Louis Ceaser IV, Playmaker Intern
- RAJON RONDO: San Francisco, California: Two full length basketball courts, Alcatraz Island, Red Bull flowin' and one Champion of The Rock crowned...
- No basketball tournament has ever been played on The Rock aka Alcatraz until Saturday, September 18th, 2010. The Red Bull "King of the Rock" Basketball Tournament hosted by the one-and-only Rajon Rondo was a smashing success. Red Bull provided myself and family/friends of the 64 ballers with unlimited Red Bull energy drinks, a brief tour of Alcatraz prison and pure basketball entertainment on The Yard---the infamous hang-out spot reserved only for America's baddest mob bosses. 64 ball players from all over the nation, from NY to SF were represented. 8:30pm, the event kicked off with the first set of 5 minute one-on-one single elimination rounds. Two exciting hours later, 6'3, 25 year-old, Isaiah "Clutch" Bowman lifted up the trophy presented by Rajon Rondo as the Champion of The Rock and $10,000! Look for the Red Bull King of the Rock Tournament next year as the event will be opened up to ballers nationally and internationally.
- Shout out to Red Bull, BDA Sports, Rajon Rondo and Playmaker Mobile for making this event possible. For more pics from the King of the Rock event check out Rondo's fan page album. Click here.
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- JONATHAN VILMA: The Saints beat the San Fransisco 49ers in a close one, 25-22, spoiling Jerry Rice's homecoming/jersey retirement game in the process. Vilma and the Saints defense pressured Alex Smith all game and were instrumental in making sure he threw two costly picks in the game. Vilma had seven tackles and one QB hit. The Saints move to 2-0 in the quest to make back-to-back Super Bowl appearances.
- RAY LEWIS: The Ravens received their first 'L' yesterday against the Cincinnati Bengals, 15-10. According to PlayerPress.com, Ray Lewis was vocal about the fact that Quarterbacks in the NFL get too much protection from Refs. Lewis was flagged for a late hit against QB Carson Palmer but replays clearly showed that he tripped into Palmer by accident. Still, the Bengals capitalized on the next drive to secure the win.
- DONOVAN MCNABB: DM5 and the Redskins lost a close one to the Texans, 30-27, in a game that racked up over a thousand yards of pure offense. McNabb looked solid as he hit 28 out of 38 passes for 426 yards and 1 TD.
- MICHAEL ROBINSON: Robinson saw his first action as a Seattle Seahawk, rushing for a limited 15 yards. Seattle did not win against Denver (31-14).
- HELIO CASTRONEVES: Helio took first place at the Indy Japan 300, Twin Ring Motegi on Sunday. Castroneves led for an outstanding 153 out 200 laps. This victory marks Helio's third IZOD IndyCar series win.
- STEVE NASH: Mike Schmitz of Valley of the Suns writes that although Nash is one of the best PG's in the NBA he must work on his on-ball defense in order to protect against the dribble-drive. Click here to read more.
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