July 31, 2007

2007 Preseason Top 25

1. USC
2. LSU
3. Michigan
4. West Virginia
5. Texas
6. Wisconsin
7. Virginia Tech
8. California
9. Louisville
10. Rutgers
11. Florida
12. Tennessee
13. Ohio State
14. Oklahoma
15. Georgia
16. Arkansas
17. Auburn
18. TCU
19. Florida State
20. UCLA
21. Nebraska
22. Miami
23. Hawaii
24. Texas A&M
25. Wake Forest

July 08, 2007

MMA Rankings

Heavyweight (unlimited)

1. Fedor Emelianenko (Pride)
2. Randy Couture (UFC)
3. Gabriel Gonzaga (UFC)
4. Tim Silvia (UFC)
5. Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira (UFC/Pride)
6. Andrei Arlovski (UFC)
7. Mirko Cro Cop (UFC)
8. Josh Barnett (Pride)
9. Jeff Monson (UFC)
10. Ben Rothwell (IFL Battleground)


Light Heavyweight (205 lbs.)

1. Dan Henderson (Pride)
2. Quentin Jackson (UFC)
3. Chuck Liddell (UFC)
4. Mauricio Rua (Pride)
5. Wanderlei Silva (Pride)
6. Tito Ortiz (UFC)
7. Rashad Evans (UFC)
8. "Babaloo" Nogueria (UFC/Pride)
9. Forrest Griffin (UFC)
10. Michael Bisping (UFC)


Middleweight (185 lbs.)

1. Anderson Silva (UFC)
2. Rich Franklin (UFC)
3. Matt Lindland (IFL Battleground)
4. Jeremy Horn (UFC)
5. Paulo Filho (Pride)
6. Denis Kang (Pride)
7. Nate Marquart (UFC)
8. Yushin Okami (UFC)
9. Terry Martin (UFC)
10. Mike Swick (UFC)


Welterweight (170 lbs.)

1. Matt Serra (UFC)
2. Georges St. Pierre (UFC)
3. Matt Hughes (UFC)
4. Josh Koscheck (UFC)
5. BJ Penn (UFC)
6. Karo Parisyan (UFC)
7. Jon Fitch (UFC)
8. Diego Sanchez (UFC)
9. Jake Shields (UFC)
10. Josh Burkman (UFC)


Lightweight (155 lbs.)

1. Sean Sherk (UFC)
2. Nick Diaz (Pride)
3. Takanori Gomi (Pride)
4. Joe Stephenson (UFC)
5. Hayato Sakurai (Pride)
6. Kenny Florian (UFC)
7. Spencer Fisher (UFC)
8. Hermes Franca (UFC)
9. Roger Huerta (UFC)
10. Melvin Guillard (UFC)


Featherweight (145 lbs.)

1. Urijah Faber (WEC)
2. Norifumi Yamamoto (K-1)
3. Jens Pulver (UFC)
4. Hatsu Hioki (Shooto)
5. Frankie Edgar (UFC)

July 07, 2007

2008 NBA Draft Big Board

Because it is never too early to look ahead at next year...


