Tiger Woods is an excellent golfer but I do not consider him an athlete. I don't think that a golfer is an athlete because besides hitting a ball, it doesn't take much effort to play the game. What he did will probably stand by him for the remainder of his career. Golf is a sport of classy men and when one of the most renowned golfers in the world has a public mishap like Tiger did, the sport is not going to look highly upon him.
Since Tiger did this, his game has gone down the drain. I think that if his father was still alive then he would be able to come out of his slump sooner. But since his father died and he was the one person that Tiger could always fall back too, it seems that Tiger has no one else left to turn too and therefore wont be able to come out of this slump.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wayne Gretzky
I think that Wayne Gretzky moving from the Oilers to the Kings was one of the largest and most influential things that happen to the NHL. Moving a normal player from Canada to America wasn't that big of a deal, but when you move the greatest hockey player of all time to an American team, things are going to explode. Even when Gretzky was moved to America, neither his efforts nor his skills went down at all. The first year that Gretzky was playing with the Kings, they made it to the playoffs. It just so happened that the team they were facing were the Oilers, Gretzky's old team.
This was hard for Gretzky to handle but no matter the task, Wayne came through with flying colors. The NHL was trying to grow their sport and moving an icon such as Gretzky was a great way to spread the love of hockey.
Unlike when Beckham came to the US, there was not so much an explosion like there was with Gretzky. The difference between the two players is that Gretzky was the best player in the NHL and had amazing skills. Beckham had amazing skills but not in being a stand alone superstar, but by being a good team player. Soccer in the US will continue to grow and I think if a few more superstars from Europe came to the states, soccer would expand faster.
This was hard for Gretzky to handle but no matter the task, Wayne came through with flying colors. The NHL was trying to grow their sport and moving an icon such as Gretzky was a great way to spread the love of hockey.
Unlike when Beckham came to the US, there was not so much an explosion like there was with Gretzky. The difference between the two players is that Gretzky was the best player in the NHL and had amazing skills. Beckham had amazing skills but not in being a stand alone superstar, but by being a good team player. Soccer in the US will continue to grow and I think if a few more superstars from Europe came to the states, soccer would expand faster.
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