World Cup

The World Cup is here. The 2010 World Cup is in full effect. This year World Cup will be held in South Africa. The World Cup is held every 4 years. It is the most watched sporting event in the world. In 2006 the World Cup was held in Germany. Italy won the Cup that year in a shootout to France 5-3. This year the favorite is Spain. Some say Germany. But I say Brazil. I think Brazil will come out victorious. The World Cup proves who is the best team in the world. The first World Cup was held in 1930. It was took place in Uruguay. The host country came out on top winning. Brazil has the most Cups with 5 (and will make it 6 at the end of this year's cup.) This years favorite (which is Spain) has never won the cup. I was surprise when I seen that the US has never won the cup. The hgihest they have ever finished is third. Some people think that we change in this year's cup. I think it won't change because everyone always says and think the US will win every year and ends up losing. I think the US won't even make it out of there group. I have the final four being Brazil, Spain, England, & Germany (if its possible.) The Cup is a few days in but it will get better in the upcoming days. Im not a really a soccer fan but I've watched the cup in 2006 and liked it so it was a reason to watch it again. I cant wait until Group play is over so the Tournament can start.

Penn Relays 09

Day 1


I came to school at like 7:30. I had to put my I-pod and my phone in my suitcase. At about ten everybody was in Ms.Williams office. We left at about 11:45. We came to Penn station at 12:37 and the bus had already left. We all went to McDonalds in the meanwhile. The next bus left at 1:20. We got on that bus. After we got off the bus we took a train to the hotel. We got to the hotel at about 5:45. at &:30 we went to Dave and Busters. It was very fun. We then got back at 11:45. We was suppose to stay stay in our room but you know we wasn’t gonna listen. At about 12:30 everybody was in the hall. We didn’t go to bed to 3:30.




Day 2


At about 9 Ms.Williams came in the rooms and told us that she have gotten a complain about us last night. After a long speech she took our I-pods, headphones, and Track shirts she had given us. She told everyone to get dress and meet downstairs in the lobby by 10:30. We went to the arena. We saw lots of races. We then got to the hotel at 7. I fell asleep till Jahleel woke me up at 9. We was playing the X-box and chilling in the hallway talking to girls. When ten hit we went in the room because that was our curfew. Some people was still in the hallway. So when 10:45 hit Ms.Williams brought everyone to the her room and gave us a long talk and threated to cancel a race. We still went out after that night. Me, Sean, and Byron we still talking to the girls from down the hall. At about one I went in the room and was watching the basketball game then I fell asleep.




Day 3


The next day was the race. We came in fourth in our heat in that relay. After it was over we went to the hotel and played the WII. Me and Terrence was getting our hair done. We was playing music and other people playing the WII. After my hair was done we was in the hallway dancing. Me, Sean, and Terrence had a food fight. It was all fun.



Day 4


We had to pack our bags before we left. We went to the track early that morning. I was mad because Ms.Willams woke us up at 7:45 and I was so tired. We went to the track at like nine. We raced first. Our worst nightmare became true we dropped the batton. We spend the whole day there. We saw lots of races and professional track stars. At six we left from the track. We went to the hotel, got our bags and left. We got on the bus and too a ride home. We got to NYC at 9:30. I got home at 11. This is by far the best trip I went on this year.

Usain Bolt In The Dancehall

If you Google Usain Bolt name you will most likely see his achievements on the track and his WRs. What is probably is not shown is that he is a dancer. O yes Usain Bolt is in the Dancehall. In Jamaica Usain Bolt is considered a hero. He has several songs made for him or when his name is mentioned. Elephant Man has made remix for Bolt to his popular song "Nuh Linga" which was dubbed as the Jamaica Track Team anthem for the 2008 Olympics. After broke the WR he did the popular Nuh Linga dance on National TV.

