Take Falcon Ridge Road up to Hard Way and take a left. You will see the soccer fields as soon as you turn left. You can change the map to satellite and zoom in and see the fields. I hope this helps.

Golf
Tiger wins his 71st title, and had a course record 62 on Saturday that was the most exciting round of golf ever watched. So, Tiger is back on form. When will his next win come?

Football
College and Pro football has started and after two weeks of college football we say Oklahoma beaten by BYU, OSU looses and many of the hoarders of the top ten (usually BCS teams) still have a position in the top 10-15 with one loss over teams with unbeaten records and tougher schedules. Even though the excuse that they use against western teams other than USC is they don’t play a tough enough schedule. Well when I looked at the teams that were played by the BCS team the last two weeks ever one but two were week as they come. They were complete blow outs. Utah still has the nations longest winning steak, and we will see what Colorado will bring this weekend.

What you say?

When will Tiger’s next win come?

Which BCS team will stumble again?

If Las Vegas sports books look at the return of Brett Favre to the Minnesota Vikings as anything but what it is, then they to are getting sucked in by the public’s perception themselves. Read on.

Las Vegas sports books are making minor adjustments on the Minnesota Vikings after the NFL team signed quarterback Brett Favre on Tuesday.

“It’s a slight upgrade for the Vikings,” Las Vegas Hilton sports book director Jay Kornegay said. “At first, we were not going to move anything. But we looked at it, and the Vikings were already a popular team, and Favre will make them more popular than ever. We made some subtle changes.”

The Hilton changed the Vikings from 31/2- to 4-point road favorites over the Cleveland Browns in the regular-season opener. The Vikings’ odds to win the NFC dropped from 8-1 to 7-1, and their odds to win the Super Bowl dropped from 18-1 to 15-1. Minnesota’s regular-season win total moved from 9 (over minus-140) to 91/2 (over minus-120).

“In reality, I don’t think Favre is going to make that much difference,” Las Vegas Sports Consultants oddsmaker Jason Been said. “It’s more just public perception instead of reality. I just don’t believe Favre is healthy. He completely wore down in the second half of last season with the Jets.”

So, is it me or is everyone tired of the Brett Favre’s retireing or he can’t give up the game. He loves it to much. That sound to me like a addition to the game.

Isn’t it just like the rookie athlelete who just went pro, and has a cocaine problem that was brushed aside because he is so promising.

When caught the first time he says he is going to quit, but he is addicted to the rush, the high…and when it is gone then he needs some more to give him his rush again.

Everyone who is a adrenaline junkie could probably agree with me that once the rush has passed, it was great…now what is my next endever to get some more adrenaline?

Maybe it is a broken record, but maybe it isn’t for the Minnesota fans.

Vote in my newest poll.

Will Brett Farve be more to the Vikings season, or will Michael Vick have more influence to the Philly’s hopes of getting to the Big Game… The Superbowl?

Today I have quest writer:

ISRAEL GUTIERREZ from the Miami Herald… with Just my opinion.

New Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre looks on during NFL football training camp, in Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009 in Eden Prairie, Minn.

The 39-year-old quarterback took a plane to Minnesota on Tuesday, drove to Vikings training camp and was in a helmet and pads less than 90 minutes after arriving.

New Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre looks on during NFL football training camp, in Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009 in Eden Prairie, Minn. The 39-year-old quarterback took a plane to Minnesota on Tuesday, drove to Vikings training camp and was in a helmet and pads less than 90 minutes after arriving.

Favre was for retirement before he was against it

It’s worth remembering one more time that Brett Favre was for retirement before he was against it.

So even if you believe the guy is genuinely conflicted, as opposed to selfish, you’ve got to admit: It’s quite a coincidence that Favre has managed to retire twice in 11 months without missing a single game.

What’s really shocking is not that he’s back, or that the Vikings front office broke nearly every rule in the book about team-building to make it happen. Or that closing in on 40, Favre is willing to risk getting hurt or turning his legacy into a permanent punchline.

Brett Favre is a Viking: That’s all I came back for is to win’

Hundreds of fans flocked to the Vikings’ practice complex late Tuesday morning, awaiting his arrival. Satellite trucks and cameras littered the grass just across the street from Winter Park. Security was stationed in the parking lot and on the roof. A helicopter hovered.

And then at 12:10 p.m., CDT the focus of long flirtation arrived.

Brett Favre was a Viking.

All of this Michael Vick stuff must have worked Brett Favre up into a lather.

