Yep, it’s almost over and we reckon this dude with the biggest chin in tennis will have something to do with the tournament’s conclusion.

The final of the most grandiose grand slam tournament in tennis is near, and while we already know it’ll be an all - Williams final in the women’s division of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, we still have no idea who’ll come out from the men’s side of things.

With defending champion Rafael Nadal out of the tournament due to his injury, five-time Wimbledon winner and world no.2 Roger Federer has a chance to resume his reign on top of tennis.

The win at Roland Garros was not only Federer’s first ever French Open crown, but it made Federer only the sixth person in history to win all four Grand Slam titles. Moreover, Federer’s all-time best record of 14 Grand Slam titles, which equaled Pete Sampras’, means that victory at Wimbledon would set a new tennis record and prove Roger Federer’s status as the most successful player in history, if not the greatest.

And in Wednesday’s quarterfinal match, Roger Federer neutralized Ivo Karlovic’s huge serves Wednesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals and move a step closer to a record 15th Grand Slam championship.

Federer conjured up a few great returns to break…

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In case you didn’t know, yes, Vince Carter was sent by the Nets back to Florida to play for the Magic.

Looks like the Orlando Magic, after losing to the Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 in the NBA Finals, are now determined to improve on their last campaign. It looks like they got tired of watching Kobe Bryant torch them from the two-guard spot so they got one who just might keep up with the guy the next time they meet No.24 again for the championship.

Yes, the Orlando Magic will have Vince Carter playing for them once the 2009 NBA basketball season gets here. The addition of VC has enabled the Magic to surround their prized All-Star Dwight Howard with three other All-Stars each capable of helping a team win championships, Rashard Lewis, Jameer Nelson and VC.

If the Orlando Magic can manage to keep Hedo Turkoglu by the time the new season starts, they’ll end up with a monster starting five of All-Stars with the acquisition of Vince Carter, but at this point, it seems Turkoglu is leaning towards greener pastures.

Still, with Vince Carter on board, the Orlando Magic should still be a heavy favorite to return to the NBA Finals with or without Hedo Turkoglu as long as they can find a way to share the ball between Dwight Howard and VC. Head coach Stan Van Gundy called the move a ‘’statement to our players'’ that management was intent on winning a championship, not just paying lip service.

Was signing Vince Carter the right move for the…

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Happy 4th of July people.

Yes, it’s that time of the year again when the proud U - S - of - A celebrate its day of independence. And while some of the more patriotic Americans wave their little flags and light up a firecracker or two on the 4th of July weekend, some will watch two men make a fool of themselves by eating a butt-load of hot dogs while they bet on it as if it was the freakin’ Super Bowl.

Since everybody was so into this entire thing last year, (you have ESPN to blame for that…) Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi will once again try to find out who loves ‘em hot dogs the most in the now 94th Annual Nathan’s Hot dog Eating Contest.

This eating contest has become a tradition in New York, gaining international exposure and impressive spectator numbers with 30,000 people showing up to watch the entire thing last year. And with the popularity, the sports betting world has taken notice and bettors look forward to having a little fun with it this year and basically every other year as well.

Online sportsbook SPORTSBETTING.COM is offering up a number of prop bets and wagering options for the event, with some very cool betting offers. As you might expect, most of the betting focus surrounds the rivalry between the two top contestants (the only two people who have won the competition the past eight years) Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi.

As it stands, Joey Chestnut is listed as the…

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Now that Kobe Bryant has finally established himself as the best player in the world, period, who’ll carry the torch once he’s done?

The only thing constant in the NBA is change and we all know that once Kobe Bryant is done, there’ll be another guy who’ll be carrying the sport by his shoulders while the rest of us start proclaiming that guy as the new king of the sport. Unless, of course, you’re still stuck in the past, masturbating over Michael Jordan.

When Kobe Bryant leaves the game of basketball, which everybody knows will take some time before he does that, who will follow his footsteps and be named as the next best thing in the NBA? Well, we already have the usual suspects in LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. These guys are already ‘’Kobe-esque'’ at this point of their careers. It’s just a question on how long can both guys keep playing at this level.

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade have already proven that they are among the elite players in the league. Wade has already won a championship ring with the Miami Heat back in 2006 with Shaquille O’Neal while LeBron James has already won the best single accolade an NBA player can get, winning the MVP trophy last season.

Any of these guys can carry the torch after Kobe Bryant and the NBA is definitely in good hands. We also…

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At best.

Yep, you read it, because there are rumors that claim that this latest injury hitting the seven-foot Chinese giant coming to the 2009 NBA basketball season is so severe that they’re calling it career-threatening.

Apparently, Yao Ming hasn’t fully recovered yet from the broken foot he suffered from during the NBA playoffs. And while the brand new season is still a few months away, Yao’s recovery is so behind schedule that they are already ruling the big guy out for the entire season, or worse, his NBA career.

‘’At this point, the injury has the potential for him missing this next season and could be career threatening,'’ team physician Tom Clanton said.

‘’One of the things we are trying to get is a consensus opinion on that, to make certain there is no option we are overlooking that would provide an earlier return or would be an option for treatment that he would prefer rather than doing additional surgery.'’

Yao Ming suffered a hairline fracture of the tarsal navicular bone of his left foot when his Houston Rockets were playing the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the NBA playoffs. The team initially ruled Yao to be out for eight to 12 weeks but they found out that he could be missing a lot more time after a bone scan revealed that the fracture is not healing properly.

This leaves the Houston Rockets with no choice but to…

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Yes, they’re still around.

