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US Open Golf 2010

The US Open 2010 coming this year from Pebble Beach, California, starts tomorrow Thursday June 17 through Sunday June 20. It’s the first time the course has been chosen for the US Open since 2000 and in that wait the course has been lengthened, there are new greens and other changes.

The battle between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson is set to be a tough one, but others cannot be ruled out, such as England’s Lee Westwood. If Mickelson wins the tournament he’ll become the number one ranked golfer, taking the honour off Tiger Woods for the first time since 2005.

If you want the TV Schedule so that you can keep up with all the action on every day of the event we’ll give you all the details you need here.

Thursday June 17 – ESPN network, 1 – 3 pm & 5 – 10 pm (EDT)
Thursday June 17 – NBC network, 3 – 5 pm (EDT)
Friday June 18 – ESPN network, 1 – 3 pm & 5 – 10 pm (EDT)
Friday June 18 – NBC network, 3 – 5 pm (EDT)
Saturday June 19 – NBC network, 4.30 pm – 11 pm (EDT)
Sunday June 20 – NBC network, 3 pm – 9 pm (EDT)

If necessary there would be an 18-hole playoff on Monday June 21, shown on ESPN between noon – 2 pm (EDT), and then NBC 2 pm to its conclusion (EDT).

So there you have it, this should give you all the information you need to be sitting back, keeping up with the action as it happens. For more on this to go USOpen.com.

Where to watch world cup football 2010?  Well if your in office or out and wanna have a peak at the football world cup 2010.

All you have to do is go to ESPN website and watch it live. I have added the link for you.

Click here to watch all football world cup 2010 live actions

The good news is all the match is available ,so you can have online fun by watching the matches when it is happening on the field.

NCAA Baseball Championship 2010

The NCAA Baseball Regionals 2010 has announced the 16 regional sites for the 64th annual NCAA Division Baseball Championship.

The 16 regional sites, with host institutions and records are as follows:

1. Arizona State (47-8), Tempe, Ariz.
2. Arkansas (40-18), Fayetteville, Ark.
3. Auburn (40-19), Auburn, Ala.
4. Cal State Fullerton (40-15 through Saturday, May 29), Fullerton, Calif.
5. Coastal Carolina (51-7), Conway, S.C.
6. Connecticut (47-14), Storrs, Conn.
7. Florida (42-15), Gainesville, Fla.
8. Georgia Tech (45-13), Atlanta.
9. Louisville (48-12), Louisville, Ky.
10. Miami (Florida) (40-17), Coral Gables, Fla.
11. Oklahoma (44-15), Norman, Okla.
12. South Carolina (43-15), Columbia, S.C.
13. Texas (46-11), Austin, Texas
14. TCU (46-11), Fort Worth, Texas
15. UCLA (42-13), Los Angeles
16. Virginia (47-11), Charlottesville, Va.

The 2010 NCAA Baseball regional brackets are set to be released tomorrow, Memorial Day. The announcement will come live on ESPN bright and early (for Californians), unveiling the 64 teams that will all be battling it out for a chance to make it to the 2010 College World Series in June.

The remaining at-large teams, top-eight national seeds, first-round regional pairings and site assignments will be announced at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, May 31, during a live, half-hour program on ESPNHD. The committee will set the entire 64-team bracket through both the super regionals and the first round of the Men’s College World Series, and will not reseed the field after play begins.

Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced on www.NCAA.com/cws, Monday, June 7 at approximately 11 p.m. (ET).

There are 30 Division I conferences which will receive an automatic berth in the field of 64, along with 34 at-large selections. The 64th Men’s College World Series begins play Saturday, June 19, at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

OTHER REGIONAL SITE SELECTION INFORMATION

1. Southeastern 4 (Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, South Carolina)
2. Atlantic Coast 3 [Georgia Tech, Miami (Florida), Virginia]
3. Big East 2 (Connecticut, Louisville)
4. Big 12 2 (Oklahoma, Texas)
5. Pacific-10 2 (Arizona State, UCLA)
6. Big South 1 (Coastal Carolina)
7. Big West 1 (Cal State Fullerton)
8. Mountain West 1 (TCU)

Football Cup 2010 in 3D

To all those crazy football fans, this year is going to be special for you! Yep, that’s right you’re gonna experience football like never before. Also its gonna be football everywhere so that you don’t miss any of it. This year Worldcup football is going to be streamed live on your mobile phones also its going to be broadcast  in 3D. Woo, this is going to be so MUCH FUN!!

From watching live matches on your phone or computer, to seeing the action explode around you in ultra-real 3D or in free outdoor stadium events, the first World Cup to be held on the African continent is set to create new standards in availability.

