Of course, I’m sure somebody already made the case that Roger Federer could be an alien in tennis shoes.

But has anyone proven why he / she is making the said ‘’alien'’ argument? What?!? Somebody has? Oh… okay. So I guess all I can say at this point is, HERE’S MORE.

Roger Federer has been dropping tennis records after tennis records the past few months but did you know that the guy has already stirred up some for 2007 this early? Heck, the first quarter of the year ain’t even over yet and here’s Federer already making these things.

Roger Federer became the first man since tennis turned professional in 1968 to reach a massive 11 grand slam semis in succession. Federer did that at the 2007 Australian Open and mind you, that was the first month of 2007 then.

The Swiss tennis sensation won his 10th Grand Slam title also at the 2007 Australian Open. Melbourne saw Federer win 10 Grand Slams in just three years, also becoming the first professional tennis player to win three straight majors TWICE in his tennis career. Jeez…

And just last week, Roger Federer began…

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A DNF at the Daytona 500? Okay, no problem, Dale Earnhardt Jr. can work his way out of that bad start.

A few days later, Dale Earnhardt Jr. drops another DNF. Uh-oh, for a driver like Earnhardt, not finishing races is not one of those things you’ll usually see his name on. Not finishing his second consecutive NASCAR race of the 2007 season at the Auto Club 500 is definitely alarming.

Should we bid Earnhardt’s chances for the 2007 Nextel Cup championship goodbye? Um… his mom is probably doing just that right now.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. spun across the track after his engine finally died midway through the Auto Club 500. He got out of the car, shook his head and gave a matador-style bow to the crowd.

‘’I was really worried about our motor situation going into this race. We blew two motors at the test in Las Vegas [in January],'’ Dale Earnhardt said. ‘’We just have to keep our heads up. It blew up good the last time. We have to try to figure it out before we get to Vegas [in two weeks].'’

The next NASCAR war will be at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway as Dale Earnhardt Jr. would be looking to win for a change at the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 on Mar.11.

The Auto 500 was won by…

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If these guys play at the Cricket World Cup in kilts, now THAT will surprise me.

According to Scot Majid Haq, Scotland beating Australia will be the shocker of the tournament. It would be a massive feat for the Scotland team too. Of course, we also know how bad Australia is playing with their sticks these days. (Well, those who follow cricket anyway…)

Majid Haq said, ‘’For us to beat Australia would be like the Faroes beating Brazil at football. In fact it might even be bigger than that, more like us beating Brazil when Berti Vogts was in charge.'’

Oookaaay theeen. Well, for what it’s worth, Majid Haq will have the chance of coming up with an upset win over the powerhouse Aussie cricket team. He will be a part of the 15-man squad that will go to the Caribbean to face South Africa and Holland as the team prepares for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

‘’If we can take early wickets, which I’m sure we can with the way we’ve been bowling, we might set a few nerves jangling and cause the likes of Australia and South Africa a few problems,'’ Scotland head coach Peter Drinnen said.

‘’Teams are going out and giving it the gun really early in their innings and setting targets of 300, but you run the risk of losing early wickets. In the one-day game anything can happen and if we get it together we are going to be very dangerous, even against Australia. We have a game plan and hopefully we can stick to it.”

He adds, ‘’You hear a lot about our amateur status but that doesn’t wash with me or the players.'’

Scotland recently reached the…

Read More » Scotland going for a 2007 Cricket World Cup shocker with an upset win over powerhouse Australia?

Yep, we’ve been seeing ‘’Da Donald'’ a lot lately huh?

Just when you thought the whole ‘’Donald Trump vs Rosie O’Donnell shit'’ was… well… the shit, Donald Trump apparently is now challenging sports entertainment icon and owner of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Vincent Kennedy McMahon to a match at WrestleMania 23.

Now, we wouldn’t be writing about pro wrestling matches here in OddJack on a regular basis (not yet anyway…) but this little match between Vinnie Mac and Da Donald sure deserves the mention.

Hell, it’s not everyday you’ll see two rich old farts, both having ridiculous haircuts, settling their differences inside a WWE ring.

AND YEAH… Speaking of those two ridiculous haircuts, Donald Trump challenged Vince McMahon in one episode of the WWE’s flagship brand, Monday Night RAW, to a hair vs. hair match.

For all ya’ll unfamiliar with pro wrestling language, a hair vs. hair match is a wrestling match with a stipulation wherein the loser gets his hair shaved bald right there in the ring.

Yep, we will definitely see either…

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Yep, the unthinkable happened.

For the first time in ten years, Australia lost four one-day matches in a row. Australia, the defending world champions, was in ruins following a five-wicket defeat in Auckland last Sunday.

Yep, just like the stupid defending NBA Basketball champions, Miami Heat, these Cricket champions are stumbling down. The setback resulted in them relinquishing the top spot to South Africa for the first time at the Cricket World Cup rankings.

Rival New Zealand reached 337 for four to achieve the second-highest run chase in history with eight balls to spare to secure the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. The Kiwis (yep, they actually named their team, ‘’Kiwis'’) won the first match of the series in Wellington by 10 wickets, the first time Australia lost THAT much.

‘’I think that’s just where international cricket is at the moment, we’re going to a World Cup with teams beating each other,'’ New Zealand team captain Stephen Fleming told reporters after their epic win.

‘’I guess that’s the exciting thought, and the scary thought, that on any given day one of eight teams could win this World Cup.'’

As for the new kings of the…

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What’s up with these Formula One drivers?

As the brand new F1 season draws near, (I can’t wait!) some ‘’professional'’ F1 drivers are still bitching about basically everything; their team, the car, the engine and even the tires, instead of just helping their respective teams to prepare for this year’s brewing F1 battle.

