Month: July 2015

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Over the past five years, golf has been dominated by youngsters. Rory McIlroy and Jordan Speith are the best known ones. This year at the British Open, Paul Dunne (an Irish amateur golfer) showed off serious talent by going into the final day in the lead. Sadly he couldn’t maintain that lead and ended up losing.   Zach Johnson ultimately won.But earlier this year, Jordan Speith — somebody that I didn’t even know about until the Masters this year — ended up winning two Majors, the Masters and the U.S. Open. 

It is a proven fact that since the 1960’s the average age for a winner of a major has been 31. But over the past 5 years the average age for a Major winner has been 24. What does this mean? To me it means that the youngsters are starting to take charge of Golf. Tiger Woods has been the big story in Golf for many years but now he seems to have faded away. Personally, I think that it is good that the youngsters are starting to rise because they are giving us a glimpse of we might see in the future.

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Manchester City have signed Raheem Sterling! City put to use the huge amounts of money they have and signed Raheem Sterling for 47 million pounds. The Liverpool striker is a gifted player and City are very excited about signing this eye boggling youngster. 

Sterling made his City debut today in a preseason match against Roma and scored his first goal after just three minutes. Last year City were unable to sign any expensive players because the previous year they had gone over the limit on how much money they could spend. This year though, they are free to build a dream squad as the FA have lifted the temporary punishment. Sterling’s agent did take advantage of Manchester City by demanding outrageous amounts of money knowing that City would accept. Both Sterling and City have high hopes for the future as Manchester City look to continue their dynasty.

On Tuesday, the MLB All Star Game took place in Cincinnati at the Reds home ground. 

The All Star Game is when the best players in baseball at the mid-point of the season get chosen to be an All Star. Sometimes, even if you are selected you might not play because there are 34 people in your roster.

The best players in the American League and the best players in the National League get to play against each other every year at around this time. If you are in the American League and you are an All Star than you play for the AL.  If you are in the National league and you are an All Star than you play for the NL.  

This year the two rosters were stacked and it was a great game.  Mike Trout blasted a solo shot and so did Andrew McCutchen. Like last year, the AL won the game 6-3 and David Price who is having an outstanding year got the win for the AL. Clayton Kershaw, the ace for the Dodgers, took the loss for the NL.

Check out our new exclusive video D-Brief, where the Beast of Sport  and D-Bos discuss the McGregor v Mendes fight.  #notorious #beastofsport

Conor McGregor defeated Chad Mendes in a blood soaked battle in which McGregor looked a bit shaky at the start but came through in the end.

Mendes replaced Jose Aldo on two weeks notice because Aldo had a bruised rib. Mendes put on a good show and won the first round 10-9 according to the judges. In the second round Mendes knocked Conor to the ground a few times and actually got McGregor in a choke hold and waited for submission. But McGregor put his agility to good use and managed to wriggle out of the choke hold and stood right back up. Instead of touching gloves McGregor now showed why he is so good. He went straight on the attack hitting Mendes repeatedly with his left hand. Mendes fell to his knees and eventually the referee had to pull apart the two indicating that McGregor had won by TKO (technical knock out.) 

McGregor actually had an injured knee but still managed to defeat Mendes for the world championship belt. McGregor had trash talked Chad Mendes a lot before the fight so all the pressure was on him. He said that he would “Eliminate Chad Mini Mendes (his real fighting name is Chad Money Mendes) and kick Aldo’s butt.” It was a defiant milestone in McGregor’s career and I am sure that he was happy too keep his winning streak going. McGregor made a statement referring both to himself and the Irish people.  He said  “We’re not here to take part. We’re here to take over” and that is something that he is definitely doing in the UFC at this moment in time.

Through my generation the same players have dominated the game of Tennis. Djokovic, Murray, Nadal and Federer. They have played the game with passion and skill. Now arguably the best of the big four Djokovic and Federer will throw down in a serious showdown. Djokovic won last year and has been cruising without error through the whole tournament and looks unbeatable. Federer for the long time he has been around has actually proven that he is almost invincible. Federer plays hard and his strokes are beautiful and powerful. Djokovic is fast, flexible and strong. Both have defeated the majority of their challengers in the minimum three sets preserving their energy. They should both be in top form because they have not been worked that hard throughout the tournament so it should be a long entertaining match. The result is impossible to predict and it should be a excellent match of Tennis.
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By the Deputy Beast of Sport
On July 5, Japan and the United States women’s soccer teams came back together in a re-match of the Women’s World Cup Final. Four years ago, the teams drew in 120 minutes of play (90 minutes full time plus 30 minutes extra time), but Japan managed to win 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out. Yesterday, USA wanted revenge and smashed them early with style earning 4 goals in the first half. This was helped by Carli Lloyd’s (my Beast of Sport of the Day) hat-trick (which means 3 goals) including an amazing speed shot from the halfway line. In the end, USA beat Japan by 3 points (5-2) earning the women’s team their first World Cup win in 16 years. How cool is that?

On Sunday July 5, Chile and Argentina clashed in a highly anticipated Copa De America final. The two teams fought themselves to a standstill as both teams failed to score in the regular 90 minutes and the additional 30 minutes of added time. Bravo (Chile’s goalkeeper) almost managed to keep a clean sheet through the whole game only allowing one ball to hit the back of the net. With the score 3-1 to Chile, Alexis Sanchez stepped up to try and give Chile their first cup in 99 years. Sergio Romero tried to stop the shot but was fooled by a bad panenka penalty. (A panenka is a chip shot right down the middle designed to throw off the goalkeeper.) Sanchez scuffed the shot, but still managed to score the decisive goal giving Chile the much-coveted final win. ​​​​​​​​​​​