Source: http://www.broadstreethockey.com/2012/8/29/3277921/nhl-cba-lockout-2012-another-day-without-a-deal
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2012年9月2日日曜日
Golovkin vs. Proksa: Boxing Fans Should Be Rooting for Former Olympic Medalist
Gennady Golovkin deserves the support of boxing fans everywhere for his endless desire to be the world's best middleweight fighter.
The 30-year-old Kazakhstan native will take on Polish boxer Grzegorz Proksa in New York on Saturday night to decide the WBA Middleweight Championship.
The biggest storyline by far heading into the HBO bout is Golovkin. Despite being an Olympic silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, he is not content to finish out his boxing career in Europe.
Here is Golovkin (via ESPN.com's Dan Rafael) on his desire to conquer the sport he loves:
I want to fight in America because I realize America is the biggest boxing market and there are a lot of great fighters in my division in America. There are good fights over in Europe, but for me the priority is to be at the top of the sport in America.
The 2003 middleweight world champion is 23-0 with 20 knockouts over his professional career, but is risking his undefeated record to chase the top spot in the United States.
Although a fighter as talented as Golovkin should always believe he can beat anyone in his division, his decision to square off with Proksa this weekend provides a refreshing change from the boxing norm.
In a day and age where fans are clamoring for a mega fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. that will seemingly never happen, Golovkin's fearless attitude should be commended.
Boxing fans should be cheering for Golovkin on Saturday night in New York. Instead of riding off into the sunset with his world title he has opted to embark on what will surely be the greatest boxing challenge of his life.
Even if he can defeat the 27-year-old Proksa, he will soon be pitted against some of the division's more recognizable stars like Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
This Golovkin (via ESPN.com's Dan Rafael) on his Saturday night bout with Proksa:
This is my first fight in America, my first fight on HBO, and now I have to prove my skills in the ring on this type of platform.
There is no doubt that Golovkin will prove his skills in his first big matchup in the ring on U.S. soil. He is an Olympic medalist, a world champion and a refreshing challenger to the middleweight division.
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2012年9月1日土曜日
Today’s CBA Meeting Has Completed
More as it becomes available.
If you had 90 minutes in the #NHL #CBA meeting length pool you win!
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) August 31, 2012
added 3:39pm,
Fehr --we were told in the players aren't prepared to accept an absolute reset in yr 1 no need to discuss our proposal#NHL #NHLPA
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) August 31, 2012
Fehr -- at this point talks are recessed#NHL #NHLPA
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) August 31, 2012
Fehr --we want to get out of this cycle where there is a salary cap 'oh let's make it smaller'#NHL #NHLPA
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) August 31, 2012
Fehr -- we know a salary cap is very important to the owners, we are prepared to make a deal that incorporates it#NHL #NHLPA
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) August 31, 2012
If you had 90 minutes in the #NHL #CBA meeting length pool you win!
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) August 31, 2012
added 3:39pm,
Fehr --we were told in the players aren't prepared to accept an absolute reset in yr 1 no need to discuss our proposal#NHL #NHLPA
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) August 31, 2012
Fehr -- at this point talks are recessed#NHL #NHLPA
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) August 31, 2012
Fehr --we want to get out of this cycle where there is a salary cap 'oh let's make it smaller'#NHL #NHLPA
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) August 31, 2012
Fehr -- we know a salary cap is very important to the owners, we are prepared to make a deal that incorporates it#NHL #NHLPA
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) August 31, 2012
Source: http://kuklaskorner.com/hockey/comments/todays-cba-meeting-has-competed
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Tottenham Need 3 Points Against Norwich, and Moussa Dembele Is the Man to Watch
Now that the transfer window has (mercifully) slammed shut, we can all go about the frantic pomp and prediction that accompanies every Premier League match, including this weekend’s already crucial Tottenham clash with Norwich City.
Now, why would this game get the fabled “crucial” tag three matches into the campaign?
