Some Other Sports For a Change

This week I'm going to have a look at some other sports, just to mix it up a little bit. There are lots of exciting things going on all over the world and I am going to cover a few of them in this week's post.

Baseball
The baseball World Series came to a thrilling conclusion last week with the Boston Red Sox beating the St Louis Cardinals in six games. The competition, despite its name, is entered by teams from America and Canada and is only called the 'world' series because it was formerly sponsored by the newspaper of the same name. The Red Sox used their home-field advantage to clinch a 4-2 victory and their third title in ten years.

Tennis
The tennis season is coming to a close and the best eight players on the circuit are gathering together in London for the World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena. Andy Murray qualified for the tournament but had to pull out due to an injury, leaving Nadal, Federer, Djokovic, Del Potro, Ferrer, Wawrinka, Berdych and Gasquet to compete for the last tournament of the year.

American Football
We're now passed the halfway stage in the season and the divisions are starting to take shape in the race for the Super Bowl. The Chiefs, Broncos, Saints and Seahawks all continued their fine start to the year, moving to 8-0, 7-1, 6-1 and 7-1 respectively. The 49ers beat the Jaguars at Wembley to keep their post-season dreams alive and to send the Jags into their bye week on a dismal 0-8.

Basketball
Last week saw the NBA tip-off and the Miami Heat awarded their championship rings. Heat have had a surprisingly poor start to the year, on 1-2 from three games. Five teams are still unbeaten after three rounds of matches and LeBron and co. are going to have to dig in and turn their fortunes around to have a shot at another title.

That's all for my brief recap of some other sports. They've been great fun to watch so far and should continue to provide plenty of drama for the rest of the year.