Roger Federer won his 16th grand slam title early this morning at the Australian Open defeating Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) and solidifying himself as the best tennis player ever. Federer has now won 16 grand slam championships, appearing in 22 finals. He has won 4 Australian Open titles, 1 French Open title, 6 Wimbledon titles, and 5 US Open titles.
Federer is one of only six male players to win the career grand slam and one of only three in the Open era. He holds the record with 237 consecutive weeks ranked as the #1 tennis player in the world. He has won 80.9% of the tournaments compiling a 688-162 record all time.
Federer has earned just over 53 million dollars through out his career. He is hands down the best tennis player ever and it's not even close. The only thing he has left to accomplish is winning all four major tournaments in the same year. With the Australian Open already captured Federer will have to continue his tremendous play through out the year in order to accomplish that goal.
Everyone should look forward to watching Federer this summer and into the fall as he tries to add to his legend.
-MJR
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Beat LA
The Celtics square off against the Lakers today at the Garden. This is an absolute HUGE game for the Celtics. They need to step up, share the ball, take good shots, and play great defense in order to win this game.
In my opinion, this is an absolute MUST WIN game for the team. They need to get their confidence up and win a game against a championship contender after dropping back to back games against Atlanta and Orlando. The Celtics are also just 4-6 in their last 10 games and have struggled since beating Orlando on Christmas Day.
Over the last week or so the fans of Boston have started to blame the struggles on old age, injuries, and coaching decisions by Doc. This is not the problem with the team. They simply aren't executing on the offensive and defensive ends of the floor. They are not playing team defense like they have in the past and they are not showing the passion they had during their championship run 2 years ago.
Yes, maybe age and injuries are taking a toll on this team but the fact of the matter is championship teams over come this. Championship teams win when facing adversity. They don't enter shooting slumps, they don't have break downs in the defensive end of the floor at the end of games, and they most certainly don't let opposing superstars drop 16 fourth quarter points on them.
So today is the day the Celtics need to step up and take down the fucking Los Angeles Lakers and prove to the fans of Boston that they are going to compete for a championship. Now is the time to step up end a slump and start playing better basketball for the rest of the season.
-MJR
In my opinion, this is an absolute MUST WIN game for the team. They need to get their confidence up and win a game against a championship contender after dropping back to back games against Atlanta and Orlando. The Celtics are also just 4-6 in their last 10 games and have struggled since beating Orlando on Christmas Day.
Over the last week or so the fans of Boston have started to blame the struggles on old age, injuries, and coaching decisions by Doc. This is not the problem with the team. They simply aren't executing on the offensive and defensive ends of the floor. They are not playing team defense like they have in the past and they are not showing the passion they had during their championship run 2 years ago.
Yes, maybe age and injuries are taking a toll on this team but the fact of the matter is championship teams over come this. Championship teams win when facing adversity. They don't enter shooting slumps, they don't have break downs in the defensive end of the floor at the end of games, and they most certainly don't let opposing superstars drop 16 fourth quarter points on them.
So today is the day the Celtics need to step up and take down the fucking Los Angeles Lakers and prove to the fans of Boston that they are going to compete for a championship. Now is the time to step up end a slump and start playing better basketball for the rest of the season.
-MJR
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Kurt Warner retires
Kurt Warner retired yesterday after 12 seasons in the NFL. He had a fascinating career quarterbacking the St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals, with a brief stop with the New York Giants.
Some notable accomplishments include: making the pro bowl four times, is one of only two quarterbacks to lead two franchises to a super bowl appearance winning one, won two MVPs, fastest quarterback to throw for 10,000 career yards, and having the third highest career passer rating.
Pretty solid career for a guy who had to spend time in the Arena League to make a name for himself. Now the question remains: Did Warner spend enough time in the NFL and accomplish enough in 12 years to make the Hall of Fame? I'd say so, what do you all think?
-MJR
Some notable accomplishments include: making the pro bowl four times, is one of only two quarterbacks to lead two franchises to a super bowl appearance winning one, won two MVPs, fastest quarterback to throw for 10,000 career yards, and having the third highest career passer rating.
Pretty solid career for a guy who had to spend time in the Arena League to make a name for himself. Now the question remains: Did Warner spend enough time in the NFL and accomplish enough in 12 years to make the Hall of Fame? I'd say so, what do you all think?
-MJR
NFL Pro Browl
Getting ready for the NFL Pro Bowl tomorrow? Didn't think so. With the NFL moving the game to the week before the super bowl and having the game being played in different cities year to year they figured it would generate more interest. Unfortunately, for the NFL, is essentially put an end to the game.
No fans watch the game, the players don't want to play in the game, and now they don't even want to go to the game. The NFL needs to set a precedent and get rid of the game. If they want to do something they should do a skills challenge. I'd rather see the top five running backs in the league race or the top five quarterbacks go at it to see who can throw the football the furthest.
This would solve many issues because players would want to do this and the super bowl participants could participate because there would be very little fear in getting hurt.
So, Roger Goodell, if your hearing me make a drastic change to the Pro Bowl and get rid of it completely and give the fans something they might actually enjoy, instead of watching guys who weren't even supposed to be there in the first place play in game.
What do you guys think? Let's hear it in the comment section.
-MJR
No fans watch the game, the players don't want to play in the game, and now they don't even want to go to the game. The NFL needs to set a precedent and get rid of the game. If they want to do something they should do a skills challenge. I'd rather see the top five running backs in the league race or the top five quarterbacks go at it to see who can throw the football the furthest.
This would solve many issues because players would want to do this and the super bowl participants could participate because there would be very little fear in getting hurt.
So, Roger Goodell, if your hearing me make a drastic change to the Pro Bowl and get rid of it completely and give the fans something they might actually enjoy, instead of watching guys who weren't even supposed to be there in the first place play in game.
What do you guys think? Let's hear it in the comment section.
-MJR
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