11 Monday Oct 2010
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Day 10 EA Sport You Hate
Golf. Well, I don’t really hate it but I just don’t get it.
Michelle Wie finally turned professional and competed in the Samsung World Championship at Bighorn but was later disqualified on her debut after taking a bad drop.
09 Saturday Oct 2010
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Day 09 EOlympic Sport You Love
I’d totally cop out and say that it’s women’s basketball because it’s practically one of the only things that I’d stay up during the wee hours of the morning for. But since this list contains way too much basketball already, I’d just go with my favorite *winter* olympic sport — snowboarding:
Well, actually, it’s two — Half-Pipe and Cross — but they’re still both under snowboarding so …
Vancouver 2010 Women’s Half-Pipe
This frontside 7 from Kelly Clark was so big it scared the buh-Jesus into everyone in the crowd. Photo by Huggy
The biggest philanthropist in women’s snowboarding, Hannah Teter, well on her way to a hard-earned silver medal finish. Photo by Huggy
Jake Welch, Forum pro and the fiancé of gold medalist Torah Bright had this to say. “I would have to say that tonight was an emotional rollercoaster if you are a Torah Bright fan…but that could be an understatement. EStrong words from a newly-anointed gold digger. Have fun “soaking Eup the spotlight Mr. Bright! P: Huggy
* the video is blocked soooo … go over [ here ] to watch.
Vancouver 2010 Women’s Cross
* the video is blocked soooo … go over [ here ] to watch.
09 Saturday Oct 2010
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Day 08 EFavorite Hockey Team
And because I don’t really follow hockey and totally have no idea about any of the real-life teams, I’d just go with the one I know:
The Mighty Ducks were awesome.
*crickets*
Okay, this post makes me want to search the whole net for a copy of the Mighty Ducks Trilogy. I’m running out of things to watch and it’s only Day-001 of my three-day weekend.
07 Thursday Oct 2010
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Day 07 EYour Best Sports Memory
It’s not really a right smack in the moment of sports sort of moment but this is something I think I’ll never forget. My volleyball team just finished a day in one of those Milo tourneys back in high school and our school’s badminton team was done with the day too (we weren’t really good but whatever not the point). Diary and I decided to leave our stuff with some of our teammates and hopped on to the Wendy’s joint in Taft. We then got on with the chatting and the gossiping and just basically nyor-nyor-ing about everything that we lost track of the time and before we knew it we had to go back. When we got back, our stuff was gone. We searched everywhere until those damn vball kids finally ‘fessed up where they hid our things.
Anyway, it’s not really profound or deep or any shite like that but that totally summarizes every single meeting I had with The Diary (caps necessary). We’d talk and we’d gossip and grumble about everything. And mostly those meetings just happen right after we did something sporty together — like P.E. Tres for example. Ergo, Best Sports Memory.
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But anyway, since I can be so literal at times, I’d just go with the every Sue Bird D!e B!tches shot is my Best Sports Memory ever! answer. LOL.
06 Wednesday Oct 2010
Day 06 ETeams You Hate
Just like any proper Storm fan, I am predictably answering the Los Angeles SpOrks:
Photographed by: Noah Graham/NBAE/Getty Images
Beat L.A.! Beat L.A.! Beat L.A.! Beat L.A.! Beat L.A.! Beat L.A.!
06 Wednesday Oct 2010
Day 05 EFavorite Basketball Team
I missed a day — here comes the excuse — because I was out sick, okay? Whatever, let’s just get on with it.
Anyway, there’s no other answer to this question but these girls:
Lauren Jackson, Tanisha Wright, Sue Bird, Swin Cash, and Camille Little
I love me some 2010 Seattle Storm! WNBA Champions, yeah!
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Addendum: runner-up would be the following:
The Seattle Storm high profile starting five (from left to right) Sheryl Swoopes, Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird, Yolanda Griffith and Swin Cash photographed at Key Arena in Seattle on Thursday May 15, 2008. (Photo Scott Eklund/Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The above-pictured players comprised what supposedly was “The Perfect Storm” — the 2008 Seattle Storm. Too bad injuries got the better of them.
04 Monday Oct 2010
Day 04 EAthlete You Wish Played For Your Favorite Sports Team
I’m currently thinking if I want to jump on that Cambage bandwagon (I mean, she’s 6’8″) and want her for the Seattle Storm but I kinda like Camille and how she had worked so hard all these years and no, well, we can get Cambage, sure, but I won’t replace Camille Little.
So with that in mind, I’d probably want a solid enough point guard that will take a load off Sue so she won’t get tired so much and so I’d probably pick Lindsay Whalen.
(Photo by Tara Polen of SportsPageMagazine)
She’s very physical and drives to the basket a lot and her style contrasts that of the finesse that Sue brings. That’s why I like the supposed combination.
03 Sunday Oct 2010
Day 03 EAthlete(s) You Dislike/Hate
OMG, this is such an underhanded slap at me — I didn’t want to sully my blog with a single photo of My Pretty Pony, SpOrk personified, the biggest diva of all — Lisa Leslie.
But okay, since I’ve already started this meme thing, I guess I’ll just have to suck it up.
I won’t waste more words tryin’ to explain why I dislike her. She’s Lisa Freaking Leslie, you guys. Probably one of the whiniest divas in the W.
(I’m sure Miss Leslie is an upstanding citizen and I’m quite aware that I don’t know her personally but hey, I’m a Storm fan at heart, and we hate the SpOrks to the bone.)
02 Saturday Oct 2010
Day 02 ESports Moment You’ll Never Forget
Sue Bird #10 makes a three point basket over DeWanna Bonner #24 putting the Storm up by three points with 2.8 seconds remaining. (WNBA Western Conference Finals Game 2: Phoenix Mercury 88 vs. Seattle Storm 91, US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ. September 05,2010)
Game 2 of the 2010 Western Conference Finals. The Storm had just tied the score after being down 19 points sometime in that game and Diana Taurasi had been wreaking havoc in the Phoenix home court. Tanisha Wright waited until about 8 seconds were left in the shot clock before zipping a pass to Sue Bird who managed to shake her defender free, got her feet set, and put up probably one of the biggest shots in her career. 2.8 seconds remained and Taurasi missed the potential tying three-pointer.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsyQaiwm3zg
Of course she did the whole Die Bitches shot again against Atlanta in the Game 1 of the Finals but that didn’t compare to the magnitude of this shot against Phoenix.
Photo by Jamie Hines, SportsPageMagazine
01 Friday Oct 2010
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So what if I’m late to the game?
Day 01 EFavorite Sport
There’s no question about this. BASKETBALL, of course.
I played sparingly in high school, and a little bit in college. I used to follow the NBA when I was younger but I got tired of the flashiness and everything. Now, I just mostly follow women’s basketball, whether it’s the WNBA, or the Euroleagues (whenever possible), or the international competitions (FIBA, OGs), and even the women’s NCAA. I’ve also followed my local college team (the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons) when I was back home no matter how much they sucked.