The Bulls should thank the basketball gods for the 1st pick in this years draftGo Bulls!. ?I?ll see you out there!? Roy Keane threatened Patrick Vieira, the referee standing between the two players after the Arsenal midfielder had hurriedly made his way down the tunnel away from our captain. As the images were broadcast over Sky Sports ahead of the much awaited Arsenal vs United clash at Highbury, I couldn?t quite believe my eyes.A brilliant match ensued, in which United won 4-2, despite going down to ten men with 20 minutes to play. After the childish Arsenal players threw pizza at our manager following our 2-0 victory earlier that season, there had been much promise of revenge.?Their defenders should be more frightened of me than I will be of them,? said Jose Reyes, the player who Gunners argued was better than Cristiano Ronaldo, ahead of the Highbury encounter.
It was Ronaldo who left with the plaudits though, scoring 2 goals and ensuring The Library lived up to its reputation.This was just one of many fiery clashes between the clubs, with Keane and Vieira at the centre. However, following France?s exit from Euro 2008, picking up just 1 point and scoring 1 goal in 3 games, Vieira has been involved in a spat with another United player.Patrice Evra was involved in a fight with Chelsea groundstaff earlier this season during a warming down session on the pitch following United?s defeat at Stamford Bridge. The comments from United players after the match suggested that racist comments had been made to our full back.Now, he has been involved in a fight with Patrick Vieira in the tunnel in the aftermath of the Holland defeat. Team mates Jean-Alain Boumsong and Franck Ribery are seen pulling away the former Arsenal captain, who tries to go back for seconds."VIDEO: Patrice Evra Fighting Again... This Time With Former Arsenal Man" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. This article is also featured on Republik Of Mancunia. For those familiar with my writing, I usually write on the College Football circuit.
However, I am also a hockey fan and that's pretty rare in the United States. Tonight is the NHL Draft in Ottawa and four days later Free Agency begins, so it is an exciting and nail biting time for many teams in the National Hockey League.The defending Eastern Conference Champions, Pittsburgh Penguins, are a team that as of this moment have 9 players signed. This next week is pretty important to them. There have been many rumors speculating that the Penguins are going to trade superstar Evgeni Malkin. One report came out the other day stating that the Pens were talking to the Los Angeles Kings and in return for Malkin, they would get the Kings' number two overall pick and possible center Mike Cammalleri. Penguins fans were outraged saying: "Why would the Pens want to do this, Malkin still has another year of his entry level contract which only counts for approximately $900,000 against the cap.” The Penguins radio network, 105.9 FM (The X) debunked the rumor saying that it was all blogger talk. Then today TSN.ca comes out with a story that says Russian Superleague teams are prepared to offer Malkin a contract that would make him the highest paid hockey player in the world.A multi-year contract that would be worth at least $12.5 million tax-free per season, or the equivalent of $15 million per year in the NHL. In case you are new to all of this, there is no transfer agreement between the NHL and the Russian Superleague, but each league has said they will honor the other's contracts and won't poach players.That prompted a quick response from the International Ice Hockey Federation:"Although there will be no imminent Player Transfer Agreement between the IIHF and the NHL, all involved parties are in principal agreement to honor each other's contracts," Fasel said. "The NHL has informed the IIHF that this will be the policy of the league during the period without a PTA, and conversely, the IIHF has obligated its member national federations and leagues to do the same in its relations with the NHL."We would view any signing, from either side, of a player under a valid contract, who does not have any legally valid out-clause, to be a clear violation of the mutual understanding and existing principle.