After watching from afar as Vick’s jaw-dropping signing by the Philadelphia Eagles was followed by the “Weekend of Vick” on news outlets nationwide, Favre decided he could do us one better.

And just when our jaws were beginning to heal, too.

How does Brett Favre compare with other 40-year-old NFL quarterbacks?

Only one quarterback in NFL history has made the Pro Bowl at age 40 or older, and none has started a playoff game.

Brett Favre and the Vikings hope those things change.

Favre, who turns 40 on Oct. 10, postponed retirement for a second time on Tuesday to play for the Vikings. He will celebrate his birthday a day before the Vikings play at the Rams in St. Louis.

It wasn’t too long ago that any Brett Favre story would draw a roll of the eyes, a sigh and quick click of the remote or mouse.

It was aggravating to watch this grown man waffle, and quite frankly, it was embarrassing for him.

Even the emotional news conference announcing his first retirement (or was it his third — who can remember?) lost all substance when he came back and claimed he was pushed into that choice.

That has long passed, though.

This latest sneak attack from Favre has turned him into — no offense to the Dos Equis guy — the most interesting man in the world.

There’s something about this latest decision to return, just days after saying there was no chance, that makes you want to watch every step that he takes from now on.

This man sucked everyone into his attempt to return from a sad little surgery; made it as mid-America-friendly as possible by working out on a torn-up field with high school students who have gotten more airtime on ESPN than two-thirds of the Dolphins roster; and then made a bold proclamation that he was, officially — again — done.

Now it turns out that was just his way to avoid training camp? That he was, again, deceiving everyone listening just so he can have a few more days off?

It’s impressive in its lack of professionalism. It’s remarkable in its laziness. It’s astounding in its egocentricity.

And what is most extraordinary is that he’s about to get away with all of it because he’s Brett Favre, and he learned long ago that if you break a few records, act like you’re having fun doing it and speak with a charming accent, you’re immediately coated in Teflon.

A SELFISH ACT

Favre apparently was so insistent about skipping training camp that he was willing to risk the health of the locker room he’s about to step in before even introducing himself. There has to be an overwhelming feeling — at least on the offensive side of the team — that they have been duped. And that can only lead to issues as the season progresses.

Thomas Jones and Kerry Rhodes didn’t hold back when it came to questioning Favre after their season together with the New York Jets. So why would any Vikings player choose to when things begin to go wrong in Minnesota?

How could you not want to see how this plays out?

After all the negative publicity he has had to manipulate in recent weeks, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell must be so excited about the attention this will bring to one of his small-market teams he will need a horse tranquilizer just to sit still.

Don’t get confused, though. As interesting as it’s going to be to watch, this still is a despicable act by one of the league’s supposed good guys.

If any player in the league who is held in lower esteem than Favre (and that’s about 99.8 percent of the NFL) was to attempt this, he not only would be ridiculed publicly, he probably would be ostracized by his new teammates.

Favre is doing everything you would advise your 10-year-old son against: putting yourself before the team, not giving yourself every chance to prepare for success, creating tension with teammates. And, yet, he’s welcomed with applause from strangers and helicopters hovering over his first practice.

It’s just another scene, hopefully a closing one, in what has been one of the most dramatic sports stories ever told. Favre’s life isn’t just a movie in waiting. It’s a trilogy that can stand up to the Lord of the Rings epic.

He grew up in a tiny town, where he played five positions for his dad on his high school football team. In college, his exploits included beating Alabama just six weeks after a nasty car accident forced doctors to remove 30 inches of his small intestine. He went from anonymous backup to beloved starter by engineering a game-winning drive in his first real action with Green Bay.

THE LEGEND CONTINUES

He won a Super Bowl. He gifted Michael Strahan a sack record. He had a remarkable passing display one day after his father died — the same father who wouldn’t let him throw even 10 passes a game in high school because they ran a wishbone offense.

His wife fought breast cancer. His family home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. He broke every significant passing record. He retired. Came back. Retired. Came back. Retired. Came back. And now he’s wearing the colors of one of his career-long rivals as the world cheers him on — except for, perhaps, members of his own team.

Drama, drama, drama. I mean, it’s at least a miniseries that ESPN can run during those slow summer months. Favre is like that show Lost. It would be incredibly annoying if it didn’t keep sucking you in for more.

Even if it’s now for all the wrong reasons, Favre has become must-see QB.

