Weekend Review: NFL Week 1 Recap; Knox Indy vs Ohio Challenge;

SportsEffectLive.com brings you the hottest events going down this past weekend.....With NFL week 1 goin down, the Knox vs Indy Challenge along with the Dayton Revival Festival, there was plenty of great things to do in the Miami Valley and beyond. 

                      Heres our SELIVE HOT 5 SPORTS WEEKEND RECAP

• 1st Annual Knox Pro Am Indy vs Ohio Challenge a HUGE Success

   With local NBA ballers such as Norris Cole, Daequan Cook, and Chris Wright flexing their hoop games, the hoop challenge at Trent Arena was a battle down to the finish. With thousands in attendance, the people was treated to great basketball from not only the Ohio legends, but from the Indy ballers as well. There were live music performances, raffles and giveaways from all of the NBA players in between TV timeouts, with Wolfie Mr. Sportsknowitall providing the commentary. President Carlos Knox felt like that it was a success as well, and looks forward to this being a yearly event in the city.
Look for the SELive TOP 5 plays from the event coming this weekend.


NFL Week 1 goes down 
   NFL week 1 is over, and it brought some of the biggest suprises - and dissapointments - to ever start a season in history. Here are some of the highlights and lowlights of the week:

•   Highlights: Cowboys set the tone: Dallas is the one franchise who has supposedly wasted the most money and talent in trying to get to the elusive Super Bowl. However, with a revamped secondary, they shut down the Giants and won 24-17. Can they do it at the end of the season when it counts?

•  Highlights: Mark Sanchez, Jets  - Sanchez, who has been ridiculed to no end since having a sub-par last season, and pre-season; However Sanchez led the Jets to a 48-point outburst, leaving the haters in the rear view, for a week at least.

• Lowlights: Bengals get smashed by Ravens

  This is the season that the Bengals can change their culture, but if they play like they did against the Ravens Monday night,  the only thing that will be changing is their fanbase. Now granted, the Ravens are Super Bowl contenders, but even without Terrell Suggs in the lineup the Ravens snatched the Bengals up and tossed them around like a fresh salad. The Bengals will have to bounce back next week. Or they could be in some real trouble this season.

• Lowlights: Browns Rookie QB Brandon Weeden 

   I guess you could say that Weeden looked lost from the start, as he inexplicably got swallowed up under the Flag on the field during the pre-game ceremonies. Once the game actually started, looks like Weeden never found his way out. His stats? 12 -34, 4 INT's and a fumble. And when he had a chance to take the Browns down for a Game Winning FG? No chance. Management feels he will get better. I hope so. Because you have a better QB (Colt McCoy) sitting behind him wondering why he didn't get the chance.

• Highlights: RG3 lights up scoreboard, beats Saints

  The only thing Robert Griffin III didn't do on Sunday was wear his Sunday's best at the press conference; He decided that his first interview would be done in his Skins uni, which was fine considering the day he had in it; 19-26, 320 yards, 2 TD's and 0 INT's, and most importantly, leading the Skins' to a 40-32 win over the Saints. In watching RG3 you seen a confident, cool customer who looks like a franchise QB. And yes he will have bad days, but on this day? He showed his worth, outlasting future hall of famer Drew Brees. Redskin fans are foaming at the mouth right now....He definitely outshined #1 pick Luck and his other rookie QB counterparts...And was the only one to get a W as well.

• Highlights: Referees do a good job.

   When it was first announced that there would be "scab" refs due to discussions about the new agreement for the refs, most thought it would be settled by Week 1. Not so. And after all the complaining and whining, it seems that Principal - I mean Commissioner -  Goodell is deciding to stick with the new blood. Although everybody and they mama feels like the old refs are better, the new refs (which includes female refs as well) have been steadily getting better. Question is, how long will Goodell go with the newcomers, as the longer it goes, the more antsy the other refs, along with the coaches and players, get?

• Lowlights: Referees do a bad job.

   Although some of the refs did a good job, there were a few instances that were not as good. Like Victor Cruz being held on a obvious play in the Cowboys game, which might have cost them a TD; like the refs giving the Seahawks a extra timeout during crunch time against the Cardinals; And so on; The point is this: The refs are HUMAN, therefore they will make mistakes. It happens. As long as they man (or woman) up, and don't make any amazingly bad mistakes, then the replacement refs will and are doing a good job.

