Championship weekend

Really looking forward to the AFC Championship Game. What else can i ask for the teams i root for are playing in this game. Only sad part they both are in AFC.

It was a great last week as the Teams i was rooting for all won.

Giants are playing good foot ball and so are the 49ers. So it will be an interesting game. I am predicting this one will be a low scoring game considering both the defenses are good ( Muddy field is on the cards for this weekend in SF).

 And when ever Patriots and Ravens play i am torn as i don't want either one to loose. Everyone is predicting a NE win but i think it will be a close game. As long as there are no major injuries and not a blown out game i will be happy..

CAPping my Head PT 280

I was lucky enough to get a Made in Austria Pro Tour 280. Structurally it is in sound condition. How ever the bumper guard took a beating.


I started restoring it and ordered a CAPed Grommets from Tennis Warehouse and this post shows how the racquet looked before and after.

Here are the Specs of this frame

Head Size: 97 sq. in. / 626 sq. cm.

Length : 27 inches / 69 cm

Construction : 20 mm Constant Beam

Composition : High Twaron and Graphite

Strung Weight : 12 ounces / 340 grams

Power Level: Low

Babolat Racquet Diagnostic Center (RDC) Data: Stiffness: 58 (0-100) Inertia: 320 (200-400) Power: B, 40 (0-100) Control: B, 60 (0-100) Manueverability: A, 73 (0-100)

Stroke Style: Long, Full

Swing speed: Fast

Balance: 8pts Head Light

Racquet Color: Black, Blue, w/ Red Lettering

Grip type: Cushion Grip

String Tension: 50-60 pounds

String Pattern: 18 Mains / 20 Crosses Mains skip: 9T,8H,10H Two Piece No shared holes

Head Radical Tour Bumblebee

I am fortunate enough to get couple of Head Radical Tour (Made in Austria) Oversize racquets. And here are some of the pics.

As you can see the bumper guard is in rough condition i replaced with new bumper guard and grommets.

NFL Wildcard Weekend

Finally the Playoff football is here and this week fortunately or unfortunately my teams (Ravens and Pats) are not playing .

It will be interesting to see who the divisional opponent will be for both these teams.

Lot of people already gave Steelers the victory over Denver.

The only game i will be watching with specific interest is this game as one of our bitter rival will be playing.

Hopefully it will be a good game . Does Denver has anything to loose ?? Denver has good defense and if their offense can score few points it will be tough for Pittsburg.

Sydney Test !!

The first day of Sydeny test is over and i didn't realize the Test match started today and the only best thing that happened is i didn't have to watch another collapse of the so called best batting lineup.

Only Tendulkar seems to be in control till he dragged on to his stumps.

Zaheer bowled well in the later part of the day. ( Or is it the case of these "great" modern day batsman playing as expected against a moving ball we are so accustomed to see these days).

Thank god Terry Alderman is not bowling to these batsman..Oh wait these batsman are not good enough to even get an edge of those deliveries..!!

Let see how this test unfolds.

Bill Maher Tweet about Tim Tebow

Most of you might have seen the Bill Maher's tweet about Tebow and Denver Vs Bills game.

I thought he is so creative. Don't get me wrong i have nothing against Tebow or Jesus or Christianity (Of no affinity for Satan or Hitler).

In case you (outside US and don't follow football) don't know who Tebow is and what Tebowing is see the pic.

And here is Bill's tweet..

Match Savers is an Endangered Species

After watching the fourth day of Boxing day test i wonder whether there are any Match savers in modern day cricket. Not sure whether the advent of T20 has contributed to more tests not ending in a draw .It might be more because of lack of batsman who can grind it out and save test matches.

Now a days we either see teams chasing 300 plus runs in fourth innings or getting all out for less than 150.

We may never see any thing close to what Mike Atherton did in Johannesburg.

 More so because in the current generation of batsmen there are not many who has the technique to bat like him, Dravid etc.

Any way all credit to AUS for a well deserved victory.