Alabama’s Mark Ingram Wins the Heisman Trophy

Mark Ingram becomes the first Heisman Trophy winner in Alabama history, winning the honor in the closest voting in the awards 75-year history.

The Stanley Cup and Heros

There is a new Hero on the set of HEROS (television series) in L.A.. It is not Superman or Spider-man either, it is the ’s prestigious hockey trophy the Stanley Cup. The reason, well it is part of a promotion for the National Hockey League (NHL).  Photos of Hayden Panettiere and the sport’s holy grail were taken the set of her hit show.

Hayden Panettiere is seen here worshiping the Stanley Cup

2010 Hockey World Cup in India

2010 Hockey World cup to be staged in New Delhi

The 2010 Hockey World Cup will be the twelfth installment of the Men’s Hockey World Cup. On November 14, 2007, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced that the championship would be held in India, taking place over two weeks from Feb 28 to March 13, 2010 at New Delhi’s Dhyan Chand National Stadium.

India’s hosting of the event was put in doubt, however, when the FIH reviewed the progress of the Indian Hockey Federation’s “Promoting Indian Hockey” program and India’s preparation for the championship, and warned that “satisfactory progress had not been made in either area”. India was warned it could lose the right to host the World Cup unless satisfactory progress was made. It was confirmed on July 18, 2008 that International Hockey Federation formally awarded the hosting rights to India.

Dancing with the Stars 2009 Winners

Dancing with the Stars Grand Finally

Tom Bergeron announced the third-place couple Kelly Osbourne and Louis van Amstel. This was really not a surprise to fans of the show and you only had to wait through an hour and 52 minutes of filler before the host made this glorious third place announcement.

Now it is the time to reveal the champion after the classic commercial break.

Would it be Donny Osmond or Mya?
Crowd appeal or technical skill?

The winners were … Donny and Kym.  (image shows Donny Holding Trophy or should I say dancing trophy)

The lesson? You simply are not going to beat Donny Osmond at pretty much anything, he has way to much family appeal.

An estimated 19.2 million people watched the season 9 finale  which the smallest audience for the show’s finale since the first season. The Nielsen Co. said Wednesday ratings have been down all season for the show, an indication that viewers weren’t as attached to the contestants as they had in the past. How can this be Chuck Liddell martial art and mma legend, come on.
Oh well we will see who they get for next season if there is one!

Lionel Messi wins Ballon d’Or 2009

Lionel Messi has become the first Argentinian to win the Ballon d’Or, the FC Barcelona forward claiming the prize awarded by France Football (soccer) magazine for the European Player of the Year.

Brilliant campaign
The 22-year-old eclipsed runner-up and last year’s winner Cristiano Ronaldo by a record 240-point margin. Messi earned 473 points out of a possible 480, a near unanimous verdict, in the poll of 96 journalists worldwide. The award caps a brilliant year for a player who helped Barcelona to UEFA Champions League glory – he scored nine goals in last season’s campaign including the second in the final victory against Manchester United FC – as well as to a Spanish league and cup double.

‘Fantastic’
“It’s a great honour to have won this award and the fact that I’m the first Argentinian is very exciting,” said Messi, the prize having been opened up to non-Europeans in 1995. “The Ballon d’Or is very important for me. Every single player who has won it has been a fantastic player. I dedicate it to my family who are always by my side when needed. It won’t be easy to enjoy another year like 2009 and claim this award again.”

Past ten Ballon d’Or winners
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo
2007 Kaká
2006 Fabio Cannavaro
2005 Ronaldinho
2004 Andriy Shevchenko
2003 Pavel Nedvěd
2002 Ronaldo
2001 Michael Owen
2000 Luís Figo
1999 Rivaldo