With the hot and sexy Maria Sharapova out followed by Ana Ivanovic tapping out of center court because of an injury, having the Williams sisters STILL around is really one big swift kick to the balls.

In case you didn’t get that, I don’t really expect you to. What I know is that the two huge reasons why the male population watch tennis is now long gone and there isn’t really nothing to look forward to in the 2009 Wimbledon Championships anymore but for it to be over, and soon.

For the rest of you, well, both Venus and Serena Williams are still around, each hoping for a possible Williams sisters face-off in the semifinals. Of course, they have to get rid of their respective quarterfinals matches first.

First, Serena. The younger Williams will look for revenge as she faces off with the same beyatch who kicked her ass in the final of last April’s Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Victoria Azarenka. Serena knows that Azarenka is a good player and if there was one player with everything to lose, it would have to be her.

‘’She’s obviously a good player, and she’s really young,'’ said Serena Williams, a winner in 56 minutes over another hottie, Daniela Hantuchova in Monday’s fourth round. ‘’She has nothing to lose. It will be a really good match.'’

Older sister Venus Williams, on the other hand, was…

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Looks like the Suns are really serious in rebuilding their underachieving franchise.

Either that or they just wanna catch one of the big fishes that will be in the market once the 2010 free agency period gets here. And with the way the Suns traded away Shaquille O’Neal as if he was nothing but just another run – of – the – mil seven-footer, it looks like these guys could care less how will their 2009 NBA basketball season go.

Merely days after the Phoenix Suns virtually gave away Shaquille O’Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers, rumors came out that the team is willing to give up another one of their bigger stars.

You read it, there are rumors that claim the Phoenix Suns are willing to give up Amare Stoudemire to the Golden State Warriors, completing arguably the biggest roster disassembly the NBA has seen in quite a while. Apparently, the Warriors wanted Stoudemire since February when Phoenix first made their prized forward available. And now that the Suns proved that NO ONE is safe after trading Shaq, seeing Stoudemire in Golden State just became more…

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Because milking on hurricanes to establish a fan base has gone long enough.

The New Orleans Saints, like any other year in the NFL, is entering the 2009 NFL football season with a lot of promise. After all, they still have one of the best quarterbacks in the league in Drew Brees and one of the most promising running backs in the game in Reggie Bush.

But when will the New Orleans Saints finally come out of their shell and live up to the hype for a change? They are an exciting bunch to watch on that football field, we all know that, the problem is, they just can’t generate enough momentum to win enough games for a post season run.

As always, Drew Brees is the preseason front runner to be MVP of the NFL. This guy is just a freak behind center and if it wasn’t for him, the Saints would be playing somewhere in Canada for all we know.

The receivers are young and talented. If Marques Colston can stay healthy for a change, Brees would be celebrating more touchdowns instead of wasting his time arguing with Jeremey Shockey.

The they also have Pierre Thomas, an undrafted player two years ago who is on the verge of becoming a top ten halfback in the NFL. He’s a nice guy to have if this Reggie Bush…

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The U.S. almost pulled off the big one alright.

With a shocking 2-0 lead over the five-time World Cup champions Brazil after the first half of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup final, it looked like this Cinderella run the Americans have been having will get them their first big championship in the sport.

After the United States soccer team shocked the world by beating a football-crazy nation like Spain in the semifinals, they started to want more than just respectability in the arena of international football. And you can tell that the Americans were inspired to win it all last Sunday too, jumping on the Brazilians right from the get-go with Clint Dempsey kicking it off with a goal on the 9th minute.

U.S. team captain Landon Donovan followed it up with another goal on the 26th minute, giving the U.S. a 2-0 lead over the Brazil football team before halftime.

Unfortunately, that’s where the Cinderella run ended for the Americans as the Brazilians took over in the second half. Down 2-0 with the Confederations Cup at stake, Brazil rallied as Luis Fabiano kicked off his team’s comeback with two goals, one on the 46th minute and another on the 73rd minute to tie it 2-2.

And just before the fixture could go the full 90 minutes, Lucio came up with Brazil’s third goal of the night, giving the Brazilians the 3-2 lead on the 83rd minute. Just then, it dawned on the Americans that the dream is over as Brazil marched on towards…

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Yep, apparently, Arum wants to keep Pacquiao’s third world ass safe from big bad Sugar Shane.

Manny ‘’Pacman'’ Pacquiao really did it now. With the way he’s been pissing all over the tradition of boxing, one by one, the sport’s legends came out, each hoping to finally save the sport that we love from the mediocrity Pacquiao has slapped it with.

First came Oscar De La Hoya, coming out of retirement to save us from the biggest joke in boxing. Then came Ricky Hatton. But as great as both fighters have been in their careers, they were simply not the same when they fought Pacquiao, both failing to lead boxing to its salvation.

But when Floyd Mayweather Jr., the BEST POUND FOR POUND FIGHTER IN THE WORLD, came back from retirement to reclaim his spot back on the spotlight, we knew then that Pacquiao’s time as paper champion is about to come to a close.

Now, with this ‘’other'’ guy wanting to get a shot at Pacquiao’s third world ass as well, Pacquiao’s people is just determined to delay the inevitable. Apparently, ‘’Sugar'’ Shane Mosley wants Manny Pacquiao and Pacquiao’s people knows that Sugar Shane always gets what he wants. They know too that the moment Sugar Shane set his mind into kicking Pacquiao’s ass, it’s only a matter of time before Mosley does just that.

The problem is, Pacquiao’s people is getting in the…

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