Best of the Mountain West Conference

If a helmet sticker had been passed out to the most impressive conference after college football’s opening weekend, there’s no question the Mountain West Conference would be sporting it.

Can you even debate that another league had a more impressive kickoff weekend?

The Decision vs. The Indecision – The Ultimate Double Standard

On July 8, Lebron James held the basketball world hostage as he made his now infamous “Decision” live on ESPN, drawing nearly 10 million viewers.

In less than a month, Lebron has gone from beloved NBA superstar to one of the most hated men in the world of sports. But Lebron’s popularity hasn’t necessarily faltered because he chose to play in South Beach this upcoming season. Rather, it was the way he went about announcing his choice.

Following his decision, the 25-year-old year old phenom was called immature, egotistical, and classless because the understanding was Lebron did not even notify the Cavaliers he was leaving town. In Lebron’s defense, this move showed us he is, in fact, human. Lebron made a mistake, and if you asked him to do it all over again, I’d guess he would handle the situation in a different manner.

I cannot say the same for Brett Favre.

What if the Remaining World Cup Contenders were American Sports Teams?

As the World Cup continues, the cream of the crop has risen. Seven of the eight group winners advanced to the quarterfinals. The only group winner not to advance: an ‘up-and-coming’ soccer nation that goes by the name of United States of America.

But before you give up on soccer until the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, there are plenty of great teams, players and games still to be featured in South Africa.

In an effort to keep fans interested in the world’s greatest sporting tournament, the following list compares the remaining eight teams to the American sports team it most parallels.

Hopefully this will give you a better sense of who is who and what certain teams have to offer. And just maybe you will keep watching some of the greatest athletes in the world perform on the soccer’s biggest stage.