American Samoa, the worst team in football, one of scores first victory

Talk a bit about gratitude this Thanksgiving.
American Samoa football team, ranked last in the FIFA rankings, made ​​history this weekwhen it won its first international competition.
This is the reason for the team to celebrate 16 years never taste victory.
The team played 30 times since 1994, lost all 30 years of age.
A maximum loss set a record in international jerseys usa football history, 30-1 defeating it in Australiain 2001.
But everything changed 2 - 1 victory over Tonga on Tuesday in the qualifying heats of the2014 World Cup match tickets.
"I hope we can improve our standing in the FIFA rankings and into the hundreds," coachThomas. Rongen said the country's football federation. "We are in 204 years, this moment of triumph would help."
Rongen, it may be the U.S. Under-20 team coach, was hired just three weeks ago.
He was not sure he even football federation where protection under the United States in the South Pacific, but he was close to doing the work.
"I live in Florida and own property in the Bahamas, so I am kind of an island people," he said. "I looked at the map and said to my wife:" Hey, this is an island. Do you want to do? "She said," Let's go. So we are down. "
Football is not a big draw on the island of about 55,000. , Rongen said, is a labor of lovesports lineup.
"They will not get any here, some take the time to leave their jobs, are losing money, and as such," he said.Green Bay Packers Jerseys
He added: "This is amateur football at its best at the highest level of competition can be very cynical, but this is only about 23 people sacrifice."

Warriors to retire Mullin's jersey No. 17

The Golden State Warriors announced they will retire Hall of Famer Chris Mullin's jersey No. 17 at a ceremony on January 20, when the team is scheduled to host the Indiana Pacers.

Mullin, who spent 13 years of his 16-season NBA career as a member of the Warriors, will become the sixth player in team history to have his jersey number retired, joining Alvin Attles, Rick Barry, Wilt Chamberlain, Tom Meschery and Nate Thurmond.

"This is certainly a tremendous honor and one that I will cherish, especially when you consider the few, elite gentlemen who have preceded me," said Mullin.

Mullin was a five-time NBA All-Star and collegiate standout at St. John's, where he is still the all-time scoring leader and was named Big East Player of the Year an unprecedented three times. In addition to his 1992 gold medal, he also won Olympic gold as a collegian in 1984, then played 16 NBA seasons for Golden State and Indiana, amassing 17,911 points. He was enshrined into the Hall of Fame this summer.

Kyle Busch, the Drama King, is in the limelight

Kyle Busch expected to be the center of attention at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he’s won four of the last five Sprint Cup races.
But it’s been a busy week even by Busch’s standards, beginning with the loss of his driver’s license Tuesday as punishment for his 128-mph speeding ticket back in May. Then came an on-track incident in Wednesday night’s Truck Series race that once again put him at odds with Kevin Harvick.
After Busch tangled with Elliott Sadler, who drives for Harvick in the Nationwide Series, he intentionally wrecked Sadler.
Busch indicated the incident stemmed from his problems with Harvick.
But Sadler wasn’t running for Kevin Harvick Inc. at the time. Asked Friday whether he’d spoken to Busch, Harvick went right into attack mode.
“He keeps running his mouth, he might get it whipped again off the track,” Harvick said.
And so it goes with Busch, the Sprint Cup Series points leader. He leads the series with four victories, and despite his 23rd-place qualifying effort Friday — Ryan Newman won the pole — has to be considered a threat to win tonight’s race.

But he’s once again in the center of the storm. Controversy can work for some drivers — it’s long been believed that two-time series champion Tony Stewart is at his best when surrounded by drama — but Busch isn’t so sure about the adversity.
“It can bring out the best and it can bring out the worst, certainly,” he said. “It’s about every day I’ve got something. I’m getting pretty used to it.”
The question becomes: Can Busch continue to keep up his pace while constantly facing a different drama?
Four-time series champion Jeff Gordon said he personally couldn’t produce but said it doesn’t seem to bother Busch or his older brother, Kurt.
“I couldn’t, but the Busch brothers seem to do it very well,” Gordon said. “I think it’s pretty well documented and clear that they get very excited and share their emotions over the radio quite often, and they’re still able to go to Victory Lane.”
The 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup championship is a different animal, though, and Busch has yet to make it through unscathed. He’s already considering the mental aspects of the upcoming stretch. There are just three races remaining until the Chase begins, and Busch doesn’t want much to change in how his Joe Gibbs Racing team is operating.
“It’s just about playing it smart,” Busch said. “For us, we just want to go out there and keep doing what we’ve been doing all year.”

Greg Biffle captures Sprint Cup pole position

Greg Biffle is still annoyed with Boris Said after their run-in at Watkins Glen.
That hasn't stopped him from focusing on this weekend's Sprint Cup race in Michigan.
Biffle won his first pole in over three years Friday at Michigan International Speedway, posting a qualifying lap of 190.345 m.p.h. in his No. 16 Ford. It was an important step in the right direction after he finished 31st at Watkins Glen on Monday, then confronted Said in the pits afterward and gave him a couple of quick hits while Said was still in his car.
Said had touched off a wild crash at the end of the road race.
“Our deal is over with,” Biffle said. “We had our differences on the race track, that one instance, I told him I wasn't happy with it on the race track and then I didn't go around him the rest of the day. We talked about that on the phone and it is over.”
Said is racing in Montreal this weekend, so he wasn't anywhere near Biffle during Sprint Cup qualifying.
“We've settled our differences,” Said explained. “I won't be going to Christmas dinner with him, that's for sure.”
Biffle is 13th in the points standings but without a win this year. A victory would be a significant boost to his hopes of reaching the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
He hasn't finished higher than fourth this year.
“We have to have a win to get in the Chase, that is obvious,” Biffle said. “Here, Bristol and Atlanta are good tracks for us. I think this is probably our best, and this may be our best opportunity — here or Atlanta. This is a huge deal for us and huge momentum for us going into Sunday.”
Matt Kenseth was second in qualifying, and Ryan Newman was third. Denny Hamlin, who held off Kenseth to win in Michigan in June, was fourth.
Kenseth will start in the top 10 for the sixth time this year. He's fifth in the points standings.
“We had a lot of speed, and honestly I wish I wouldn't have watched Greg's lap and saw his lap time,” Kenseth said. “If I hadn't tried so hard I might have had a shot at it. That is pretty fast.”
Dale Earnhardt Jr. qualified eighth, and points leader Kyle Busch was 17th.
Busch finished third here in June.
“Wish we would have had a better lap, but we will work on it tomorrow in race trim and hope we can run like we did here in June and have a shot to win,” Busch said.
Newman posted his ninth top-10 start of the season — and when he showed up for his news conference afterward, he couldn't avoid being dragged into the Biffle-Said dispute.
“I've never had an issue with Boris,” Newman said. “I read some of the things that he said. I don't think he's out of line in the things that he said, and I agree with some of the things that Biffle said as well. But, it's a competition out there, and it becomes a more sensitive issue when you have somebody who isn't full time in this series.”