Pre Questions

1) Pre is an amazing athlete but has a very cocky personality
2) He does not appear to be a likable person
3) He walks out whenever his teammate is about to throw and forces all the attention on himself
4) That he never loses even when its a race for fun and you cant win everything
5) They have to face a lot of challenges and they are under a lot of stress with playing a sport and academics
6) To win and never lose and make it to the Olympics
7) They were given crappy rooms with mattresses and they remind us of the winter Olympics this past year
8) People were killing the Jews and Israels and caused a huge dilemma

Racism and Bruins

The Boston Bruins played Montreal and there were a few fans on twitter that posted negative remarks against defenseman P.K. Subban. People then were going crazy saying how all Bostonian's are racist and ignorant which is completely false. Many of the tweets were deleted after the fans saw their actions and saw what they were saying and how offensive the tweets were. Most of the tweets were not even Boston Bruins fans. The media went nuts especially since racism is so big right now with the Donald Sterling fiasco. If the media sees or hears any bit of racism they are going to make a whole story out of it even if it is out of context. This twitter problem that just happened was extremely hurtful though. It was not necessary to post anything so rude because it reflects on the entire fan base which it should not because most people are not racist. The Bruins president addressed the negative tweets and comments made by those people and was very polite in saying that just because those people decided to say those uncivil things, does not mean everyone that is a fan of the Boston Bruins is racist and that they should not blame all Bostonian's for the careless peoples comments. They should take responsibility for their actions and own up to it and apologize because it was uncalled for to say what they said. I do not think that the tweets should have brought up this much attention though because a lot of fans have negative hurtful things to say about the rival teams. Twitter is always reliable because its so accurate and people update theirs like crazy.

What is a sport?

                I think a sport is something that involves activity and movement. Physical activity is what makes a sport a sport. When the activity you are doing keeps you in shape and proactive, then I think it should be considered a sport because it is keeping you fit and healthy. Most people do not consider cheerleading a sport, but when they are twirling around and throwing people and catching people I think it is a sport. If the cheerleaders are just standing around waving their hands and yelling and cheering, I do not consider it a sport because they are not doing anything but standing around. I think it all depends on what they are doing for the activity to be considered a sport.

                When you are standing around a table with a paddle in your hand and dinking the ping pong ball over the tiny net, it is not considered to be a sport in my eyes. Also chess is not a sport because yes you have skill, but there is not athleticism in it at all. Chess, Ping Pong, Botchy etc. are considered to be hobbies rather than an actual sport. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but if there is no physical activity then I do not believe that it is a sport.

                 The sport does not need to have a ball involved, but most people would argue with that and say that to be considered a sport it has to have a ball. Not in my eyes. Yoga and ballet are definitely sports because the involve staying in shape and movement.  Just because it is in the Olympics does not mean it is a sport though. Ping pong is in the Olympics and i do not think it is a sport, but an activity because it only involves movement of the arms and hands. No other physical activity. I think curling is a sport though because you have to move across the ice and use a lot of your muscles to brush the ice to make the disk go which ever way and how far you want. 

Red Sox Season

The Red Sox have made it to 12 World Series since the team was started in 1901. They won 8 World Series Championships out of the 12 they played in. I am predicting that they will make it far this season because the team won the World Series last year. The Red Sox will go far into the playoffs this season due to their previous winnings. I have a good feeling that they will also make it to the World Series once again and make this their 13th time entering the World Series and the 9th win for them in the World Series. I am also predicting that the Red Sox will make it to the World Series with The St Louis Cardinals again because their teams were clearly the best. The Cardinals have won the World Series 11 times in their total career. The Red Sox beat them last year and they have also played each other a few more times in the past. I predict the Red Sox will win the World Series for 2014.

Lance Armstrong and His Not So Good News

          Lance Armstrong WAS one of the best cyclists ever to ride a bike. I say WAS one of the bests because he was recently stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and his bronze medal from the Olympics back from when he won in 2000. After years of denial, he finally came clean about his use of illegal drugs that helped him win everything. He admitted to using erythropoietin , testosterone, cortisone, human growth hormones, illegal blood transfusions, and other blood doping. Armstrong stated that he would not have been able to win any of his titles without his use of illegal drugs to better his performance. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released over 1,000 pages of evidence in doping allegations against Armstrong. He should have been caught a long time ago if they have that much evidence. 

          This sport will keep a close eye on the athletes from now on and prevent anything like this from happening ever again. Every athlete should be examined or drug tested for these enhancers because it is an unfair advantage that will eventually catch up to the user in the end just like Lance Armstrong. The idea is to preserve the integrity of the competition. Many athletes have given up the sport because they were not the best anymore and refused to use steroids and performance enhancement drugs. If people need drugs to make them better at a sport, then they should not be competing in that sport because clearly they are not good enough and they do not have any confidence in themselves to win and think they can win. 

