Before I get into my Super Bowl pick, let me just give a brief reminder about my picks for the NFL's postseason awards, which will be handed out on Saturday night:
Most Valuable Player: Aaron Rodgers, Packers
Offensive Player of the Year: Drew Brees, Saints
Comeback Player of the Year: Matthew Stafford, Lions
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Cam Newton, Panthers
Defensive Player of Year: Jared Allen, Vikings
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Warrell's Waterway Wellness Walk
ST. THOMAS - Warrell's Waterway Wellness' Walk for Life will take place at 7 a.m. on Feb. 4 from Warrell's Waterway in Mafolie to Magens Bay Beach. Participants may walk with their pets, their children, alone or in a group. Transportation back to Mafolie from Magens Bay will be provided.
For more information, call 227-2657.
Plaskett Girls Little League Softball
ST. CROIX - There will be a registration drive for the Elmo Plaskett Girls Little League from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday at Renholdt Jackson Sports Complex in Estate Whim. The league is for girls ages 9-18 who are interested in playing softball. To register, parents or guardians must provide a copy of the child's birth certificate and the $20 registration fee. Registered players may practice at their desired positions and partake in an instructional scrimmage game if enough players are present. Only registered players will be allowed on the field while the registration drive is in progress.
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TORTOLA - Before rains came and wiped out the second game, the Mets overhauled the Diamondbacks, 15-13, in the BVI Softball Association Junior. League opener at the Old Recreation Grounds on Tortola.
The Mets exploded for an eight-run fifth inning to erase a five-run deficit, then held on to defeat the Diamondbacks. Although the Diamondbacks did not have a hit, their offense benefited from the Mets giving out 10 walks and five errors.
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Dennis Brow is on a mission to change the way U.S. Virgin Islands youth baseball players learn the game. With some help from Major League Baseball, he may get his wish.
The USVI Baseball Federation will host two coaching clinics with former MLB players, managers and umpires on St. Croix and St. Thomas this month. Local coaches of every age group are invited to attend the free clinics.
"We have coaches from the men's leagues all the way down to Pee Wee in the territory, and there's no question about their passion or commitment," said Brow, who is the USVI Baseball Federation president. "My hope is that we can get everyone together and find out how to properly train our young players and instill some consistency."
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ST. CROIX - Mark DeFour has emerged as the top rider so far in the U.S. Virgin Islands Cycling Federation season.
DeFour won the 13-mile East End Time Trial in a time of 36 minutes and 36 seconds on Sunday. It was the second event of the new season on the St. Croix circuit.
Federation secretary Sara Gambee said 29 racers competed in five different divisions as the race was sponsored by Joint Forces.
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More than 90 sailors from 11 islands and countries - Puerto Rico, all three U.S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St. Maarten, Curaçao, Guatemala and the United States - will set sail in the 11th Club Nautico de San Juan International Regatta (CNSJIR) on Feb. 3-5. This participation makes the CNSJIR one of the largest youth regattas in the Caribbean.
"This year we welcome two new classes: 420s and IC-24s," regatta director José Berríos said. "Each of these classes, like the Lasers, Optimists and Sunfish, are filled with some of the best sailors, and equally sailors who are just learning the ropes and represent the future of the sport of sailing."
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