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Very few weeks present more of the world's top sporting events than the one ahead. A quick summary follows on what is ahead in the coming days. The French Open (#36 on TUSL), the second leg of tennis' Grand Slam, concludes this weekend in Paris. In New York City, the Belmont Stakes (#120) runs this afternoon, with California Chrome attempting to make history as the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. The historic Epsom Derby (#149) will be held today in England. First run in 1780, it is one of sports' oldest events. The Stanley Cup Final (#14) resumes tonight in ...
25 Years Ago, Ryder Cup Came of Age
It was 25 years ago, almost to the day, that I got the call. It was my friend Jack Fraser, who called on me at the time from his job at First Boston. Jack and I had played a little golf over the years, and he knew I was a big fan. Jack said, “Tom, I have two passes to the Ryder Cup Matches this Sunday at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Columbus. It’s the final day. You interested?” While I admittedly didn’t know much about the Ryder Cup at the time (I knew it was a biennial competition between the US and Europe, and the US usually won), I ...
A Guide to the London 2012 Olympic Games
With the Opening Ceremonies of the Games of the XXX Olympiad tonight, we share a few tips and facts to help you best experience the Games from the comfort of your living room. First a few quick facts and tidbits on the Summer Olympics and London 2012: London is the first city to host the Summer Olympics three times (1908, 2048 and 2012). Greece’s athletes are traditionally first to enter the stadium in the parade. The five-ring Olympic symbol represents the world’s five inhabited continents. The rings’ colors were chosen because every ...
Americans love a good tournament, but sometime seem to struggle get it right (BCS? Expansion of March Madness? MLB postseason too long? NFL overtime rules?). The Europeans get the Champions League right; take the biggest teams in the world’s biggest sport in the biggest leagues with the biggest players, the biggest sponsors, biggest fan bases, biggest arenas, and the biggest stages, and make them do battle for Europe’s biggest prize – the continent’s best soccer club. All. Year. Long. Beginning in mid-July, the top teams in the top leagues of Europe begin a group ...
The World's Greatest College Weekend
If college is supposed to be the best four years of your life, what does that make the Little 500, which claims to be the “World’s Greatest College Weekend”? The “Little Five” is an annual bike race for the Indiana University Student Foundation consisting of 33 teams of four, representing fraternities or sororities, student organizations, or non-sponsored teams put together by students. Non-Greek competitors don the title of “Cutters”, taking the name of the local racers dramatized in the 1979 film Breaking Away. The race takes place at ...
Big Weekend for TUSL.com Events
The second last weekend of the summer is a great chance to catch some of the world's top sporting events. In Los Angeles, the 51st Manhattan Beach Open runs at the the Manhattan Pier today through Sunday. The Little League World Series finishes up its eleven day run with the championship on Sunday in Williamsport, PA. In upstate New York, the 142nd Travers Stakes will be run at the historic Saratoga Race Track. Bristol Motor Speedway hosts its second and final NASCAR event of the season tomorrow night under the lights. The IAAF World Championships in Athletics gets underway ...
Nine Must See Baseball Experiences!
With the Little League World Series beginning this week, we thought we would feature nine can't miss baseball events and venues, with a catch. We went off the grid and looked at events that don't involve the major leagues to find our nine favorites. No World Series or All Star Game; no Wrigley or Fenway; but nine events and places that every baseball fan should experience. The Little League World Series (#49 on The Ultimate Sports List) -- Since 1947, the world’s best little league baseball teams – players 11, 12 and 13 years old -- have gathered in ...
TUSL.com is One Year Old Today!
It's hard to believe that a year has gone by since we launched our site on June 1, 2010. It has been a great first year at The Ultimate Sports List, and there is more to come. What have we done so far? We released the first ever list of the world's greatest sporting events that was determined completely by fan voting. From Futball to Football to Horse Racing to Surfing, and from countries all around the world, we found the events and you voted. And our Voting Booth takes away the opportunity for fans to "stuff the ballot box," so The Ultimate Sports ...
Five Top 25 Events in the Next Week!
What a great week to be a sports fan. Five of The Ultimate Sports List's Top 25 events will occur or begin over the next six days. Plenty of chances for fans to catch some of the world's greatest sporting events. Saturday, May 28: #22 UEFA Champions League Final: Two of the great clubs in European soccer --Manchester United and Barcelona -- will clash in Wembley Stadium for supremacy in European club soccer. Sunday, May 29: #10 The Indianapolis 500: The Greatest Spectacle in Racing, and one of the the Triple Crown of Motorsports, will be run at the Brickyard in front ...
And You Think March is Madness? Try the FA Cup
All of America goes gaga in early March as they scramble to fill out their brackets for March Madness. After all, there are 68 teams to choose from and it's quite a task trying to pick your final four, while sprinkling in a few well-timed upsets here and there. It is estimated that up $2.5 billion is bet illegally on March Madness, much of it in office pools. Imagine trying to fill out a bracket with 759 teams. Welcome to the FA Cup. So just what is the FA Cup? To start, it is the world's oldest knockout competition in association football (aka soccer), ...
Win a $250 Amazon.com Gift Certificate!
The Ultimate Sports List is excited to announce, in conjunction with the voting for our 2011 list of the world's greatest sporting events, a contest open to all of our members. The winner of our drawing will receive a $250 gift certificate from Amazon.com. What do you have to do to win? Our new Fan Dashboard tracks the activity points of each of our members, according to the following grid: Activity Points Logins 2.0 Votes ...
The polls are open for The Ultimate Sports List 2011! (actually, our polls are always open, but it just sounds good to say that). Over the next month, you can help determine the next list of the world's greatest sporting events. We've included the current list plus those events that were in the voting last year, and even added a few new ones at the suggestions of our members. So it's time to vote. A couple tips on voting are in order. First and foremost, you need to join TUSL.com before you can vote, and that is both free and easy. If you are a member of Facebook, ...
Ten Events Added to the 2011 Voting
Ten events have been added to the voting for The Ultimate Sports List 2011. They include three world championships, two stadiums, a horse race, a track and field event, a baseball game played at night with no lights and a hot dog eating contest. They are: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the University of Florida The Big East Men's Basketball Championship, New York, NY The FIBA World Championship The FINA World Aquatics Championship The World Equestrian Games The Midnight Sun Game, Fairbanks, AK Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Brooklyn, NY ...
Nominations for The Ultimate Sports List 2011!
We will beging voting for the 2011 version of The Ultimate Sports List late next week and are taking nominations for events and venues to be included in the voting. In addition to the 150 events on the 2010 List, the events below will be included. Is their an event you think should be considered? Send the events and venues you would like to nominate for the 2011 List to nominate@tusl.com by next Thursday, May 5. The first five nominations that we receive and include in the voting will receive a new TUSL.com baseball cap pictured below. The 2011 Nominees: A Harlem ...
Opening Day: An Official Holiday in Cincy?
Although baseball's opening day is special in every city, Cincinnati's has long been considered the creme-de-la-creme. Professional baseball's first team is the only one to open each year at home and its fans celebrate the entire day like no other. Sports Illustrated's Frank Deford once said,"... the citizens celebrate with the same display of annual ardor that lapsed Christians save for Easter." And USA Today chimed in with, "Cincinnati has traditionally been the showcase season opener ... nothing else has the glitz of the Reds and opening day. It's ...
