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                                                                           On April 5th, the boys of The Sports Take will be taking part in the Relay For Life walk to benefit cancer research. Cancer has affected many people in many ways, whether you or someone you know is currently battling, has survived or has past away because of cancer. We are asking for donations for the walk. Anything will help, even a dollar. Below is a link that will take you to the donation website. All donations are greatly appreciated.

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY09PA?px=9188718&pg=personal&fr_id=16672&fl=en_US&et=Xuzf22vF3ln-IwXb5L5RJA..&s_tafId=281542

                                              Before I get into this article, I feel the need to let the public know that at no time during the writing of this article did I take any kind of performance enhancing drugs.

            With that said, what have we learned in the past couple of weeks? Well let me sum it up for you: photos surfaced of America’s golden boy (x8) Michael Phelps smoking marijuana while at a party in South Carolina. Only days later, one of the biggest names in baseball and future home run king (barring injuries), Alex Rodriguez, admitted to using performance enhancing drugs from 2001-2003. These are just two of the headlines that graced the face of newspapers and news stations across the country.

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     Super Bowl XLIII will go down as one of the best in the history of the NFL. I knew it was going to be a display of two of the best quarterbacks in the game and these two former Super Bowl champions did not disappoint.

     Big Ben was 21 of 30 for 256 yards with each a touchdown and an interception, but his numbers do not begin to describe how he played. His numbers do not show the amount of times he kept plays alive by scrambling and some how making the right play every possession. Roethlisberger’s performance showed he should be mentioned with not only the great quarterbacks of today such as Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, but of legends such as John Elway and former Steeler’s Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw. But, how about the other quarterback? Is Kurt Warner bound for Canton? (more…)

       Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum will be out 8-12 weeks after tearing a ligament in his right knee.

     Bynum injured his knee after trying to grab a rebound over Memphis center Marc Gasol in a game on January 30th . As he came down from his jump, Lakers star Kobe Bryant ran into his knee and Bynum collapsed in excruciating pain.  As Bynum was getting helped off the court, my initial reaction was “wow,” he would be lucky to ever play again.  To my surprise, Bynum is expected to return later this season, as the diagnosis shelves Bynum for an upwards of two months. (more…)