The Sport Legends

Jose Rene Higuita Zapata, if you're truly a football fan you must have heard his name. This former Colombian international goalkeeper is best know for his eccentric actions on the field, he is consider himself as the first modern goalie who is willing to take unnecessary risk to score a goal.

I won't post about Rene Higuita profile this time, we'll do that another time. Now, I want to highlight Rene Higuita best and worst action in the match.

There are three important keywords when talking about Higuita; Scorpion Save, Goal Scoring, and Blunder.

Scorpion Save

Rene Higuita is famed for inventing the scorpion kick, a clearance where the keeper jumps forward, arches his legs over his head and in doing so, kicks the ball away with his heels. This save earned him notoriety when he pulled it off in a friendly game against England in September 1995, blocking a mistaken cross by Jamie Redknapp

TRIVIA Do you know Marco Storari of AC Milan recently tried this move in training? He failed and it caused him an injury, which made him demoted from first to second Milan goalkeeper, giving up his position back to Dida.

When she was injured in 2007, Michelle Kwan stated that she will decide whether she will participate in 2010 Vancouver Olympic or not. Unfortunately she decided not to do so, and focusing instead to graduate school. I guessed in the age of 29, it means that she's gonna retire from figure skating and only perform in exhibitions. So now let's review the career of Michelle Kwan, the legend on ice.

Michelle Wingshan Kwan is an American figure skater. Although she has her Chinesse blood from both of her parents, she has an US citizenship because she was born in California. She competed at a high level for over a decade and is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history. She has won nine U.S. championships, five World Championships, and two Olympic medals. No doubt that made her one of all time sport legend.



BIOGRAPHY

Full Name: Michelle Wingshan Kwan
Nick Name: Shelly
Birthdate: July 7, 1980
Hometown: Torrance, California
Family: Danny (Dad), Estella (Mom), Ron (Brother), Karen (Sister)
Coach: Rafael Arutunian (former: Frank Carroll '92-'02; Scott Williams '02-'03)
Choreographers:
Current season: Tatiana Tarasova
Past seasons: Lori Nichol, Sarah Kawahara, Christopher Dean, Peter Oppegard,
Brian Wright, Philip Mills, Nikolai Morozov, Karen Kwan, and Michelle
Agent: Shep Goldberg, Proper Marketing Associates
Home Club: Los Angeles FSC
Training Rink & Town: East West Ice Palace in Artesia, California
College: UCLA and University of Denver

Michelle Kwan underwent elective arthroscopic surgery in August 2006 to repair a torn labrum in her right hip, an old injury which she traces back to 2002. Kwan did not compete during the 2006–2007 figure skating season. In 2006 she had withdrawn from the Italy Olympic Games after suffering a new groin injury in her first practice in Turin. Kwan remarked that she "respected the Olympics too much to compete."

Check out these records by Michelle Kwan and you'll understand why she'd retired as a sport legend:

• Won five World Championships (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, and 2003)
• Won nine United States Figure Skating Championships (1996, 1998–2005),
• Kwan's eight consecutive U.S. Championship titles (1998–2005) and 12 consecutive U.S. Championship medals (1994–2005) are both U.S. records.
• She is the only woman in figure skating history to reclaim the World title three times (1998, 2000, 2003)

with Sasha Cohen, one of her compatriot and rival

How can it be, NBA, the best basketball league in the world, lost one of it most attractive player, Allen Iverson. As its wrote on Stephen A. Smith's website, a reporter who covered Iverson in his glory days with the 76ers, Allen announced that he is considering to retire.

"I always thought that when I left the game it would be because I couldn't help my team the way that I was accustomed to. However that's not the case. I still have tremendous love for the game, the desire to play and a whole lot left in my tank. I feel strongly that I can still compete at the highest level."

Profile

Full Name : Allen Ezail Iverson
Born : Jun 7, 1975 in Hampton, Virginia
Height : 6-0 inch / 1.83 meter

Weight : 165 lbs. / 74.8 kg.

College : Georgetown, D.C.

Career Information

Position : Point Guard, Shooting Guard
Year(s) : 1996 - 2009
NBA Draft : Selected by Philadelphia 76ers

Professional Team(s) :

• Philadelphia 76ers - (1996–2006 )
• Denver Nuggets - ( 2006-2008)
• Detroit Pistons - ( 2008-2009)
• Memphis Grizzlies - ( 2009 )

Career Stats :

• Points : 24,020
• Assists : 5,522
• Steals : 1,965

Career Highlights :

• NBA Most Valuable Player ( 2001 )
• NBA Rookie of The Year ( 1997 )
• 10 x NBA All-Star ( 2000-2009 )
• 4 x NBA Scoring Champion ( 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005 )
• 3 x All-NBA First Team ( 2000, 2002, 2003 )
• All-NBA Third Team ( 2006 )
• NBA All-Rookie First Team ( 1997 )
• 2 x NBA All-Star Game MVP ( 2001, 2005 )
• NCAA Big East Rookie Of The Year ( 1995 )
• 2 x NCAA Big East Defensive Player Of The Year ( 1995, 1996 )

Iverson has chosen as an NBA All-star for 10 times and guided Philadelphia 76ers, the team that made him a legend, to the 2001 NBA Finals.He is The Most Valuable Player of the 2000-2001 season and his latest team, Memphis Grizzlies, agreed to part away, after he played 3 games for the team.

