This picture doesn’t even do this place justice. The project, namely The Tiger Woods Dubai, is an exclusive lifestyle community scheduled for completion by late 2009. The spectacular Al Rawaya Golf Course serves as its focal point.
Spread across an area of 55million square feet, The Tiger Woods Dubai will be an exclusive golf community featuring a professionally-staffed golf academy, a clubhouse spread across 139,000 square feet with premium amenities, a high-end boutique hotel, a premium destination spa, 75 mansions, 22 palaces, and 100 luxury villas.
The Tiger Woods Dubai will soon be one of the most sought-after destinations in the world, and will be a genuine oasis for those lucky enough to live or stay within its spectacular grounds, said Tiger Woods.
The leading cause of sudden death in American athletes is a genetic disorder called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which by some estimates affects roughly one in 500 people. Like weeds that overrun an unkempt yard, the heart muscle fibers proliferate rapidly and in a disorganized manner, often leading to a tripling or quadrupling in heart size during adolescence (see a picture here). People with HCM usually have no idea this is happening until they’re exercising one day and the electrical system in the heart suddenly fails. The heart takes on the appearance of a bag of worms struggling to get free (a problem called ventricular fibrillation), and cardiac arrest occurs.
read the entire MSN article here by Darshak Sanghavi
My initial arrival here in Europe was back in August 2008 during the Olympics. i was blessed to be introduced to the fastpaced, action packed sport of Olympic Handball, or also called, European or Team Handball. i didn’t fully understand handball at first but as i continued to watch it, i become more and more of a fan. It grabbed my attention with various similarities to basketball, with it’s quick action and the athletes opportunity to showcase their full array of athleticism, skill, and intellect. It also has some very noticable similarities to futbol (soccer) and ice hockey. Two other popular sports played here in Europe, which have helped the attractiveness of the sport, increasing its fan base.
For a better description of the sport, i did like any other person in my generation would do… GOOGLE iT!!
or you can read the Wikipedia definition.
Last season was a rousing success for the National Basketball Association. The league’s two marquee teams, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, met in the finals, and television ratings soared 51% over the prior year. The league’s two biggest stars, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, were on winning teams and getting a lot of prime-time exposure, wowing fans and sponsors.
League-wide revenues hit a record $3.8 billion during the 2007-08 season, 6% more than the prior campaign, and the average team posted a profit (in the sense of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of $10.6 million, the highest amount since Forbes began tracking NBA finances 10 years ago.
i don’t need anymore inspiration for what i do, but if i did… this would be it! And yeah, the business side of basketball from hmb is coming too… the blog and the magazine is just the platform! please please stay tuned, or turn me off lol!
This is an iconic commercial. Minus Lil Wayne! And here’s why:
a) You have iconic figures like Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali, who did so much more beyond their respective sports for the black community and society at large. They stood on integrity and held closely to their convictions for what was right, for a cause beyond them and did it with a level of class and respectability that made you appreciate them as men. Lil Wayne has not done anything remotely close to resembling the credibility and integrity of these men who sacrificed their lives and their lifestyles for players like Plaxico Buress and “PacMan” Jones to make millions of dollars and continue being the stereotypic black athletes, who don’t appreciate the legacy of what came before them. Lil Wayne speaks nothing of nor sacrifices anything for a “greater” cause nor does he represent that.
b) Next, you have living legendary figures like Bill Russel, Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods who have transcended their respective sports by consistently winning coupled with an off the court/course class and elegance unparalleled at their respective times. Whether it be a classic style, elegant articulation, or pushing the envelope (with some artistic integrity) they have all raised the bar for the next generation to attain. And may i add, they all worked and continue to work extremely hard, mastering their crafts while continuously defering themselves from the limelight! Lil Wayne, again, does nothing remotely close to what i’ve written about any of the aforementioned men. He constantly glamorizes the use of drugs, violence, and alcohol and quite honestly hasn’t transcended any part of hip hop thus far.
Each person in this Gatorade commercial has done something unthinkable, unpredictible, represented their country, represented and sacrificed for something they felt convicted about, gave of their lives, bodies, soul, and mind daily as most world class athletes do, and Gatorade chooses Lil Wayne to be the voice of these individuals?
I’m disgusted because i believe their marketing team went “trend” or attempted to be “urban” to grab the attention of all genre’s, ages, and class with this title, “What’s G?”, which is somewhat disrespectful in my eyes, and the use of Lil Wayne as the voice over. When, the substance of the people in the commercial was more than enough. Because that was not what this commercial interpreted visually. And since i cannot glaring state my angst with Lil Wayne and not give an alternative here are a few suggestions for the voice of those who are readily identifiable and iconic in their own right:
Denzel Washington
James Earl Jones
Morgan Freeman
Don Cheadle
Forrest Whitaker
i know there are so many more i’m missing but i guarantee whoever it is, they’d probably represent these athletes better than Lil Wayne.
Sidenote: i also have a problem with this lower case “god” business because the men which that word was so metaphorically attached to never even gave off that aura of considering themselves as a “lower case god.” And i’m from Pasadena… the home of Jackie Robinson, and i know many of his family members and close friends of his family and that man was as humble of an athlete of his caliber as you could quite possibly be. It’s hard to think of yourself as a “lowercase god” when men, who couldn’t do an ounce of what you’re doing, are denying you food, calling you a monkey, spitting on you, etc. and you patiently show the strength and will of an “UPPERCASE MAN”
I’m often on WebMD searching for different synopses on lowering high-blood pressure for my mom, if there are any new amino acids a mad scientist created that would give me more energy and strength during games, or what Amazonic dingleberry root extract will stimulate the molecular structure of the cell that leads to eyebrow restoration, and i came across a very interesting article on the facial expressions made by blind athletes and athletes with sight after having won or lost a contest. As an athlete i was intrigued, but i think everyone can appreciate this article if for nothing more than a reminder that we’re all people. Despite the segregation we’ve created through race, language, culture, age, gender, nationality, etc. the common denominator and only factor is, WE’RE ALL PEOPLE!!
Last season was a rousing success for the National Basketball Association. The league’s two marquee teams, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, met in the finals, and television ratings soared 51% over the prior year. The league’s two biggest stars, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, were on winning teams and getting a lot of prime-time exposure, wowing fans and sponsors.
I’m often on WebMD searching for different synopses on lowering high-blood pressure for my mom, if there are any new amino acids a mad scientist created that would give me more energy and strength during games, or what Amazonic dingleberry root extract will stimulate the molecular structure of the cell that leads to eyebrow restoration, and i came across a very interesting article on the facial expressions made by blind athletes and athletes with sight after having won or lost a contest. As an athlete i was intrigued, but i think everyone can appreciate this article if for nothing more than a reminder that we’re all people. Despite the segregation we’ve created through race, language, culture, age, gender, nationality, etc. the common denominator and only factor is, WE’RE ALL PEOPLE!! 