SPORT - Live Game 2012

The month of February is around the corner and many of you are very impatient. I am not talking about you, Ladies, with your unavoidable Valentine’s Day but to our basketball and football fans.

The Super Bowl is the finale of the championship game of the National Football League that determines the champion team of each football seasons. The Super Bowl is the biggest TV event in global sport and one of the most watched television broadcasts. Moreover, the audience seems to continuously increase from 97.5 million in 2008, 98.7 million on 2009, 106 million in 2010, to 111 million in 2011!

The Super Bowl killed the record of the most watched TV broadcast that the finale of the comedy M*A*S*H hold since 1983.

It’s been reported that advertisers are willing to pay up to $3 million for a 30-second commercial during the game, the highest ever!

Madonna will perform for the halftime act of the game with Le Circle du Soleil. 

This year, The Super Bowl XLVI will occur in Indianapolis, IN in Lucas Oil Stadium on February 5^th! Do not miss it!

The NBA All-Star Game is an annual game opposing the best players of the Eastern Conference against the best players of the Western Conference; it is also commemoration of their season’s achievement. The NBA created an entire weekend of festivities around this event: the NBA All-Star Week-end. Each player selected at least once for the All-Star games gains the status of “All-Star.”

Lucky me! This year, the NBA All-Star week-end will take place in Orlando, FL at the Amway Center on February 25^th and 26^th.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Forwards: LeBron James (Mia) 640,789; Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 496,351; Amar’e Stoudemire (NYK) 178,797; Kevin Garnett (Bos) 173,161; Chris Bosh (Mia) 140,601; Paul Pierce (Bos) 94,071; Luol Deng (Chi) 85,086; Andrea Bargnani (Tor) 54,739; Carlos Boozer (Chi) 53,477; Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) 43,154.



Guards: Derrick Rose (Chi) 640,476; Dwyane Wade (Mia) 637,912; Rajon Rondo (Bos) 253,969; Ray Allen (Bos) 174,934; Deron Williams (NJN) 89,128; Jose Calderon (Tor) 42,929; John Wall (Was) 38,025; Richard Hamilton (Chi) 36,418; Kyrie Irving (Cle) 27,713; Joe Johnson (Atl) 23,384. 



Centers: Dwight Howard (Orl) 754,737; Joakim Noah (Chi) 75,038; Tyson Chandler (NYK) 61,774; Joel Anthony (Mia) 41,832; JaVale McGee (Was) 24,713; Al Horford (Atl) 23,546.

WESTERN CONFERENCE


Forwards: Kevin Durant (OKC) 633,538; Blake Griffin (LAC) 394,264; Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 231,832; Pau Gasol (LAL) 185,428; Kevin Love (Min) 143,814; LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 118,268; Tim Duncan (SA) 81,783; Lamar Odom (Dal) 59,686; Metta World Peace (LAL) 39,006; Danilo Gallinari (Den) 34,438. 



Guards: Kobe Bryant (LAL) 690,613; Chris Paul (LAC) 540,173; Ricky Rubio (Min) 133,520; Steve Nash (Pho) 118,922; Russell Westbrook (OKC) 107,197; Kyle Lowry (Hou) 90,725; Monta Ellis (GS) 63,696; Manu Ginobili (SA) 50,765; Jason Kidd (Dal) 49,596; Chauncey Billups (LAC) 42,657. 



Centers: Andrew Bynum (LAL) 496,597; DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 134,961; Marc Gasol (Mem) 102,116; Nenê (Den) 94,167; Marcin Gortat (Pho) 62,631; Kendrick Perkins (OKC) 41,579.

Being from France, basketball and American football are not a big part of our culture; the French national sport is soccer, mostly like all other European countries.

The last FIFA World Cup, that occurs every 4 years, was held in South Africa in 2010. The finals between Spain and Netherlands attracted more than 700 million viewers from all around the world (25 million in the US).

 “FIFA reported that ratings in the US rose 50 percent from the 2006 tournament.” The next FIFA World Cup will take place in Brazil in 2014.