Adventure Sports

Jamie Mitchelle is a 33 year old who is more than an accomplished SUPer and has 9 Molokai and Oahu paddle-board titles.  He is the person that goes on 50 km paddles and at some points gets blown off track and lost at sea.  The Coast Guard searches, but cannot find him, and then somehow he finds his way back.  He explained that Molokai is between 30-40% mental because while you are out there at sea you face pain and sometimes even set-backs.  Its those who keep going that push through and succeed.  Also, other factors such as wind and the weather can hinder your performance, but really one has to not worry about that and just go out there to finish.  Due to all of his success, it makes sense that he was nominated for the Adventurer of the Year Award by National Geographic.

Making Leaps and Bounds

With a program that was started in 1921 and for Steve Fisher in his 20th season as a head coach, the San Diego Aztecs have had the best start ever for their program with a a 10-0 record right now.  This winning streak is the second longest they have had in 90 years.  They finish out the top ten in college basketball behind:
     #1-Duke (10-0)
     #2-Ohio State (8-0)
     #3-Kansas (9-0)
     #4 -Connecticut (8-0)
     #5-Syracuse (10-0)
     #6-Kansas State (9-1)
     #7-Tennessee (7-0)
     #8-Pitt (10-1)
     #9-Baylor (6-0)
     #10-Aztecs (10-0)
This is almost not heard of and is definitely not expected.  This team is pulling it together and facing the odds.  Even though they are not expected to be where they are, they are still pulling ahead and making it happen.

An Alumni Game in the NHL

A team of Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to take on a team of Washington Capitals, all of which are players from that past that no longer play in the league.  Mario Lemieux and his Penguins are facing off against Peter Bondra and his Capitals.  This is going to take place the day before the Winter Classic in Pittsburgh and the full rosters for these teams will be announced sometime in the near future.  The tickets for this event will be $25 and are not only good for the game, but also for the current Penguins practice session afterwards.  The practice session is a warm-up before they take the ice to play in the Winter Classic.    The event will also be held at Heinz field in Pittsburgh and will be played outside.

College QB Out for the Game

Mike Hartline of the Kentucky Wildcats, who was supposed to play in the quarterback position in the BBVC Compass Bowl, will no longer be doing so.  He was recently charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct, both of which he was arrested for.  Even though it was a tough decision to suspend Hartline from the game knowing that back up quarterback, Morgan Newton, a sophomore, has only thrown for 54 yards this season, it was necessary due to his actions.  Also, if it was not enough drama already, the Attorney for Hartline entered a not guilty plea shortly after Hartline and Ashely Carnes were arrested for having a dispute with another woman and also after he found out that Hartline was suspended from the game.

How Low

People are serious ridiculous.  Pat Burns, who coached the New Jersey Devils to the 2003 Stanely Cup final title passed away on November 19th.  He was only 58 years old and died due to a long battle with cancer.  In attendance at the funeral for the fallen police officer-turned-hockey coach was the entire roster of the Devils. The morning after the funeral was held though there was a shocking discovery.  Not only was Ms. Burns' car broken into, but items were stolen.  A designer men's watch, two suitcases of his and her clothes, an iPad, and jewelry were taken.  If that wasn't bad enough, autographed hockey sweaters from each of the 30 NHL teams as well as family photos, but even the bed sheets from the hospital were missing.  The one thing that still remained in the car was Pat Burns' wallet.  How rude and low can people really be?

How Low

People are serious ridiculous.  Pat Burns, who coached the New Jersey Devils to the 2003 Stanely Cup final title passed away on November 19th.  He was only 58 years old and died due to a long battle with cancer.  In attendance at the funeral for the fallen police officer-turned-hockey coach was the entire roster of the Devils. The morning after the funeral was held though there was a shocking discovery.  Not only was Ms. Burns' car broken into, but items were stolen.  A designer men's watch, two suitcases of his and her clothes, an iPad, and jewelry were taken.  If that wasn't bad enough, autographed hockey sweaters from each of the 30 NHL teams as well as family photos, but even the bed sheets from the hospital were missing.  The one thing that still remained in the car was Pat Burns' wallet.  How rude and low can people really be?

Violence Filling the Sports World

In Birmingham City the fans at a soccer game rushed onto the field running, after Birmingham rallied to a win.  They threw flares at the rival teams' supporters who then in turn retaliated by ripping up and throwing their seats onto the field.  All of this chaos erupted after Birmingham won 2-1 against Aston Villa a local rival in the League Cup quarterfinals.  St. Andrews field was a complete mess.  Even though this violence has been in the English soccer history since the 70's and 80's it does not stop their goals of hosting the World Cup.  Alex McLeish reasoned that this fight should not have any influence on the voting for the 2018 World Cup Host.  Along with England, other hopeful hosts are Spain-Portugal, Russia, and the Netherlands-Belgium.  In the next up and coming games around the same time as the voting for the "host" takes place; Birmingham will face off against West Ham in the semifinals and Arsenal will play Ipswich.