Author: Dr. Steroids

Groups B & C are looking fairly one-sided at a glance – Argentina looks set to dominate Group B, whilst England is prepared to annihilate all competition in Group C. Despite this, nothing is set in stone, and there is still everything to play for. Group B Argentina Current World Ranking: 8 You can’t deny that Argentina’s team is looking particularly powerful – with 2009 Ballor d’Or winner Lionel Messi attacking, alongside Atletico Madrid‘s Sergio Aguero and Angel di Maria of Benfica. Historically, Argentina have been very big players in the world cup – twice they were winners of the…

I’m an unabashed fan of Pilates. After my third child was born, I decided to get serious about losing weight. When I joined the gym, I was terrified of group exercise classes. When I passed by those six glass doors and saw people dancing (which I didn’t do), taking step aerobics (which I was scared to do), or lifting weights (which I was too weak to do), I wanted to turn and run. Too bad I was too out of shape to run. Sigh. It was a bad scene. The only thing I had the guts to do was try…

To be a part of a New York sports team you must play well under pressure or have a big personality. Last season the Jets drafted QB Mark Sanchez and hired Head Coach Rex Ryan landing them one of each. Ryan easily has the big personality under control. Not only has he become the best quote in the NFL, he also has the big part down, weighing slightly less than a baby elephant. The guy they call “Sanchise” helped lead the team to a 9 – 7 regular season and a second half away from the Super Bowl. The Jets…

College Basketball is heating up with what I like to call “February (Almost) Madness”. I think John Calipari alone is “mad” enough for all of us. If he doesn’t win a title with recruits everything thinks he stole…he’ll never win one. By the time March rolls around we’ll have conference tournaments galore and the inevitable rigmarole around the NCAA Tournament selection. This is the perfect time to look at who the “Contenders” and “Pretenders” are going into Conference Tournaments. Some teams look great, but are weak at their core. Others look rough, but are diamonds under the surface. I’m not…

Have you ever played the game; one of these things is not like the other? If not, here is how it works. I give you a list and you tell me what doesn’t belong. Ready? A. Universal Health Care B. Rising Unemployment Rate C. Removing Soldiers from War D. College Football BCS Ranking system Alright if you selected C, please stop reading and find your biggest friend and have him punch you in the face. The correct answer is D, college football BCS ranking system. Choices A, B, and C are all examples of issues that should be handled by…

The next team I would like to touch on is a now infamous UCONN Huskies Men’s Basketball, they decided to follow an unreal performance against the then #1 Texas Long Horns, by losing to a mediocre Providence , and a decent Marquette team. I have no idea why a team as talented as them cannot beat teams that they should run out of the building but can play with the best teams in the country, They have played Duke, and with the horrible shooting effort they still gave them all they can handle. Played a very talented Georgetown to a…

You may give your face a quick splash to wash off any sweat, or just to help cool you down after a hard workout, but new research suggests that you may be subconsciously kick-starting the recovery process. The work coming from the University of Picardie, France investigated the effect of cold water face immersion on post-exercise parasympathetic reactivation. The parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) forms one half of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which is something your brain controls without your conscious awareness. The other half of the ANS is the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). The PNS and SNS essentially operate…

Well, another weekend, another successful event for Strikeforce.  None of the five fights on the main card ended up going to a decision, and I’m sure hardcore MMA fans were pleased with the results.  For casual fans and the new spectators who were just tuning in to see Herschel Walker fight, the main card featured three relatively unknown European fighters facing off against established champions or former UFC talent.  Obviously, that wasn’t the case because Melvin Manhoef, Marius Zaromskis and Marloes Coenen are all proven exciting challengers, but I had a feeling they weren’t mainstream enough to be stars in…

Yes, I said it, the Saints are NOT “Worst to First”. The Saints were a good team before this season and will be after this season. We need to stop fawning over the Saints like they just rebuilt New Orleans all by themselves. The New Orleans Saints have been playing good football for a couple years now and Drew Brees is not a new acquisition. Perhaps the good folks of the sports world just wanted an underdog to pull for. Personally, I’m not buying what the Saints are selling and I have my reasons. The Mastermind The “evil mastermind” behind…

In a few short weeks pitchers and catchers will be reporting to training camp, so Major League Baseball and its fans can try to will someone other than the evil empire (New York Yankees) to a World Series Championship. The baseball off season has been over looked for many reasons. Two of the major reasons are the NFL and NBA seasons. Baseball was able to make front page headlines, but it wasn’t for a signing or a blockbuster trade. Mark McGwire admitted to taking steroids, what a shocker! I guess you could call what he did an admission, its like…