BBC Sports Personality Of The Year 2010

There’s no dream walk over for an England World Cup winning player or Andy Murray strolling to the podium to collect the trophy after his victorious summer in Wimbledon. Instead it’s going to be a year for the “small sports”, which in a way is great to see. Last year the award was hijacked as a career achievement award for Ryan Giggs so it’s nice to see a short-list of people where that won’t happen. We have a short list this year of a cyclist, 3 Olympic athletes, 2 golfers, a darts star, a boxing champ, a jockey and cricketer. So who is going to take home the prize this year then?

Evaluating The MVP Race

There have been a lot of great individual performances throughout the NFL this year. From Arian Foster exploding onto the scene in week one to Roddy White elevating his game to an elite level. But the league these days is a passing orientated, win now place. The likes of Foster, Adrian Peterson, Clay Matthews and until recently Phillip Rivers had been discounted from the discussion by analysts because they don’t throw the ball or don’t have the wins. While I don’t agree with this entirely it seems to be the criteria these days. So let’s take a look at the front runners for the award. In no particular order mind.

NFL Week 12 Picks

Another turbulent week is in the books. New England and Indy played out another classic while Brad Childress got shown the door in Minnesota after another heavy loss to a division rival. Vince Young lost his head after being told his thumb injury was too severe to be allowed to continue and stormed away from the field. While the owners have said that both Vince and Head Coach Jeff Fisher will be there next season it has wrecked what was a competitive season for the Titans.

This week has a full set of Thanksgiving games on Thursday and some big match-ups between major contenders. The Bears and Eagles face off with 7 wins a piece while Green Bay travel to the NFC best Atlanta Falcons. So let’s get down to it. Home team in caps.