Carnival of Sports #5

Greetings! Welcome to the fifth edition of the Carnival of Sports. This time around, our readers will get a variety of sports news and tips. The World Cup cricket is under way. I decided to put my post about World Cup cricket on the forefront. Here are the posts that made the cut for this edition of the Carnival of Sports.

Sagar Satapathy presents "World Cup Cricket: Grief, Chaos and Ecstasy in the Sub-continent" at "Breaking News". The post is all about the series of events that took place in the sub-continent because of the ongoing world cup.

Suldog presents Suldog-O-Rama: Blood, Sweat, No Tears posted at Suldog-O-Rama. Well, fast-pitch softball really, not baseball. How the softball season of my 49th year ended, which is one of the many good reasons for the upcoming season (when I'll be 50) being my last.

Ajanta Phatak presents Cricket and Baseball..Is there any similarity at all? posted at CricDigs - The Community of Cricket 'fan'atics!. This article discussed the similarities and differences between the 2 sports - cricket and baseball.

Bruce Bauld presents Tuffey recalled to NZ Cricket team for World Cup posted at Bruce's Sports & Fitness Blog. Update about the New Zealand World Cup squad.

Matt LHeureux presents Great Tecmo Super Bowl Debates - Part 1 posted at RotoPro.com. Most will agree that Tecmo Super Bowl was one of, if not THE best sports video game of all time. While this can not be debated, there are a plethora of things about the game that can be.

Jon Swift presents Tim Hardaway Makes Homophobia Look Bad posted at Jon Swift. Jon says, "I don't want to hear what athletes think of the War in Iraq, global warming, nuclear proliferation or gay rights. To tell you the truth, I don't even want to hear what they have to say about sports, either, but sportscasters insist on interviewing them".

Ted Reimers presents The Longest Home Winning Streak Ends posted at CampusGrotto. The Gonzaga University basketball team held the longest home winning streak in the NCAA. Unfortunately the streak came to an end at 50 games.

Kapil Handa presents Basics of Golf posted at The Sum. Golf is a sport and recreation. This is one sport where you can find people of all ages and background. So is it right for you - of course, it is right for you. There is no age too late or too early for golf.

Elizabeth McClung presents The fight of women athletes: "not appropriate for ladies" posted at Screw Bronze!. A look at the struggle women have had and continue to have, particularly with the IOC in regards to equal participation and being seen and equal competitors; referenced to the recent IOC decision excluding female ski jumpers.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents I?m Not Bowled Over By Bowling posted at MAD KANE'S HUMOR BLOG. Don’t ask me to bowl. I’m the worst.When I try to, I’m bound to be cursed.Other bowlers complain:“You must aim for your lane!”No more bowling, unless I’m coerced.

Rohit presents CRICKET FEVER posted at darpan. Rohit is a cricket fan and he wishes to promote the world cup.

Michael Emilio presents Ray Lewis Lists His Highland Beach Florida Home for 10.9 Million posted at Michael Emilio. How Baltimore Ravens linebacker is selling his Highland Beach, Florida home for 10.9 million dollars!

Erik presents Gators End Regular Season And Now Focus On The Post Season posted at Gator Champions. The Gators looked like themselves again after going through a slump of losing 3 out of 4. It might have been some lag from clinching the regular season SECT title so early, but there was still no excuse for their play.

Baiguai presents Beefing Up Your Mental Focus posted at Kung Fu Artistry. Tips on how to improve mental focus with pointers from runner, weight lifters as well as the martial arts.

Rad presents Roger Clemens Worth $4 Million a Month? posted at Financial Zero to Hero Husband and Dad. Roger Clemens not worth the money.

The Monk presents SU gets SCREWED posted at The Key Monk. SU filled much of its nonconference slate with decent teams: Holy Cross (Patriot League champ), Penn (Ivy champ), Drexel and Hofstra of the CAA, Oklahoma State, and Wichita State (a preseason top-25 team).

David Culpepper presents Pete Rose Bet on Reds Every Night posted at SportingLink.com. Pete Rose gives details of gambling addiction while manager of the Reds.

Dr. Hal presents Perfect Practice Makes Perfect Performance posted at North Star Mental Fitness Blog. Perfect practice makes perfection is the essence of mental fitness training!

Sean Cash presents 3/16 Mock Draft posted at NFL Draft Notebook. Chris Houston is looking like he has a higher upside than Leon Hall right now.

Mike presents Alford and New Mexico rumors posted at Talk Hawkeyes. The New Mexico job is going to go to somebody other than Alford.

Ben presents Personal Finance for Sports Fans posted at Money Smart Life. If you don't very excited about personal finance but love talking sports then this page is for you. Personal Finance for Sports Fans talks about financial concepts from a sports point of view. Learn about money from March Madness!

Ted Reimers presents Top 10 Greatest College Basketball Rivalries posted at CampusGrotto. Learn more about top 10 Greatest College Basketball Rivalries.

Matt Blake presents Bet on black *and* red? posted at az Sports Hub - Arizona's Destination for Sports - Blogs - Podcasts - Forums. You know, this blogging isn't just a carefree lark, entirely without responsibility. People's lives are in our hands here, dammit!. Well, kinda, as shown in this email which was received at SnakePit Towers a couple of days ago:

Francois Gendron presents Oilers are suffering. posted at Overtime!. Since trading Ryan Smyth to the New-York Islanders at the trade deadline, the Edmonton Oilers have yet to win a single game.

That concludes the fifth edition of the Carnival of Sports. Keep sending your posts to the future editions of this carnival. A link back to the carnival post would be greatly appreciated.