What’s up? Are these guys really frustrated or are they just having too much pressure lately, with all these expectations pinned on these guys already?

Defending world champion, Fernando Alonso, is one of those drivers. He will enter the brand new 2007 F1 season with a new team, McLaren Mercedes, after winning two world championships with Renault.

Is he happy with his new team? Um… NO.

Fernando Alonso said that his McLaren Mercedes car is NOT EVEN CLOSE to being ready for Australia (where the first grand prix of the season will take place…) and they are…

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Dwyane Wade, that irritating shooting guard from the Miami Heat who can’t spell his name right, just go more irritating.

Dwyane Wade, the same man who said that being a leader in the locker room, giving halftime speeches and all that ‘’Jordanesque'’ stuff, is just not his thing, has been talking about leadership recently.

Yep, the pathetic Heat guard is actually criticizing Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki of his leadership skills. Can you imagine that? For a guy on a struggling Miami Heat team as they are now, talking shit about other people is the last thing that you should do. Well, he’s ‘’DUMB DWYANE'’ anyway so I’m not surprised.

Wade said, ‘’Dirk says they gave us the championship last year, but he’s the reason they lost the championship, because he wasn’t the leader that he’s supposed to be in the closing moments. That’s because of great defense by us, but also he wasn’t assertive enough as a leader’s supposed to be.'’

Aw c’mon, who you kidding Dwyane? Miami screwed Dallas.

We all know you guys won that championship because of all those free throws the refs were willing to give to you. Hell, you were in the free throw line in that championship series more than the Dallas Mavericks were all…

Read More » To Nowitzki: Forget Dwyane Wade, he’s just a dumbass

It means an Australian homo named Adam Gilchrist will miss the Cricket World Cup, and it will be a damn day for Australia for sure.

That’s Australian slang for ya’ mate. Yep, Australia’s World Cup plans have been thrown into further disarray with the news that Adam Gilchrist is to miss the first three weeks of the tournament to attend the birth of his third child. Gilchrist’s wife, Mel, is due to give birth just days before the squad flies out from Sydney on February 28.

This is after the Australian Cricket national team lost Andrew Symonds to injury and losing to England in the CB Series finals in an unsettling fashion. Australia will have to make do without their wicketkeeper and opening bat at least until their final Group A match against South Africa in St Kitts on March 24.

Brad Haddin will replace Adam Gilchrist as the team’s resident wicketkeeper, at least for the warm-up and opening matches of the Cricket World Cup tournament. If Haddin, for some reason, gets injured, Mike Hussey will replace him.

But what if the guy replacing the guy who will replace the guy who won’t be available for Australia’s opening games gets injured? Who will replace the guy replacing the guy replacing the guy replacing the guy who won’t be available for Australia’s opening matches? (He he…)

THEN, Australian Steve Irvin will play. Oh wait, that guy’s already…

Read More » Shit mate, poofter Adam Gilchrist will miss the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Australia will have a damn die!

David Coulthard sure feels like it, and if Red Bull falls flat on their asses once again, it won’t be his fault.

That’s what he’s saying anyway. Well, not exactly but it sure sounds like it. ‘’We have to achieve more, otherwise people will have to be replaced,'’ said the feisty Scotland driver, David Coulthard.

David Coulthard is one of the best drivers in the history of F1 racing. But the David Coulthard we see now is nowhere in comparison to the David Coulthard we saw back in the day, when he was this cocky apprentice to the legendary Mika Hakkinen, both driving then for McLaren Mercedes.

Back in those days, Coulthard was learning from one of the, if not the best, in the business. As Mika Hakkinen were going toe to toe with Ferrari and their German ace driver, Michael Schumacher (without a shadow of a doubt, the best years of Formula One racing…) David Coulthard was patiently waiting, waiting for his turn to take the mantle Mika will leave for him.

When Mika Hakkinen finally called it quits, David Coulthard resumed McLaren’s classic rivalry with Ferrari. Coulthard made life difficult for Schumi for a while but the legendary Ferrari star was simply more experienced and…

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Super Bowl XLI: The Chicago Bears won the coin toss. Hmmm, sounds like a good sign as rookie sensation Devin Hester awaits Adam Vinatieri’s kickoff.

Then suddenly. the Bears fans jumped out of their seats, opened their arms toward the big screens and yelled in unison as Hester caught a kickoff and sprinted 92 yards into the end zone.

And that was only the first 14 seconds of Super Bowl XLI. But a coronation was unavoidable, and the great Ringless One is ringless no more. Yes, Peyton Manning is a Super Bowl winner at last.

Without Rex Grossman, this could have been a pretty good Super Bowl. Don’t crown their you-know-whats. In the end, the Bears were what Dennis Green - and so many other critics - thought they were: REX is really GROSS, man!

For Chicago, it’s a case of déjà vu. Remember Tedd Ginn, Jr. and the so-called “Super Bowl coin toss curse”?

Hester’s runback matched Ginn’s feat in the Bowl Championship Series title game a month earlier. Ginn took the opening kick back 93 yards for a touchdown against Florida, but the Buckeyes wound up losing 41-14 to the Gators in college football’s national championship game.

Another bad sign for the Bears may have come before kickoff. Chicago won the coin toss; over the last 11 years, the coin-toss winner has lost the Super Bowl nine times.

Leaving the Miami stadium afterward, many Bears fans said the best team — with the best quarterback — had won.

It was a nice Super Bowl dream while it lasted.

In retrospect, maybe we should have seen it coming. Or maybe we did and didn’t want to admit it.

This is how I’ll remember the day.

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