It’s crunch time in Formula One people.

You read it, the 2008 F1 season is closing in on the culmination of what has been another excellent season and the Belgian Grand Prix might just be the turning point for the top three Formula 1 drivers of the season in their quest for the world championship.

The 2008 F1 Belgium Grand Prix is on September 7 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium. This racetrack has been one of the most revered racetracks in F1. Spa-Francorchamps has been a mainstay of the world championship calendar since it began in 1950.

Renowned for its thrilling, high-speed corners and the capricious local micro-climate which can throw up blazing sunshine and heavy showers in equal measure, the mighty seven-kilometer circuit is still considered one of modern racing’s greatest challenges.

Looking at the drivers’ championship standings, McLaren - Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton still leads the pack with 70 points, six points better than Brazilian driver Felipe Massa of Ferrari. Third is Massa’s Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen with 57 points.

For Felipe Massa, he will ride on his momentum after winning the Telefonica Grand Prix of Europe. After coming so close to…

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Why? Read on.

In case you didn’t notice, we are closing in on the end of the tennis season as the 2008 United States Open Tennis Championships, the last Grand Slam of the tennis calendar year, is about to conclude in style with some interesting quarterfinal match-ups this Thursday.

And perhaps none is as intriguing as this face-off between Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic. And since we are not really huge tennis fans, branding a match not involving the hot and sexy Maria Sharapova ‘’intriguing'’ should be exactly that. Thanks to Roddick, we’re probably watch this one just to see if Djokovic will make Roddick eat his words.

Oh yeah, Andy Roddick sure was talking, A LOT. It has been well documented that Djokovic has his fair share of injuries and with Roddick facing the Serbian for the right to advance to the semifinals, it was not surprising that the American actually addressed his opponent’s injuries, with a hint of sarcasm.

Andy Roddick was talking to the media when a reporter blurted out something about Novak Djokovic, explaining that the Serbian had complained of an injured right ankle. Roddick cut him off, (it is HIS press conference after all…) leading to this somewhat funny exchange between the two.

Roddick: Isn’t it both of them? And a back and a…

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BARELY.

Hee hee… Yes people, after Rafael Nadal started the 2008 United States Open Tennis Championships with the dominance you’ll only get from a player ranked no.1 in the world, he got his first scare of the tournament when a virtual unknown named Sam Querrey almost shocked the world.

In a match that forced Rafael Nadal to shift to another gear to beat the unseeded Sam Querrey 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-3, Nadal found himself matching his best result at the very tournament that simply hates his guts.

Playing for the sixth year at Flushing Meadows hoping for a better result this time, Nadal rallied to beat Sam Querrey to reach the quarterfinals against Mardy Fish. And it wasn’t easy too.

Nadal was down 6-5 in the third set and was on the brink of losing two straight sets to the unseeded Sam Querrey. Thankfully, Nadal was able to find the form that enabled him to beat then world no.1 Roger Federer at this year’s French Open and Wimbledon.

That form also brought Nadal the Olympic gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the world no.1 ranking he’s relishing as of the moment.

‘’In every tournament you have one bad day, that’s the normal thing,'’ Rafael Nadal…

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Because if he wants to win his first F1 world championship, he better finish strong in the final six races of the year.

The 2008 F1 season is about to close with only six more races to go starting with Belgium. Lewis Hamilton, coming off a remarkable rookie season, is on the verge of winning the first F1 title of his career but since he still has six races to keep his championship lead in the standings, he knows letting up now would be a very very bad idea.

At this point of the season, Lewis Hamilton is still leading the drivers championship with 70 points.

Not far behind are the two drivers from Ferrari, Felipe Massa with 64 and defending world champion Kimi Raikkonen with 57. And if last season’s conclusion of the championship race was to tell us anything, it would have to be the fact that nothing is settled until the last race is completed.

In case you have no idea what I’m stressing here, Kimi Raikkonen literally stole last season’s world championship away from the two competing McLaren - Mercedes drivers, Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, both were then dubbed as the odds-on favorite to win it all.

It’s ironic that Lewis Hamilton finds himself in a similar situation, the only difference is, he IS the championship leader this time trying to fend off two competing drivers from Ferrari.

That’s why winning Sunday’s 2008 F1 Belgium Grand Prix is very important because that could be the first step towards his goal of becoming a bona fide F1 world champion.

‘’From a human and physical perspective, these two races are…'’

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You read it, and after winning in straight sets for three straight rounds into the tournament, ‘’dominant'’ could be an understatement.

Try God-like. And Federer, after three rounds into the 2008 United States Open Tennis Championships, was exactly that. What has been he eating for him to have this kind of dominance in the last Grand Slam of the year? Nothing special really, it just so happens that he ain’t No.1 no more and he wants to get the top spot back BAD, whatever it takes.

After staying on top of the tennis food chain for the past few years, Roger Federer relinquished the No.1 spot to rival Rafael Nadal after the latter beat him in the last two Grand Slam tournaments of the season, that being in the French Open at Roland Garros where Nadal normally dominates anyway and the other in England where the annual Wimbledon Championships are held.

It was only understandable that Rafael Nadal gets all the attention in the U.S. Open this year since he is now the man to beat in tennis. And while Nadal enjoys all the attention being the new world No.1, Federer opts to just continue what he does best and that’s beating everybody else.

Federer has yet to drop a single set after three rounds into the 2008 U.S. Open, and while the media continually chooses to ignore the new world No.2, choosing to put all their efforts in watching every single move Nadal makes these days, Federer seems determined in grabbing all that attention back.

