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Author :: D. David Dugan  |
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| Article Title :: Officially Licensed Products Give a Kick to Your Youth or School
Fundraiser |
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Fundraisers have changed somewhat from when I was a kid. We sold
one thing and one thing only, candy. Candy for the school
basketball team, candy for the local baseball league and yes,
candy for the football team too. Don't get me wrong, it was good
candy, but we didn't have the choices today's organizations do.
Everything imaginable is generating funds for our children's
sports these days. The local or school leagues genuinely need
this money too. Many struggling families in today's economy
would be unable to enroll their children in some of the
wonderful programs out there. Programs like Pop Warner that
emphasize scholastics as well as sports. In many cases these
programs would be doomed (read full article) |
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| Category :: Sports Articles |
Author :: Patrick Chylinski |
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| Article Title :: Six Keys to Success for Basketball Players |
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I'm often asked this question: what are the keys to becoming a
great basketball player? I give them a two-word response: hard
work. All joking aside though, hard work is a key component of
success in basketball (or any other area of life for that
matter). But a more detailed, useful answer is really in order.
I have broken down success as a basketball player into 6 broad
categories: 1. Basketball skill 2. Physical ability 3.
Confidence 4. Aggressiveness 5. Thinking big 6. Being in the
moment Let me go into detail on each of these items. Basketball
Skill First and foremost, you have to be able to play the game.
>From shooting, to dribbling and passing, to rebounding and
defense, you've got t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Sports Articles |
Author :: VMT Singuillo |
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| Article Title :: 2006 Pacquiao Boxing Victory |
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Boxing fans mostly focus their view on the heavy weight
championships such as the fights of Muhammad Ali. However, from
time to time, interesting fights belonging to the lower
divisions catch the eye of boxing enthusiasts such as the fights
of Sugar Ray Leonard. In 2006, the super featherweight division
caught the boxing fans' attention to the rematch of Erik Morales
of Mexico and Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines.
Erik Morales, a three-time world champion, had defeated Pacquiao
during their first encounter in a 12-round fight in March 2005
by a unanimous decision. However, the rematch held at Thomas &
Mack Center in Las Vegas Nevada, USA last January 21, 2006
proved a great exciting victo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Sports Articles |
Author :: Dan Farrell |
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| Article Title :: Do You Really Need A Fishing Guide? |
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Copyright 2006 Prepaid Solutions
"Do I really need a guide?" is one of the most frequently asked
questions from anglers going on their first fishing trip to a
remote lake. It's impossible to accurately answer that question
with a "yes" or a "no", but we can give you the information you
need to know to answer the question yourself.
Guides can frequently be worth having as long as you know just
exactly what you're getting.
For example, hiring a guide is no guarantee that you're going to
catch a ton of trophy fish. The guide will take you to the
places known to have fish, but catching them is still up to you.
If you don't know what you're doing, the guide can only help you
so much. But, th (read full article) |
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| Category :: Sports Articles |
Author :: Jeff O'Brien |
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| Article Title :: Learn To Putt And Keep Strokes In Your Bag |
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If you're just learning or taking up the game of golf, here's
the one tip that will lower your scores faster than any other
tip on golf - putting. That's right. Putting. No putting isn't
the sexy thing to do around the practice tee. It's doesn't draw
a crowd around you like bombing 300 yard drives does, but
putting is where you can immediately shave strokes off your golf
game.
When I work with young people or anyone just taking up golf, I
stress the importance of practicing and working on your game. I
understand that it is only natural to want to go 'hit' the golf
ball. It's a great feeling to make solid contract on the ball
and know for that moment in time that even the pro's don't hit
it (read full article) |
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| Category :: Sports Articles |
Author :: Nicky Pilkington |
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| Article Title :: The Best Water Skiing Equipment |
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To make anything interesting in life, we need to have the right
kind of supplies. In skiing too, we need to have good supplies
to make the most out of it.
A fast growing sport, skiing needs to have the right gear with
the skiier.and the first thing that comes in mind is the ski
itself. Get a good pair and the rest follows/.
Choosing the Right Skis There are four types to choose from and
depends on the usability. They are combination pairs, slalom,
trick, and jump skis. The most common form of skies sold is the
combination skis; choose the ones that would suit the needs.
Wet Suits If you are in the cold water for a long time, the
equipment dampens due to a change in body temperature. Wet (read full article) |
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| Category :: Sports Articles |
Author :: Lynda Collins |
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| Article Title :: On the Road Again |
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On the road again ...
That's the plight of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Carolina
Panthers, who once more find themselves having to face hostile
crowds in unfriendly environs as they play for NFL conference
championships this weekend.
The Broncos are a 3 to 3 1/2-point AFC favorite over the
Steelers at Mile High Stadium in Denver while the NFC Seahawks
are laying 4 1/2 points to the Panthers at Seattle's Qwest
Stadium.
The total is 41 in the Rocky Mountains and 43 1/2 in America's
Great Northwest.
Bookmakers contend the sides are so evenly matched that the
games are garnering solid two-way action as the clock ticks
toward Sunday.
'I don't have any predictions," said Cyril Burger, th (read full article) |
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| Category :: Sports Articles |
Author :: Lynda Collins |
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| Article Title :: Fishing for Winners |
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Bill Fishman can't bet his beloved New York Jets in this year's
AFC title game because Coach Herman Edwards' crew got left at
the runway gate, leaving him with little choice but to take a
"bus" to the 2006 Super Bowl in Detroit next month.
Trouble is, Fishman, ProCappers.com's 2005 football handicapping
king, doesn't know if it will stall in Denver en route to
Motown.
He's pretty sure about one thing, though: the Carolina Express
will run out of gas in Seattle on Sunday in the NFC championship
matchup.
"Can you stop (Steve) Smith?" he asked.
"I doubt it, but you can make things tougher for (Jake) Delhomme
in getting him the ball.
"Seattle did lead the league in sacks and this is C (read full article) |
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| Category :: Sports Articles |
Author :: Tony George |
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| Article Title :: Small Conference Hoops- Show me the Money! |
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With 96 College hoops game to handicap this past Saturday, I
find myself as a pro handicapper sometimes overwhelmed by the
vast numbers of teams and stats and scenarios to look at on
Friday Night as I prepare to post advice for paying customers,
who count on me to make them money everyday of the week with my
wares. This is a huge responsibility and one I do not take
lightly, so I thought I would break down my performance to make
a valid point in terms of how to narrow it down to make it
profitable for the novice sports bettors and wannabe
handicappers who sometimes lose site of the forest because of
all the trees.
Specialization is the key to success- I took at a look at my 3-1
ATS perfor (read full article) |
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| Category :: Sports Articles |
Author :: Larry Ness |
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| Article Title :: Ness Notes (Jan 22) |
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And then there were NONE! Three Division I teams began Saturday
undefeated but by day's end, all three had lost. No. 1 Duke lost
at Georgetown (87-84) and No. 2 Florida lost at Tennessee
(80-76), both falling to 17-1. No. 9 Pittsburgh (now 15-1) lost
at St John's, 55-50.
My free play for Sunday is in college hoops, Xavier over St
Louis at 7:00 ET. I'm playing BOTH title games in the NFL on
Sunday, featuring a LEGEND Play (14-3 in FB '05!) on the Car/Sea
game plus my first Las Vegas Insider Play of the postseason on
Pit/Den. I'm also releasing my first total of the postseason, my
20* Playoff Total of the Year! Regular visitors to the site will
remember that I won my ONLY total play of the (read full article) |
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