This week in sports

Happy belated Veterans Day everyone, hope you honored our veterans in some way.

Did you watched the Paralympics special on NBC? NBC did an awesome job of capturing the dedication and the true athletic abilities of these men and women that, in many cases, outshine the accomplishments of their able body counterparts. The film shows many winners and losers, it also addressed the 83 million disabled Chinese — which is equal to the population of Germany and shows how the country embraced and supported the Paralympics. Even the Great Wall of China has been made wheelchair accessible. If you think your life is bad a lot of these athletes not only over came their disability, but in some cases, have been abandoned as kids and adopted by other families. The special also underlined the fact that it is not about winning a medal, but it is about competing and taking part. I hope NBC will product a DVD of this special and its Paralympics event coverage, which is re-airing this week on Universal Sports.

It’s a big weekend up coming. Saturday is UFC 91 with the main event of Randy “the Natural” Couture vs. Brock Lesnar. This is the biggest fright in UFC history as Randy is one of the biggest names in the game. He is a 5-time champion (2-time light Heavyweight, and 3-time Heavyweight champion). He is also a member of the UFC Hall of Fame. Brock Lesnar is a former WWE champion and one of the toughest people in the world. I give the edge to Brock, but if he makes a mistake like he did against Frank Mir, Randy can win. Should be fun.

Also this weekend is the start of College Basketball season. I can’t wait, as both the UCONN Men and Women teams are number 1 in the preseason polls.

Enjoy the weekend and I hope to be back with a report on the UFC if I can find a friend to watch it at as its on PPV and I can’t get it at home.

Good night and good luck.

Jamie Lazaroff

Storys of inspiration

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Here are two videos for last nights series finale of ESPN's E;50 program. First, is the story of DJ Gregory and his dream to walk every hole of every golf tournament. The second is the story of Adam Bender, an active little boy who lives with one leg.

This week in sports

Tuesday night November 4t, 2008 we saw history being made. Did you think America would elect an African American to the White House in your lifetime? I don’t care how you voted or what political persuasion you are, Tuesday night was a historical point in our nations history. Yes I did have Goosebumps and a tear in my eye. I believe that, as President-Elect Obama said, “Yes we can” make America great again. For you that did not vote for him, all I have to say is, just give him a chance. As senator McCain said, “It’s time for the county to stand united”.

Over last weekend I did watch the 20/20 cricket match for 20 million dollars. The Stanford Superstars beat the England National Team by 10 wickets. It was as one sided as it sounds. In one sense it was good for the US Audience because the Superstars hit some very big shots that were very exciting. In other senses I think it was not good because it was very one sided and we (the America people) what to see close games. The America people also like to see national teams go head to head not just one-time teams like the Stanford Superstars. I hope ESPN will do more cricket matches, I enjoyed it and the more its on the more people will tune in.

This weekend’s big event is the finals 5 rounds of the PBR World Finals from Las Vegas. Thursday thru Saturday it’s on Versus Network at 9 P.M nightly. NBC has the final 2 rounds on Sunday from 4 to 6 P.M. Should be fun, we saw some great rides last weekend, should be more of the same this weekend.

Before the PBR Sunday on NBC, the network has its highlight package for the PARALYMPICS from China. Show is 2:30 to 4 P.M. Don’t miss it.


Talk to you all next week. Hope to have a report on all this and more. Enjoy an other crazy football weekend.


Good night and good luck.

Jamie Lazaroff