Posted in Professional Sports on August 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Tracking Michael Phelps’ 2008 Olympics; Seven to Match Spitz. Eight to Beat.
First Olympic Gold – 400-Meters Individual Medley
Second Olympic Gold – 4x100M Freestyle Relay
Third Olympic Gold – 200M Freestyle
Fourth/Fifth Olympic Gold – 200M Butterfly and 4x200M Freestyle Relay
Sixth Olympic Gold – 200M Individual Medley
Seventh Olympic Gold – 100M Butterfly – Won by 0.01 Second
Eight Olympic Gold – 4×100 Medley Relay
Posted in Professional Sports on August 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Many of us in the United States are watching the broadcast today, but as most of us already know, the games have already started in Beijing.
I will be keeping an eye on swimming, track and field, and basketball events.
It’s in Mandarin Chinese, but the it will have to do for now..
Edit: Olympic Pictures
Posted in Professional Sports on June 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »
They outplayed the Lakers all series.
They deserved to win, but the Lakers will be back next year.
Posted in Professional Sports, Trading Psychology on June 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Tiger Woods is arguably the best golfer of the decade with 13 major championships. Today he is shooting for his 14th major championship at Torrey Pines in San Diego.
Yesterday in the final round, on the 18th hole (par 5) Tiger and Westwood were tied at E. Rocco had just finished one-under for the tournament.
In order to win the U.S. Open, Tiger or Westwood would have to eagle the 18th hole. Both hit their shots in the bunker off the 18th tee. It wasn’t looking good for either of them. A birdie would tie Rocco and force a playoff.
Long story short, Tiger hits a birdie on the 18th to tie Rocco and force a playoff. Westwood misses his birdie try.
The action is going on right now. Tiger is even par and Rocco is one over.
What surprises me the most is Tiger’s mentality. It is something we can all learn to build especially for trading.
“I tried to break him down mentally, tried to intimidate him verbally, by saying, ‘Water on the right, OB on the left,’ just before his downswing,” Woods once said in an AP interview. “He would look at me with the most evil look, but he wasn’t permitted to say anything. That’s the frustration. He couldn’t say a word, but he always had an escape word. He never used it.
“One day I did all my tricks, and he looked at me and smiled,” Woods said. “At the end of the round, I told him, ‘Tiger, you’ve completed the training.’ And I made him a promise. ‘You’ll never run into another person as mentally tough as you.’
“He hasn’t. And he won’t.”
Edit: 18th Holes Playoff then Sudden Death… Tiger wins. But, Rocco put up a helluva fight.
Posted in Professional Sports on August 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »
The 2007 FIBA Americas Championship has been largely dominated by Argentina in Group A & the USA (Starting line- up: Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Jason Kidd, Leborn James, Dwight Howard) in Group B. USA has been on a tear since the 22nd of August. After making quick work of Venezuela and then Virgin Islands, 112-69 & 123-59 respectively, many believe the Americans’ first test would come against the Canadians.
However, the Americans took that game 113-63. It was a fifty point game win over the Canadians. Yesterday, the USA went up against the Brazilians. After the first quarter, it seemed like Brazil would be the first test for the Americans with the Brazilians scoring 21 points and the Americans 27 . However, the second quarter was blown open with the Americans outscoring the Brazilians by 13 points.
With USA’s preliminary round over, they look ahead towards continuing their dominance. I’ve had the privilege of watching every USA game from this site. You’ll need Sopcast or an another P2P program.
Anthony shows the difference between NBA and FIBA rules.
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