The year is basically finished. Seemed like yesterday was Christmas Day. Anyways, what a year for sports. There were over a billions events worldwide that I could talk about but I'm giving you my top 7 (strange but 7 is a number I like so live with it).
7. Boxing Day?
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Does anybody know why Boxing Day is important? I thought so. Neither was this fight. The most anticipated fight in modern era became the most constipated fight in history, meaning nothing really came out. Floyd "Money" Mayweather had gone 47 games unbeaten while Manny Pacquiao had 57 wins. Two champions going hand to hand. If you weren't a boxing fan, this fight did nothing to change your mind. I watched it in hopes to gain an appreciation for boxing. Guess what? It didn't. Just rounds of boredom. Floyd won but also won $220 million dollars for his victory, remained unbeaten and is the undisputed champ. He's definitely winning.
6. Cricket? What Cricket?
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Do I really need to spend long on this? There was alot of cricket played this year but none that really excited. The Ashes and Caribbean Premier League T20 were the closest thing that interested me but The West Indies keep losing (which I will not spend long on else I'll be upset), international cricket wasn't that great and there were too many T20 competitions to keep up with. Cricket retired hurt this year. Hopefully, it will be back next year.
5. The Return of MSN
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MSN died a few years ago. Messenger used to be the thing but along came BBM and Whatsapp and womp. But another MSN arose who conquered the world. Messi, Suarez and Neymar (MSN) scored a combined 122 goals last season. No that wasn't a typo. 122 goals. That is incredible. Those goals helped Barcelona to win the La Liga, Copa Del Rey and the UEFA Champions League in almsot an unstoppable fashion. The football those three played were mesmerizing and I'm not even a Barca fan but you couldn't help drool at times. The greatest strike force ever? Yes.
4. True Warriors
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Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors won the Most Valuable Player
for the NBA 2014-15 season. He beat out the likes of former MVP Lebron James of
the Cleveland Cavaliers, James Harden of the Houston Rockets and Russell
Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Curry averaged over 23 points and 7
assists. If that statistic doesn't amaze you, I should tell you that he didn't
play 17 fourth quarters. That means that Curry missed out on way more points
than he could have achieved. Curry also broke the 3 point record of 269
previously held by Ray Allen. Curry scored a mouth dropping 286. Remember, he
sat out 17 fourth quarters. My goodness. The MVP led the Warriors to the NBA
Title beating Lebron and the Cavs to defy all odds. Curry and the Warriors
showed that you don't have to die by the 3 if you live by the 3.
However, while one Warrior continues to shine, another won't do so for
very long. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers in November announced that he
will retire at the end of his 20th season in the NBA. Arguably the greatest
player of all time, Bryant decided to call it quits after struggling to find
form after 3 consecutive season ending injuries. The five time NBA Champion
certainly made this blogger shed a few tears. Closer to his retirement date,
I'll write a better article. But it's sad that this is the last season we will
see the "Black Mamba" in action.
3. Nothing Serene About Her
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Barely found words to write this. She won the US Open, Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. They
even named it the Serena Slam. That's how good she was. She was invincible.
Nobody really touched her. She just flew through tournaments like it was
nothing. She was the greatest athlete of 2015 by far. Why is she then number 3
on my list? I'm strange like that. What Serena has done, no woman nor man can
accomplish so easily and so gracefully. She broke records, barriers and hearts.
She even chased down a man who tried to steal her phone and got it back ! She
is one of a kind.
2. I Am Legend
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As
half the world found out, including myself, doubting Bolt will only make your
predictions look foolhardy. Usain Bolt returned from injury and beat the man
in-form Justin Gatlin to win 3 gold medals at the IAAF World Championships 2015
in Beijing. Gatlin was unbeaten in over a year, winning race after race. Asafa
Powell made a great recovery and was doing quite well in the meets before the
games. Even Tyson Gay and Mike Rodgers looked dangerous. Bolt's titles were at
threat, or so we were made to believe. However, there's a reason why he calls
himself a legend in his 98534 interviews (don't quote me on that). He ran 9.79
seconds in the 100m and 19.55 in the 200m defeating everybody who thought he
was beatable. Next year for the Rio Olympics, even if he loses one leg, doesn't
train and goes blind two weeks before his races, DON'T BET AGAINST HIM.
1. Black, Green and Gold Cup
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Even
though they finished second in the Gold Cup, they're number one on my list.
Just when you thought you couldn't trust the Boyz to pull off anything
spectacular, they did. It began at the Copa America where they weren't
embarassed going against the likes of Argentina and Uruguay. They took that
spirit and brought it to the USA as they won the hearts of Jamaicans and the
world at large by stunning their opponents, including the hosts USA who they
beat 2-1 in the semi-finals. Despite losing to Mexico 3-1 in the final, no
Jamaican player could hold their low. It was a historic year for Jamaican
football. Hopefully, it will trascend and we will see them qualify for the 2018
World Cup.
From everyone here at The Beegie Flow (just me), I wish you the best for new year and like the action I saw 2015 except cricket, be a good sport.
