The Sports Man

Carl Sgro Bass Tournment Champion and Owner of an Online Reputation Company

As an expert bass fishermen, Carl Sgro has competed in fifteen tournaments on many major lakes and inlets from Maine to Florida.  Carl, recently won his fifth bass fishing tournament in Florida against champion fishermen from all over the east coast.   Through his love for fishing Carl established "Take a Kid Fishing" a program in his local community to introduce young children to the sport of fishing.  As well as fishing tournaments, he goes on guided fishing trips with his wife and is a student of fish behaviors.

He also owns an internet reputation management company (IRM) helping individuals and businesses restore there online reputations.  Carl Sgro has over 25 years of experience as a business development professional helping internet and technology companies expand their businesses.  By enterprising their customers through various distribution networks using search engines and internet marketing techniques.

Carl Sgro took Name Engine, Inc. from a six-month start up to a multimillion-dollar acquisition by VeriSign Inc. (VRSN) in only 18 months.  Carl is an expert with technology used to design and to implement Search Engine Marketing solutions.  Currently he provides SEM solutions for clients in health care, retail, real estate and related industries. 

Thomas Boswell - The Yankees may find short rest can lead to a long offseason - washingtonpost.com

Thomas Boswell - The Yankees may find short rest can lead to a long offseason - washingtonpost.com

LeGarrette Blount, Tate Forcier, Clemson Tigers, LSU Tigers and the art of the apology - ESPN

The most-discussed running back of 2009 -- for all the wrong reasons -- got it started Thursday. That's when a letter from LeGarrette Blount (3) to the Oregon student paper, the Daily Emerald, was published. This is the letter, in its entirety:

via sports.espn.go.com

Philadelphia Phillies' Cliff Lee to start Game 1 of National League Division Series - ESPN

The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner got the nod over Cole Hamels, who was MVP of the World Series and NLCS last year. Lee was 7-4 with a 3.39 ERA in 12 starts after the Phillies acquired him from Cleveland on July 29.

via sports.espn.go.com

Redskins

Well, the Redskins came out and got the win.  Despite four turnovers against the Tampa Buccaneers.  The Redskins started off slow in the first half again.  The offense struggled to move the ball and had two turnovers.  The buccaneers lead ten to nothing at the half.  The fans booed them off the field as they went to the locker room.  The fans again showed there disdain for the skins lack of offense against an inferior team.  The second half the team played much better.  The momentum began to shift when Deanglo Hall intercepted a pass.  Campbell moved the redskins down the field into field goal range.  Suisham made the field goal to make the score 10 to 3.  The next possession campbell marches the redskins down the field for a touchdown.  Campbell threw a nice pass hitting chris cooley in stride going into the endzone.  He then hit santana moss in stride on a deep ball for the game winning TD.  They held on to a 16-13 lead and took a knee to run out the clock to win the game.

Unsigned NFL Rookies

    Every year when training camp starts there is always a list of players who are unsigned.  This pattern needs to stop.  These rookies get paid way to much in the first place.  How do they justify paying an unproven player five or six year deals worth 50 or 60 million.  I know NFL contracts are not guaranteed and there is a high risk of career ending injuries.  That still does not justify the salaries.  I would like a rookie pay scale similar to the NBA because they need to earn the big money.  The contract could be three to four years worth 20 million and decrease by position in the draft.  So, if they knew how much they are allowed to be paid maybe they would sign sooner.  These rookies should be happy to be playing in the NFL.  The difference between a few million dollars is not a good enough reason to holdout.  They act like playing in the NFL is a right instead of a privilege.  I believe they should get there fair market value in the current system.  It should be based on position in the draft as well.

    So, Michael Crabtree believes his fair market value is more than the seventh pick Darrius Heyward-Bey.  That thinking is ridiculous because Crabtree was the tenth pick.  There is no way he deserves more money then the three picks ahead of him. Crabtree has missed nine days of training camp with the San Francisco 49ers because of this foolishness.  He needs to hurry up and sign so he can catch up with his teammates.  One thing I can't stand is rookies missing training camp over a contract dispute.  Everyday that is missed is valuable time that is lost learning the playbook.  Time that is crucial to there development as an NFL players.  The players should tell their agents to get them signed before camp.  This not only hurts them, it sends the wrong message to their teammates and to the all important fans.

MLB 2003 PEDS Survey Results

I don't know about you but I'm tired of names from list of over 100 players who tested positive for PEDS in 2003 coming out every month.  The players took this survey under the impression it would remain confidential if it resulted in a positive test.  The players association and MLB agreed to have this list sealed by court order.  Some how the New York Times keeps getting leaked names off of the list.  ESPN has been reporting that three lawyers are leaking the names to the NY Times.  If three lawyers who fully know the law are violating federal law by leaking sealed information.  They should be sought out, disbarred and locked up to the full extent of the law.  This is become ridiculous first A-ROD, then Sammy Sosa, and now David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez.  Who is next?  When will this circus end?  All I know is Bud Selig and the players association should go to court and ask to have the documents unsealed and release all the names.  It was six years ago it is time for MLB to end this craziness and move on.  They need to focus on how enhance the current system.  The only way to get that done is to release all the names.

The British Open

Leading up to the first round of the Open Championship no one thought 59 year old and five time champ Tom Watson would be in contention to win on Sunday.   We all figured that Tiger would have us sitting on the edge of our seat going for the dramatic victory.  Well, we didn't get that but Tom Watson sure made up for that.  When Tiger missed the cut I was not planning on watching anymore but I was glad I did.  Even though Watson did not win he put on great show that we can all appreciate.  I know he wishes he made the par putt to win and driven the ball straight in the playoff.  I think he just got tired in the end and Stewart Cink was playing with confidence after coming from behind to force the four hole playoff.  I'm happy for Stewart Cink who won his first major championship in his 12 year career.  It would have been a dream fulfilled if Watson had won.  That is the beauty of sports a dream can be fulfilled or be lost in an instant.  Best of all anything can happen and that's why we love them.

Dunk controversy

I heard on ESPN that at Lebron James summer basketball camp some kid dunked on Lebron.  First, I wondered why is this news and who cares.  I know someone recorded it on video and an offical from Nike confiscated the tape.  To me that's fine because Nike was sponsoring the camp and you probably were not supposed to film.  Lebron didn't even care according to the guy who filmed it.  Nike probably wanted to prevent it from appearing on You Tube.  So, they can make it into a future commercial.  Now, if they don't use it they should show it. I don't think Lebron was being a diva again.  So, stop reporting this non-story and focus on something important.

Favre

So, yesterday I was watching ESPN News and I heard that Brett Favre wants to meet with Vikings Coach Childress later this week to discuss about playing again.  My reaction was has this man lost his damn mind.  You put us through this last year, we don't need this again.  I wish he would keep himself down in Mississippi with his family and enjoy being retired.  At times last season he was terrible with this torn bicep muscle so I would hope the vikings and all other teams just say no. Then he opted not to get his torn bicep muscle operated on so how does he expect to play again.  I don't know why he thinks resting his arm will solve this problem given his age and deteriorating skills.  He needs to stop reliving this pipe dream that he can still play quarterback in the NFL because he can't anymore.  I love Brett Favre but he needs to stop tarnishing his legacy as one of the all time greats.  I think he should become a quarterback coach if he can't get away from the game.