Seem Iverson was unhappy with a reserve role with Memphis as he had been in Detroit (Pistons) the season before, in fact he still averaged 17.4 points a game for the team. Now, there is no team that appeared interested in him while he still could prove his talent in scoring.

Sorry Guys, long time didn't posting here.

Now I present to you, NFL Maniac, ( one of ) Greatest Quarterback All Times, just guess who?

Steve Young was born on October 11, 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah as Jon Steven Young. He is a former quarterback for the Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League, the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the NFL's San Francisco 49ers. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the NFL in 1992 and 1994, the MVP of Super Bowl XXIX, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005, the first left-handed quarterback to be so honored. He holds the NFL record for highest career passer rating and won six NFL passing titles. He is a notable member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a descendant of one of the early presidents of the church, Brigham Young, for whom Steve Young's alma mater Brigham Young University was named.

When talking about Laila Ali, we always remember to talk about his father, the ultimate boxing legend, Muhammad Ali. Lalia is the second child of Muhammad Ali and his third wife Veronica Porsche Ali. Now the question is, can we categorized her as a sport legends too? Too answer that, let's talk about her professional career first.

Laila was born on December 30, 1977. She started her professional career in December 8, 1999. Until now, her professional record is 24 wins (21 KO's) - 0 draw - 0 loss. She currently rated at Super Midleweight Class (72.5 Kg) and hold the IBA, WIBA, IWBF world title.




One of her famous fights was in 2001 when she faced Jackie Frazier-Lyde the daughter of other boxing legend, Joe Frazier. The fight was nicknamed Ali/Frazier IV in allusion to their fathers' famous fight trilogy. Ali won by a majority judges' decision in eight rounds. Laila Ali last fight was on November 11, 2006 with a TKO win against Shelley Burton. She gave birth to her first son Curtis Muhammad Conway Jr. on August 26, 2008, which prevented her to coming back to boxing ring.



The Conclusion

So, does all her records make her a sport legend? Despite her undefeated record and world title, criticism always following her career. Other top women's boxing champions such as (24-1), Ann WolfeVonda Ward (23-1), Leatitia Robinson (15-1), and Natasha Ragosina (21-0) have claimed in interviews that they have challenged Laila Ali many times over the years, but Laila has always found ways of avoiding them. Boxing writers and fans have repeatedly expressed disappointment in Ali's failure to fight the top contenders over the years.

So, I said she's just on her way to become a boxing legend like her father. Whether she can make it or not, depends on her decision to come back to fighting again or not.


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Martin Palermo saves Diego Maradona faces and Argentina chance in 2010 World Cup Qualifying, when he scored the winning goal against Peru in October 10,2009. Argentina chance to qualified to South Africa stills need to be determined in Uruguay when they face head to head battle against the home side. The coach, Maradona, hopes Martin Palermo score again in this match. He's so happy with Palermo come back after not playing in national team for 10 years. He even called him Saint Palermo for saving his country.

Here is the best goal from Palermo, when he sored with a header from 40 m range!!


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Saturday night (19/9) in MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, boxing match was held. Chris John of Indonesia retained his title with a unanimous decision win against Houston's Rocky Juarez. Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Juan Manuel Marquez in the main event. The resemblance from this two fights is John and Mayweather Jr. hold their undefeated status. Thus, these two now is in the road of become the real sport legends in boxing.

Chris John Retains WBA Featherweight Title

Indonesia's native hero Chris John got a late scare but retained his World Boxing Association featherweight title with a unanimous 12-round decision over American Rocky Juarez. John was in control of Saturday's fight, despite a swollen left eye, when Juarez connected with a left that had John's knees sagging with less than a minute left in the 12th round.

The judges scores: a ridiculous 114-113 by Glen Hamada and reasonable tallies of 119-109 for Adalaide Byrd and 117-111 for Herb Santos. "It was a very tough fight," John said. "In the last round, I was hurt. My eye was really swelling up. I kept on fighting because of my idol Arturo Gatti. That's what kept me going."

Juarez opened with aggression, but it was John that landed the damaging blows, including a big right and a left hook. The fourth and fifth belonged to John, with crisp boxing and effective punching. Juarez stepped up his attack in the sixth, and by the closing rounds John appeared to be tiring, his punches less precise and powerful. But even when Juarez rocked him in the last, John stayed on his wobbly legs long enough.

John made the 11th defence of the title he won in June 2004, when he dethroned Japan's Osamu Sato.

Juarez (28-5-1, 20 KOs) won a silver medal in 2000 Olympics, making him a significant prospect before his first pro fight. However, he never quite lived up to expectations even though he came very close. He lost two title fights to Marco Antonio Barrera (the first a split decision), one title fight to Marquez and drew and lost to John. Juarez was unfortunate, in a sense. The three opponents who beat him are a boxing legends and the best of their generation and likely Hall of Famers.


Mayweather Comeback Goes Smoothly

Coming back from a 21-month layoff, multi-division world champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KOs) took a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KOs) in a welterweight clash on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bigger, quicker Mayweather dropped Marquez in round two with a left hook and pretty much had his way the entire twelve rounds. Scores were 118-109, 120-107, 119-108.

Tough this bout was not for title, the fight was very interesting to watched. Marquez is tough as nails,” Mayweather said. “He’s a great little man. He was really hard to fight, and he kept taking some unbelievable shots.” Marquez was a 130-pounder just 18 months ago, but the Mexican champion moved up two weight classes to be Mayweather’s hand-picked comeback opponent at the MGM Grand Garden.


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