He then appeared in Elephant Man's video entitled "Sweep" which he did the dance again. He then appeared in several dancehall videos which can view on Youtube. In the Summer of 2009 Bolt then broke his own record. At the end of the 100 Meter he then did another dance called the "Logo Logo." After that Reggae Star Vybz Kartel made a song called "Lighting Bolt." He also use Bolt name in the song "Don't Run" when he says "But when yuh say big things yuh run like Usain in Bejing." There is now a dance called the "9.58" for Usain Bolt. Overall Usain Bolt has a large influence on the reggae/dancehall game & Jamaica. As long as Bolt keep breaking WR's and winning medals he will still be in the dancehall dancing, in videos, and in reggae songs.

What College Produce The Best NBA Players

So The Question is What NBA Team Produce the Best NBA Players? I think it's UConn. Im saying it of course because it's my favorite college basketball team. They have Produce players such as Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton, Ben Gordon, The list is endless. Here is a few other people talking about who they think are best.

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My Favorite Basketball Player: Chris Paul & How He Became That

My favorite basketball player is Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets. I been a fan of his since he was in college. When he was a freshman at Wake Forest I seen him play against my favorite college basketball team UConn. He caught my attention. I then started to watch Wake Forest a little bit more. I remember the Deman Decons losing to a St. Joesph's team that featured Jameer Nelson & Delonte West.





Even though my favorite college basketball team won the National Championship that season I still was following Chris Paul. I actually remember his starting five from that season (himself, Justin Gray, Jamal Levy, Eric Williams, & #32 can't remember his name.) Heading into the 2005 NBA Draft I remember my favorite NBA team the Knicks had the number 8 pick. Chris Paul was a certain top 5 pick but i was hoping that he slid down to number eight so the Knicks can take him (Even though the Knicks had Stephon Marbury a hometown hero from my neighborhood.) Unfortunately he didn't. The Hornets took him with the Number 4 pick. Chris Paul became a starter and a instant favorite in the NBA and my favorite player.


2007-2008 was one of my favorite seasons of Chris Paul. He came up second in the MVP voting. In my opinion he should of won. This pass season CP3 didn't have a great one due to injury. A lot of people has also forgot about him. I also seen someone rank him number 5 among PGs. I think CP3 is the best PG in the league.

Best Draft Class

I was looking at a Slam Magazine the other day and they were reviewing draft classes from years past. I then thought what is the best draft class in NBA history. I did some research and narrowed it down to three. The 1984, 1996, & 2003 draft classes. I think the best Draft Class is the 1996 Draft Class. It Featured Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, Ray Allen, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Marcus Camby, and many many others. Second I think is the 2003 NBA Draft. It Featured LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Kirk Hinrich, Mo Williams, David West & Many more The 1984 Draft Class featured Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Sam Perkins, John Stockton, & Charles Barkley. Well Lets see some statistics now.

First he 1996 draft Class. One Third of this draft class was all-stars (Including undrafted Center Ben Wallace From Virgina Union.) Steve Nash, Allen Iverson, & Kobe Bryant have all won the League MVP. Ben Wallace, Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen, & Antoine Walker has all one Championships. Overall this draft class was the best. Alot of Star players came out of it. Just check the draft board.

