Tennis: Rafa and Fed Share Injury Woes, Withdraw from Paris Masters

In one of the strangest turn of events in recent memory, both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer withdrew from the Paris Masters today with injury.

Rafa, who lost the first set 1-6 in his match against Nikolay Davydenko, called it quits after getting treatment on his injured right thigh and losing the set. He complained of a knee injury during his post-match presser:

I had some pain in the knee yesterday. I felt the pain a lot when I woke up this morning. When I push (on my right knee) I feel a sharp pain.

College Football: PLAYOFF vs. BCS BOWLS

Now that the election is coming to an end the next great debate will be discussed again at length during the final month of college football. Should college football convert to a playoff system to determine a true national champion or should the current Bowl Championship Series (BCS) contract be renewed when it expires in the year 2013.

Let us know what your thoughts are by leaving a comment on whether you would prefer a playoff system or continue with the BCS contract.

Nothing can be changed for the next couple of years. If you're still confused how the BCS selection process works, Global Sports Fraternity features this video clip that may shed some light on it. 

J.D. Jones has worked as a sports editor and coached high school boy's and girls tennis teams. Besides tennis, he is an avid college and pro football and basketball fan - GO UTES!

Worst (of all time) to First

Last year in July, the Phillies became the first team in professional sports to lose 10,000 games. That's right, Ten Thousand. That's a lot of losing.

Baseball: Phillies Fans Release 28 Years of Frustration on Unsuspecting Honda

Boy oh boy. The Phillies fans sure seemed excited after their team won the World Series over the Rays last night.

Is this what happens when 28 years of frustration finally gets released? Geez, they should try coming out of the closet after that much time. Actually, it did kinda look like this if I recall:

Source: Sports by Brooks

Rich Rodriguez is a self-described “tennis addict” who not only plays regularly around his home base of Brooklyn, NY but also writes the blog Down the Line!

Tampa Bay Rays drop “Devil” from Name, Piss-off Satan

Lucifer is a man of his word.  This is clear, as judging from the attached photo of Hell-fire spouting out of the Rays’ Jonny Gomes.

Tennis: Sanjaya Wannabe Wins WTA's "Challenge Your Hero" contest, Will Bring Drag Show to Doha

Drag queens rejoice!

The winner of the WTA's Challenge Your Hero contest has been announced and his/her name is Yodhi Soemardjan from Singapore.

Yodhi's video, entitled "The Routine Hero" shows the Sanjaya wannabe going through daily routines all the while battling Ana Ivanovic with anything he/she can get his/her hands on: a plate, a broom stick, butcher knife, table tennis paddle. Yodhi gets to bring this drag schtick on the road with a trip to next week's WTA Championships in Doha.

PS - love the reverse, open-stance forehand towards the end. Nice touch like the wig...or is it???

Check it out after the jump:

 

College Football Picks: WEEK TEN

Two BIG games involving TOP 10 teams will take place this week, which will guarantee another realignment up atop the BCS standings. The #8th ranked Georgia Bulldogs travel to The Swamp to take on the #5th ranked Florida Gators in what is known as "The Cocktail Party." The #1 ranked Texas Longhorns go on the road to take on the #6th ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders where they will put their first place ranking on the line. It should be an exciting weekend of college football.

Join me in predicting who will win the featured games by posting your list of winners in the comments section of this blog. I will compose a list of those of you who are regular contributors and rank your overall records which will be posted on this site. It's never to late to join! See if you can be a college football expert in predicting the winning teams. Good luck!

(Overall standings and my predictions for this week are in BOLD after the jump)

Marion Jones out of Prison, Can’t Keep Her Story Straight

Olympic star sprinter Marion Jones has been released from Federal Prison, where she did time for admitting to lying about whether or not she knowingly took performance enhancing drugs – steroids – for the Olympics.

Phinally!

Well, that didn’t take too long.  I mean, if you ignore the previous 48 hours that we spent waiting for it.

Three innings, and was it over.  BAM!  And the Phillies reign supreme.

Wishbone #1: A Rocky Start

Follow Casey Thompson, star quarterback for the Los Angeles Condors, as he struggles to come out of the closet and win - both on and off the field of play.

Sunday, September 7, 2008, Los Angeles, California

“Coach Commons, James Myers here, Los Angeles Star-Times. I wonder if you could speak about the performance of your quarterback, Casey Thompson, today? It seems his struggles in the pre-season – as well as his poor performance at the end of last season – have kind of carried over to today’s game. Do you plan on starting him next week against Denver? Is Casey going to remain the Condors’ starter?”