On behalf of Panda, Challenger, et al., I’d like to sincerely wish Canada a very happy 142nd birthday.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be enjoying a day of shit weather, beer, fireworks, and barbeque. How I love this country. more

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4270611 more

I read here the boards regularly, and tried searching for an answer to my question, but here it goes. Are PS3 owners going to be able to hear opposing online home teams’ custom stadium sounds? I believe XBOX owners may have gotten this in a patch in NCAA 09???? Forgive me if this has been answered… more

The world of horse racing is competitive. It can also be a cut throat business, and wealthy owners and successful trainers can often be spotted a mile away. Strutting their success at each racing event, some horse owners enjoy the notoriety and spotlight that comes with each victory and horse racing champion. But then there are others that are hardly spoken about, as they avoid the celebrity status and go about their daily business as any other member of the public would. One of these humble horse racing success stories involves a respected and admired member of the racing community, Pete Scarmardo. more

The world of horse racing is competitive. It can also be a cut throat business, and wealthy owners and successful trainers can often be spotted a mile away. Strutting their success at each racing event, some horse owners enjoy the notoriety and spotlight that comes with each victory and horse racing champion. But then there are others that are hardly spoken about, as they avoid the celebrity status and go about their daily business as any other member of the public would. One of these humble horse racing success stories involves a respected and admired member of the racing community, Pete Scarmardo. more

The world of horse racing is competitive. It can also be a cut throat business, and wealthy owners and successful trainers can often be spotted a mile away. Strutting their success at each racing event, some horse owners enjoy the notoriety and spotlight that comes with each victory and horse racing champion. But then there are others that are hardly spoken about, as they avoid the celebrity status and go about their daily business as any other member of the public would. One of these humble horse racing success stories involves a respected and admired member of the racing community, Pete Scarmardo. more

It’s semi-finals day in the ladies’ draw and that means a double helping of USA v Russia. Top seed Dinara Safina faces Venus Williams in the second of the two semis and Ben Caudell can only see this going one way.
Dinara Safina (RUS) v Venus Williams (USA) -

It’s semi-finals day at the All England Championship and surprise, surprise, both Williams sisters look set to reach the final for the fourth time since 2002. Today sees the first instalment of the old cold war battle between the Yanks and the Russians- the other semi-final sees Elena Dementieva (RUS) take on Serena Williams (USA).

Since 1999 an American has won Wimbledon on eight occasions with a Russian, Maria Sharapova, having won on the other occasion. Venus has undoubtedly become the Queen of Wimbledon having won the event five times within the last ten years and reached the final on another two, her losses coming against her own sister, Serena.

Venus leads the head to head series over Safina 2-1; they have met once this year, on the American’s least favoured surface (clay) in which Safina triumphed over three close sets in Rome.

They have never met on grass before, though I can’t see anything to suggest that this match will go any other way than a Venus win. She’s the specialist on the surface and the defending champion.

She has not even lost a set here since the third round in 2007, which makes it 32 sets in a row, and although she is sporting tape around her left knee, we have been assured that she intends to play through what ever pain may be affecting her. The Queen will rule once again…

Selections:

Venus Williams @ [1.21] to win match
Back V Williams 2-0 @ [1.63]
Back Serena/Venus Final @ [1.5]
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After doing a dozen generations of an all regen game and using the formula that Scout Genie uses to determine it’s potential rating the average number of players above an 80% rating was 203 players. The result is similar if you wind the clock 30 years in a real player game. The starting number of… more

Where is everyone? I saw one guy posting, but it says banned by his name, so I guess he is gone. No one else? I guess this site is really dying. more

This has been a big gripe for me so far. When I’m beating the crap out of someone for 10 to 12 rounds I want a better look at the damage I’ve done.

Its just not satisfying enough since the camera angles between rounds suck. You can never get a good look at your face or the opposing fighters… more