A proud moment

Italian giants Inter Milan have signed the Yuto Nagatomo (24). The young Japanese recently won the Asia cup in Qatar, and performed exceptionally well in the 2010 World Cup attracting last years European Champions to seek his signature right before the January transfer window slams shut. Nagatomo is the first Japanese player to arrive play for Inter Milan making it a proud moment for the Blue Samurai. Well, at least I'm happy!

In other news, Torres moves to Chelsea for 50 million pounds which makes me sad.

peace

Shotime

Torres to Chelsea?

Shotime here,
Reds goal scorer Fernando Torres (aka best striker in the world) is negotiating a move to last seasons premier league champions, Chelsea (Cash splashers). Liverpool have twice rejected massive bids for the Spaniard from clubs like Manchester City and Barcelona, however a £50 million bid from Chelsea may be impossible to ignore. Liverpool coach Kenny Daglish will want to keep his star striker from leaving, but Torres who has expressed his wish to leave Anfield, may find that a move to Chelsea will benefit him the most. Negotiations are expected to take place until the last minute of the January transfer window, which closes Monday night.

Wade's Glasses

Hey Sports Fans,

A-Town here bringing something that I found interesting this week in the sports world. First of I really like the fact that NBA superstar Dwayne Wade began wearing goggles or sunglasses to a Basketball game. According to Wade he has been suffering constantly from migraines because of the bright lights in the arena therefore he decided to start wearing glasses. However now, the NBA has stated that he is not allowed to were the sunglasses since it gives the player an unfair advantage over the opposing team. The player trying to defend against Wade found it difficult to defend him because they were unable to see his eyes and notice were he was looking. Overall Wade looks like he might not be able to rock his stylish new sunglasses, well at least on the court.

Until Next time

A-Town

Aussie Open Final

Hey Sports Fans,

For those of you who missed it, the Australian Open has been churning out some high quality tennis matches for the last twelve days. Last night Andy Murray of Great Britain and David Ferrer of Spain battled for a spot in the final against Novak Djokovic. Murray came out very flat at the beginning of the match and dropped the first set 6-4. After some extremely grueling play, Murray saved a set point and rallied back to win the second set. Ferrer seemed to have lost some of his fire and subsequently dropped the next two sets as well.

Sunday (or Saturday night in our country) Murray will take on Djokovic for the title. Djokovic has won one Slam title before, that being the Aussie, while Murray has won none. Having been in three finals, Murray is long overdue for a title but he must overcome the pressure of a nation that hasn't won a Slam in 80 years and who's tabloids consistently ridicule their failed athletics.

I had Murray winning the tournament in my Tennis Channel bracket (much to all of my friends disapproval--showed them wrong!) and I still expect him to take it on Sunday. My prediction--Murray in four sets.

O-Town out

Hey Sports fans,

Just checking in and bringing you the current news on sports. What really caught my attention this week is the Carmelo Anthony trade and its failure with the New Jersey Nets. Carmelo has been looking for a trade for a while and the New Jersey trade ended up not happening after pressure from the owner of the Nets. The owner of the Nets was not "ready" for the trade and decided to end the negotiations. But Carmelo seems to continue looking for a trade and has shown interest in the New York Knicks. Rumors continue to spread but all of it is not conformed.

Upcoming games for tonight are:

~Wizards vs Timberwolves

~Magic vs Thunder

~Heat vs Nuggets

Until next post,

A-town

Tonight

Hey bay area sports fans,

Real quick post here. Just wanted to get the word out--there are some great match ups on TV tonight.

Your Sharks take on the Wild in a pivotal game. San Jose's hoping to extend their three game win streak and sneak into 8th place in the Western conference. Home game, starts around 7:45.

Golden State hosts Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles Clippers in a big Pacific match up.

For tennis fans--my boy Fed takes on Tommy Robredo. Should a pretty interesting match up--Robredo's a dark horse.

Also -- showing a little school spirit. Coming off their big W against Gonzaga, Santa Clara sustained their high level of play, taking down Portland this afternoon!

Just checking in

How's it going blog readers,
I just wanted to take this opportunity to introduce my self and show you where we are trying to go with splogbook. My name is Sho Nakashima. I was born in Japan and lived there my entire life. As an athlete here at SCU, it is pretty predictable that I would chose to blog about sports. It is even more predictable that I would write about soccer as the sport that I play is.. you guessed it.. soccer. I will be focusing in on the soccer world and for those who are interested in the subject, know how juicy and scandalous the 'footbol' world can get, thus to capture all of that soccerlicious news I will be paying close attention to the English Premier league, Spanish La Liga, and Italian Serie A.
I hope you guys find our blog useful and stay sporty!
Peace,

You Never Walk Alone.
LFC

Introduction to SplogBook

Hey Everyone,

Its your sports buddy Alan (A-Town). This blog will obviously be about sports and opinions about sports. Looking forward to contributing to Splogbook and bringing informative information about sports.

A-Town

First Post

Hey y'all,

First post here. Never blogged before so this should be an interesting experience. My name's Ollie. I'm a Junior at Santa Clara University. For my communication and technology class I had to create a blog so here it is.

This is a sports blog, hence splogbook (plain splog's been taken...).

About me...I'm your average American sports fan. Supporter of all Bay Area teams (minus the Raiders). Also have a soft spot for the Knicks, the Canadiens, and the Cubs.

Looking forward to sharing some of my opinions.

Peace