So as I mentioned on Friday, EA Canada was set to host four incredible athletes for a big day of sports, video games and interviews. Well it all went down today and it was quite the event! Each athlete took the time to show us specific skills needed to excel in their respective sports. They then went on to play a “friendly” version of King of the Court and took a turn attempting the four sports that the athletes represented: Basketball, Tennis, Hockey and Soccer. But let’s get serious, each of them wanted to win. Results of this competition will be posted tomorrow. But for the record, Dwight can actually kick a soccer ball quite well!

And yes, we were also able to grab some one on one time with the athletes. I was able to score some quality time with Dwight Howard. I caught him as he was playing NBA LIVE 10 (and loving it might I add). The interview is not exactly conventional but Dwight isn’t exactly your typical interview. And not surprisingly, he had a few questions for me as well!

I also managed to sneak in some time with Venus Williams. After a long day of teaching us how to serve properly in tennis, she took the time to answer some questions about the sport that she dominates and a few other things...

There are more athlete interviews to come along with footage from the King of the Court competition. Check back later tonight and tomorrow for more great stuff!

Ever wonder how a top athlete might fare should they attempt another sport?

We all saw Michael Jordan venture into baseball and we know that Bo does, actually, know. But what about the great athletes of today? Well you might have a better idea after Monday…

There are four tremendous athletes who will be making their way up to EA Canada on Monday for a busy day filled with EA SPORTS games, real sports and some time to chat with us.

This event will be focusing on FIFA 10, NHL 10, NBA LIVE 10 and Grand Slam Tennis. Therefore, it only seems appropriate for us to invite the athletes that best represent those sports: Tennis phenom Venus Williams, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard, Milan Lucic of the Boston Bruins and Sacha Kljestan from Chivas USA will all be here. While they are here, they will be competing against one another to determine who will be the EA SPORTS King of the Court! We are going to be tweeting, blogging and bringing you tons of great footage from the event.

As the person who holds the record for the fastest serve by a woman in a main draw event, do you think that Venus can hold her own against the men? Each athlete will be shooting hoops, taking shots on a goalie in hockey, seeing who can serve the fastest in tennis and take penalty shots on a goalie in soccer. And yes, there will be a podium presentation. One winner, three losers. 

So who’s the best multi-sport athlete? Who will win the EA SPORTS King of the Court? And what do you want to know about these athletes? What would you ask Dwight Howard or Venus Williams? Post your questions and we will see what we can do to get some of them answered!

But what would an EA SPORTS event be without talking about the video games that each of these athletes actually appears in! We are going to be bringing you as much info and footage that we can about each game being shown. We won't be able to show you everything on Monday, but we will post the footage and info that we have as the embargos lift.

This is going to be a great event and we will make sure that you get to see everything that we do. So submit your questions and stay tuned!