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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What did Katt Williams say about All-Star Game? Silva vs Bones Jones UFC? Why Ray Allen really left Celtics

   With the 4th of July being celebrated all througout the weekend, it was plenty of fireworks still left in the building. With that being said, lets take a look at the SELIVE Hot 5 Sporting Events of the weekend:
(1) Serena, Federer win; Hometown hero Murray loses in Finals

Serena Williams celebrates 5th Wimbledon

Federer pumped up

    When Serena almost lost her life a while ago, people probably took it as "Serena will be alright", & "oh she's got a minor injury or illness." But when I watched Serena come back to show why she's the BEST WOMENS TENNIS PLAYER EVER in winning her 5th Wimbledon, one thing was evident; She had found her love for the game again...When she rallied to make it to the Finals after looking like she might lose in the Semis, there was a look of appreciation and happiness I don't think I had seen from her in years...And while Roger Federer knocked off English hero Andy Murray - again- to tie the record for the most Wimbledon Championships - ever - he also had the look of a player who was once great, and wasn't sure if he would find it again. To the sheer hate of Murray, his faithful fans and Englishmen who had craved for a local to slay one of the mighty three (Federer, Nadal, Djokcivic), especially on home turf? A re-incarnation of Amy Winehouse wouldn't be better than this! Not gonna happen captain. Federer looked as strong as ever, and sent a warning to anyone who thinks he's on the downslope.


(2) AND1 delivers a dazzling show in Columbus; Dominique White shines
   Anybody and everybody knows that when AND1 is in town, there will be a show of some of the greatest talent on a basketball court. If you are playing against them, you will be embarrasseed sometime or another. They are the modern day Globetrotters, and they warmed up the USA Sports Arena this weekend in Columbus during the Ribfest weekend; Not shocking is that the AND 1 squad won 147-139; What maybe shocking is that Dayton Air Striker Dominique White balled out against the AND 1 Team, dropping 32 points and hearing some "oohs and aaahs" along the way. White actually got to kick it with the AND 1 squad later that evening, and was invited to attend and play in some upcoming games nearby during the Tour. When talking to White, he was thrilled about the opportunity, and is looking forward to a breakout season with the Air Strikers this season.


(3) MLB gets ready for All-Star Game, Home Run Derby

Fielder wins Home Run Derby

    Major League Baseball gets ready for its mid-season Classic, as the American and National Leagues best players battle it out; Sidenote: So that more people will watch it, the winner of the All-Star game gets home field for the World Series which is supposed to make it relevant. Which is dumb. In what All-Star game in the worlds history of sports has a All-Star game determined which team gets home field in the Championships? Like Katt Williams say..."don't worry, I'll wait." But seeing Prince Fielder against Matt Kemp in the Home Run Derby?.. Cool with that. Kudos to the Cincinnati Reds for getting three guys in (Bruce, Votto, Chapman); shoulda been at least 4, and probably 5.







(4)  Silva wins in rematch, is he best ever?

     Silva has been the UFC Champion for not 3, not 4, not 5...years and only a handful of times has he been tested. One of those people (Chael Sonnen) talked, howled, hooted, low-balled, and Don Kinged his way into a rematch that people thought could actually be the demise of the champ. However what they didnt know was that while Sonnen was winning the first round, Silva was setting him up for the kill, which he did in the 2nd round. And in the finishing of Sonnen to which the trash talking Sonnen would humbly say "He's a great Champion," the only question left is: Who can actually beat Silva? And could we possibly see a Bones Jones - Silva squareoff?....Imagine the money that fight would rake in...

(5)  Ray Allen leaves Celtics, heads to South Beach
    Im sure Celtics fans will ask the question, "Why Ray Ray, why?" after the best 3-pt shooter in NBA history decided to leave the Celtics. Allen decided that loyalty and South Beach was enough to sway him from coming back to Boston, heading for the beautiful sights of Miami, signing a 2-yr deal with the Heat and possibly changing the shift that the Celtics, who thought to have made some shrewd decisions this offseason (Signing JTerry and drafting Fab Melo & Jared Sullinger) which would help them propel past Americas Team (Heat). However, with Ray feeling more like the 3rd wheel,(1) losing his job to Avery Bradley, (2) being on the trade block twice, and (3) beefin with Rondo and Pierce, RayRay had enough. So now every Boston fan who rooted for and looked to see Allens jersey in the rafters in Boston will want to spit on him now as he drops 3 after 3 in the South Beach red. Oh for the love of free agency.


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