Michael Vick Is Not A Pedophile

Michael Vick is one of the most outstanding football players in the National Football League today. Without Michael Vick playing football with the Falcons, Atlanta would still have one of the lowest attendance levels in the National Football League. As we all know now, you will be spending a minimum of a year to a maximum of five years in jail because of providing money for dog fighting and killing animals.

Now the Falcons will most likely be in the same boat as they were before drafting Michael Vick,. Their fans are not going to come anymore because they probably will not win and their will not be any phenomenal football players on the field to cheer for like Michael. He would gain 10 yards on a play where he was about to be sacked for 10 yards. He is phenomenal at playing a position where it is not common that they rush for as many yards as a running back.

These things should not be taken away from him just because he made a few mistakes. Yes, he does deserve to go to jail for the charges that are being brought against him. The fact of the matter is that why is the federal government and the state of Virginia wasting their time trying to catch all these dog fighting criminals.

There are more important things that should be worried about then these dog fighting criminals. Again, I know what he did was bad but if you are trying to catch people, catch the people that are doing worse things than what Michael Vick was doing. Little kids and grown-ups are getting raped every day while we are worrying about Michael Vick. Go catch the more important things than this. I'm not saying what he did was right at all but when they were doing this whole investigation a eight hundred more people got raped. If you are going to worry about one dog fighting criminal over 800 rapest, that no wonder why the federal government gets looked at so badly.

Basically, just give Michael Vick the year in jail he deserves. Pedophiles only get a year and then they roam our streets again doing the same things they did before. Now that is sick and disgusting. That is cruelty. All animals have feelings including deer, bear, pigs, and cows. There are even more than that, but we allow them to still be slaughtered also.

Again, I'm not saying what he did is right but other people are doing the same things to other animals and nothing is said about it. It shouldn't be just one animal, but all animals that are protected. Just trying to make a point.

Lebron James Inexperienced

Many people are going to really fight back after reading this article. Trust me, most of the town that I live in already is fighting back. Verbally that is, verbally. I can't help but get into these Lebron James conversations throughout the community. I hear his name so much on ESPN that I catch his name in other people's conversations automatically. This only leads to me telling them how overrated he really is.

I know he is a good player, but he will never be the player that Michael Jordan was. All he can do is drive to the basket and hope that he will be able to make the shot. Which, in the regular season he is able to do just that. However, when it comes to the playoffs he could not play well.

He's like another Peyton Manning. He tries so hard in the regular-season that when the playoffs begin defenses step up their level of play and he can not do anything against them throughout the game. Lebron has shown all his moves to defenses throughout the year that they know what he is going to do before he even does it.

I know that they say play every game at 110% but if other teams are not playing defense at 110% than you think you are going to be able to see the same things you did throughout the regular season. That is not the case though because when the defense picks it up and you are not able to adjust it is not the same.

It was funny to see him in every press conference say, “I'm just going to have to adjust to the defense.” Guess what, he never adjusted himself only his team did. The team that everyone said was terrible was actually taking them through the playoffs themselves. All that Lebron actually did was turn the ball over and miss shots. He actually hurt the team more then he helped them throughout the playoffs.

The Cavaliers actually played the best defense throughout the playoffs when looking at the statistics. The only time they fell apart was when they were playing in the finals against the San Antonio Spurs. Hey, they cannot carry the team all the way through when their best player wasn't playing up to par. He needs to learn defense, good shooting habits, and to take control of games. He has everything he needs to become one of the best players in the game ever. Being able to shoot three-pointers at a high percentage would extremely help, especially in the fourth quarter. I'm not sure what it is about the fourth quarter but he always falls apart. He also needs to work on his free throws as his percentage is terrible for the position he plays at. If he can get those two things down then teams would be more afraid to foul him on the way to the basket. This is because he will be able to get to the basket more.

Lebron is not a terrible player but he just has a lot to work on to take the next step. Sometimes I wonder if he just thinks that he is good enough already and just needs better teammates. Just like other teams though, players have to become good on some team. Why doesn't Lebron help make his players better. There are already good at defense, if you take one away and get a shooter then it is just like a trade off. The defense will not be so good then.

Sports Enhancement Through Hypnosis: Get Your Head In The Game!

'Get your head in the game!' is a now trendy slogan made popular by Disney's highly successful 'High School Musical' movie. When it comes to playing sports, for fun or professionally, pure talent no longer is a guarantee of sports stardom and success. Focus is the key, and those that have the skills for the game and the focus to keep their head in it, will come out stars.

