Kevin Maurer, of AOL news, wrote an article reporting about Capt. Ivan Castro. Castro is a blind special forces officer who lost his sight when a mortar exploded next to him. He is the only blind officer serving in the Special Forces - the small, elite units famed for dropping behind enemy lines on combat missions.
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I had 5 right and 3 wrong. Make the jump to read the complete results and which matches I had right and which I got wrong.
WWE Championship
Triple H (C) Vs. John Cena
winner: Triple H because he has only had it for a short while and he is the big name from the WWE Draft that the WWE needed to have when they move Smackdown to MyTvNetwork this fall.
World Heavyweight Championship
Edge (C) Vs. Batista
wiiner: Batista. Smackdown can’t have two world champions.
ECW Championship
Kane (C) Vs. Big Show Vs. Mark Henry
winner: Big Show. They have been pushing him a lot recently and eventhough he is on the Smackdown roster he can defend it on ECW because of the dual brand working agreement.
Intercontinental Championship
Chris Jericho (C) Vs. ???
winner: Jericho’s mystery opponent.
United States Championship
Matt Hardy (C) Vs. Chavo Guerrero
winner: Matt just recently lost it and I doubt he will lose it to Chavo he has been in limbo since he lost the ECW title.
World Tag Team Championship
Cody Rhodes & Hardcore Holly (C) Vs. Ted DiBiase & ???
winner: Teddy Jr. and his partner. He has been pushed in recent weeks and winning a championship quicker than his dad and with dissention between Cody and Hardcore its the perfect combination of title change.
WWE Tag Team Championship
John Morrison & The Miz (C) Vs. Finlay & Hornswoggle
winner: Miz and Morrison.
Women’s Championship
Mickie James (C) Vs. Katie Lea Burchill
winner: She has beaten Mickie twice already, plus it will add to the fued with Mickie having to chase after the title now.
Diva’s Championship
Natalya vs. Michelle McCool
winner: Nattie Neidhart will be crowned the first ever Divas champion.
The Dark Knight is less than three weeks away from a theatre near you and here is some stuff to satisfy your appetite until then.
Joker vs Joker (Jack Nicholson vs Heath Ledger)
The Dark Knight Trailer Spoof
At first, my thoughts on the Rockets choosing Nicolas Batum as their first round picked sucked because Chris Douglas-Roberts, who in my opinion is the superstar of the Memphis Tigers team not Derrick Rose, was still available. I mean Batum is only nineteen years old and the announcers even said he would play for the European League for another three years to improve his skills. I thought this was pretty stupid since the Rockets need players that are ready to go now not three years down the road. I thought ECW, who for the second year in a row got screwed on the WWE Draft, had a better draft selection than the Rockets. I was not a happy camper.
The Rockets redeemed themselves in my eyes when they traded Batum to Portland Trailblazers for Joey Dorsey and Darrell Arthur. Arthur is a versatile type of player who can play both forward positions. That means he can backup or start opposite of Shane Battier, Carl Landry, and Luis Scola. Joey Dorsey is the type of big man they can groom to succeed Yao Ming or fill in his spot if he gets hurt because Dikembe Mutombo is getting to old to play for a prolong period of time in games. He can point up the points that need to be put up and that is something that Chuck Hayes can’t seem to do. So what started out as a terrible draft turned out to be really good overall and the Rockets added some key weapons to strengthen and add some depth to their bench.
Update. The Rockets traded Arthur to the Grizzlies for Donté Greene. I’m happy with this pick since Green and Arthur are basically the same type of player. Same size, weight, and positions played. Green will fill in the spots I mentioned above.
My top five draft picks in the 2008 draft in no particular order where
1. Chris Douglas-Roberts
2. Jerryd Bayless
3. Derrick Rose
4. Michael Beasley
5. Kevin Love/Brook and Robin Lopez
What does it take to own the assets of one of the most notorious gangsta-rap labels of all time? About $24 million, actually.
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Soulja Boy, who is is hip hop’s version of the macarana, is having a heated war of words with legendary Ice-T in recent weeks.
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Here’s the freestyle vid that got Shaq in trouble with the NBA and the Miami Police Department for dissing his former teammate and rival, Kobe Bryant.
This is what happens when they stopping selling Whoppers in the hood.
Here are the spoilers for the 6/27/08 edition of Friday Night Smackdown.