Sandusky Scandal

Jerry Sandusky should be behind bars forever. He got caught and should pay the price. His team counted on him and trusted him to lead them and guide them, but he let them down and abused numerous boys. I do not think the families were in it for the money, there was no way someone could lie about what happened to them in such detail. Jerry Sandusky was caught showering with the boys, which should not have been going on because the coach should not be showering with you, they should be in a separate bathing area. Jerry's wife, Dottie, was completely unaware of what was happening under her own room while her husband and the boys were in the basement. She could have been sleeping or busy or even ignoring the screams that were said to have not been heard by her. Professional athletes and coaches are above the law because people and people of higher levels in the law depend on them to play and people are big on sports, so it gives them an automatic pass when they do something wrong or get in trouble. Most of the time they are let off with a warning or a slap on the wrist and then they are on their way doing the same stuff they were just caught doing. Jerry Sandusky should not be allowed out of prison for the crimes he committed and thank god hes staying there because he is a coach and this time he did not end up with a slap on the wrist he was thrown in prison. If he was really innocent, he would have fought harder to stay out of prison.

Question

Who do you think will make it to the final round of the NCAA Championship and who will win between those two?

Sporty Interviews

        Emily Quintanilha loves most sports. She is a senior at Norton High School. Her favorite sport to watch on television is hockey. Her love for the bruins is so intense that she plans on marrying one of the Bruins players one day. She is going to medical school to become a nurse for the Bruins. She has never received any injuries while playing any sports herself though. When she was younger she participated in dance, gymnastics, soccer, and most recently tennis. Soccer is her overall favorite sport to play if it came down to it in the end.
        The best sporting moment she was involved in was her last gymnastics meet when she came in first place during eighth grade. Joy and sorrow was going through her head when she was competing in that last meet. She did not want to end her gymnastics career, but she stopped so she could play different sports in high school. The greatest number of points she has scored in a recreational soccer game is four goals. Her opinion on steroids is that they should not be allowed and should be destroyed unless it is for medicinal purposes only.

       
        Lauren MacGray is a senior at Norton High School. She loves watching hockey on television and gets loud and rowdy during the game by cheering on her favorite players and yelling when the refs make bad calls. During her high school soccer career she received a sprained ankle, three broken toes, and she also hurt her knee badly. With the three broken toes, she fought through the pain and continued playing during the game and all the games after that. When she was younger she participated in dance, gymnastics, basketball and soccer. Her favorite sport to play by far is soccer.
        The best sporting moment that she was apart of was when her and her soccer team made it to tournament her senior year against Holliston and tied them, getting one point closer to the championship. The greatest number of points scored in a travel soccer game was four goals. When asked what her opinion on steroids was she responded by saying how they give the player an unfair advantage and that they should not be in existence.

Syracuse vs Pittsburgh

This game happened on February 12th, 2014. It was an exciting game because Syracuse came in thinking they were going to destroy Pittsburgh. Syracuse was undefeated before playing them. At the end, Pittsburgh had a 54-48 lead with 2 minutes left in the game. The Syracuse team was getting very nervous with this score. C.J. Fair on the Syracuse team made a 3 pointer, then hit a jumper immediately, making the score 54-53 with 51 seconds left until the final buzzer. Then Tyler Ennis hit two free throws making the score 54-55 with Syracuse in the lead then. Pittsburgh ended up scoring another two points with 10 seconds left putting Pittsburgh in the lead with 56-55. Out of no where with 4.4 seconds left, Tyler Ennis threw the ball at the hoop 35 feet away and got them 3 points with the sound of the buzzer going off as the ball passed through the hoop. Syracuse stayed undefeated all because of Tyler Ennis with a final score of 58-56. Pittsburgh was ranked #25 and Syracuse was ranked #1. This game was exhilarating to watch on television. My father and I were hoping that Pittsburgh wold win. We like when the underdog wins. Now Syracuse has a total of 26-3, so they are no longer undefeated but they are still ranked very high.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/recap/NCAAB_20140212_CUSE@PITT

The Flying Tomato Sees No Shiny Win

          Shaun White did not finish clean and win the gold this time in the 2014 Winter Olympics held at Sochi, Russia. Before the Olympics started, he was enrolled in two events. He was enrolled in the Halfpipe, like always, and the new event of Slopestyle. Shaun White dropped out of the Slopestyle which was held on February 9th because he wanted to focus on his main event which was Halfpipe. He dropped out of the Slopestyle also because while practicing a few days prior, he had fallen and hurt his wrist and already had a hurt ankle. He thought it was too dangerous and too risky to be going down an exposed mountain before he was supposed to be competing in the Halfpipe.
        The Halfpipe he competed in was held on February 11th. Shaun White surprisingly did not place in this event. Everyone was shocked because he was going to receive his third gold medal in the event which would have been the first time in history that anyone got three gold medals in the Winter Olympics. Shaun White placed fourth. He did not receive any metals this time.
        Shaun White, also known as the "flying tomato", had a sloppy run during the Halfpipe event. His tricks were amazing and the most difficult compared to everyone else. Most of his landings were ugly and he could not land his tricks for some reason. During the landing of one of his tricks, he landed on the side of the ramp looking as if his board almost snapped in  half. People have said that the bottom of the Halfpipe ramp was all slush and not hardened snow, which could have been one reason for his sloppiness.
        Shaun Whites biggest competitions were from Switzerland and Japan. The Gold was won by Iouri Podladtchikov from Switzerland. The Silver was won by Ayumu Hirano from Japan and Bronze was won by Taku Hiraoka also from Japan.
        Everyone knows Shaun White as one of the greatest snowboarders of all time, hopefully during the next Winter Olympics he will win gold and be the first person to win three golds in the Winter Olympics ever. Shaun White still holds the highest score for the men's Halfpipe since the Winter Olympics in 2006, even though he did not end up placing this year. He is still the best in people's eyes.
       