I guess this is a must see…will you be watching as preseason ends and the real season begins to tell…will Farve effect the Vikings chance to get to the big game.

McDonald’s? Brandon Marshall isn’t loving it. In 2008, Marshall slipped on a McDonald’s bag that sent him careening into his television. The resulting injury, which included a severed artery, vein and tendon damage, required surgery — and probably won’t have him eating another Big Mac for a long time.

Doug Pensinger – Getty Images

Next time I think I’ll just slip on into a McDonalds…get hurt…have excuse for anything.

Give us some of your best excuses used by the pro’s.

UNLV Youth Baseball Camps

The UNLV baseball program will host its annual Summer Youth Camps.

Directed by the UNLV Baseball coaching staff, UNLV Baseball Camps offer an opportunity for youth players ages 6 through 14 to receive quality instruction in all areas of the game.

With an outstanding camper to coach ratio, campers are able to receive personalized instruction focused on the development of skills and a positive mental approach to the game. Coach Gouldsmith and his staff develop the curriculum for each camp. The primary goal is to help each camper develop a positive attitude towards themselves and the game of baseball.

UNLV Baseball will hold two youth camps this summer. The first runs from June 8 through 11 and the second goes from July 20 through 23. Youth players ages 6 to 14 of all ability levels are eligible to attend. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. The cost of the four day camp is $250.

The camps will be held at Earl E. Wilson Stadium on the UNLV campus.

The Leid Athletic Complex and other on campus facilities will be utilized if inclement weather requires.

For more information regarding upcoming UNLV Baseball Youth Camps, please contact Assistant Coach Bob Fenn at 895-2475 or by email at Robert.Fenn@UNLV.edu. Also visit the camp’s Web site at unlvbaseballcamps.com for more information or sign up procedures.

Private Hitting Instruction with UNLV coaches

The UNLV baseball coaching staff is offering private hitting lessons to local players.

For more information, call 895-2475.

Las Vegas Dawgs

The program is looking for three players between the ages of 6 and 8 to play on an 8u club team.

The team participates in tournaments in Utah, Nevada and Arizona.

For more information, call Joe at 358-5062.

Las Vegas Wolves Adult Baseball Program

The program is currently looking for pitchers to add to its roster for the Spring season.

The Wolves play in the 18+ wood bat league.

For more information, email lasvegaswolves@yahoo.com.

Las Vegas Coyotes

The Las Vegas Coyotes baseball club is looking for a few players for its 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 14-year old teams.

The Coyotes play baseball year-round in local leagues and tournaments throughout the region.

For more information, or to request a tryout, go to the progam’s Web site at lvcoyotes.com or call Frank at 419-5717.

BASKETBALL

CMB Hoops

CMB Hoops will host a free basketball camp on May 15 and 16 at Shadow Ridge High School to support Autism awareness.

The camp will run from 4 to 6 p.m. on May 15 and 2 to 4 p.m. on May 16 and is open to boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 16.

For more information, e-mail Brian Dragovich at CMBHoops@yahoo.com.

Durango Blazer Camp

The Durango High School basketball program will host a camp for boys and girls between 8 and 16 years old.

There will be two sessions of the camp at the school.

The first will run from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. from June 9 through 12, while the second will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 15 through 18.

The cost is $125 per session or $225 for both.

Participants will receive a t-shirt, basketball and personal evaluation.

For more information, visit the program’s Web site at durangobasketball.com or call 338-9132.

Tarkanian Basketball Academy

The Tarkanian Basketball Academy is accepting registrations for its summer basketball camp program.

Full day and half day options are available.

Camps are open for boys and girls in grades kindergarten through high school.

All camps will emphasize the fundamental skills of basketball through drills, contests and games.

For more information or to register, visit TBA’s website at tarkbball.com or call 871-0096.

Christ the King Girls Camp

The facility will host a camp for girls that are entering grades 4 through 9 from June 22 through 24.

The camp will run from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. each day.

The cost is $95 for all registrations postmarked before May 16 and $110 thereafter.

For more information, visit the camp’s Web site at ctklv.org or call John Bartleson at 871-1904, ext. 295.

Rec4Sports Basketball Skills Camp

The program will host a camp that aims to provide individual instruction in all phases of the game and help provide tools for success on and off the court.

The coaching staff includes former NBA players Julius Wayne and Robert Smith, as well as strength and conditioning coach Johnny Doyle and former NFL player Joe Cormier.

There will be two sessions on May 9 at Dula Gym.

