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The Charlotte Bobcats have never made the NBA playoffs. They are hoping that might change this season. While the Bobcats have never been a successful team, they quietly had their best season in franchise history last year, finishing with a 35-47 record.

While this is by no means a record to celebrate about, they just missed the playoffs by four games. The Charlotte Bobcats also played some of their best basketball toward the end of the season, and this left many NBA fans wondering whether the team might be able to continue moving into the direction of a competitive basketball team.

Head Coach Larry Brown is an all-time great coach who has turned around teams before and made them playoff worthy – this could be Brown’s toughest challenge to date.

Brown’s work ethic and discipline seems to have carried into the Bobcats last season, as they suddenly looked like a team that believed they belonged in the post season.

With newly acquired center Tyson Chandler, the Charlotte Bobcats have a big presence in the middle, capable of pulling down boards. Hopefully for the Bobcats sake, Chandler can get over the fact he didn’t want to be in Charlotte. One bad attitude never helps!

One of the questions the Bobcats will have to answer is who is their go-to man. When the game is on the line who will the Bobcats give the ball to in order to make something happen.

The Bobcats did acquire Tyson Chandler – who can be an effective rebounder. Over the course of Chandler’s career he has averaged 9 rebounds per game. Chandler wasn’t happy initially about being a Bobcat at first but he should be a major contributor this season. If the Bobcats want to be a playoff threat, point guard D.J. Augustin must raise his game to a whole new level.

The future overall for the Charlotte Bobcats looks bright – with Michael Jordan as owner, that doesn’t hurt much either. He’s a winner and knows what it takes to be a part of a championship team.

Lets hear your thoughts on the Bobcats forum at RootZoo Sports, the most active basketball forum online.

The Houston Texans were the trendy pick at the start of the 09′ season. The Houston Texans never had expectations this high before in the franchises 7 year history. I guess they have the right to set expectations this high after a solid performance in 2008, with a very young team.

With one of the game’s best wide receivers, a very strong running back in Steve Slaton, a capable QB in Matt Schaub, and a solid defense, things look promising this year for the Texans from a talent point of view.

The Texans do have one of the best WR in the league, Andre Johnson. Any time you have a talented WR that essentially can do anything and change the game with one play, you have a good chance to win.

It will take more then great play from Johnson and consistency from QB Matt Schaub for the Texans to make a run at the playoffs. Steve Slaton must pick up where he left off last year and continue to improve.

Texans defense must not give up over 200 yards rushing every game and hold opponents scoring under 20 points per game. They’re a young unit as well with Mario Williams, DeMeco Ryans, Dunta Robinson and Amobi Okoye.

Steve Slaton looked great on offense. He was able to take a ton of pressure off of Matt Schaub and Andre Johnson out wide. If Slaton can keep playing at this level, their offense will be a serious threat to any defensive unit.

The defense could have done better without a doubt, the team came away with a very difficult win against the Titans in Nashville. The Titans are now 0-2, opening the way for the Texans to attempt to rise to the top of the NFC South.

It’s still too early to tell, but I do believe the Texans have a shot to make the playoff appearance all their fans have been hoping for!

Check out the Texans forums at RootZoo Sports and play their free sports trivia questions with over 60,000 questions!

you will be able to find online a lot of sites from where you can find movie downloads. This will allow you access to many different movies that are from different times as well as all different categories. You can access them from your own seat without ever having to leave your home.

The whole concept of watch online movies has changed the movie maker’s world. Now it is much cheaper to reach all four points of the compass without physically delivering a disc or video tape. That cuts down some production cost. This avoided cost is however greedily munched by video piracy. That is the illegal downloader.

Also, you will have a wider selection of products at your disposal. If you are into some fairly lesser known movies, especially foreign movies for example, you will find that they simply won’t exist at your local high street store.

If you watch a television series regularly and wish to catch up on ones that you have missed or just cant wait to see the next episode of your favorite soap you can usually find those online also. There are also soaps and series that you have not seen in a while and cannot get hold of in any other way.

DivX is the newest in high definition movie downloads as it compresses the large movie files to a much smaller size, very much like mp3 format. Without this compression the high definition movie would take up a huge amount of space on your hard drive and you would not be able to store much on a portable player. DivX movies tend to be 700 MB while the standard DVD compression is 4. 3 GB.

With the many different players in the DivX 7 player you can watch movies directly from your web player, download them and then watch them from the player or burn them directly to disc and then watch the film. Most movies are available online just after they are released so you do not have to wait for them to come out on DVD.