One such believer may be heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. As a young, up and coming fighter, Mr. Tyson used sports hypnosis to become the heavyweight champion of the world. He certainly had the skills to be a fighter, but many believe it was his drive and focus that made him a champion. If you studied any of his early bouts, you would see the determination and concentration he had.

Many sports stars use hypnosis, especially when they need to get out of a slump. But waiting until you are in a slump may not be the best choice. More than a few medalists in both Olympic Games have successfully used sports hypnosis to keep their focus and attention on the prize, they do not get second chances! Sports hypnosis has become so popular, that hypnotists have been hired by entire Olympic teams to make sure they bring home the gold.

Hypnosis works for enhancing your game, no matter what the sport. Is it a miracle worker? Will it take a person who can't throw a baseball more than 20 miles per hour and 15 feet into a baseball star? No, absolutely not. Obviously, you need the skills before hypnosis can work its wonders. However, it can take a mediocre player and make him or her good or possibly great with practice.

How does hypnosis work and what happens during a session? The answer for that question really depends on the hypnotist or psychologist that works with you. There are many techniques and theories and can vary dramatically. Some techniques are as simple as visualization.

Imagine you are a basketball player and you need to practice free throws. When you practice, you make the shots sometimes, but also miss many times. So you are practicing to miss, not practicing to make it. Of course one needs to practice but visualizing yourself making the shot every time builds confidence and esteem. It also sets the mind in motion to know what it needs to do.

It has been proven that this type of visualization technique increases shot percentage. Try it yourself if you can. Stand on the foul line and take some shots counting your baskets and misses. Then close your eyes and go through the motions of making the shot (but do not actually shoot, don't even hold the ball). Feel the motion of your arms, go through the shot and visualize, actually see the ball go in the basket. Do this numerous times until you feel you have the motion down. Then open your eyes, take the ball, relax, take a deep breath and shoot.

Take the same number of shots as before relaxing prior each shot. Remember to keep track of your hits and misses. You should see a vast improvement. This can work with most any sport, for example, gymnasts should visualize their complete routine, over and over in their minds, never missing, always landing each move perfectly.

Again, there are many techniques and the example above was a simple one using pure visualization and did not include hypnosis. This alone as part of a sports psychology session can be helpful and learning to do these techniques on your own is invaluable. But to get the full potential, hypnosis can intensify the effects of the visualization.

Do not be afraid of hypnosis. Be assured that you will not act like a chicken (unless of course you don't mind, your sport is dancing, and your routine is the chicken dance) and you will not do anything you are not willing to do. Yes, one should always check the references of whoever you choose to work with and make sure you feel comfortable with the person.

So, whatever your sport, goal, or hobby; use hypnosis to increase your potential and get your head in the game.

Thanks Kevin Sinclair

Latrell Sprewell Loses Yacht

Here we go again, that's what most of you are probably thinking. Latrell Sprewell is yet again being talked about still after retiring from the NBA. He played for the Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, and Minnesota Timberwolves. He played for 13 years and averaged around 18.3 points per game.

"They're not doing anything for me. I'm at risk. I have a lot of risk here. I got my family to feed. Anything could happen." That is what he famously said after turning down an offer of three years, $21 million contract with the Timberwolves. He should have taken it considering he was then not offered a contract from any other team in the league. He was old and washed up but could still play at a high enough level. No one even came close to even matching the offer the Timberwolves did so he was left without anything. Now he should worry about having food on the table. Now he is at risk.

This isn't the only stupid thing he is done in his basketball career. During a game he got so fed up with one of his coaches that he actually wrapped his hands around his neck and choked him. He is absolutely crazy! Absolutely! The smart thing to do would not have anything to do with the people he was hanging around with just like Pac Man Jones. They have maturity levels of 13 year olds and do not even know how to act right in front of a camera when the whole world is watching. They wonder why everyone is picking on them?

The latest report is that a US marshal armed with an order from the judge to sease the yacht, The Milwaukee's Best, on the shore of Lake Michigan. LSF Marine Holdings, a company ran by Sprewell, has failed to make monthly payments of $10,322 in a timely fashion. He also hasn't maintained the necessary insurance according to a report.

We are not sure if he just decided not to make the payments or if he did not have enough money to make the payments. Either way he has some major problems. Paying for this sure does take a lot of money away from buying food for his family, especially if he didn't have any money in the first place. I guess we'll never know.

If ESPN and all the others sports companies would just ignore this stuff then we woul out to hear about his name again. Then again, I am writing an article about him. I guess I might need to stop now.

Chicago Cubs Fans Are Annoying

Chicago Cubs fans really are beginning to get annoying. All I hear now is how it is unfair that the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees have all the money to spend on good players. The fact is though, Chicago Cubs has the third-highest salary in all of major-league baseball. The problem is that there are always just picking the wrong people for a team. You've gotta make sure you put a team together that doesn't have all the different attitudes that do not mesh.