Though rugby union was the first to experience 3D exposure, the World Cup will see the technology reach a much wider population of sport fans.

Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has announced that 25 matches will be broadcast in 3D, with seven cameras at each of five grounds in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. The 2D broadcasts will require 32 cameras at each stadium.

FIFA expects the total audience for the tournament to exceed the 26.89 billion who saw Germany 2006, but only a fraction of that will be watching on 3D according to its director of TV, Niclas Ericson.

“We hope it will be at least a few hundred thousand per match,” he told reporters at FIFA’s 3D launch in April.

U.S. network ESPN is one of three broadcasters to have so far signed up to show live 3D matches, along with Prisa’s Sogecable in Spain and Korea’s SBS, though FIFA expects more to join them.

For those territories without 3D-capable broadcasters, eight matches will be available in digital cinemas and selected venues around the world.

Aruna Media, based in Switzerland as is FIFA, has exclusive non-television 3D rights and plans to broadcast live matches at cinemas and other venues in some 26 countries.

Mobile matches

In the United States, ESPN is going big on the World Cup and will have 56 of the 64 matches live on ESPN Mobile TV and VCAST Mobile TV.

Just can’t wait! hope they don’t have Technical Difficulties.

John Albert Kramer, the wimbledon star and the united states single champion, also a Well known Legend of the Tennis world has died.

The report of his death was announced  by ESPN’s Cliff Drysdale in the on going semi final match between Rafael Nadal  and Juan Martin Del Potro.

John Kramer is a powerful promoter of Tennis of his days and is regarded as the most influential personality of the tennis history.

John Albert Kramer was born in Las Vegas on Aug. 1, 1921, the son of a brakeman for the Union Pacific Railroad. He learned to play tennis in the Los Angeles area as a teenager when his family moved there. His idol was Ellsworth Vines, the former United States Nationals and Wimbledon champion, whom he played against in workouts.

Kramer won the united states singles championship at 1946 and he consecutively retained the title at 1947. He won his first ever wimbledon title at  1947.

Kramer also  took over as promoter of the pro tour in 1952 and expanded it into an international operation, the players transporting a portable court in a host of one-night stands. In a 12-day period in 1957, Kramer’s entourage made 11 appearances in 8 cities, from South Africa to the Philippines.

Wilson Sporting Goods sold millions of Jack Kramer-autographed wooden racquets, Kramer receiving a percentage of the sales revenue. He was a longtime commentator for American network broadcasts and for the BBC at Grand Slam events.

The dead of Kramer is a huge loss for the game of tennis. His talent was well spoken by his way of handling tactics for the tennis game. His loss can never be fulfilled by any other person.

Richard Seymour

Looks like its official now that the Patriots have traded Richard Seymour to Raiders. Well, atleast they have been confirmed by Mike Reiss of the Boston Globe and Adam Schefter of  ESPN have tweeted about it in Twitter.com.

Later The Patriots themselves have confirmed the news again via Twitter. Looks like Twitter is becoming the official platform to pass the news to the masses.

Richard Seymour was drafted by the Patriots in the first round (sixth overall) in the 2001 NFL Draft out of Georgia and has been a part of three Super Bowl Teams. He was named to the Pro Bowl five times in his career (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006).

In 101 career games with the Pats, Seymour had 357 tackles, 39 sacks and two interceptions.

ESPN  has finally made its stand by taking over the rights to show 46 games of the next season English Premier League.  This will be the first time for ESPN to broadcast live premier league football in UK.  ESPN took over from Setanta  which was unable to pay the bill for the rights.

This gives ESPN an opportunity to telecast the game shows. It has now won the 23 games per season which was due to show from 2010-2013 by Setanta. The two Packages namely Saturday teatimes and Monday evenings will be eventually sold to customers through Sky.

The amount for rights purchase by ESPN is still unclear. Meanwhile, the Scottish Premier League (SPL) has taken back its UK rights for 2009/10 “and beyond” from Setanta after the Irish broadcaster missed a £3m payment. The SPL said it was now “actively engaging in the process of selling our domestic broadcasting rights”.

ESPN said in a statement it had “reached an agreement for its coverage to be retailed by Sky to residential and commercial customers”, who will pay extra to view the games. It also has plans of making the medium of league available with other platforms and the talks with Virgin Media confirmed it.

“This move demonstrates our commitment to British sports fans and our ongoing commitment to delivering football to fans around the world across a variety of media,” said Russell Wolff, managing director of ESPN International.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said that ESPN had a “formidable worldwide reputation and experience in sports”.

“I am sure we will enjoy a long and fruitful relationship with them,” he added