First Round	Player	College
1. Philadelphia	Allen Iverson	Georgetown
2. Toronto	Marcus Camby	Massachusetts
3. Vancouver	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	California
4. Milwaukee (a)	Stephon Marbury	Georgia Tech
5. Minnesota (a)	Ray Allen	Connecticut
6. Boston (from Dallas)	Antoine Walker	Kentucky
7. LA Clippers	Lorenzen Wright	Memphis
8. New Jersey	Kerry Kittles	Villanova
9. Dallas (from Boston)	Samaki Walker	Louisvile
10. Indiana (from Denver)	Erick Dampier	Mississippi State
11. Golden State	Todd Fuller	North Carolina State
12. Cleveland (from Wash.)	Vitaly Potapenko	Wright State
13. Charlotte	Kobe Bryant	Lower Merion HS
14. Sacramento	Predrag Stojakovic	PAOK (Greece)
15. Phoenix	Steve Nash	Santa Clara
16. Charlotte (from Miami)	Tony Delk	Kentucky
17. Portland	Jermaine O'Neal	Eau Claire HS
18. New York (from Detroit)	John Wallace	Syracuse
19. New York (from Atlanta)	Walter McCarty	Kentucky
20. Cleveland	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Lithuania
21. New York	Dontae Jones	Mississippi State
22. Vancouver (from Houston)	Roy Rogers	Alabama
23. Denver (from Indiana)	Efthimis Rentzias	PAOK
24. LA Lakers	Derek Fisher	Arkansas-Little Rock
25. Utah (b)	Martin Muursepp	BC Kalev Tallinn
26. Detroit (from San Antonio)	Jerome Williams	Georgetown
27. Orlando	Brian Evans	Indiana
28. Atlanta (from Seattle)	Priest Lauderdale	Peristeri (Greece)
29. Chicago	Travis Knight	Connecticut

2nd Round

First Round	Player	College
30. Houston	Othella Harrington	Georgetown
31. Philadelphia	Mark Hendrickson	Washington State
32. Philadelphia	Ryan Minor	Oklahoma
33. Milwaukee	Moochie Norris	West Florida
34. Dallas	Shawn Harvey	West Virginia St.
35. Seattle	Joseph Blair	Arizona
36. LA Clippers	Doron Sheffer	Connecticut
37. Denver	Jeff McInnis	North Carolina
38. Boston	Steve Hamer	Tennessee
39. Phoenix	Russ Millard	Iowa
40. Golden State	Marcus Mann	Miss. Valley St
41. Sacramento	Jason Sasser	Texas Tech
42. Houston	Randy Livingston	Louisiana State
43. Phoenix	Ben Davis	Arizona
44. Charlotte	Malik Rose	Drexel
45. Seattle	Joe Vogel	Colorado State
46. Portland	Marcus Brown	Murray State
47. Seattle	Ron Riley	Arizona State
48. Philadelphia	Jamie Feick	Michigan State
49. Orlando	Amal McCaskill	Marquette
50. Houston	Terrell Bell	Georgia
51. Vancouver	Chris Robinson Western	Kentucky
52. Indiana	Mark Pope	Kentucky
53. Milwaukee	Jeff Nordgaard	Wisc.-Green Bay
54. Utah	Shandon Anderson	Georgia
55. Washington	Ronnie Henderson	Louisiana State
56. Cleveland	Reggie Geary	Arizona
57. Seattle	Drew Barry	Georgia Tech
58. Dallas	Darnell Robinson	Arkansas

The Next Draft class i think is the 2003 draft class. The 2003 draft is alot of the NBA today. Eight players from this draft has made it to the all star game (LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwayne Wade, Chris Kaman, Josh Howard, David West, & Mo Williams.) Dwayne Wade & Kendrick Perkins headline players that have won championships (Jason Kapono, Darko Milicic, Matt Bonner, & Luke Walton Being the others.) Most of the players are now star players in the NBA. This draft class is the second best in my eyes and def the best of the all-time.