No, this is not your year. Every time you talk to a Chicago Cubs fans you find yourself wishing that you never did. If it is in February they say, this is our year. If it is in June they say, we like to try to play catch up. If it is in September they say, there's always next year. No, this is not your year and there is not always next year. The way the team is put together there is no chance of bringing a World Series home to Chicago. The best chance is the White Sox, again!

Also, stop saying and talking about how it would be bad if Mark Cuban did end up actually with full ownership of the Chicago Cubs. This would be a good thing! He would use his money on players that will come together and just play the game and not say anything. Mark Cuban knows that this makes the best teams in any sport. If anything needs to be said it will be said by Mark himself. He is not at all scared of speaking his mind to the public and the commissioner.

He won't ruin the sport of baseball either. He will only make it better. To get an owner that would want to actually sit and be part of his fans would be a pleasure in anything. Then at no time should you Chicago Cubs fans ever complain that your owner does not want it as bad as you do. He'll be cursing and screaming as much as the other fans because the team is playing terrible. He will also be cheering loudly every game of the season and sitting with the other Cubs fans in the stadium.

The lesson here is that you are being offered everything you need to win a World Series and yet you are complaining about every little thing. The Chicago Cubs fans are becoming worse than Red Sox and Yankees fans themselves. Cubs fans always try to say that everyone comes back on the Yankees bandwagon when they become good again. However, I've seen the same thing with Cubs fans this year. No one even talked about the Cubs when they played terrible but as soon as they started to come back in their division and now lead everyone is talking about them again.

Dog Takes Down Vick

One of the aspects of the Michael Vick dog fighting investigation that hasn't gotten much attention is how it all started. So let's explain: It all started with a dog named Troy.

Troy is a Dutch shepherd (that's a Dutch shepherd in the photo, but it's not Troy) who joined the police department in Hampton, Va., last year. During a patrol outside a Hampton nightclub in April, Troy alerted his handler that he smelled drugs in the trunk of a car. Police found marijuana in the car, which turned out to belong to Vick's cousin, Davon Boddie.

After arresting Boddie, police got a search warrant for the home address he listed, 1915 Moonlight Road. That was the address of the property Vick owned, and when police searched the property, they discovered 66 live dogs and evidence of dog fighting. Further searches yielded 17 dead dogs and evidence that Vick's claim of "I'm never there" was false.

So it was Troy, out doing his job sniffing for drugs, who put a stop to a dog fighting ring, no doubt saving the lives of many of his fellow dogs in the process.

Colts Are On The Defensive

I'm really not sure what the Colts going to do this year. This preseason they have not looked all that bad. Then again preseason does not mean much only in the first quarter. It was pretty funny though watching their defense get torn apart.

It is interesting that the Colts can go and pay Dwight Freeney a huge amount of money, but start over with the rest of their defense. They're going to have three new starters in their secondary but Tony Dungy is saying that no one should be worried because they play a cover 2 defense. I'm not sure what he is talking about considering you still have to have smart players and talented players playing in the cover 2. They have none of that. The best thing they have is Bob Sanders.

One of their biggest losses of the off-season will be Cato June. They really began to believe that he was only good because of the cover 2 defense they use. As bad as their defense looked without him at the linebacker position I would begin to worry. He was a good tackler with good speed and strength. Right now, they're looking at replacements that have none of that.

Another loss they had by injury is McFarland. He will be sitting out the whole season to rehabilitate. He was one of the main reasons that the defense was able to begin to stop the run throughout the playoffs. If they would never have got him from Tampa Bay I'm not sure that they would have won the Super Bowl. Okay, actually I'm positive they would have not won the Super Bowl. The defense is actually why they won in the first place. Payson Manning continued to play at one of the lowest levels in playoff history.

The offense does look good like always which always makes you feel better if you are a Colts fan. I'm not so sure that they're going to have as good as an offense though. Peyton Manning is assuring us that Joseph Adai will have a huge year at the running back position. Remember though that this came when he had Dominic Rhodes to take off some of the load. Plus Peyton Manning's backside offense of linemen retired giving him a new linemen that is yet to be named. You will finally now have a new backside lineman for the first time in his career. As we all saw this preseason, Manning was getting nailed from the backside, no pun intended.

For all the Colts fans I'm sorry to say that I would be worried for this upcoming season. You'd better really hope that Bob Sanders does not get injured as he will be the only reason that the defense is anything this year. If you are a fantasy player I would not go for the Colts defense, but that is just common sense.