Federer is looking to remind everybody that he is still…

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They could, because at this point of the season, Massa is showing Ferrari why his team should do just that.

Much to everybody’s surprise, Felipe Massa has overtaken his more popular Ferrari teammate, Kimi Raikkonen, in the race for the drivers championship this 2008 F1 season with only six more races to go.

After playing second fiddle to Michael Schumacher and then Kimi, Felipe Massa has come to his own this year with 64 championship points to Kimi’s 57. And although Lewis Hamilton is still in first place, leading the two Ferrari drivers with 70, Massa definitely has a better shot of winning this year’s title than Kimi, despite the fact that Kimi still is THE defending champ.

That’s probably why the Ferrari team should start lining up behind Massa now or they could see their run for the drivers title end up with nothing.

We all saw that last season when McLaren - Mercedes let Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso settle for themselves who’s going to take home the title. It backfired when Kimi came out of nowhere to steal the drivers championship away from the two competing McLaren stars.

It’s ironic that Kimi Raikkonen finds himself in the same position and it’ll be up to him if he wants to cooperate with Massa or just go all out and try to compete with his teammate for…

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Can the Executioner slay a Ghost?

That’s probably the mindset promoters of this Bernard ‘’The Executioner'’ Hopkins vs Kelly ‘’The Ghost'’ Pavlik extravaganza are in. Hopkins, even at the late stages of his career, is still one of the best in the game right now but when he’s matched up against an undefeated Ghost like Pavlik, you have to ask yourself, how in the hell can you execute a freakin’ ghost?

And when you’re talking about the world middleweight champion Kelly ‘’The Ghost'’ Pavlik, trying to slay THE Ghost is more of an impossibility. After all, he is not the undisputed king of the middleweight division for nothing and after surprising the world by beating then champ, Jermain ‘’Bad Intentions'’ Taylor, Kelly Pavlik has arrived with a bang and by the looks of it, he’s here for the long haul.

STILL, if there’s one guy who can shock the world, it’s Bernard ‘’The Executioner'’ Hopkins. There are not many boxers who can claim they can stay on top of the game at 40. B-Hop has.

Hopkins is 43 for crying out loud people and he can still bitch-slap Manny Pacquiao faster than Pacquiao can eat duck fetus. When Hopkins’ mother, Shirley Hopkins, passed away in 2003…

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And in case you were wondering, we meant that with a hint of sarcasm.

The 2008-09 English Premier League season is just starting to heat up as teams have already played at least twice in this early start of the season.

As of the current standings, Chelsea FC and Liverpool are on top, winning both of their fixtures with a total of 6 points each.

On the other hand, Blackburn Rovers, Hull City, Newcastle United, and Manchester United are all tied with the same number of points with 4.

There are 10 teams tied with three points apiece. Those teams are Aston Villa, Manchester City, Bolton, Everton, Middlesbrough, Fulham, Sunderland, Arsenal, Stoke City and West Ham.

At the bottom, we have Tottenham, West Brom, Wigan and Portsmouth, all scoreless still in the Premiership.

In other Premier League season news, Vince Grella of Torino has moved to Blackburn signing a four-year deal reportedly around £4million.

Grella ends a ten-year stint playing in Italy having first arrived in Serie A in 1998 when he joined Empoli.

He joined Parma in 2004 and Torino in 2007, but he has now sealed his move to the…

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Yep, she’s out, marking the first time a top seed gets eliminated this quick for some time.

The 2008 United States Open Tennis Championships just got interesting after no.1 seed Ana Ivanovic was eliminated after the second round. You read it, that’s one less cute pair of tits and ass in the last Grand Slam of the tennis calendar. Mourn with me.

In what has been one of the biggest upsets in tennis history, no.1 seed Ana Ivanovic lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, to virtual unknown 188th-ranked Julie Coin. You just know after coming up with a shocking upset against the top woman player in the game today, Coin will be a virtual unknown no more.

Julie Coin was more surprised than the tennis fans watching the match, screaming her lungs out when Ivanovic’s last shot sailed out of bounds to give her the unbelievable second round win. She hit an extra ball high into the stands, hopping like a five-year-old on Christmas morning.

Ivanovic on the other hand, left the court as quick as she can, obviously disgusted of what just happened. ‘’If you would ask if I’m playing like a No.1, no,'’ Ivanovic said. ‘’Obviously, it was very hard.'’

Ivanovic was already struggling back in the first round after coming back with an injured thumb. She knew it will only get harder as she go deeper…

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He has to, that is if he wants to stay at No.1 as long as possible.

Rafael Nadal, after beating Roger Federer TWICE in a Grand Slam tournament this year, has become the new world No.1, taking along with him the no.1 seed in the last Grand Slam of the tennis calendar, the 2008 United States Open Tennis Championships.

Also an Olympic gold medalist in the men’s singles in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Rafael Nadal will now deal with the pressure of having one huge target on his head.

After all, that’s what being on top of the food chain is all about in sports.

For some reason, Rafael Nadal has never gone pass the quarterfinals in the U.S. Open. Must have something to do with the way he struggles on tournaments not played on clay surfaces.

Now that he has been able to overcome that after beating Roger Federer on grass, that being this year’s Wimbledon, Rafa is on the verge of proving to everybody that he’s no longer just the master of clay.

He likes his chances of winning another Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open and I don’t blame him.

‘’When you are playing well you feel comfortable on all courts. In…'’

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