So it has come to this - Oscar De La Hoya suffers a beat down by Manny Pacquiao (who is most definitely the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world right now) in a disappointing 8th-round TKO in Las Vegas.
Honestly, I’ve always felt that De La Hoya was living off his name and reputation for the [...]
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The End Of A Legend
Tuesday, 9 December, 2008
College Football 2008
Monday, 8 December, 2008
Once again, college football has provided us with a fantastic season…and not without controversy.
Now I don’t watch any college football games (because of limited coverage here in S’pore), but I do try to keep up with the news and highlights on ESPN.com.
What I do know is that Florida made it to the BCS title game [...]
Atlanta Teams Looking Good
Friday, 14 November, 2008
It’s a good time to be a sports fan in Atlanta.
The Falcons are looking good with rookie Matt Ryan at the helm, and the Hawks are surprisingly very good this season! (Not that they weren’t last season. They had started to show promising signs last season, but they were a very young team then.)
Even though [...]
Renault Retains Alonso And Piquet Jr?!?
Thursday, 6 November, 2008
Huh?!?
Talk about an anti-climatic decision!
Well, I guess Alonso had nowhere else to go, really. There was talk that he might have gone to Ferrari, BMW, or Honda…but he stayed put in the end.
Let’s hope the Renault continues to improve the way it did at the latter part of this season. It started to show that [...]
Which Is The More Incredible Achievement?
Wednesday, 5 November, 2008
This might sound like a dumb question, but which would you consider the more incredible achievement: Barack Obama winning the US presidency, or Lewis Hamilton winning the Formula 1 championship?
Of course, in terms of significance, it’s Obama’s. But I’m not talking about significance here. I’m referring to how incredible it was.
What I can say is [...]
See If You Can Write A Better Script
Wednesday, 5 November, 2008
Imagine the best build-up to a Formula 1 season finale you can think of.
Imagine the most dramatic circumstances you can think of in the course of a race.
Imagine the most incredible and bizarre way in which a driver’s championship can be concluded with just a few laps of the season remaining. And then multiply that [...]
Let’s Put It This Way…
Tuesday, 4 November, 2008
Let’s put it this way: Last year’s driver’s title should definitely have gone to a McLaren driver, either Lewis or Alonso (more likely Lewis), but Kimi lucked into it in the end.
Hence, it is only fitting that McLaren enjoys the bit of good fortune this time round.
Yup, I think it’s fair to see things that [...]
YES!!!!…..NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, 4 November, 2008
Well, let’s be philosophical about it.
Congrats to Lewis Hamilton on a most remarkable driver’s championship title. Once again, I reiterate that I think Lewis is the best pure racer there is in Formula 1.
He could have wrapped up the title in so many different ways, but he certainly chose the most excruciatingly difficult way to [...]
FUJI GP
Monday, 13 October, 2008
Today’s Fuji grand prix must have been one of the most thrilling races this season (well, apart from the last few laps of Spa).
But I particularly liked this race the best because the result was more favourable. =)
Such an incident-packed race, I don’t even know where to begin!
Some thoughts:
- I have always maintained, and I [...]
Obama = Hamilton, McCain = Ferrari/Massa
Thursday, 9 October, 2008
The US Presidential Election is just weeks away, and tensions are clearly mounting. The stakes are higher than ever.
Same goes for the conclusion of the 2008 Formula 1 championship season.
You could argue that Obama’s situation is exactly like Lewis Hamilton’s, and that McCain’s situation is exactly like the Ferrari/Massa situation.
Well, apart from the obvious fact [...]