• Highlights:  Fantasy star RB's get their money

 
   If you took one of the 3 best RB's in the game (Arien Foster, Matt Forte, Adrian Peterson) you did well....All three of those performers did their thing and scored TD's and ran for a lot of yards, and caught for plenty of yards. Look to add Maurice Jones-Drew to that list for next week.

• Lowlights: Fantasy Star QB's dissapear

 
  If you took the likes of Mike Vick, Matt Stafford, or Eli Manning in fantasy, then it was a uneasy day for you. Although Stafford and Vick were in Top 5 in yards, they both threw too many INT's for you to capitalize on it. And although Eli was solid, he wasn't spectacular. Vick and Stafford tled their teams to comeback W's, so they will probably come back with vintage games. I'd definitely play em.


Highlights: Serena Williams, Andy Murray hoist US OPEN trophies

Serena Williams is showing why she could be considered the GREATEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER EVER. Williams continued her amazing season with a comeback win over #1 Ranked Victoria Azarenka, giving her another Slam this season.On the other side of the spectrum, Andy Murray held off former US champ Djokovic in five sets, giving him his first ever Major Championship, and second consecutive major victory (if you count the Olympics); when Murray lost Wimbledon to Federer, he told the English faithful "im getting close"...well he wasn't playing, and this could lead to Murray making his own spectacular run.

 
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Barry Larkin best SS ever? Daequan Cook BBall Camp, Olympic questions, NBA Schedule, NFL Training Camps open

Whats good peoples!! These are the hot topics of the week/ weekend as we head into August... Which issue do you think was most important?
Heres the SELive HOT 5 TOPICS of the Week:




(1) Barry Larkin inducted into MLB Hall of Fame -

Larkin giving his Hall of Fame Speech

      Larkin, who was the Best SS in the National League in the late 80's through the early 2000's, was the quintessential player for the Reds. He led by example, and when necessary, with his voice. He won a MVP despite hitting 20 HR in that year; He won a World Series and led Reds to multiple Playoff runs. He was a  5-Time All-Star, and possibly his most valuable contribution was his efforts off the field, making him the most popular Red since Johnny and Pete and those guys. Known around Ohio as "Barry the Red", Larkin could be considered one of the 3 greatest Shortstops of all time.



(2)  Daequan Cook Basketball Camp - 

  
     Cook, who had a Shootout just two weeks prior, now hosted his Annual Basketball Camp, compiling the best of the best as he held his Camp at Dunbar High School. Although it wasn't heavily talked about, Cook continues to make strides in helping the young continue their dreams. Cook had hundreds at the Camp, and the last day of camp he had the best high schoolers in the Miami Valley go at it. Cook looks forward to getting back on the court next season and is rooting his teammates on to bring back the gold during the Olympics.


(3)  NFL Camps open this week- 

Manning running the show from Day 1

     Are you ready for some football? With only a week away from August, you can almost smell the fall sneaking up on us, which obviously means its time to talk Football. NFL camps opened this week, with prized free agent Peyton Manning leading the Broncos, and newcomers RG3 and Andrew Luck leading their new teams respectively, in their practices. Funniest moment so far: A reporter calling Jets QB Mark Sanchez "Tim"...
NOTE: Cleveland and Cincinnati open this weekend



(4) Olympics JumpOff this weekend-

London gets ready for Olympics

     Every four years the best of the best in the world duke it out for their respective countries, and now is London's time to hold the 2 week Gala; Biggest Headlines: How many MEDALS will Phelps win / will Lochte knock him off his throne? Which Usain Bolt will we see? Will MoMo Jones win that elusive Gold Medal? Will the USA Hoop teams win the Gold despite the tough road?  Will London be as good as anybody at hosting the Olympics?


(5) NBA opens Schedule for 2012-13 season
     NBA fans now know when Steve Nash and the Lakers will take on the defending Champion Heat; Or see when the Brooklyn Nets open up their new arena vs Knicks, no less; Or when Dwight Howard and the Magic....or wait a minute, I meant future Laker, or Net, or Maverick....oh well. You get the point. NBA schedules was released and there are some great matchups on tap early for next season.
Go to NBA.com for a full schedule