The purpose of this thread is to give tribute or scorn to things in the world of sports, betting or whatever. THUMBS UP 
or THUMBS DOWN 
.
:thumbs_do to the World Cup of Football (Soccer). Hype and spectacle are one thing but I just thought it was a crappy tournament.
:thumbs_up to Roy Halladay. I heard an interesting stat about him recently. In his Cy Young year he had 36 starts and went 22-7 with a 3.25 ERA. In his next 36 starts since then he went 23-6 with a 2.69. More to the point, he has made me some good money.
:thumbs_up to Canadian Daniel Nestor, one of the best doubles tennis players in the world. Last week, the former Olympic Gold medalist, along with his partner Mark Knowles, gutted it out to win the longest doubles match in Grand Slam history, 5-7, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 23-21 in 6 hours, 9 minutes.
Unfortunately, and perhaps it should come as no surprise, there was no gas left in the tank for their semi-final match where they lost to eventual champions Bryan/Bryan.
:thumbs_up to Roger Federer for winning his 4th straight Wimbledon men's singles title, and 8th Grand Slam overall.
:thumbs_do to Ricky Williams of the Toronto Argos. He still seems like a good guy but the performance on the field has been weak. After 4 games he has 53 carries for 214 yards and 7 receptions for 58 yards. That just doesn't cut it. If anything, he seems to be getting weaker as the season progresses.
or THUMBS DOWN .:thumbs_do to the World Cup of Football (Soccer). Hype and spectacle are one thing but I just thought it was a crappy tournament.
:thumbs_up to Roy Halladay. I heard an interesting stat about him recently. In his Cy Young year he had 36 starts and went 22-7 with a 3.25 ERA. In his next 36 starts since then he went 23-6 with a 2.69. More to the point, he has made me some good money.
:thumbs_up to Canadian Daniel Nestor, one of the best doubles tennis players in the world. Last week, the former Olympic Gold medalist, along with his partner Mark Knowles, gutted it out to win the longest doubles match in Grand Slam history, 5-7, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 23-21 in 6 hours, 9 minutes.
Unfortunately, and perhaps it should come as no surprise, there was no gas left in the tank for their semi-final match where they lost to eventual champions Bryan/Bryan.
:thumbs_up to Roger Federer for winning his 4th straight Wimbledon men's singles title, and 8th Grand Slam overall.
:thumbs_do to Ricky Williams of the Toronto Argos. He still seems like a good guy but the performance on the field has been weak. After 4 games he has 53 carries for 214 yards and 7 receptions for 58 yards. That just doesn't cut it. If anything, he seems to be getting weaker as the season progresses.
to Italy for winning the World Cup. The tournament didn't have the same excitement to it for me as others in the past. But you still gotta' give the winners their due.
