After starring in two romantic comedies earlier this year — The Proposal and All About Steve — Hollywood acting vet Sandra Bullock has shifted artistic gears for her latest film The Blind Side, with her portrayal of the real-life, well-to-do, white, Memphis housewife who took in a homeless, black teenager, made him a part of her four-member family, encouraged him to attend college and helped him to secure a spot on the roster of one of the hottest NFL teams on the gridiron.
Posts Tagged ‘Sports’
Elizabeth Lambert: the Joe Pesci of girls’ soccer
While hockey and football get most of the non-UFC attention as far as violence in sports go, it’s high time to salute the orgy of thuggery that is girls’ soccer.
The big breakout bad-girl – the “Vinnie Jones with the double-X chromosome”, if you will – is the Univerisity of New Mexico’s Elizabeth Lambert, who recently punched and kicked and tripped and slapped her way through a NCAA west conference semi-final game against Brigham Young University.
Though all she received during the game was a yellow card, Lambert has been suspended indefinitely by her team, and been dubbed (albeit cheekily) “America’s Greatest Villain” by Deadspin.com.
Obviously, the video is a lot of fun to watch, and some of her hits are just shy of out-and-out assault, but the reaction to her antics has more to do with people’s ignorance of the realities of soccers (and perhaps of young women).
Blogger and soccer dad Tbogg adds some perspective …
Last in the league, first in line
At this point, I think it’s fairly obvious that the fatted cats who run Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment spend much of their time devising ways to piss people off. Raising ticket prices for losing teams has long been their best trick, but once in a while they really get creative …
Argentina’s soccer fans cry
for themselves
Those who can’t do, coach. Isn’t that a bedrock rule? There are all kinds of formerly mediocre players from all sports who went on to be great coaches, but the list of star players who were just as good standing behind the bench as jumping off it is a little slim. (See this list of some of the more notorious player-turned-coaches, for example.)
Argentina has been feeling the pain as of late with the antics of the coach of their national soccer team, the great Diego Maradona …
Review: GEOX Protech and Fusion golf shoes stay a step ahead
I usually like to think of something positive to say whether I am talkng about a person or a product – which is, I suppose, a dangerous statement to start any review with. That being said, the Italian-based GEOX shoe company has entered the golf shoe business this year, incorporating its Net System Technology which it claims evenly distributes heat throughout the foot. After playing five rounds in a variety of conditions, I am happy to report that there is nary a damp sock to be found. The shoe kept out the rain on the most inclement days and my feet didn’t sweat on the warmest.
Review: The Miniature Book of Miniature Golf
Father’s day is almost here. You’ve given him ties. You’ve given him golf balls. You’ve maybe even given him a set of barbeque accessories (not that he ever wears that “hail to the chef” apron). If you’re looking for an equally stereotypical and undeniably last-minute gift, you may be in luck — how happy he’ll be with it is another story.
If you can’t take your dad out to Pebble Beach this summer, why not give him sometime to do when he’s stuck in his office all day? The Miniature Book of Miniature Golf seems to offer Papa a small escape, and a chance to impress clients, challenge co-workers, and reminisce about the time he got a birdie at St. Andrews.
Owen Sound’s Cobble Beach resort: A reasonable indulgence
Our plan was simple. My wife came to the marriage with two sons, so it made sense to get married on Mother’s Day. All of the suppliers were booked and hold-the-date invites were sent to our guests. And then the century-old venue we had selected called to say that they had made a booking error, having forgotten about their 120 year tradition of serving a double luncheon for their members on Mother’s Day.
That is how my wife and I came to be making the two-and-a-half hour drive from Toronto to Owen Sound to celebrate our first wedding anniversary the weekend before Mother’s Day.
The DRIVEN Calendar, “Soon”:
The Red Bull Air Race
June 13-14, Windsor — Watching the highlights from last year’s Red Bull Air Race makes me want to fly airplanes, and I have never wanted to fly airplanes before (not even when I watch Top Gun, which is somewhat frequently). Red Bull has done to air shows what they have done to soft drinks and snowboarding in the past: taken something that is already high-energy and revamped it with an overdose of adrenaline.
Super Haul XLIII: In it for the money?
There are fewer things more precious to an American’s psyche than war and money. One could argue—and there’d be no disagreement on this end—that their undisciplined approach to both has created a mess not only for themselves but also the global village at large. For one day each year, the love of the almighty dollar meets the bloodlust of obliterating an opponent in a made-in-America orgiastic celebration of all that is supposedly honourable and admirable in that nation’s character. You may know this annual event as the Super Bowl.
Who is Lord of the Rink? Any member of the Habs, ever
How cool is this?
Viggo Mortenson, a long-time fan, reveals he wore a classic Canadiens logo T-shirt under his Aragorn breastplate throughout the making of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. “It gave me just a little more power with the sword,” he says.
–Andrew Ryan, Globe and Mail
DRIVEN wonders (wishes, anyhow): Is Viggo actually holding a hockey stick in that LOTR photo at the top of this post?