Spurs are already three points off of last year’s 69-point pace and a win over Norwich would immediately eliminate that gap.
The Canaries launched a smash-and-grab raid at White Hart Lane last term and ran out with a 2-1 win in the sixth-to-last match of the season.
Getting a win over Norwich is crucial simply because the rest of the challengers for fourth can’t all be this bad for this long.
Arsenal are eventually going to start putting the ball in the net. Liverpool will continue to exert confidence as they learn Brendan Rodgers’ system.
Newcastle already has a leg up on Spurs and while Swansea probably won’t keep up their initial blitz of goals, pressure this early in the season on Andre Villas-Boas to climb the ladder is probably not what he anticipated happening in North London.
The addition of Moussa Dembele will hopefully be the missing link in midfield as Tottenham try to piece together a side that will marry its attacking lust with coverage all over the park.
Dembele might have started as a forward but his movement deeper into the midfield looks to continue as Tottenham did not pick up Joao Moutinho in the dying embers of the transfer window.
What is great is that Dembele, while maybe not the first choice for the deeper midfield passing role, is certainly capable of putting his stamp on the position.
It means more than likely that Tottenham’s double pivot will transform more into the 4-3-3 that Villas-Boas prefers, which is not at all a bad thing.
What will be interesting to watch (should Dembele start) is how well he fills in the huge gap between the double pivot and the forward/central attacking midfielder in the first two matches.
In theory, the attacking midfielder down the middle is the link man between the forward three and the midfield duo.
However, Gylfi Sigurdsson so far has played practically in the back pocket of Jermain Defoe and Rafael van der Vaart played deeper than the hole itself.
There is a giant area of space that is being left open throughout the middle of Spurs’ attack that needs a body to pull opposing central midfielders back into the middle of the park and away from the wings.
It is perhaps an undervalued role, but against the likes of Newcastle, Spurs were not able to break down the flanks as effectively as they wanted to because the Magpies loaded the flanks and had support from the central midfielders because no one was there to keep them honest.
If Dembele is playing as a more advanced central midfielder, the Canary defense must respect him or watch him fly straight towards the back line with options in the form of the forward, wingers or attacking midfielder in sight.
With the furor of activity surrounding the club’s transfers being put to the side for a few hours later today, Tottenham could stand to keep the fans from deflating too quickly by snagging all three points against Norwich.
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Enough Of The Posturing
I've had enough of the talk from both sides during these CBA sessions.
As a hockey fan, what I want is to see some honest bargaining going on but it seems that has yet to happen.
Time to lock both sides in a room until this process starts moving forward.
I run KK because I love the game, the game that is played on the ice and not in some boardroom.
Covering these talks is like watching paint dry, after some time people just want it settled and I am asking both sides to start talking, start listening and start getting it right.
Our game will pass us by if we allow this to continue.
Bettman, you've always said you won't let the negotiations become part of the media circus but that's exactly what you have been doing the last two weeks.
Fehr, you too, stop with the grandstanding media talk, get in a room with Bettman and don't come out until progress is made. Don't wait any longer, our game means too much to us to suffer through another lockout.
As a hockey fan, what I want is to see some honest bargaining going on but it seems that has yet to happen.
Time to lock both sides in a room until this process starts moving forward.
I run KK because I love the game, the game that is played on the ice and not in some boardroom.
Covering these talks is like watching paint dry, after some time people just want it settled and I am asking both sides to start talking, start listening and start getting it right.
Our game will pass us by if we allow this to continue.
Bettman, you've always said you won't let the negotiations become part of the media circus but that's exactly what you have been doing the last two weeks.
Fehr, you too, stop with the grandstanding media talk, get in a room with Bettman and don't come out until progress is made. Don't wait any longer, our game means too much to us to suffer through another lockout.
Source: http://kuklaskorner.com/hockey/comments/enough-of-the-posturing
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