1. Roy Hibbert (7’2’’, C, Georgetown, Sr.)
2. OJ Mayo (6’5’’, SG, USC, Fresh.)
3. Michael Beasley (6’9’’, PF, Kansas State, Fresh.)
4. Nicolas Batum (6’8’’, SG, France)
5. Derrick Rose (6’4’’, PG, Memphis, Fresh.)
6. Darrell Arthur (6‘9“, PF, Kansas, Soph.)
7. Chase Buddinger (6‘7“, SG, Arizona, Soph.)
8. Eric Gordon (6’4’’, SG, Indiana, Fresh.)
9. Brook Lopez (6’11’’, PF, Stanford, Soph.)
10. Tywon Lawson (6'0'', PG, North Carolina, Soph.)
11. Danilo Gallinari (6’8’’, SF, Italy)
12. Darren Collison (6’1’’, PG, UCLA, Jr.)
13. Ante Tomic (7’2’’, C, Croatia)
14. DeJuan Summers (6’8’’, SF, Georgetown, Soph.)
15. Hasheem Thabeet (7‘3‘’, C, UConn, Soph.)
16. DJ Augustin (5’11’’, PG, Texas, Soph.)
17. DeVon Hardin (6’11’’, C, California, Sr.)
18. Tyler Hansbrough (6‘9‘’, PF, North Carolina, Jr.)
19. Wayne Ellington (6’4’’, SG, North Carolina, Soph.)
20. Alexis Ajinca (7’0’’, PF, France)
21. Donte Greene (6’9’’, SF, Syracuse, Fresh.)
22. DeAndre Jordan (7’0’’, C, Texas A&M, Fresh.)
23. Jamont Gordon (6’4’’, PG, Mississippi State, Jr.)
24. Kevin Love (6’9’’, PF, UCLA, Fresh.)
25. Eric Maynor (6‘2‘’, PG, Virginia Commonwealth, Jr.)
26. Jeff Pendergraph (6’10’’, PF, Arizona State, Jr.)
27. Joey Dorsey (6’9’’, PF, Memphis, Sr.)
28. Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (6‘7‘’, SF, UCLA, Jr.)
29. Scottie Reynolds (6’1’’, PG, Villanova, Soph.)
30. Vitor Tatsch (7’0’’, PF, Brazil)
31. Mario Chalmers (6’2’’, PG, Kansas, Jr.)
32. Brandon Rush (6'7'', SG, Kansas, Jr.)
33. Bill Walker (6’5’’, SG, Kansas State, Soph.)
34. Omri Casspi (6’8’’, SF, Israel)
35. Josh Shipp (6’5’’, SG, UCLA, Jr.)
36. Jerryd Bayless (6’3’’, PG, Arizona, Fresh.)
37. Robin Lopez (7’0’’, PF, Stanford, Soph.)
38. Quincy Pondexter (6’7’’, SF, Washington, Soph.)
39. Joseph Jones (6‘9‘’, PF, Texas A&M, Sr.)
40. Taj Gibson (6’9’’, PF, USC, Soph.)
41. Tyrese Rice (6’0’’, PG, Boston College, Jr.)
42. Ryan Anderson (6’9’’, PF, California, Soph.)
43. DJ White (6’8’’, PF, Indiana, Sr.)
44. Dominic James (5‘10‘’, PG, Marquette, Jr.)
45. Artem Zabelin (7’1’’, PF, Russia)
46. Marcus Dove (6’9’’, SF, Oklahoma State, Sr.)
47. Sean Singletary (5’11’’, PG, Virginia, Sr.)
48. Ronald Steele (6‘2‘’, PG, Alabama, Sr.)
49. Bryce Taylor (6’4’’, SG, Oregon, Sr.)
50. Goran Dragic (6’4’’, PG, Slovenia)
51. Curtis Jerrells (6’1’’, PG, Baylor, Jr.)
52. Chris Lofton (6’2’’, SG, Tennessee, Sr.)
53. Deron Washington (6’7’’, SG, Virginia Tech, Sr.)
54. Marcelus Kemp (6’5’’, SG, Nevada, Sr.)
55. Uros Tripkovic (6’5’’, PG, Serbia)
56. Sonny Weems (6’6’’, SG, Arkansas, Sr.)
57. Kyle Weaver (6’5’’, SG, Washington State, Sr.)
58. Sasha Kaun (6’11’’, C, Kansas, Sr.)
59. Richard Roby (6’5’’, SG, Colorado, Sr.)
60. Joe Ingles (6’8’’, SF, Australia)

July 01, 2007

Top NBA Free Agents

1. Chauncey Billups (Unrestricted, Signed by: Detroit)
2. Vince Carter (Unrestricted, Signed by: New Jersey)
3. Rashard Lewis (Unrestricted, Signed by: Orlando)
4. Gerald Wallace (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Charlotte)
5. Grant Hill (Unrestricted, Signed by: Phoenix)
6. Darko Milicic (Restricted, Likely Destination: Orlando)
7. Mo Williams (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Milwaukee)
8. Anderson Varejao (Restricted, Likely Destination: Memphis)
9. Andres Nocioni (Restricted, Signed by: Chicago)
10. Chris Webber (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Detroit)
11. Sasha Pavlovic (Restricted, Likely Destination: Cleveland)
12. Theodoros Papaloukas (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Miami)
13. Andray Blatche (Restricted, Likely Destination: Washington)
14. Luke Walton (Unrestricted, Signed by: LA Lakers)
15. Jerry Stackhouse (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Dallas)
16. Mikki Moore (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: New Jersey)
17. Morris Peterson (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Dallas)
18. Travis Outlaw (Restricted, Likely Destination: Portland)
19. Mickael Pietrus (Restricted, Likely Destination: Golden State)
20. Steve Blake (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Indiana)
21. Paul Milsap (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Utah)
22. Matt Barnes (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Golden State)
23. James Posey (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Miami)
24. Fabricio Oberto (Restricted, Likely Destination: San Antonio)
25. Jamaal Maglorie (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Atlanta)
26. Desmond Mason (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: New Orleans)
27. PJ Brown (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Chicago)
28. Chucky Atkins (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Orlando)
29. Charlie Bell (Unrestricted, Likely Destination: Milwaukee)
30. Ersan Illyasova (Restricted, Likely Destination: Milwaukee)