Month: June 2015

As you may have heard, Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo will be fighting for the UFC ultimate championship. McGregor is sure that he will have Aldo knocked out by the 4th minute of the fourth round. Aldo however might be trying to put McGregor in a weird mindset as it is thought that Aldo is faking an injury to push the fight to a later date. McGregor is very confident and if you look at this link you’ll see that Conor is even willing to tell how he is going to attack Aldo. McGregor said that he will “charge at Aldo palms out and land shot by shot.”  McGregor also ensured that Aldo will crumble under the lighting fast punches and feet work that he applies in his fights.

Aldo’s heat is starting to rise as McGregor is constantly in his face and insulting him on live television. Aldo has won the championship many times but Conor said that he knows that Aldo has a weak spot in his ribs and Conor followed that up by saying “There are many ways I can beat Aldo.” The fight is on July 11 and I will be curious to see who will prevail. The young master or the old veteran. McGregor Aldo the countdown is on.

http://www.mmamania.com/2015/6/29/8862591/video-conor-mcgregor-drops-espn-reporter-chael-sonnen-interview-ufc-189-jose-aldo-mma

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By The Deputy Beast of Sport

Katie Taylor, the Irish boxing star, won gold in the 2012 Olympics in London. The DBOS and the Beast of Sport were lucky to see her smash it to win the best prize in Women’s boxing. Katie hasn’t lost it since the Olympics and is still at the top. Today she won gold again at the first annual European Games in Baku. I’m sure she qualifies as a Beast of Sport!
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If you are a Baseball fan, I bet you will love the sound of this. At Bat is a beast app that allows you to check scores, replay full games if you cannot watch them, look at standings and watch live games. This is really helpful if you are not in America as you can always replay any game that you missed. If you are busy and you miss a baseball game that you want to watch,  you can always check the score and then replay it. The only down-side is that you need WIFI to operate it so being the baseball fan that I am I struggle when I don’t have WIFI. Another really cool application, is that there is something called pitch tracks which allows you to see how many innings the pitcher has pitched what kind of pitches he is throwing and how fast the pitches are. Sadly the app costs 18 pounds a month. In my opinion it is totally worth it and super cool if you want to watch a baseball game.

By the Deputy Beast of Sport

Russia is dominating the women’s rhythmic and artistic gymnastics at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan that started with the opening ceremony on June 12. Aliya Mustafena, who won several gold medals in the 2012 Olympics is doing very well, although she had some wobbles in her floor routine, and landed outside of the square and got a red flag! The Russians won gold in both team artistic gymnastics (which includes the floor, beam, uneven bars and vault) and in group rhythmic gymnastics. The Russian group was a bit sloppy in their routine using hoops and batons, but their ribbon routine was outstanding and was enough to keep the lead and win it for them. Individual competitions are up next, with the women’s all-around final tomorrow. Meanwhile, in another gymnastic discipline called acrobatics, which is also group work, Belgium may end up beating Russia. Check out this link and stay tuned! 
http://www.baku2015.com/news/article/belgium-women-team-pole-for-acrobatic-gymnastics-gold.html

The Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers gave us an extraordinary series in which both teams played their hearts out. With the Series tied at 2-2 (largely because of Lebron James) the Warriors hoped to get an important win as they would then have a series clinching game 6 in San Francisco (the home of the Warriors.) The Cavs were yet again fueled by James but if it is one man v the other team it is quite hard to win the NBA championship. The Warriors played great team basketball and steamrolled the Cavaliers 91-104. The result was great for the Warriors and devastating for the Cavaliers as they had had a 2-1 lead in the series going into game 4. The Cavaliers now had to play an elimination game away from home (which puts on extra pressure). The Cavs fell behind early in game 6 and never really found their way back. Again, the only reason the Cavs got close was that Lebron James played his heart out, pouring all his remaining energy into game 6. Despite James’s magic, the Cavs could not come up with the clutch win necessary and the Warriors beat them for the third time in a row. The sad truth is that James was the only reason that the Cavaliers were such a formidable force this year and he will be hoping to have another astonishing year next year. The Warriors played so well this year and this is no less than they deserve as they played quality basketball all year long. This is the end of a great year in the NBA and I’m sure that we all hope that next year will be just as good.

Bonjour!  The Beast of Sport is coming to you from France for now and so to a story with a French flavor.  Last Saturday Stade Français from Paris beat Clermont Auvergne 12-6 in the final of the Top 14.  This was heartbreaking for Clermont as it was the second final it lost this year having lost the Champions Cup final a few weeks ago to Toulon.  It was also the 11th defeat for Clermont in 12 visits to the final.  They are known as the eternal bridesmaids of French rugby.  On the bright side of things, Clermont are only a small town from central France and they have gotten to the final an incredible 12 times and done really well in Europe.  They should be proud of that tradition and keep trying.  Also on the bright side of things it was great to see Italian legend Sergio Parisse lift the trophy for Stade Français.
Le Bête du Sport.

On June 10, the Golden State Warriors took the Cleveland Cavaliers with the series split at one game each. It was a gritty battle and in the end Lebron James’s dominant performance prevailed and Stephen Curry continued to struggle. James posted 40 points and has been very dominant during the finals. The final score was 96-91 to Cleveland and the Warriors were devastated at the end because they had a inspiring run just before the buzzer. The Cavs went into game 4 feeling confident. That was quickly wiped away and the Warriors creamed the Cavaliers 103-82.  Despite Curry continuing to disappoint, the Warriors found help from different players and played great team basketball. Both teams managed to subdue their best players as James and Curry combined for only 42 points, Lebron had 44 points in game 1. Game 5 is tomorrow at three in the morning so stay in touch for the results later this week. 
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On June 26 2014, during the group stages of the World Cup, Germany beat USA 1-0 in a hard fought battle. Despite the loss, USA advanced to the knock out stages of the World Cup only to be eliminated by Belgium. 

This week, USA and Germany played a friendly match once again but this time for fun. Germany came out of the gates strong and got their reward with a great team goal finished perfectly by Mario Götze. USA trailed Germany 1-0 for the majority of the first half. Then Mix Diskerud scored a beautiful goal to get the USA level. The two teams battled for most of the second half and it looked like it was going to be a gritty draw. But Bobby Wood had other ideas as he shimmied past one defender and then struck a perfect daisy cutter (a daisy cutter is when the ball skims across the top of grass and would chop off the head of a daisy) into the bottom left hand corner. The goal was scored with just three minutes remaining and the USA managed to hold on for the 2-1 win. It was the second straight time that these two teams have played a gutsy and gritty battle that was inspiring to watch. Both teams played their hearts out and in the end the team that played better on the day won. The victory shocked everybody and I am sure that the Americans will go into the next World Cup qualifiers with heaps of confidence.

On Tuesday, Giants rookie Chris Heston went up against a hot Mets lineup and amazingly pitched a no hitter! A no hitter is when the pitcher doesn’t allow any hits through the regular nine innings.  It is called a “no no” because there are no hits and no runs.

It is very rare to see a no hitter let alone when a rookie does it! Heston was only the third Giants rookie to ever pitch a no hitter. The last time a Giants rookie did that was back in 1912. Heston is a truly gifted pitcher and I hope that we will see him in the big leagues for many more seasons!

http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=350609121

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Here is the Beast of Sport’s first ever video interview with Mike Goldberg, super lawyer for the Houston Rockets!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DTjkZk4D6FM