A nation in distress united by the beautiful game called soccer. IRAQ is the new champion of the Asian cup and its nice to know that the IRAQI people can smile for something. I found it very interesting that after winning the championship game the head coach resigned, some players chose not to return to Iraq and others took advantage of the moment to share to the world how they feel about the war. After the game, Mahmoud the team captain called for the United States to withdraw its troops from his nation. "I want America to go out," he said. "Today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, but out. I wish the American people didn't invade Iraq and, hopefully, it will be over soon." Mahmoud also said he will not return to Iraq to celebrate. "I don't want the Iraqi people to be angry with me," he said. "If I go back with the team, anybody could kill me or try to hurt me." Vieira the head coach who is Brazilian, resigned after the game. "I have worked my best to give happiness to the Iraqi people, to bring a warm smile to their lips and my mission is accomplished," Vieira said. "The satisfaction is doubled when you can get this cup and you bring happiness for a country, not just a team. It's more important than anything."

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This Sat 7/21^st is a battle between two of the biggest underrated superstars in boxing history; Hopkins vs. Wright!! Although they do not get the publicity that a Felix Trinidad, Jermain Taylor, or an Oscar De La Hoya receives they’ve beaten them all…At least in my opinion.

Bernard Hopkins professional record is 47-4-1 & is in deed the most dangerous fighter in boxing.  Having come from the rough streets of Northern Philadelphia he was placed in the state penitentiary at age 17 for 56 months, he’s been beat up, stabbed, even shot at & still defied the odds.  He learned the sport of boxing in prison & was crowned the prison champ at age 23 (now that’s impressive).

After turning pro he destroyed Glen Johnson, William Joppy, Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya (with a body blow), Antonio Tarver, (who knocked Roy Jones Jr. out twice) & lost two close decisions to Jermain Taylor (although any boxing fan knows he got robbed the first fight).

Now he faces Winky Wright arguably the most feared fighter in boxing.  Fighters were so scared of his amazing defense, southpaw stance, & jab (the best in boxing) that he had to travel over sees to France, Argentina, and England for fights.  He’s 50-3-1 and hasn’t lost in 8 years.

He has an awkward style that judges don’t award points for…Not getting hit squarely is what it’s called.  He’s twice beaten Sugar Shan Mosley (who beat Oscar De La Hoya twice) and destroyed Felix Trinidad but lost a decision to Fernando Vargas & some how was given a draw to Jermain Taylor (probably the worst decision in boxing since De La Hoya got robbed by Felix Trinidad).

Although I love both fighters & can’t wait to see these 2 icons go at it, the fight will most likely be a defensive war going the distance.  I’ll give the edge 2 my man Winky, he hasn’t lost in 8 yrs., I’ve never seen him hurt, Bernard’s 42yrs. old, and how can you not like a nickname like Winky in boxing?

Give me a freaking break!!!  I’m so sick of this story & people giving Barry shit all the time.  I personally don’t like Barry!  I don’t like his attitude, the way he treats people, the press, or even his teammates but to not give the man his props or have an asterisk next to his records is just plain CRAZY!!!

I don’t need Jason Giambi to tell me that Barry used performance enhancing drugs I’ve seen him develop and grow from weighing 170lbs. w/ the Pirates in 1986 to weighing 235lbs now!  It’s obvious he used!  The thing is you can’t discredit his accomplishments because of it.  In an era where we have larger stadiums, higher mounds, taller fences, & faster defensive players then the old days; he’s put up numbers that nobody back in the day can even come close to.

In regards to current players, he was absolutely not the only one using these performance enhancing drugs!  It’s been said that during that era nearly 70% of the players where using something.  The pitchers were throwing harder, the curveballs were spinning harder, and the hitters were using the same stuff(Palmero, McGwire, Canseco, Sosa, Gonzalez, Giambi, ect) so in essence it was a level playing field.  Yet, he somehow managed to hit 73 HR’s in a season, win 7 MVP awards (the 2^nd closest has 3 all-time), & 8 Gold Gloves, when no one else (on the same stuff) even came close to putting up those numbers.

Bottom line is the guy has great genes (son of All-Star Bobby Bonds, cousin of Reggie Jackson, and godson of Willie Mays) & worked hard at perfecting his craft.  He is simply the best player (BY FAR) in an era where everybody was cheating! 

So Selig, get your old butt to the stadium to witness the best player to come out of your reign as commissioner break Hank Aaron’s record & let him enjoy it until A-Rod breaks it in a few years.

As far as the greatest of all-time…Come on now Babe Ruth hit more HR's than 70% of the entire teams he played against during his time.  Bonds would have to hit 200HR in a single seaon to match that feat!!

So I am here in San Francisco, and early in the morning I checked the bigsoccer.com site like I do all the time and to my surprise many messages have been posted on how the LA Galaxy has release the new jersey.  So I keep reading and looking at photos fans that fans are uploading of themselves with there new jersey and I start feeling like I should get one too. So decide that I cannot wait to fly back to LA and then buy one. I walk to downtown San Francisco to the Westfield San Francisco Centre ( amazing mall I was like WOW) and my great luck is with me because the first store I see is the Adidas store and inside well I'll just let the photos speak for themselves. ………and yes I did get one :  ) 

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