Steelers’ Pouncey Will Not Play in Super Bowl XLV
January 31st, 2011
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Football fans are now counting days for the much awaited football match in the season of NFL. Super Bowl XLV will just take place this coming February 6, 2011 at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The two teams which were able to make it are the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers. The “terrible towels” and the “cheeseheads” are all over town along with other souvenir items of each team. Sports site owners are now giving teasers as to where to watch Super Bowl 2011 live stream as well updates of both teams’ preparations.
Before we could get into the main event, being in this kind of sport would mean embracing the inevitable serious injuries that a player can get. It is already part of the game and most of time you’ll just rely on luck to get rid of it. The best players of the team are most often the target of this horrible scenes. Steeler’s Maurkice Pouncey is one example. He has been very good in last week’s AFC championship but was able to caught a fracture in his ankle and a high ankle sprain. Accordingly, a high-ankle sprain can take four to six weeks to heal. Teammate Chris Kemoeatu told reporters that Pouncey is not going to play in the Super Bowl.
Free agent Doug Legursky will replace him and start Super Bowl XLV this coming February 6. He replaced Pouncey in the first quarter of last Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the New York Jets, and the team did not appear to struggle much with the change at center.
Packers’ Rodgers Has A Sore Shoulder
January 25th, 2011
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The NFC championship game last Sunday has been a great one. Both teams displayed awesome skills even though there has been a lot of serious injuries that happened. The Green Bay Packers faced the Chicago Bears. At the end of the day, the Packers won the game with the score of 21-14. They will advance to the prestigious Super Bowl XLV which will take place at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas on February 6, 2011. Super Bowl 2011 live stream would be available for those who make it live to the stadium. Fox would also be delivering live telecast of the event being the official network.
There has been a lot of serious injuries obtained by the players on both teams. Bears’ quarterback Jay Cutler suffered Grade II MCL sprain and wasn’t able to play after the first series of the third quarter. He was flooded with criticisms from twitter and commentators questioning his toughness in leading his team to victory.
On the other hand, Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers also experienced a sore shoulder after Sunday’s game. He got it from Bears defensive back Danieal Manning during his 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. The team didn’t stressed out how serious the sore was. The team is now getting ready for their up coming big event.
General Electric Signs Deals With Chinese Companies
January 20th, 2011
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President Ju Hintao of China just visited USA for a very important business deal with President Obama and some of the countries’ renowned CEO’s. The leader of the sleeping giant who has been looking forward to strengthen his country’s economic status has offered multi billion business partnerships. The two countries might have a lot of differences but in this time of chaos, they need to work hand in hand to survive.
The country’s largest industrial group General Electric signed a series of deals this week in energy, rail and aviation. This would create a multi billion sales and thousands of jobs for the American people who were left with the hope of insisting unemployment extension.
In the aspect of aviation, a contract worth up to $2 billion has been planned by GE confirming a joint venture with Avic of China to supply avionics for the new Chinese C919 airliner. Moreover, GE is expected to sign two rail deals with the sleeping giant: an order for freight locomotive kits worth $1.4 billion dollars, of which $350m will be exports from the US, and confirmation of a venture with CSR of China to develop high-speed rail systems for the US market. Lastly, a partnership with the world’s largest coal company Shenhua Energy was also noted. It is a combination of heat and power gas turbines and coal gasification plants which is expected to generate $650 million worth of revenue.
Canada Welcomes American Players For UFC 124
December 11th, 2010
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The much awaited time is yet to come. The anticipated UFC 124 will be happening in no time. UFC fans around the world has been looking forward for this event to happen. UFC 124 can be witnessed live on December 11, 2010 at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The main event of evening would be the home court game of the beloved Georges T. Pierre against Josh Koscheck for the Welterweight championship bout.
It is the fifth time that a UFC fight will take place in a Canadian soil. Nonetheless, people were very excited and bought all the tickets right away thus making the venue fully booked days before the event. Lucky for those who were able to secure a ticket because they would be able to cheer GSP near the octagon. For those who didn’t, don’t worry that much because the internet exists and surely several sports sites will have the UFC 124 live stream.
The preliminary fights will be aired in UFC.com instead of hving it SPike TV. It just so happen that the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards would be on the same time slot that’s they Spike TV can’t have the UFC.
Majority of the players in the main card entry are Americans. It includes Sean McCorkle who will face Stefan Struve for the heavyweight bout. Another is John Miller who fight against Charles Oliveira for the lightweight division. Two Americans would face each other in the same division in the person of Joe Stevenson and Mac Danzig. Last but not definitely not the least, John Howard who will face Thiago Alves for the Welterwieght division.
This is going to be a series of great fights and everyone should be watching it. Clear up you weekend schedules and get ready to be dazzled with their awesome mixed martial arts skills.