NO.	TEAM	SELECTION
1.	Cleveland Cavaliers	LeBron James, F, St. Vincent-St. Mary's HS
2.	Detroit Pistons (from Memphis)	Darko Milicic, F/C, Serbia and Montenegro
3.	Denver Nuggets	Carmelo Anthony, F, Syracuse
4.	Toronto Raptors	Chris Bosh, F, Georgia Tech
5.	Miami Heat	Dwyane Wade, G, Marquette
6.	Los Angeles Clippers	Chris Kaman, C, Central Michigan
7.	Chicago Bulls	Kirk Hinrich, G, Kansas
8.	Milwaukee Bucks (from Atlanta)	T.J. Ford, G, Texas
9.	New York Knicks	Mike Sweetney, F, Georgetown
10.	Washington Wizards	Jarvis Hayes, G/F, Georgia
11.	Golden State Warriors	Mickael Pietrus, G/F, France
12.	Seattle Sonics	Nick Collison, F, Kansas
13.	Memphis Grizzlies (from Houston)	Marcus Banks, G, UNLV (traded to Boston)
14.	Seattle Sonics (from Milwaukee)	Luke Ridnour, G, Oregon
15.	Orlando Magic	Reece Gaines, G, Louisville
16.	Boston Celtics	Troy Bell, G, Boston College (traded to Memphis)
17.	Phoenix Suns	Zarko Cabarkapa, F/C, Serbia and Montenegro
18.	New Orleans Hornets	David West, F, Xavier
19.	Utah Jazz	Aleksandar Pavlovic, F, Serbia and Montenegro
20.	Boston Celtics (from Philadelphia)	Dahntay Jones, G/F, Duke (traded to Memphis)
21.	Atlanta Hawks (from Indiana)	Boris Diaw-Riffiod, G/F, France
22.	New Jersey Nets	Zoran Planinic, G/F, Croatia
23.	Portland Trail Blazers	Travis Outlaw, F, Starkville HS
24.	Los Angeles Lakers	Brian Cook, F, Illinois
25.	Detroit Pistons	Carlos Delfino, G/F, Italy
26.	Minnesota Timberwolves	Ndudi Ebi, F, Westbury Christian HS
27.	Memphis Grizzlies (from Sacramento via Orlando)	Kendrick Perkins, C, Clifton J. Ozen HS(traded to Boston)
28.	San Antonio Spurs	Leandrinho Barbosa, G, Brazil (traded to Phoenix)
29.	Dallas Mavericks	Josh Howard, F, Wake Forest

ROUND 2

NO.	TEAM	SELECTION
30.	New York Knicks (from Denver)	Maciej Lampe, F, Spain
31.	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jason Kapono , F, UCLA
32.	Los Angeles Lakers (from Toronto)	Luke Walton, F, Arizona
33.	Miami Heat	Jerome Beasley, F, North Dakota
34.	Los Angeles Clippers	Sofoklis Schortsanitis, F/C, Greece
35.	Milwaukee Bucks (from Memphis)	Szymon Szewczyk , F, Poland
36.	Chicago Bulls	Mario Austin , F, Mississippi State
37.	Atlanta Hawks	Travis Hansen, G/F, Brigham Young
38.	Washington Wizards	Steve Blake, G, Maryland
39.	New York Knicks	Slavko Vranes, C, Serbia & Montenegro
40.	Golden State Warriors	Derrick Zimmerman, G, Mississippi State
41.	Seattle Sonics	Willie Green, G, Detroit Mercy (traded to Philadelphia)
42.	Orlando Magic	Zaur Pachulia , F/C, Turkey
43.	Milwaukee Bucks	Keith Bogans, G, Kentucky (traded to Orlando)
44.	Houston Rockets	Malick Badiane, F/C, Langen
45.	Chicago Bulls (from Phoenix)	Matt Bonner , F, Florida (traded to Toronto)
46.	Denver Nuggets (from Boston)	Sani Becirovic, G, Virtus Bologna
47.	Utah Jazz	Maurice Williams , G, Alabama
48.	New Orleans Hornets	James Lang , C, Central Park Christian School
49.	Indiana Pacers	James Jones , F, Miami
50.	Philadelphia 76ers	Paccelis Morlende, G, France (traded to Seattle)
51.	New Jersey Nets	Kyle Korver , F, Creighton (traded to Philadelphia)
52.	Toronto Raptors (from L.A. Lakers)	Remon Van de Hare, C, Spain
53.	Chicago Bulls (from Detroit via Miami)	Tommy Smith, F, Arizona State
54.	Portland Trail Blazers	Nedzad Sinanovic, C, Bosnia
55.	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rick Rickert , F, Minnesota
56.	Boston Celtics (from Sacramento)	Brandon Hunter, F, Ohio
57.	Dallas Mavericks	Xue Yuyang, F, China (traded to Denver)
58.	Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio)	Andreas Glyniadakis, C, Greece

