Football League Championship

Payne Stewart American athlete Payne Stewart began golfing at the young age of four and was earned a spot on the PGA tour just two years after he graduated college. Stewart became famous on the tour and among fans for his singular style, he dressed in old fashion golf clothing. He had eleven tour victories and three major titles under his belt when he died at age 42 in a plane crash. For Payne Stewart to get into the PGA it took years of practice. Payne Stewart started when he was four, and…

During the 1996 Masters golf tournament at Augusta, one of the world’s finest golf courses, Greg Norman played one of the greatest eighteen hole games he had ever played. Norman shot an incredible score of 63, which still stand today as a course record. Norman went into the second day of gold with a fifteen stroke lead, only to choke under pressure scoring a 78 the day after shooting such an amazing game. Nick Faldo managed to come from behind and defeating Norman by a five stroke margin winning…

to always buy food. Not everyone on the football team is on scholarship, we have a good amount of walk-ons on our team and after practice we eat dinner, but just the guys on scholarship. It sounds really harsh but that is how the NCAA rulebook is set up. Do I think it is fair? Of course not these guys put in the same amount of work as we do. Paying student athletes would really benefit people like this who are already paying for school while playing football. Another common problem I come across…

The Calvin Knights football team has been undefeated since 1879. How is this spectacular feat possible? It has to do with the fact that Calvin does not actually have a football team. And I for one, believe it should stay that way. Despite the many sports fans at Calvin who crave one of America’s favorite past times, the school has yet to assemble a team. Both the Calvin board and others, including me, worry that creating a football team is not in the school’s best interest. The main reason…

1) The high-profile person I selected for the ‘Google Gotcha!’ activity is Tiger Woods. 2) When googling Tiger Woods, I was met with a mix of positive and negative stories. The positive stories where ones that focused on his return to professional golf. Tiger is currently in recovery after multiple surgeries to heal his injured back, knee, elbow, and neck. The positive links are ones either detailing his recovery or anticipating his return to the PGA scene. The more negative and image-hurting…

Amateur Championship, beating Robert Sweeney Jr. 1-up in the final, and he decided that he should give professional golf a try. That is how it started. His first PGA Tour win ever though was in the 1955 Canadian Open, and that was when he realized that he made the right decision to become professional. Before he won the US Amatuer, though he was in the Coast Guard for 3 years, while still playing in Amatuer tournaments(he was out of the Coast Guard at US Championship). He went to college…

sports team would be beneficial to the city of Birmingham, Alabama. A professional sports team could boost the city’s tourism substantially and possibly grow its population. The team would need to be from one of the country’s 5 biggest sports: Football, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, or Hockey. There are reasons why Birmingham never had a professional sports team. The State of Alabama has always been dominated by the two college sports programs, Alabama and Auburn. These two college’s sports…

Thrill of Playoffs The NFL playoffs is a time of great joy and excitement for the players and their fans to watch and play the great game of football. Talented football players battle it out on the field to see who can win the covenant super bowl title. However, to get to that point, the teams have to have a great regular season record and win games in the playoffs. The disappointment is that only twelve out of the thirty teams get into the playoffs and have a chance to win the super bowl. I…

in Cairo, Georgia. Jackie became the first black player in the major leagues. Jackie signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie’s last appearance at a baseball game was October 10, 1956. He has 137 home runs and his batting average is .311. Jackie was born into a poor family. He was the youngest of the five. Jackie went to John Muir High School, playing varsity level sports. Branch Ricky chose Jackie to play in the major leagues in 1946. Since that happened he knew others could break color…

‘Leo’ Messi was born on 24th June 1987. He is an Argentine football player and plays for Spanish club Barcelona and is highly paid richest celebrities. He plays for Argentina national team. He also has a Spanish citizenship, which means he can play as an EU player. People usually say that he is the world’s best foot ball player. Messi received FIFA world player of the year at the age of 22 and several Ballon d’Or. Messi learned football by Furkan Kara- who was everything to him. He treated Kara…