For more information, call 648-7539 or visit the organization’s Web site at recruiting4sportsscholarships.com.

Triple Threat Youth Organization

The organization is recruiting girls and boys basketball players between 10 and 18 years old for its traveling teams.

For more information, visit the program’s Web site at triplethreatyouth.org or call Coach Glover at 391-3093.

Southern Nevada

Basketball Association

The SNBA is accepting registrations for its upcoming adult basketball leagues.

The leagues are open to men, women, and high school-aged players.

You may register as an individual or as part of a team.

There are morning leagues on Saturdays and evening leagues on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Leagues are starting now and registration is ongoing.

For more information, call Hank at 521-4638.

FIGURE SKATING

Las Vegas Ice Center

The Las Vegas Ice Center is accepting registrations for its Learn to Skate program.

The class meets Mondays through Wednesdays, and on Saturdays.

The program runs for eight weeks and is open to beginner children and adults.

For more information, visit the LVIC’s Web site at lasvegasice.com or call 320-7777, ext. 103.

FITNESS

Ginastica Natural Seminar

Master Alvaro Romano will conduct a Ginastica Natural seminar at Fasi Sports inside the Las Vegas Athletic Club at Lake Mead and Rainbow from May 20 through 23.

The seminar will run from 5:45 p.m. until 7:15 p.m. on May 20 through 22 and from noon to 1:30 p.m. on May 23.

Ginastica Natural is based on Brazilian jiu-jitsu ground movement, strength exercises using the body’s own weight, dynamic stretching and breathing techniques.

It is a complete body of work that develops physical qualities like strength, flexibility and coordination.

For more information, call 496-0375 or email thaibox4u@aol.com.

FOOTBALL

Wild West Football League

The adult tackle football league will hold tryouts at Ed Fountain Park from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on May 31

For more information, call Coach Mike at 624-9004.

GOLF

Summerlin Golf Tour

Seven Summerlin golf courses are joining to create a 12-week Summerlin Golf Tour that will allow Clark County golfers with a USGA handicap the opportunity to play premier golf courses throughout the master-planned community of Summerlin for only $29 each.

This special event fee includes both green and cart fees as well as prize money. The Summerlin Golf Tour will rotate throughout the seven courses each Wednesday afternoon throughout the summer with the first event scheduled on May 27 at Red Rock Country Club – The Arroyo Course.

A $29 registration fee is required to join the Summerlin Golf Tour and must be paid in person at any participating golf course, which includes Bear’s Best Las Vegas, TPC Las Vegas, Red Rock Country Club – The Arroyo Course and The Mountain Course, and the Siena, Palm Valley and Highland Falls golf clubs. Registration deadline is May 15 and play is limited to the first 100 players who sign up each week. The format for weekly Wednesday play is shotgun with start times scheduled between 3 and 4 p.m.

Those who play 10 rounds throughout the summer qualify for the Grand Finale competition on August 24 at Red Rock Country Club – The Mountain Course. Members of the Summerlin Golf Tour will also receive a 10 percent discount on posted golf rates on any day throughout the summer months.

For more information on the Summerlin Golf Tour or future events associated with the Adventure Days in Summerlin campaign, visit the tour’s Web site at summerlinadventuredays.com.

HOCKEY

Las Vegas Ice Center

The Las Vegas Ice Center is accepting registrations for its Hockey 1-2-3 program.

The class meets on Thursdays.

The program runs for eight weeks and is open to beginner children and adults.

For more information, visit the LVIC’s Web site at lasvegasice.com or call 320-7777, ext. 103.

VOLLEYBALL

UNLV Summer Camps

The UNLV volleyball program will host five camps for boys and girls in elementary school through high school.

The camps are specialized for either individual or team teaching and will run during a two-week time period beginning on July 20 and ending on Aug. 2.

The “Youth Camp” will run from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. from July 20 through 22, while the “Team Camp” will go from 5 to 9 p.m. on July 20 through 24.

The youth camp is for boys and girls in grades 2 through 8, while the team camp is for high school teams only.

UNLV will then host its “High School Camp” from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on July 23 through 26. The camp will emphasize skill instruction, team drills and competitive play and will be divided by skill level.

An “All Skill Camp” will run from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on July 27 through 29. It is for boys and girls between grades 7 and 9. It features the same setup and premise as the high school camp.

The final camp is the “College Prep Camp,” which will run from July 30 through Aug. 2.