Well For the 1984 I don't really have much words for them. This class produce the greatest basketball player of all-time (Michael Jordan.) It has also produce hall of famers such as Charles Barkely, John Stockon, Hakeem Olajuwon & Michael Jordan of course. This draft was good but not the best of all time. I think because of a weak 1st round.

NO.	PLAYER, SCHOOL/COUNTRY	TEAM
1.	Akeem Olajuwon, Houston	Houston
2.	Sam Bowie, Kentucky	Portland
3.	Michael Jordan, North Carolina	Chicago
4.	Sam Perkins, North Carolina	Dallas
5.	Charles Barkley, Auburn	Philadelphia
6.	Mel Turpin, Kentucky	Washington (1)
7.	Alvin Robertson, Arkansas	San Antonio
8.	Lancaster Gordon, Louisville	L.A. Clippers
9.	Otis Thorpe, Providence	Kansas City
10.	Leon Wood, Cal State-Fullerton	Philadelphia
11.	Kevin Willis, Michigan State	Atlanta
12.	Tim McCormick, Michigan	Cleveland (1)
13.	Jay Humphries, Colorado	Phoenix
14.	Michael Cage, San Diego State	L.A. Clippers
15.	Terence Stansbury, Temple	Dallas
16.	John Stockton, Gonzaga	Utah
17.	Jeff Turner, Vanderbilt	New Jersey
18.	Vern Fleming, Georgia	Indiana
19.	Bernard Thompson, Fresno State	Portland
20.	Tony Campbell, Ohio State	Detroit
21.	Kenny Fields, UCLA	Milwaukee
22.	Tom Sewell, Lamar	Philadelphia (2)
23.	Earl Jones, District of Columbia	L.A. Lakers
24.	Michael Young, Houston	Boston

1984 Draft Class : - 7 players that made a all-star team
- 8 Rings
- 4 Hall Of Fame Players
- 3 NBA MVPs

1996 Draft Class: - 11 Players that made a all-star team
- 13 Rings
- 4 NBA MVPs

2003 Draft Class: - 8 Players that made a all-star team
- 5 Rings
- 2 NBA MVPs

Who Do You Think Is Faster Usain Bolt or Chris Johnson

The other day while I was in class I seen someone looking at football stuff. He than said to me "You run track right" so I Replied yea. He then went on to say "You know who Usain Bolt is right" i then answered "Of Course." He then said something that blew my mine. He said that Chris Johnson is faster then Usain Bolt. After he said that I said "NO WAY!!!!!!" That inspired me to write this post. First of off let me just say football speed and track speed is way different from each other. Alot of people could easily say that a football player is fast with all the pads and equipment so just imaging how fast they are without it. That's true but truth is is that no football player is going to beat a professional sprinter in a race. I've seen Chris Johnson times from when he ran track in High School. His PR is 10.5 in the 100 meters & 21.3 in the 200 meters. Bolt has ran 19.19 in the 200 meters & 9.58 in the 100 meters both World Records. It's well proven that Bolt is the fastest man in the history of the world. Chris Chase from Yahoo Sports has also said "Usain Bolt is the fastest human being who has ever walked the Earth." According to ESPN There has also been talk that these two can probably hook up and race against each other for charity. Bolt agent has denied that report. Bolt agent said that Bolt doesn't really follow the NFL anyway and has heard of Chris Johnson. I think Bolt shouldn't waste his time racing Johnson. I kinda want to see them so all these football fans can shut up and see that Bolt is the fastest