Michael Sam

Times are changing and people are accepted more frequently. It will set a good example for other athletes that are scared to come out. Michael Sam is brave. If he is not accepted in the NFL just because he is homosexual, then something has to be done. No one should feel discriminated against especially someone with his talent at the sport. He is an All-American football player who has not done anything wrong to deserve to be hated or not accepted.

the gangster in the huddle

Hernandez had a tough life growing up. He was involved in or linked to six murders in four incidents. His father died at the age of 49 due to an infection received on the table during a surgery. His mother remarried when Dennis died to the man she was cheating on him with during their marriage. The new husband was a crack head and abused Hernandez's mother badly. He was devastated after the death of his father. He wouldn't talk at all for a long time. He was involved in a gang and that took over his life. He always carried a glock .45 with him for protection because he thought someone was going to kill him in his gang. His coaches knew he was involved in illegal activity but decided to let it go and do nothing because they knew about his past and they did not want it to hurt his future. The cops should have stepped in and done something because the coaches weren't and he had not father to lead him in the right direction. Hernandez is responsible for his own actions. he knew what he was getting himself into with the gang and the violence and the drugs. Athletes appear so untouchable because everyone worships them and if they get into trouble people will get mad at the law. Also the law does not want to be the ones who get the athletes in trouble. Hernandez was on the drug Angel Dust and thought that his gang was going to murder him. he murdered or participated in the murder of his friend Lloyd because Lloyd's cousins did not want him hanging with Hernandez because of the illegal stuff he is involved in.

Sad Ending

I predicted that the Denver Broncos were going to defeat the Seattle Seahawks. Sadly, the Seahawks defeated the Broncos. The Denver Broncos played very poorly during the game. they were not focused at all. Eric Decker missed some passes which ended with them only getting one touch down. Peyton Manning played his worst game ever last night. he is considered to be one of the best quarterbacks ever and he kept throwing the football over everyone's head so no one was able to catch it. I guess the cold weather did get to him. Wilson, the quarterback on the Seattle Seahawks had an amazing game. The Seahawks scored 43 points on the Denver Broncos. I was very disappointed in the Broncos for losing so badly and only getting 8 points in the end. The Halftime show was not as bad as I thought it would be. My favorite commercial was the Budweiser one with the Clydesdale horse and the little puppy. It was so cute!! The Broncos had an awful game and they should feel embarrassed about losing so badly to the Seahawks. I am furious that the Broncos lost. I do not think it should have ended like that. Even though i do not like Peyton Manning, I do think the broncos should have scored more points. If they had taken out Peyton and put in their back up quarterback, I think the broncos would have played better. You have to do what is best for the team and taking out Peyton was what they should have done. Also the Hero's Welcome Superbowl Commercial that Budweiser made was so precious and the fact that the soldier and his wife were at the game last night.

Broncos For the Win!!

My prediction for the 2014 Superbowl is that the Denver Broncos are going slaughter the Seattle Seahawks. Even though i do not particularly like Peyton Manning, my favorite player on the Broncos is Eric Decker. He is an amazing football  player and is very good looking which makes it even more great. I am not looking forward to Bruno Mars singing during halftime. He is not good enough to play at the Superbowl. His songs are all slow and boring.  Peyton Manning will win this and he will retire a Superbowl Champion. The Seattle Seahawks have no chance facing the Denver Broncos. The Broncos will have a score so much higher than the Seahawks. The Seahawks will give up towards the end because they know they are not going to win.I am very excited for the Pepsi and Budweiser commercials. I am also very excited to see the Puppy Bowl during halftime because all the puppies are so adorable. It will be on the colder side with temperatures in the 30's, and it is said that Peyton Manning does not preform well in cold temperatures, but I think he will push through the coldness and fight it to win the game.

Dumb Athletes

There has been some research done showing that college athletes in division 1 sports of football and basketball cannot read. Their test scores show that some are reading at a fourth, fifth and sixth grade level. The professors know exactly what their comprehension is, but still pass them even though they are not able to pass the class. The teachers pass them regardless because of their athletic ability. They are not going to get through life by not being able to read at the right level. It is not right for professors and teachers to have passed them along over the years. it is bad teaching. Just because the student excels in a sports does not mean they do not have to do the work in school. Shame on the teachers and shame on the students not willing to learn or do better in life.