http://www.onlinesportsfanatic.com 24/7 College Basketball And All the Other Top Sports Stories! Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:53:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After an eventful first week at Wimbledon, which included the six-time champion Roger Federer nearly going down in Round one, and an historic first round match going on eleven hours with a 70-68 ending in the fifth set, we have hit what most consider to be the best day in ... http://www.onlinesportsfanatic.com/?p=2991 Group A: Mexico, Uruguay Although this group includes traditional powerhouse France, their incompetent coach Raymond Domenech will keep this superbly talented squad from advancing. Thierry Henry’s play simply is not national team quality, yet he was selected over Karim Benzema to play forward. Henry is in the winter of his career, ... http://www.onlinesportsfanatic.com/?p=2973     Last night, the entire national media was able to finally see the phenom that has been hyped since being drafted with the number one pick in the 2009 MLB Draft. Steven Strasburg filled the expectations placed upon him at least for one night, striking out fourteen batters over seven innings ... http://www.onlinesportsfanatic.com/?p=2974 Kobe Bryant is too old. Pau Gasol is not aggressive enough. The Celtics are the more physical team and are going to dish out punishment to the Lakers just like they did two years ago. Those three statements were the main reason many experts picked Boston to win its second NBA ... http://www.onlinesportsfanatic.com/?p=2967 Our two experts disagree on which team will win the NBA Finals. They went back and forth giving reasons why the team they picked will win the series. Daniel Evans picks the Lakers while Blake Hofstad is taking the Celtics. [caption id="attachment_2961" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Our experts salivate over Kobe potentially guarding ... http://www.onlinesportsfanatic.com/?p=2947 As game six of the Western Conference Finals wound down with Kobe Bryant spreading his arms and making the motion of gliding  into the NBA Finals like an eagle, my mind instantly flash-backed to the 2008 NBA Finals. It was two years ago that Bryant walked off the court in ... http://www.onlinesportsfanatic.com/?p=2915 Our three writers agree on the first five picks in their 2010 NBA Mock Drafts. John Wall is the N0. 1 pick to the Wizards, followed by Evan Turner to the 76ers, Derrick Favors to the Nets, Wes Johnson to the Timberwolves, and DeMarcus Cousins to the Kings. How high will ... http://www.onlinesportsfanatic.com/?p=2908 How many teams in the NBA can comfortably play ten players in a game, 82 games a year plus playoffs? How many of those can give each of those players at least 15 minutes of playing time? At this point, it's pretty safe to say the only coach who in ... http://www.onlinesportsfanatic.com/?p=2905 Once the buzzer sounded last night at the Boston Garden, the focus was not shifted on the Boston Celtics’ series win over the top team in the east in the regular season, but to what happened to the Cleveland Cavaliers. For the second straight year, Lebron James’ team had the ... http://www.onlinesportsfanatic.com/?p=2780 Michael Jordan: Six championships. Kobe Bryant: four championships. Lebron James? Well, I guess he does have two MVP awards. It's clear one of these guys doesn't belong in the same discussion with the other two. It's time we stopped anointing a 25 year old kid as the greatest basketball player that ... http://www.onlinesportsfanatic.com/?p=2782