Have you ever wanted to tackle someone in basketball? or did you ever wish you could jump high enough to dunk. Well let me introduce you to SlamBall!
Slamball was founded in 2002, it is a form of basketball with four trampolines in front of each net. it combines some hockey rules into the game. players attempt to score by slam dunking the ball which gives them 3pt, if they score without touching the net then they get 2pt. players are also able to tackle each other and they wear shoulder pads for protection. The game is controled by two referees and the table officles who keep score.The games are short, six-minute quarters per games.
Okay how many of you know someone at work that really just manages to tick you off, have you ever thought about maybe I don't know..headbutting him or her? I for one will admit that I have a few people like that at work who I've wanted to just vent my frustration on.
Well if you were watching the 2006 world Cup grand finals you would have seen a man who really wasn't going to take any %^&@ from anyone let alone his opponent and he decided to retire with a bang. That man is none other than Zeid Al Din Zidane.
"Here is a quick summary for those that don't know him, was born on June 23, 1972, in Marseille, France. A three-time FIFA World Player of the Year, Zidane led France to victory in the 1998 World Cup and starred for clubs in France, Italy and Spain. His career ended in shocking fashion when he was expelled from the 2006 World Cup final for headbutting an opponent, but he is nonetheless regarded as one of soccer's all-time greats."
The incident: During the grand finale when things were really starting to heat up, a player from the italian side (Materazze), held Zeidan's by the shirt which led to an exchange of heated words that resulted in Zeidan headbutting the player. He later stated that Materazze insulted his mother (Who was in hospital at the time) and his sister three times which led him into losing control and headbutting him.
Conor Mcgregor was set to for a rematch with superstar Nate Diaz after UFC 196, A light heavyweight title unification bout between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones will headline the landmark event. Originally, McGregor (19-3) was supposed to fight Nate Diaz at UFC 200, but the UFC pulled the Irish star last week after he refused to fly to Las Vegas for a news conference.
Dana White has claimed that Connor McGregor is solely responsible for his removal from the main card at UFC 200. McGregor was scheduled to fight Nate Diaz at the landmark pay-per-view event in Las Vegas on 9 July, but was taken off the bill after refusing to fulfil obligatory media duties.
The Crumlin-based fighter subsequently threatened to take an early retirement, before reneging and offering to fight again if his promotional responsibilities were reduced.
“I didn't prevent Conor from fighting at UFC 200,” he said. “Everybody, if you look at [last week's] press conference – Joanna Jedrzejczyk came in from Poland. Claudia Gadelha came in from Brazil. This is what we do. This is how it works.”
Some people are wondering whether this will be the slow decline of Conor McGregor's stardom. Before this he was plastered everywhere, a sporting icon that had come out of nowhere, after this display of childish behaviour it must be asked will he slowly lose the limelight?.
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
THE LEGEND OF BASKETBALL: KOBE BRYANT
Okay so this is going to be a blog about sports, this really is getting me excited. Sports has such a rich history and it'll be really great blogging about it. Now when I had to think over on what to write as my first blog post, it didn't take long to figure out what I was going to write about because it's no secret that my sporting hero is the man himself, the Living Legend KOBE BRYANT!
Young Kobe
So for anyone who has been living under a rock, Kobe Bryant is one of the best basketball players to have EVER play the game, In my personal opinion, he even rivals Michael Jordan himself.
Early Years: Kobe Bryant was born on August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia. He's the son of a former NBA player Joe "jellybean" Bryant. Kobe spent his early years in Italy and joind the NBA straight outta high school.
NBA Career: At 19, Kobe became the youngest All-star Player in NBA history, he continued to dominate the game throughout his years and even scored 81 points against the toronto Raptors in January 2006 which is the second highest single game mark in NBA history and he led the league in scoring that year. Even though his later seasons were full of injures, he managed to surpass Michael Jordan for third place on the NBA all-time scoring list Dec-2014. He retired after the 2015-16 NBA season
