Wainwright will be missed

It was a sad day this week, when I heard that St. Louis Cardinal's pitcher Adam Wainwright hurt his throwing arm and it was an even sadder day when it was reported he will miss the entire season. Wainwright will have season ending Tommy John's surgery. I am not even a Cardinal's fan and even though he has beaten the Pirates WAY to many times I still will miss watching him pitch.  He is an amazing pitcher and a really good guy.  He has an amazing testimony and had done a lot of really good charity work. Major League Baseball will not only be miss an amazing pitcher this season but they will be missing a great ambassador. 

Click here to read about Wainwright's story!! (By the way it is really good so I suggest you check it out).

The PBR who???

I don't understand at all why the PBR doesn't receive the media attention it deserves. [For those of you who don't know the PBR stands for Professional Bull Riders, and is one of the fastest growing sports in the country.] It is full of drama, captivating story lines, and full of the hard hitting violence American's seem to crave from their sports. The PBR represents a part of our American history, the old west. It pins cowboy against bull.  What many people who don't follow the sport don't realize is that the bulls are just as popular and have just as much at stake every ride as the the cowboys do---often times the bulls are worth over $100,000. I just don't know why ESPN has picked it up yet.  I believe that it would provide them with some awesome footage and story lines. And if you have never watched it before I encourage you to check it out at www.pbrnow.com and start following "The toughest sport on dirt"!! I know I have been addicted since the first time I watched it--I even had the opportunity to see the World Finals in Las Vegas and meet some of the top cowboys in the world!!!

My sister and I with top ranked PBR Cowboy Colt McCoy at the PBR meet and greet in Las Vegas!

My sister with JB Mauney, a two time World Champion runner up at a Challenger Tour Event. 

College Baseball Time

It is finally the start of Division I college baseball and the journey to Omaha has begun.  UCLA and TCU come into the season ranked number one and number two in the USA today poll, with reigning National Champion South Carolina ranked number eight.  It should be an interesting season full of exciting story lines. On opening day, Florida International shortstop Garrett Witteles had the chance to come one game closer to breaking Robin Ventura's 58-game hit streak, but failed to get a hit.  Also, this will be the first time in over fifty years the season won't end in historic Rosenblatt Stadium.  Instead the College World Series, will be played TD America Trade Park, in Omaha, Nebraska.

Continue to check back on my blog as I continue to follow the 2011 College Baseball Season. 

No Deal for Pujols

The St. Louis star first-baseman Albert Pujols was unable to reach a deal with the team for his new contract. Pujols's contract runs out after this season and he and the team were hoping to sign a deal before the start of spring training, but that didn't happen.  And there won't be any talks until the end of the season. 

Honestly I was really hoping that Pujols would've signed with the Cardinals. After all that he has done for the team he deserves to be one of the highest paid players in the league.  In my opinion, he deserves as much as A-Rod, especially considering Pujols is a good-guy and has never gotten in trouble.  I am not looking forward to hearing about all baseball season. I am really hoping that the announcers don't drag the story out, especially since he isn't going to sign a deal until the season is over, but you know how analysts and announcers are.  In the end I hope he stays with the Cardinals, I really enjoy watching him when they play the Pirates (even if he does kill them every time).

Was that a hockey game or boxing match?

Last night the Penguins fell to the NY Islanders 9-3, in a fight filled physical hockey game that featured WAY to many fights and penalties. I am a huge hockey fan and enjoy a good hockey fight every once and a while but last night's game was a little out of hand.  There is no reason they should've been fighting so much.  To me the players to put much on the line (including their health) when they become physical. I would much rather see a well played game of hockey with little penalties then a game full of fights.

Tell what you think: would you rather see a close hockey game with little penalties or one full of fights?

Looks likes the Americans better step it up

When you think of who competes in  PBR (Professional Bull Riders) or rodeo who do you think of? I used to think of boys from out west Texas, Oklahoma those states...that was until I really started following the PBR and I soon discovered that some of the top riders in the world were actually not Americans, but Canadians, Australians and Brazilians. Though it really wasn't until past two seasons that the Brazilians have taken center stage. This past weekend 2008 World Champion Guilherme Marchi won the Portland event, becoming the fifth straight Brazilian to win a Built Ford Tough Event. Though the Brazilians have been winning the events the Americans/Canadians still control seven of the top ten spots, but the Brazilians have control of the top two spots.  Do you think that Americans will be able to keep up the Brazilians as they head into the second month of the PBR season?

To check out more from the PBR check out www.pbrnow.com

A story you probably wouldn't have heard at media day

The above video is the story of Daniel Spepulveda's (the Pittsburgh Steelers punter who is currently on injury reserve) path to the NFL.  It is a really good heart warming story. I recently discovered the website www.iamsecond.com and instantly fell in love with it.  You should really check it out. It contains the stories of many professional athletes like Colt McCoy, Sam Bradford, Landry Jones, Tony Dungy and many many others. Then while looking the list of stories I came across Daniel's...this was the first time I had ever heard his path to the NFL and it really touched my heart how he never gave up no matter the curveballs life threw at him.  I highly encourage you watch this video and check the website out, they both are pretty amazing.  Even though he won't be playing in the Super Bowl (he is out with a torn ACL) I still think you should check it out in honor of the Steelers making the Super Bowl.  Tell me what you think about the video...I hope you enjoy it as much I did!!!

New Technologies: Flickr

Today in class we had to research new technologies and social media sites and I during my research I found a really cool social media site called Flickr. It is a picture sharing website that allows users to share their photography with the rest of the world. Flickr also allows users to browse and search other user's photos.  To me this is a really cool website because allows you to explore other's pictures, which can give you inspiration for your own photography.  There is this cool feature that allows you to browse pictures based on categories-including animals, foliage and many popular cities around the world.  If you are at all interested in photography or just looking at pictures you should really check this website out at www.flickr.com