The NFL should not allow a team to be called the Redskins
I won't pretend to be a sports guy. I enjoy watching and playing sports, but I'd sooner turn on CNN. However, there is one issue that I feel can't be ignored. That is the issue of team names. And, a little disclaimer, I am a fan of the Dallas Cowboys, but that will not change my argument for the worse. I'm going to start out with some background in my area of more expertise, then I will come back to how that is relevant today. Andrew Johnson succeeded President Lincoln after he was tragicall...
Jimmy Rollins deserved Major League Baseball's 2007 NL MVP award.
I believe that Jimmy Rollins did not deserve the NL MVP award in 2007. Jimmy Rollins: http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=276519 NL (National League): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League MVP (Most Valuable Player) award: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award deserve: to be worthy of, qualified for. [1] 2007: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007 not: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not I will not open with an argument in R1. I hate...
Formula 1 beats tennis flat
I hope this debate will be a lively one so, ideally, my opponent will be either a woman, a gay man, a timid old gentleman or an American as these are the groups of people that typically prefer tennis to F1. As you may be aware, it's the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend (1). Most people will be looking forward to watching the race yet there was programme on BBC radio yesterday entitled "What's the point in Formula One" (2). During this appalling broadcast, assorted contributors variously describ...
Should Cliff Lee be the Cy Young winner?
I affirm that Cliff Lee of the Cleveland Indians should win the Cy Young of 2008. Reasons: 1.) He had 22 wins and only 3 losses, the best record in the majors by far. The next closest pitcher in the American League was Mike Mussina at 20 wins 9 losses. He started every single one of his 31 games throwing 170 strikeouts in 223.1 innings. His 2.54 ERA was also the best in the MLB. 2.) He was the anchor of the Indians all year even after the loss of C.C Sabathia (The Indians Cy Young Winn...
International soccer matches should be settled by fights, not penalties.
In the last World Cup, England's match with Portugal ended 0-0 after Portugal's Christiano Ronaldo got England's star player, Wayne Rooney, sent off. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article54412.ece http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article54413.ece http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrwVcpUGq4 England subsequently lost the match on penalties, which was a cruel way to exit the tournament because penalties are such lotteries – the goalie can only just guess which side of th...
The Boston Celtics would have at least beat the Orlando Magic if they had Kevin Garnett
The Celtics would have beat the Magic if they had KG. Easy. He is a good team player....
Tom Brady is a better quarterback than Peyton Manning
Tom Brady is a better and smarter QB than Peyton Manning! It's as simple as that!...
Statistics, Performance Enhancing Drugs, and Major League Baseball.
Abbreviations: MLB–Major League Baseball. PED–Performance Enhancing Drug(s). Definitions: Performance Enhancing Drug(s)–substances used by athletes to improve their performances in the sports in which they engage. [1] With baseball, this usually refers mainly to anabolic steroids. [2] Thus, in this debate, "steroids" and "PEDs" will be used interchangeably. Hopefully, my opponent does not have a problem with this. Resolution: The statistics of those Major League Baseball players who...
the best NFL Franchise is the cowboys
the best NFL Franchise is the cowboys. the dallas cowboys are tie for the most superbowl wins. has most consecutive playoff births . cowboys has a wing record over all there rivals. they play in the hardest confence all time and is the best of all time in the confrence. what is NFL Franchise better than the dallas cowboys ????? stealers,49ers,or the gaints. those teams come close but they not there. only the best teams are called america's team they are the dallas cowboys and the new york yank...
Olympic Spirit is Dead
I pose the argument that the olympic spirit is dead, I am for this. The definition of the olympic spirt can be broadly interpreted, so ill use this website as a baseline for what I interpret the olympic spirit to be. http://www.olympicspirit.org/mission.php eg. unifying the world through competetive athletecisim, in which the athletes observe the ideals of fairplay and sportsmanship. I think that modern day olympics has evolved to become an event which wears these ideals as a badge wh...