Cotto vs. Clottey

June will be a great month for two reasons: the new iPhone, and Wladimir Klitschko’s next fight.  But before either event will happen, Miguel Cotto will face Joshua Clottey, in an interesting (if ultimately uncompetative) boxing match.  Checkout my boxing predictions for more picks….
HBO
June 13
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Miguel Cotto vs Joshua Clottey [...]

Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye

The Date: June 20, 2009
The Place: Germany
The Hell: Wladimir Klitschko defends his heavyweight championship against David Haye of Great Britain.
When David Haye invoked the legendary Evander Holyfield as a precedent for a cruiserweight champion alighting to heavyweight stardom, he sure picked someone he had absolutely nothing in common with.  The comparison collapses when one realizes [...]

Election Predictions

With eight days to go, here is what I think will happen on Election Day.
President:
Barack Obama, 378 Electoral Votes.
My state-by-state projections are thus (scroll down for senate races):

The Senate:
Democrats will pick up 8 seats.  [This includes pick-ups in North Carolina, Alaska and Minnesota.]  Dems may pick-up 10 seats if voters in Georgia and Kentucky voters [...]

The 2008 Election: Fred Thompson jumps in.

“Above all, the Framers enshrined in our founding documents, and left to our care, the principle that rights come from our Creator and not from our government.” from Fred Thompson’s website.

This one quote says it all.

I believe in God
I’m a conservative
I’ll protect the constitution

This may be a comfort to those who extol the romantic [...]

Prediction: Klitschko vs. Brewster.

On July 7, Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko faces contender Lamon Brewster. In their first encounter, Klitschko battered Brewster around the ring before tiring early and finally collapsing. This time around Klitschko is unlikely to sell-out and attempt to perpetrate an all-out assault on Brewster. Having said that, look for the tall Ukranian [...]