extravaganza
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How fitting is the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final? In a World Cup that has been filled with firsts, the finale continues to throw up more. Here is a look at just some of the firsts so far in 2010: · France and Italy are the first finalists from a previous World Cup to fail to advance out of the group stage in the preceding World Cup. · South Africa becomes the first host nation to fail to advance...
Can anyone stop the Americans?
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup was supposed to feature African teams.After the group stage the first World Cup on the continent of Africa has to be considered a failure for the African teams. South Africa becomes the first host nation to fail to reach the second round.Overall African nations won three games, tied five games, and lost ten games. The worst offender was Cameroon who did not win or draw a game.Six African nations qualified for the 2010 World Cup but only one Ghana advanced past the first...
Greatest of our generation retires after 22 clean seasons
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The face of Seattle Mariners has called it quits. Ken Griffey Jr., the once bright eyed youngster with a million dollar smile and backwards hat ended his career Wednesday, June 2. Junior was the biggest star of the 1990’s and one of the few who did it all naturally, as far as we know. Not once has Griffey even been suspected of doing performance enhancing drugs. While blasting homeruns with a perfect swing that seemed right out of a movie, Griffey’s swing and backward hat was emulated by...
Five reasons why Thierry Henry will not make soccer popular in the USA
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A debate that has been raging forever in America is about to breakout once again. Reports are out that after the World Cup in South Africa France’s Thierry Henry will play for the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. Thierry Henry, Barcelona, Spain, soccer, USA, footballHenry becomes the latest aging soccer star to come to the United States at the twilight of a great career. Knowing soccer fans in the USA, they will quickly claim that Henry coming to the states will start the boom...
Defense & Rondo will defeat Lakers
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The 2010 NBA Finals will once again feature the two flagship franchise of the NBA, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. The two teams have combined to win 33 of the 64 titles in NBA history. Boston and Los Angeles have meet 12 times including this post season in the NBA Finals. The Celtics have the advantage winning nine of the past 11 series. Jumping into the way back machine will show that Los Angeles has won two of the last three meetings but that was back in the 1980’s....
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I live in the United States and am the Head writer and editor on Play To Win The Game and JFP Sports. American football is my favorite sport but I enjoy watching and writing about nearly everything. I live in Mississippi with my wife and her four cats.
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