It focuses on position training, team drills and competitive games and features both a commuter and overnight option.

The overnight camp includes three meals per day, while the commuter version includes lunch and dinner.

For more information, visit the program’s Web site at unlvvolleyballcamps.com or call assistant coach Elaini Kollias at 895-1897.

Being a Dixie State alumnus I enjoy seeing Dixie State doing a great job in sports.

For the first time in school history Dixie State fielded two futball teams for inter-collegiate competition in 2008. Dixie State officially debuted its men’s soccer program, the first and only NCAA-sponsored program in Utah, this past season, and under head coach Danny Ortiz Dixie State played to a 5-15-1 record in his first year, including three shutout victories.

Dixie State College women’s soccer posted another solid season as Dixie played to a 13-6-1 overall record, including a 9-3-0. PackWest mark, and at one eight of its last 10 matches to close out the season.

Dixie State College, long-time football coach and basketball coach Gordon Jolly was inducted into the Utah Hall of Fame.

The Utah Sports Hall of Fame had a dinner at the Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City, for all inductees.

Jolly, who was inducted into the sports of football, spent 21 years on the Dixie State sidelines as an offensive coach and coordinator. In addition, he has served as Dixie State baseball coach for 10 years and had also taught physical education along with mathematics, as his main duties.

Jolly was a three sport all-state performer at Salt Lake City’s, Granite High School and was an all-conference offense linemen at the University of Utah. He parlayed his collegiate success into six years in the NFL, playing for the Detroit Lions who drafted him in the 17th round in 1971 as well as the Seattle Seahawks.

Will be held in Cedar City, Utah from June 3-21st, 2009.

With the Huntsman World Senior Games, the St. George Marathon, golf, softball, football,tennis, rugby and the upcoming Ford Triathlon we will still see an economic continuation, even with the current economic conditions.

In the Washington County area alone we saw a 30% increase in 2008 from the 2007 numbers.

It has been projected that the terrorism from sports will see a decrease in the first quarter, as far as the numbers show from bookings of hotel rooms.

In the Mesquite area, we are still seeing similar numbers and we should see those pickup as the Mesquite Amateur Sports Center continues to come online.

The Southern Utah and Nevada deserts have become a very popular destination for international terrorism. With a lot of that terrorism been amateur sports-based.

I hope to see this as a new opportunity for us to continue the tradition of growth, expansion and acceptance of sports.

Sports is a new economic gifts.

Resort developers (Desert Falls) have an enormous undertaking bringing this premiere sports resort to Mesquite Nevada.

Making it one of the largest amateur athletic resorts in the United States.

The resort will cover a gamut of outdoor and indoor sports, primarily oriented to the amateur athlete, but with the facilities of the quality and caliber that professional athletes use.

The Mesquite sports resort package includes a wealth of amenities that include Adidas facilities: Offices; deluxe restaurant;  training facility; two Olympic size pools; two Olympic sized diving platforms and a private workout center.

You will see six flex basketball/volleyball courts, racquetball courts, indoor track and the therapy center.

Included in the amenities will be massage, saunas, spa with a sports medicine facility as well.

Just to mention a few unique facilities, we will see 12 sand beach volleyball courts and a main beach volleyball stadium with 300 to 400 seats.

A 1500 seat softball Stadium with natural turf, a softball Hall of Fame and sports memorabilia center.

A softball complex with 4:5 flex diamonds, concession stands, restrooms, scoring boxes,  boards announcing booth, and a day care facility.

A 24 field soccer complex and a 400 to 500 seat soccer stadium, plus a park area with pavilions.

A 16 court tennis complex 300 to 400 seat tennis stadium and a pickle ball court.

A golf course with 495 residential units, including condo, town-homes and single dwellings.

A 3,000 to 5,000 seat outdoor football stadium with separate track and field areas featuring: long jump, high jump and shot put/discus throw setups.

An archery range that would house archery, bow hunting and beginning range with concession and information center.

And indoor foot ball/soccer stadium with 5,000 to 10,000 seat stadium. Artificial turf would also be used as a lacrosse center.

Attached to this stadium would be a water park with a lazy river.

An open-air street mall with food courts, sport’s brands, exclusive shops with moving sidewalk and mixed-use buildings for both commercial and retail.

A resort hotel and an athletic village.

This new facility would make Mesquite Nevada, the premier location for amateur sports in the United States and the world.

We will see a tremendous economic boost during this downturn in the economy from this new sports Pavilion.