We no longer out and rent a movie to watch with our loved ones. Legal or illegal movie downloads now take care of that sector. We will not even do it for the people we know survive their day to day life on this petty money from renting you these tapes and DVDs.

Another plus for a site that some may not think about, is if they have a site search capability. This way, whenever you already know what movie you want, you can find it quickly by typing it into the search box. I also like it when they have so many movies they put out an alphabet so you can click on a letter and every movie that starts with that letter is shown to you in alphabetical order.

You need to know that the site is free of viruses and if the price is one that’s reasonable. Don’t be duped into joining and paying for a site that doesn’t have all these checkpoints covered, and covered well. You don’t want to pay your money only to find you can’t hear the movies well, or they freeze on you all the time.

You can get into a lot of trouble downloading movies illegally, however you can still enjoy downloading movies and stay on the right side of the law. The way you do this is by not trying to search for a free download site as these are NOT legal, and you can get in a lot of trouble if you get caught which is likely as people are clamping down on pirates.

Besides movie downloads in DivX you can also obtain games and other forms of high definition by using DivX. This can be a great solution for the newest high definition games. As with any free software make sure that there are no Trojans or other malware downloading onto your computer. Get the software directly form the maker and be blown away by the excellent high definition movies.

The software can find the movie you want in a few moments rather then you searching all afternoon. Movie Download Sites The most recent DivX software for DivX movies is DivX 7 I would not find it funny at all going to jail for downloading a movie.

If you listen to the experts you learn two things. First, lack of exercise is a problem in our society. We spend too much time sitting in front of the TV, behind our desks, in the car, on the couch, or even at a restaurant. Even though sitting is not a completely bad thing, the problem is we just plain do too much of it. That’s why we’re all getting fat.

Back in the good old days, Americans got much more exercise. Not so today. We need to do more walking, running, jogging or even just moving around–take the stairs instead of the elevator–you know the drill. One recent report from the American Cancer Society says that lack of exercise is just as dangerous to our health as smoking! That’s a surprise! Plus, they tell us that people who don’t exercise are two times as likely to have heart disease as people who are exercising even a moderate amount.

Even back when John F. Kennedy was president, the country recognized that Americans weren’t getting enough exercise. A fad that captivated the nation was walking. Not just walking around the neighborhood, but walking 20, 25 or even 30 miles in a single day. It was such a big deal that there were newspaper articles and news stories about how far people walked in a day. No one is expecting you to walk 30 miles today, but it would be great if we just got outside to play a family game together.

The same experts that tell us we’re getting fat, also tell us that even a small amount of exercise each day has a physically beneficial effect. That’s one reason that outdoor family games are becoming so popular. They are reasonably within reach of even the most tight-fisted consumer, plus they are a good way to add some exercise to our daily routine.

BlongoBall is one game that is becoming increasingly popular all across the nation. It’s easy to set up and fun to play. You don’t need any particular athletic ability so it’s suitable for all ages from grade schoolers to Grandpa and Grandma.

BlongoBall uses a bolo made from two golf balls joined by a length of rope. The bolo is tossed so as to wrap around one of the horizontal rungs of a “ladder” type goal. When the bolo wraps around a rung and stays, you score! It’s fun and easy to play.

There are many BlongoBall imitators in the “toss it, wrap it, score” game category. BlongoBall is the original and our favorite. We’ve tested most all of these types of games and our preference is for BlongoBall because it is the only one we think is built to last. Some of the cheap imitations broke almost immediately, so be careful when buying a game if this type.

Secondly, the experts say that we’re not spending enough time together as families. While being with your family may not be part of your weight loss plan unless they cause you to lose your appetite, we are encouraged to be together as families as part of establishing healthy family relationships. Our family together time shouldn’t be just for doing the chores around the house, but parent should go out of their way to make family time a fun time.

This is where outdoor family games are handy things to have around. Most families will respond quickly and easily to a game as easy and fun as BlongoBall. Even teenagers who might normally be less interested in participating in a family activity will usually perk up when the BlongoBall game is set up.

One of the things that makes BlongoBall one of our favorite outdoor family games is that not only can you play it in groups, but you can talk and interact with each other while you’re playing. Intense concentration is not required for effective play, but the game is still challenging enough to capture the interest of players of all ages and abilities. And-the soft rubber ball sets are ideal for playing indoors. This makes BlongoBall a year round favorite at many houses.

Outdoor family games are great for keeping your body and your family in shape! Listen to the experts and get out there and play with your family.

Craig Mecham is a marketing consultant during the work day and is a father of six in real life. His family is an ideal test market for outdoor family games. Nothing interferes with their BlongoBall time!